Awful weather - typical Brits talk

ArbitraryRandom

Bit sore on that topic tbh... the builder was supposed to have confirmed a deposit amount and date to start work by now and it's all gone a bit quiet. I was expecting them to at least start if not be all done by March so I could get some plants started. 

Doesn't help I think that he was supposed to be coming to do my and neighbours patio area together and this last few days the neighbour made a start DIYing. I've tried catching him to ask, but I'm not great at that and he's always seeming to be on the way somewhere when he's out the front. 

Farway

Dull, damp & misty. A day for slumping in a chair and looking through seed catalogues, hope it brightens a bit because I'd like to get a pic of the hyacinth.

twopenny said:

Went into Tescos for a bunch of daffs
And came out with an apple tree.

I only had the car parking purse or it would have been 2

I have some of those inbetweener daffs, love them. The best of too small to collapse and enough height to be elegant. Good haul.

£7 apple in a bucket of water as per what Farway said he did.
Golden Delicious, not my favourite but for£7  I can deal with that. It's a tall one but with branches starting at 3ft and a,good shape I should be able to keep it small.
Heaven knows where I'm going to plant it  . 

I had to smile at that, came out with a tree , a tale we can all relate to. I have a Golden Delicious, the squirrels pinched the fruit this year before I got to it.

That variety likes full sun and ripens later, which is why I was leaving them to ripen a bit more. GD in UK is really G & D but needs time to ripen, with Global Boiling we should be fine.

I feel for you, I collect my TBD apple tree next weekend, and have no real idea where I'm putting it.

BTW my GD on dwarfing stock is in a pot, if you can, I'd avoid pot and get it in the ground, save watering & feeding.

Remember to plant the upturned bottomless pop bottle at the same time.

Our trees can grow up together, horticultural cousins. I'm hoping to train mine horizontally, but I'll wait & see what I get first.

Nice hellebores Dusty, no charge for car reminder BTW

YBE, a cackled wrist & nibbled daffs? We're doomed. 

It's odd how the birds go for yellow flowers this time of year, not always though, I watched in horror as I saw one trying to collect bits of ploy bag for its nest yesterday . The bag is a flyaway one stuck in a tree opposite my house, too high up for anyone to remove but slowly disintegrating in the sun & wind.

Dustyevsky

ArbitraryRandom said:

Bit sore on that topic tbh... the builder was supposed to have confirmed a deposit amount and date to start work by now and it's all gone a bit quiet. I was expecting them to at least start if not be all done by March so I could get some plants started.

Welcome to my world. Tractor man ....5 weeks late, farmer's promise to mend fences ....2 years late and counting, farmer's promise to remove telegraph pole....10 years late, digger man's promise to send estimate.....only a month late so far. 

OT: Reasonably bright and warm, but not for long. I must get my posterior into gear!  Chainsaw sharpened....

ArbitraryRandom

He's been quite good/reliable to now though - I'm a bit worried that without doing the neighbour at the same time the job is too small for him (it's him and a few lads).

I was only getting a couple of slabs and the raised beds, neighbour was looking at getting half the garden done.   

YoungBlueEyes

Try my trick Arb - give the builder a ring about 0830 Monday morning. Gives him time to either be at work already or on his way. Say 1) I bet you’re busy now the weathers lifted, but I’m worried you’ve forgotten me ha haa. Or 2) when he answers “ooh you’re there. I thought you might’ve won the lottery and disappeared off to the Bahamas ha haa!” And smile when you talk, you really can hear a smile When did you ask for the estimate? I know it’ll throw your plans out but for a good/reliable one I’d wait a bit longer. If your neighbour’s got a routine could you be out the front so he can catch you? Drop it into conversation - hey neighbour, have you heard from the builder? He might do the chasing for both of you  

Oh I am also entirely without vices Dusty, truly I am. Well as long as you don’t count about half of the 7 deadly sins list, but then they’re sins not vices so that’s fine  

Farway the bird collecting a poly bag reminds me of that thread from a long while ago about a fellah trying to get a plastic bag down from his tree. Gawd that was funny! I’ll see if I can find it. 

YoungBlueEyes

Here you go. Honestly, the threads I’ve got in my bookmarks ha haa! 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6455359/help-me-please-to-dispose-of-a-black-bin-bag/p1

Farway

YoungBlueEyes said:

Here you go. Honestly, the threads I’ve got in my bookmarks ha haa! 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6455359/help-me-please-to-dispose-of-a-black-bin-bag/p1

Loved that YBE, especially your cat hurling

The bag in “my tree” is about level with my upper window, I suspect, in bygone times, a fitter person could throw a street urchin out to get it

PS still drizzling, no photos or gardening

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

Here you go. Honestly, the threads I’ve got in my bookmarks ha haa! 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6455359/help-me-please-to-dispose-of-a-black-bin-bag/p1

Loved that YBE, especially your cat hurling

The bag in “my tree” is about level with my upper window, I suspect, in bygone times, a fitter person could throw a street urchin out to get it

PS still drizzling, no photos or gardening

I'm clean out of 70s urchins, but I have a couple of 80s kids. They're a little long in the tooth now for tree climbing, though.   Back in the day, this one got wind that her Grandpa was going to cut down her climbing tree, so she staged a protest, Swampy* style. It made no difference; Grandpa still chainsawed the tree with her in it!

* You may need to Duck-duck 'Swampy.'

OT: Didn't rain properly until 16.00, so I managed a fair amount of chainsawing. Enough for an old bloke on top of a hedge, anyway!

ArbitraryRandom

I love those leggings  

Paspatur

@Dustyevsky that is brilliant, made me laugh so much