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Awful weather - typical Brits talk

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  • YoungBlueEyes
    YoungBlueEyes Posts: 4,877 Forumite
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    edited 12 December 2023 at 3:35PM
    Australorps - had to D’Duck them. Aren’t they cheeky looking! You don’t have a whole lot of luck with neighbours, will the Rosa do the trick fast enough? So there’s hope for my alliums then, if they sprayed their seeds about before I got to them… it’s a possibility :) 

    Could you do some alliums in a pot Farway, if it’s your soil they don’t like? Or is it a geographical/aspect thing? 

    And as for building houses on that view….. :anguished:

    I removed the shell from my racing snail, but now it's more sluggish than ever.
  • Dustyevsky
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    edited 12 December 2023 at 6:55PM
    Australorps - had to D’Duck them. Aren’t they cheeky looking! You don’t have a whole lot of luck with neighbours, will the Rosa do the trick fast enough? So there’s hope for my alliums then, if they sprayed their seeds about before I got to them… it’s a possibility :) 

    And as for building houses on that view….. :anguished:
    Australorps aren't a common breed in the UK, but they're tough all-rounders and have a good temperament. I would say they look more knowing than cheeky, myself.
    The neighbour hasn't done anything wrong (yet! :D) just tidied-up a corner where water collects and goes into the stream. It's been overgrown for years, so I've not felt the need to put a growing barrier there, just a fence. However, any gap from a public road is best plugged. One of the huge advantages of this property is that there's no access at all, except from a private road. ;)
    You may well get lots of alliums popping-up. They're pretty good at it; sometimes too good! :/
    You can relax about the housing plans for the car park; apparently there was a public outcry and whoever thought up the idea was overruled. That town is really blessed with places to walk, because most of the surrounding land is held in common by the residents and there are miles of footpaths. These also join up with a major footpath we walk in winter when others are too boggy. You can just about make out a path in the picture....it starts gently  and becomes pretty steep! :o
    Well, this morning was reasonably dry, so I dug holes and put some concrete in them. Then, the rain came in over lunchtime, so it was a sludge-fest where I'd been working and the holes had water in them. :( The concrete will still go solid, but it was fortunate it's foundation and won't be seen.
    "There is no such thing as a low-energy rich country." Dr Chris Martenson. Peak Prosperity
  • twopenny
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    It was supposed to rain all morning but the sun sort of came out.
    Still feels quite mild at 10c after that cold snap.

    Won't be any gardening done this week. Cooking for 4 Christmas events , just nibbles, and Friday two on the same morning!
    Not sure whether to hit the Baileys before or after  >:)

    Could someone please write some new Christmas songs?
    It's driving me crazy!

    It's weird out in the garden. Bulbs are coming up, Helebore fat buds and the japonica is in bud too.
    The Hidcote lavender is blooming as is my climbing rose Blush Noisette. Defo worth the.money
    Must get my favourite cream one this year. They only sell till Feb and I keep forgetting. 

    I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!

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  • pink_poppy
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    Ooh, am I going on holiday, YBE?? Where am I going?? :D Unfortunately not me heading off to the sun - was it Wellies??

    Have you heard Snowman by Sia, twopenny?? It's a different kind of Christmas song and I actually quite like it.

    It's yet another frosty start this morning - I think there's only been two mornings in the last three weeks where DH hasn't had to scrape the car... The sky looks lovely though - all pink.

    I finally had a look at the Calamondin and it's not good. Leaves are dropping off. It's my own fault.
    'A watched potato will never chit'...
  • twopenny
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    Blush Noisette I have Bluey. 
    https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/products/blush-noisette
    I'd like to say what the other one I want is but I'm forever forgetting. Will look it up.
    Alistair Stella Grey......It also blooms till Christmas. In spring it can have 13 flowers in one 'hand' and the scent is gorgeous all summer! 
    https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/products/alister-stella-gray

    Yes, a weekly reminder would be useful  :D  
    The things that make life happy get pushed away as utilities and lifes trials take precedence  :/

    Hoping to look for holidays, plants and hobbies in the 2 weeks over Christmas whn for me the madness stops.

    Saw the video for Shawshank...bit I must wiki it. Quicker. I'm guessing it's not a comedy.

    I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!

    viral kindness .....kindness is contageous pass it on

    The only normal people you know are the ones you don’t know very well


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