Awful weather - typical Brits talk

YoungBlueEyes

Maybe you'll have a greater chance of success if you err replicate the same conditions gf  

I'm not a cat person but she is an attractive cat Looks like she's made of velvet.... One thing when she does see snow - you'll not lose her being that colour!  I really like your furniture, is that the end of your bed she's scrambling up or have you a church pew or something? 

Bladdy warm last night, it's 18' here now. It feels wrong when you have to throw all your doors and windows open at 0530 because that's the warmest driest air there'll be all day Gawd there's some rain coming this aft says Ventusky. The little cloud icon on the scrolling hour thing has 7 raindrops under it at 1500  

I had a look through other weather apps yesterday. I've got the beeb one added to my collection, and I also got one called AccuWeather. Anybody else looking for new apps don't bother with this one. Poor layout and hard to use. And it was wrong. And it helps itself to all kinds of data on your phone, including financial for some reason?!  Avoid!

twopenny

Torrential rain and high blusters of wind and almost dark.
The beans have gone over, the raspberry canes tangled in the washing line and pulled the lines askew.
But they can all stay there until this ceases. I'm back in bed with a bacon sandwich.

Went out yesterday and the roads were full of thick mud and stones from the fields, huge holes rain drilled in farm gate entrances. Holiday camp closed due to storm damage and caravan park had to rescue people. Sewage alert for the sea.

I won't moan about mowing grass on my hill in future. Well not much.

The general fertiliser you get around pubs works on all sorts in the garden, especially lawns. It's free and you usually pay to dispose.

No gardening today! Love the photo of the puss cat. A real beauty  and so is the photo. You ought to enter that for something.

Accuweather used to be the go-to for a long time. Interesting to know it's current habits.
Ah well, heatwave next week they say.

Dustyevsky

twopenny said:

Torrential rain and high blusters of wind and almost dark.

We agree today!

Yesterday was expensive, sitting indoors catching up with things. Ordered 2 more loads of logs, so that's the fuel allowance gone before it arrives, but at least we're sorted for heat, with those and loads of chilli sausages from the market.

Then I discovered we're £150 in debit with the electricity for the barn.  So I put the kids' rent up!

And so it went on. Can't believe I spent £160 on cat food. I buy in bulk and some has almost doubled in around 18 months. They'll have to increase their productivity now.   If only Mrs Dusty was old enough for her pension.....Hmm, on second thoughts..

Today's picture puzzle. What's this tree? Clue: They should plant it outside unconventional churches.

ArbitraryRandom

I want to say Torminalis glaberrima (wild service tree), but I don't know how common they are in the UK and the fruit looks wrong compared to my reference images (hanging rather than held upright)... 

YBE - That's my spare room/home office/'dressing room', and she's sitting on top of a tall-boy next to my desk, glaring down at me and occasionally dropping her toys on me while I work (no joke, she's being an absolute pest because it's wet outside and she's bored). 

YoungBlueEyes

Me three on the weather. I've been out already before it gets worse, which it already is doing. Worser again this aft. Ah well, I'll not moan cos I like autumn and I was beside meself with all that heat. 

Maybe the washing line will hold your rasps up 2p, and it'll all be alright I can hardly even see my garden from here through all that weather. I was out this morning giving my swish roses a gentle kicking and 3 more critters fell off. That might the end of today's work like....

I don't know what your pic is of Dusty. I'm guessing the clue is in "unconventional churches" but my brain isn't giving me anything  

Dustyevsky

ArbitraryRandom said:

I want to say Torminalis glaberrima (wild service tree), but I don't know how common they are in the UK and the fruit looks wrong compared to my reference images (hanging rather than held upright)...

Good shout!

They're standing up in the photo here:

https://www.exetertrees.uk/wild-service-tree.html

It may be the fruit begins to hang down as it matures. Though 'rare,' we have two of these. Unfortunately, I was silly enough to plant one close to a purple beech on the edge of our mini-wood. After 10 years, one has to go, so it'll be the beech, as we've several more of those.

Apparently, the rain stops here around 13.00 by which time the worst of what's left will be with Farway!

Farway

Dustyevsky said:

ArbitraryRandom said:

I want to say Torminalis glaberrima (wild service tree), but I don't know how common they are in the UK and the fruit looks wrong compared to my reference images (hanging rather than held upright)...

Apparently, the rain stops here around 13.00 by which time the worst of what's left will be with Farway!

Yes indeed, sunny start but clouding over right now, the rest you know. 

However, a weather report from DGD doing horticultural apprenticeship near Aberdeen, frost on their cars the other morning . Not at that stage here yet

I'm sure I've seen a service tree around here somewhere, not that I knew it was or can remember where, and lovely to see the word Bletting used, mind you some of my apples get bletted by accident. I'll try and lob bletted into some conversation

Talking of words, super cool no longer DGD is using Bothy and Tatties now, yay

Message from T & M, my pansy plugs are on the way

Public house fertiliser, also works wonders at poo farms with tomatoes, allegedly. Talking of which, I have some tom seedlings popped up outside, where one of my cherry toms bletted for too long

With manky weather on it's way, zero gardening today, unless postie brings the T & M plants

twopenny

Who says no gardening? I went to an art studio as it's art week. One of my favourites in a village with a real wild cottage garden.

Last year I came home with pears, this year I asked about a small growing apple tree with deep red apples as it's both useful and decorative and was gifted some apples.

I've got to find out what this is. The owner says they are delicious and juicy and stay on the tree for a long time so no need to store.

A quick search says it might be Red Windsor. The description is too good to be true. Definitely worth looking for.

It's apple week in a fortnight. If I can take one there for identification that would be good.

Also picked up some nuts in the road.

A bountiful harvist

PS Velvet puss is on the front page!

ArbitraryRandom

twopenny said:

PS Velvet puss is on the front page!

Typical... I should have picked a picture when she wasn't covered in cobwebs and lord knows what!  

I did very little today (well... I did the work I am paid to do, then very little). Too wet and a little cold. 

I think I might have to muster the energy to clean out the fire and bring in some logs in the next day or two. 

YoungBlueEyes

Well the storm didn't arrive here yesterday so they were all wrong. It's cool again this morning though, and I had to give in and put the summer duvet on the bed last night (previously we were just using an empty duvet cover as a top sheet). So that's it, it is now officially autumn They reckon it'll be dry today and that desperate wind has dropped so I've my washer on. I'm gonna be mad if they're lying. 

Velvet Puss on the front page already, quite right too cos she's a beauty   If your furniture ever wants a new home Arb, I'm calling dibs! 

Did your plugs arrive Farway? And yay for Bothy and Tatties! When I lived in Lincs they called them "tates" which I could never get used to. They called Sainsbury's "Sainbury's" (no s in the middle) and that stuck right away. Funny innit.

Marvellous apples and nuts too 2p, I'd call that a good day Were they off your missing nut trees or have you discovered more...?  

(Also, what's bletting?) 

Edir - I've just D'Duck'd bletting, and one fruit it mentions as being better eaten raw after a dose of bletting is the wild service tree fruit. I'd never heard of that fruit before and there's twice in a couple of days.