Awful weather - typical Brits talk

ArbitraryRandom

YoungBlueEyes said:

This is gonna be short because it keeps signing me out when I hit 'post' So, 3rd time lucky?

I'll make sure I get a pic of the seed next time I just plant something I've found. Seeds are identifiable but leaves can be a bit all over the place so it's more fun! Might have to repot it soon cos it's getting tall and wobbly...

Stewed spiced apples on porridge sounds yummy I'm not a morning eater but that does sound good. 

Another fine autumnal morning here, warmer than recently though. It was almost a photo-worthy sunset last night but I think I missed the best of it cos it was so early   At the risk of sounding like an auld s0d, aren't the days getting shorter quickly? There's a wee bit of darkness left when I get up now, and the nights really are drawing in. The winter constellations will soon be upon us  

I keep having to remind myself it's August... I'm not a heat lover, so normally these past few weeks I've got a fan plugged in and I'm sleeping downstairs - but this year I don't even know where my fan is. 

I'm kind of hoping this means we'll have a warm September. 

Farway

Blimey, is it Bank Holiday already? Likewise, YBE, I suddenly realised the mornings are darker, but today is supposed to be a scorcher, well it's sunny at least

twopenny said:

Looks like the runner beans have had their day so I'll let the last ones go to seed.

See Farway's got another front page

I think I have one more meal from the runners, but the flat yellow French type are now doing as intended and going to seed for next year

Had to check the front page , that bee's bum will be famous

Now I have to get a photo of my pears for comparison with Dusty's, his win BTW, if only because his are edible and mine just are big, hard & red. Oooer missus

Sorted out the apples, but no time to do much except look at them, This unknown type is lovely with tasty cheese, sweet & juicy, ideal Ploughman's lunch style apple

I need to water again, it's all drying out and pots are wilting at the front, a job for this afternoon

YoungBlueEyes

Sounds about right 2p, you’ve been waiting how long for your jobs to be done and I’ll bet you’re all finished by the end of the month ha haa! 

Woohoo for making the front page Farway, well deserved  

Apples and pears talk is making me look at my trees wistfully… My apple tree is holding up that funny purple thingy, and a low branch on my pear is holding up a something that looks almost nettle-y but it has lovely wee white flowers. So at least they’re useful  if not productive  

Thick high white cloud here that the sun occasionally pops through, gentle breeze and about 19’ so it’s perfect weather for me. I wasn’t built for a while lot of heat so this does me rightly. I could stick this ‘til Christmas, I really could  

YoungBlueEyes

I nipped to Morrisons because fomo and they’ve some offers on their plants. So I’ve come back with - (from the Cottage Garden Perennial range) a campanula ‘garganica major’ and a delphinium ‘magic fountain sky blue white bee’ 2 for £3. A clematis ‘Madame Julia Correvon’ and an Escallonia ‘Donard Seedling’ £2.29 each, for the height they’ll be. 

And while I was weeding and sorting the ground out for them I found another ….pip. Not the same as the other one but bladdy close. So think a bit greyer and no clam shell rim. Penny for scale. It’s the same size though. 

I’ve potted it so we’ll see  

ArbitraryRandom

Any chance there's dogwood in your vicinity? (image of 'common dogwood' seeds from t'interwebs) 

Not a perfect match, but could be something in that ballpark?

twopenny

I don't know Dogwood.
I was wondering one of the flowering cherries. Birds drop them all over the place.

I gave in to two new solar faries which have been missing from the shop this year.
My others have died. I must find a way of using them somewhere.

pink_poppy

I thought cherry pips too.

YoungBlueEyes

The one I planted yesterday is poss a cherry I think. The other mystery did look more like your pic Arb. The one out on it's own on the lower right hand side is very nearly it, if it was more grey. I don't know if there's dogwood round here though, there's plenty of trees so there might be. I've just DuckDuck'd dogwood tree images and I think it may be. I'll ask the Oracle - I must be due an inspection a coffee and a catchup. I've sprayed the weeds at the front but I'm not sure they're dying fast enough for her. 

Bit of fine misty rain here this morning, the sobers and Ventusky reckon a shower of proper rain about 8 o'clock. I bet it will too cos I got the jalopy washed yesterday when I was out   Bladdy warm and heavy though, it was 20' last night and not a breath. Autumn tomorrow though, they all say. Colder and windy across the board. Which it absolutely will be cos I just bought a portable bbq and bag of tools in the aldi sale!  

Dustyevsky

pink_poppy said:

I thought cherry pips too.

And me, but I only got here this morning. Yesterday, I was out on one of my shopping and walking excursions. The weather folk seemed to agree there would be a break-down in the fine, settled period just in time for the Bank Holiday , so I thought I'd grab a bit of it by the coast. Didn't walk more than a few miles and couldn't get lost, but we stayed clear of those crowds in the distance.

We found lots of blackberries on low, wind blasted bushes along much of the coast path. They were small and didn't look appetising, but the ripe ones tasted very sweet.

Did the shopping and took a long detour home to buy 2 dozen eggs from a farm we trust. Our hens aren't keeping up now; it's feather change time. By then, the light was fading and it looked as if the cloud we have this morning was already moving in..... (Photo missing in the ether )

Farway

Another vote for cherry pip

It's supposed to rain or thunder here, waited until I'd watered of course before making its mind up

Glad you made it home safely Dusty and were not lost, blackberries do come in all sizes & sweetness don't they? And one is no indication of the other. 

What I find odd is my Thornfree has two types on it, despite only one root and the same stem. One type is huge & lush looking, the other is more small tight pips & brambly looking. Both taste much the same, sharp, borderline insipid

Good trip to Morries YBE, I like their plants but as mentioned previously the offerings are not as good as they once were

If the rain makes its mind up, either do it properly or go away I'll try & get out into the garden, a few stragglers of ripe toms I missed the other day, they'll do for seeds if not eating

I noticed the cabbage white caterpillars glory days are over and are now trying to hide way & turn into chrysalis, the sacrificial nasturtiums are completely leafless now, just bare chomped stalks remain. If Indian Summer, they may regrow until frost