Awful weather - typical Brits talk

pink_poppy

Thanks for the wellies recommendations, folks   I did have some fashion wellies, but my DD pinched them to go camping and I never got them back. I saw some little Joules ankle wellies recently that were quite cute, but I do prefer the full size ones as I love to go sploshing around in puddles when it's been raining.

Lovely light this morning, I think it might have been the sun   it didn't last, but we had a vivid rainbow as it started to rain. I think it's sunshine and showers for the rest of the day, followed by a yellow warning for rain tomorrow and Monday   

Love the Hellebore pics - we might have one here - sort of greenish white flowers?? I'll have to investigate...

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

It's a tv aerial I think Dusty, but presuming that it's straight it proves the chimney is ...not... so my camera's eyes are fine  

That's another pretty hellebore, and I see what you mean about the wee spots. Is that cos of critters or the weather or what?

Oh, I thought TV aerials would be a no on a fancy historical refurb. I know people still use them, but they can go in the loft, like ours. OTOH maybe there isn't a loft in the old school?

The spots are a hellebore disease, partly because I don't take off and destroy the old leaves quickly enough each winter. So long as it's not hellebore Black Death, I don't worry too much. That's catching, and plants must be destroyed immediately.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/disease/hellebore-black-death

YoungBlueEyes

.... and melons. I've seen boys in supermarkets with one in each hand, squeezing and commenting and     I'll shurrup now.

twopenny

Ah brumation!
I'm going to use that a lot.  I do a lot of that given half a chance.

YoungBlueEyes

I'm going to check with the council, it can't be right that they're allowed to put a load of them up on such an old building. TV/radio aerials can all go in the lofts now like you say, so they're cutting corners/preserving their pennies possibly? But you'd think it was dearer to go outside cos Shirley that would mean scaffolding etc..? I really don't know about these things. But then I don't have to, councils and planners and building regs people do. And actually (thinking while I'm typing) do we even need them now? We were ages waiting for our tv to be activated cos it's all KCOM + cables round here and they have to wait for your cheque to clear before they'll deign to switch the wires on! 

Anyway. Hurrah for vivid rainbows pp  

ArbitraryRandom

Dustyevsky said:

I'm similarly intrigued by Arb's discovery of edible qualities in hostas. It may be something I once knew, overwritten when my brain ran out of memory. It does sound familiar. Again, dare I try it? I once served rabbit stew to a bunny lover, saying it was chicken, but Mrs Dusty's prize-winning Frances Williams, dished-up as an 'asparagus variant' might be going too far!

If it helps at all - from what I have been reading - pruning out upto a third of the new growth on an established plant can be recommended to reduce overcrowding and improve the vigour of the plant (as an alternative to lifting and splitting)...   

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

Oh and Farway's phrase that had us girls giggling was about notching his figs. Sounds nawty but in a gentle way. 

Like nibbling Nobby's Nuts, perhaps?

Don't worry, I've covered my fundamentals. There's a whole thread about it, and it seems no one was banned! https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4433267/nobbys-nuts/p1

Dustyevsky

ArbitraryRandom said:

Dustyevsky said:

I'm similarly intrigued by Arb's discovery of edible qualities in hostas. It may be something I once knew, overwritten when my brain ran out of memory. It does sound familiar. Again, dare I try it? I once served rabbit stew to a bunny lover, saying it was chicken, but Mrs Dusty's prize-winning Frances Williams, dished-up as an 'asparagus variant' might be going too far!

If it helps at all - from what I have been reading - pruning out upto a third of the new growth on an established plant can be recommended to reduce overcrowding and improve the vigour of the plant (as an alternative to lifting and splitting)...   

It's certainly made it more likely the hugely overcrowded galvanised bucket and similar containers will be tackled, one way or another. I always leave them too long. They're so bad, I think a full empty and replant will be on the cards. OTOH, with literally dozens of tree whips to plant or pot-up and the tomato growing season upon us in another month.....

Never mind, we may be into 'Dig For Victory' soon, so then rows of hostas in the deep beds as 'lettuce substitute' could work. With the farmers on the continent rioting and spreading manure everywhere, I do wonder who's actually going to be feeding us shortly. I hope you guys haven't forgotten to prep. We've never stopped; still on 2021 bog roll!  Discovered Ritz don't last that long, though.

greenbee

Poppy - I have Aigle neoprene lined wellies (from MVF as suggested by Dusty) and they've been great for things like weeding the stream at the old house in winter!

Very envious of all your gardening. Mine is looking very sad as I still have a large pile of shrubs to shred (we've done some, but there's a LOT more to go) and scaffolding on the house means that the tree surgeon can't currently get in. I need to chase the roofers AGAIN to get the scaffolding down. Spending is mostly on the house at the moment - but I do want to get a few things growing so that the greenhouse is productive this year - toms, peppers, chillies, and aubergines are on the list. And I have some planters that can be used for salad. Beds need to be dug for everything else, and I'd like to put up a decent-sized fruit cage too. 

twopenny

Greenbee that sounds a lot of work! Hope you have a hot bath to soak in

Well today turns round. Neither weather forcast was right, happily in this case.

The day was sunny and bright!

Started off looking like rain.........and gazing at the clouds I noticed this lovely surprise. A tree in full blossom over the fence.

Look carefully and you'll see another little treasure.

In case you haven't got your specs on yet here's a bigger one

Spent the afternoon mowing (all I intended to do) but then dug out about 50 Winter Charm wallflower seedlings, moved lots of tete a tete (shows just how many of Morries pots I've bought) found I had some clumps of Snowdrops and Crocus under the collapsing lavenders so moved those too.

After 5mts of no gardening I wasn't half stiff when I'd finished

So thought I'd best post this tonight because I think I may still be asleep all tomorrow