Awful weather - typical Brits talk

ArbitraryRandom

pink_poppy said:

I would just rip that roll to bits and dunk it in some homemade lentil soup  

I was just thinking it's pea and ham (or bacon) weather  

Farway

Like 2P, wet outside from overnight rain, but bright and sunny until the next lot arrives, it's just off Land's End according to V'sky so wet end to the day I assume

Post jab ailments easing now, they never usually affect me, but I think the mixture was changed this year, extra microchips or longer lasting batteries for the AI, or something like that

I did manage to get the new honeysuckle planted yesterday, just in time because the rain started as I was going indoors. 

The recently planted Passion flower is now lace curtains with the slugs , added pellets but with the rain I may be wasting my time, had to do something, apart from copious wailing & teeth gnashing, though

Best of luck with the builders Arb, a good start with the coffee, normally oils lots of wheels

If anyone is wondering where the birds are, I have them , they have discovered my pyracantha berries and are tucking in, no parakeets or penguins as yet

Dustyevsky said:

wort said:

Dusty love your description of the GC.😂 and your fab pics.

 Answers on the back of a Lidl stone-baked roll, which is a sensible shape....and bigger!  Yes, I'm the guy who buys whatever's there, if they still have any by the time I arrive! Sorry! 

I stick with the doughnuts in Morrisons, sort of consolation prize for lack of daff bulbs

No recent pic, but here's a consolation prize, Stourhead in 2012, about this time of year

twopenny

Got to the otter garden centre today. Sale goods not great but did find variegated privet (with a fancy name) of a decent size and price  should my lavender succumb to the mold. New thread shortly.

Loved the reindeer and the singing penguins. And the amazement of children. So that's it, Christmas done.

No wind or rain, mild. So great as those put off by the Armageddon regularly predicted meant a clear and traffic free drive.
A breeze now and a drop of wet. We'll see how it goes.

goldfinches

Bright and sunny first thing here, then as soon as I decided to go out for a walk it rained, then it was grey for the rest of the day. No wonder the forecasters have trouble when the weather can't stick to one mode for more than a couple of hours.
Anyway it is now officially the season of reckless spending and twinkly tat here, I came out of the library this afternoon to find all sorts of glittery illuminated imaginary conifer boughs suspended above my head in the shopping centre. It's a pity LEDs are so energy efficient that the city council and the shopping centre landlords can afford to run so many for so long and that they have such poor taste too. Surely there are companies producing really beautiful designs for temporary street illuminations somewhere in this country? Rant over, I shall stomp off to bed to dream of better weather and no nasty decorations!

twopenny

Sort of drippy rain here. No wind yet so I guess as they said Wednesday night but now this morning. Was going to rain, wasn't going to rain, is going to rain it's a case of looking out the window again so no planning. 
Probably won't be the garden though.
I've propped up the one pot that's big and exposed with another heavy pot.

On the good news my winter scented box that was nearly decimated by the heat has finally recovered and looking very healthy if small and bushy.
I noticed when looking for my vanishing apples that the rain has washed some little bulbs to the surface so they'll need replanting. The rest are still in the garage nice and dry.
I have some iris already green and growing out the front. Cant remember if they were the wrong ones that I wanted to move or their replacements. They'll still be some colour for the spring whichever so I'm trying not to dig them up to see 

At the moment the sky is pale blue with plenty of high white cloud and its bright. Always makes you feel better when it's bright whatever the weather.

Dustyevsky

Farway's picture of Stourhead brought back pleasant memories; unfortunately, pre-digital ones. All I have to offer is a Rosemoor from the same time of year, with the same old oak tree!  :

I finally discovered how to get the photos out of my phone (using the right cable helps! ) only to discover well over 600 pictures the previous owner had amassed, which promptly caused my photo computer to have a crisis reaction. Well, that's normal, these days..... By mid-afternoon it'll probably be self identifying as a fridge-freezer....or maybe a singing penguin.

While the above is a long-winded way of saying 'no new pictures of plants' I can do you another photo along the lines of the impractical rhomboid roll. This time it's a long-handled hedge trimmer from the Lidl stable, but I imagine all will now be the same, because some blimmin' decree or other, most likely in Brussels, seems to demand such goods must now come with a 3 pin plug! That's a wonderful thing to have hanging off yer trimmer, and it also seems to allow the manufacturer to now dispense with the traditional 10 metres of cable:

Now, I don't know about you, but in order to use my hedge trimmer, I need around 25-40m of cable on a big cable reel. I don't think it's too hard to see what the problem is!!!!

pink_poppy

I think I'll go for a cordless hedge trimmer in future, Dusty, that's ridiculous.

Cold, wet and windy here today - a complete contrast from yesterday (apart from the cold bit) - luckily it stayed dry and clear last night for the kids to go out guising, with a very spooky looking moon adding to the atmosphere. We didn't get anyone knocking, so the Freddos and Fudges are all mine to scoff later haha.

Farway

Rain & gales due here later today, but I'm ready for it, Asda delivery arrived this morning, so I'm all right Jack!

Very unlikely I'll be venturing even a toe out into the garden

twopenny said:

Got to the otter garden centre today. Sale goods not great but did find variegated privet (with a fancy name) of a decent size and price  should my lavender succumb to the mold. New thread shortly.

Loved the reindeer and the singing penguins. And the amazement of children. So that's it, Christmas done.

No wind or rain, mild. So great as those put off by the Armageddon regularly predicted meant a clear and traffic free drive.
A breeze now and a drop of wet. We'll see how it goes.

That is one bright spot, the little ones enjoying it. A GC near me makes such a good show that they now charge entry to see the area, it is good though, even for Big Boys, with model trains chuffing round, toot toot, singing elves, and prancing fairies, plus loads of very expensive posh "bargains", porcelain cottages etc

Mystery about your missing apples 2P, although I scrump next doors that will only be left to rot it wasn't me, honest,. Your bulbs on the surface, sure it's not squirrels? The devils dig them up at the volunteer place and I have to keep burying them again, I think they like them but once dug up they change their minds

Dusty, that trimmer plug is a joke, beyond daft. But once cost-cutting arrives, there is no limit to corners that can be shaved

Enjoy the Freedos etc Poppy, the silver lining

ArbitraryRandom

Interim update - showing the width of the hedge they're taking down... probably planted when the properties were built 50+ years ago

Neighbour's three hedges, plus one of mine would be something like 100 m2 of hedge. The chipper will be getting a good workout tomorrow.

 

twopenny

Ooooo that's a lot.
Though saying that I inherited a mixed hedge that had over run and once cut into and bought back to a size I could manage was lovely and got compliments.
A really nice backdrop.

Love the escape sheds with fairy lights