Awful weather - typical Brits talk

wort

Taken just now without the sun , so you’ll have to use your imagination 😉

twopenny

Ah now I'm confused. I'll have to go and squeeze the leaves but don't think they are scented. I like the look of them Abs. Will have to keep my eyes open for them.
But Sillia just popped into my mind after 5yrs and Poppys description sounds right.

Sun is shining here and the wind has dropped but still cold and too wet to garden. I may have a go at those tomato seeds later.

It's interesting about the acers. My tichy Morries ones are happier in the ground.
Seeing how they've survived I must keep my eye open for a larger one that doesn't cost a bomb. My non gardening neighbour has a huge one in a pot that was a gift and it grows fast. She won't know what it is though.

Farway

Sunny but cold

If it keeps fine, I may plant the potted Achillea I bought in Morries last week, no rush as it's in a pot anyway. Just the sooner it's in the ground, the better it will get settled ready for the summer drought.

The climbing beans I started under damp paper towels are just starting to germinate and split with white root tip showing. Could be a job for the weekend, potting up into the loo rolls.

twopenny said:

Sun is shining here and the wind has dropped but still cold and too wet to garden. I may have a go at those tomato seeds later.

My tom forest is just starting to show the true leaves, I think I have a cuckoo in the dwarf ones, shooting up way ahead of its siblings.

Bad luck on the septic tank top Dusty, at least it's emptied. I was hearing that in Cornwall the treatment works are full and private contractors are turned way, which means Cornish septic tanks not being emptied, gawd know what the owners are expected to do, especially with Grockle season arriving.

If there is a pong on the wind you'll know why

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/firms-left-nowhere-cornwall-take-7854529

Lovely acer Wort

My plum blossom is just getting ready, plenty of white showing now, no bets taken for me getting plums this year, last year the weather conspired to stop all pollinators coming out of their hives

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

Bad luck on the septic tank top Dusty, at least it's emptied. I was hearing that in Cornwall the treatment works are full and private contractors are turned way, which means Cornish septic tanks not being emptied, gawd know what the owners are expected to do, especially with Grockle season arriving.

If there is a pong on the wind you'll know why

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/firms-left-nowhere-cornwall-take-7854529

There are many reasons why I'd not relocate to Cornwall, and poor services/infrastructure is one of them. I was wrong about what happens to the septic tank waste here; it just goes to the sewage works on the estuary about 25 miles

away.

Toms doing OK here too, with 'proper' leaves on all now. Nothing doing with the chillies in the propagator, though. The same goes for all wild harvested seed 'rescued' from a variety of locations , but an Echinacea 'Magnus' grown by DD2 has proved prolific. We can't keep those here long, so I resent paying for them!

ArbitraryRandom

twopenny said:

Ah now I'm confused. I'll have to go and squeeze the leaves but don't think they are scented. I like the look of them Abs. Will have to keep my eyes open for them.
But Sillia just popped into my mind after 5yrs and Poppys description sounds right.

No worries, I didn't notice there'd already been an ID and when I saw this is seemed to match the characteristics of the picture (plus it's a beautiful looking flower so I'd want to keep an eye open for it myself - why are so many allium so attractive?)


(Tristagma uniflorum)

On other matters, my dishwasher still isn't draining at the end of the wash cycle (so isn't doing the last rinse and dry)... I can get it to drain by starting a new cycle, so I don't think there's a blockage. I really don't know what the problem is. I think the easiest/cheapest DIY option is some drain cleaner to flush the pipes, followed if that doesn't work by a new filter (which I can get online for about £25)... unless any clever people here have any other suggestions before I have to call someone out? 

And no sign of the builder so far today nor any messages, so I'm assuming that tues or weds now means weds or thurs...   

twopenny

That is a perfect match Arbs. Yes, pretty and long lived. Don't care about conditions and not maintenace and slugs not interested. What more can you want

Alliums may be the way to go in the future. Bees like them.

Post on the DIY forum re dishwasher. There's some clever people there with a lot of experience.

Well Dusty, I won't be swimming down there anyway, far too cold. Should be gone before I get there.

Farway

ArbitraryRandom said:

On other matters, my dishwasher still isn't draining at the end of the wash cycle (so isn't doing the last rinse and dry)... I can get it to drain by starting a new cycle, so I don't think there's a blockage. I really don't know what the problem is. I think the easiest/cheapest DIY option is some drain cleaner to flush the pipes, followed if that doesn't work by a new filter (which I can get online for about £25)... unless any clever people here have any other suggestions before I have to call someone out? 

And no sign of the builder so far today nor any messages, so I'm assuming that tues or weds now means weds or thurs...   

Assuming you've checked YouTube etc, sod's law it will be the timer because it's the most expensive option

Builder, no, it means sometime after Easter.

Back to gardening, my Tete a Tete daffs are starting to die down now, didn't last long but made a nice show at a dull time, next stage is B, fish & B if it ever gets dry enough

pink_poppy

Lovely pics on here, as always   one of these days I'll have something in my garden to show off   

I was tempted to buy a pink magnolia in Lidl on Sunday - no price on them but they looked okay. I didn't get one because I'm just not ready to buy/plant things yet - there's still a lot of planning and landscaping to do - I'm thinking plum slate for some areas if I can get hold of some. And I still need to buy some hedging and build a pergola!!

It's nice and sunny this morning and supposed to be dry all day.

twopenny

"I was tempted to buy a pink magnolia in Lidl on Sunday - no price on them but they looked okay. I didn't get one because I'm just not ready to buy/plant things yet - "

And you've resisted this thread so far? You're made of strong stuff.

We'll soon have you giving into temptation  

Farway

pink_poppy said:

Lovely pics on here, as always   one of these days I'll have something in my garden to show off   

I was tempted to buy a pink magnolia in Lidl on Sunday - no price on them but they looked okay. I didn't get one because I'm just not ready to buy/plant things yet - there's still a lot of planning and landscaping to do - I'm thinking plum slate for some areas if I can get hold of some. And I still need to buy some hedging and build a pergola!!

It's nice and sunny this morning and supposed to be dry all day.

Go on G on, stick it in a pot to grow a bit for when you are ready next year, you'll be glad you did in 2025

It's raining now, another day the fuchsia at front never got pruned , I had it all lined up for later today