Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

Beautiful photo Farway! Tho red sky in morning ............

Enjoyed the video about wisteria. I have a new one that I hope to grow tree like and was going to ask on the forum eventually but I'll look and see if any of that yet applies. Lovely sharp secatures she's got. A lesson to us all.

Can't believe the sun shone today, it took the temperature from 1 to 6C which felt really warm and the sun just made everything feel better. Found a prettier bin for my coffee grounds outside the back door. The hope is to dry them and keep the slugs at bay. Mixed with crushed egg shells. Soot used to be my choosen method but no longer have room to store it.

Lots of crocus, snowdrops, daffs out here. My neighbour has minature trees surrounded by masses of small daffs and one of tiny cyclamen. She's a gardener so I'm hoping to get some seeded ones that have landed in her pea shingle. She likes things in order so there's a good chance. So pretty in spring.

I also saw a huge tree of lambs tails. That's my optimism meter.

Davesnave

Loved your dawn picture Farway. I wasn't aware of such colours here when I visited the hens around the same time, but I wasn't at my best, having woken late.

Probably the most inspirational picture I can post is what arrived in today's post:

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Farway said:

Out & about this morning, chiropodist, nothing exciting, but I did see my first real crocus flowers in a garden, always a sign of Spring, along with the squirrels getting amorous in the trees over the back of me

Because it was foot day I was up early enough to catch the sunrise

Lovely capture, F 👍

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Davesnave said:

Loved your dawn picture Farway. I wasn't aware of such colours here when I visited the hens around the same time, but I wasn't at my best, having woken late.

Probably the most inspirational picture I can post is what arrived in today's post:

Love the Cobaea and Pennisetum 👍👍

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Morning All 🖐  ..........    brass monkeys this morning, again 🥶  the most i'll be doing in the garden is filling the feeders !

I'm waiting for Hermes to deliver some bird feeds - delivery was due  early to midweek and still no sign ..... methinks it's probably gone the way of all the others Hermes items  ....... the big stash in the sky - or, someone's garage, overflowing with the nations Hermes deliveries 🙄😡 

Still no car either 😡

Davesnave

Yet another windy day with added wetness. Not much to add to that, except that I shall plant some peas indoors with the idea of getting off to an early start in the polytunnel.

Farway

Dull with some wind, I think there was sun earlier but that gave up

Catsacor, my fingers crossed for your Hermes parcel, mine is due tomorrow, tracking has it at depot & on it's way.

I was surprised yesterday as a Jungly parcel arrived in under 24 hours from clicking "Buy"

That parcel was an engraving thingy [like a Dremel] , I'm fed up with having plant labels that are illegible so for my fruit trees I've decided to engrave on metal. Normally I would buy pre engraved ones but looking at prices it makes far more MSE sense to DIY, especially as I'm not fussed on looks, just long lasting legibility

Dave, nice choices there, I've failed many a time to grow Cobea hope you have more luck than I

I wish you hadn't mentioned peas because I'd decided against them this year , mine grew OK and were fine but I am limited with space & think this year it may be beetroot in their spot

in_my_wellies

Davesnave said:

Yet another windy day with added wetness. Not much to add to that, except that I shall plant some peas indoors with the idea of getting off to an early start in the polytunnel.

I planted peas yesterday in a 6' length of gutter ready for an early start.  Also broad beans, sweet peas, peppers and a few odd bits of this and that. 

The sunrise featured on the local news here yesterday so it must have been special but I'm afraid I missed it. The central heating normally wakes me but it failed to come on so I didn't wake till 8.10am

A common redpoll has joined the party on the bird feeder.  

I drove to the 'bird' end of the reservoir yesterday (other end to me) and it was frozen - no swans, no geese, nothing except three moorhens slipping and sliding about. Very full and frozen up to the edges. 

twopenny

Came to the end of my tether with the weather. Decided to stay in and read a novel about a Greek island, sunshine and wine followed by a light hearted film about Italy, sunshine and wine.

The forcast promises the temperature will rise overnight and then it will rain but at least it will be a change of clothes for a difference in the days.

Most of what needs doing in the garden is rearranging, tying in and picking up what's blown down etc but it will be nice to be outside.

I've a couple of questions but I'll post a new thread so that there's something else going on.

Davesnave

I didn't get to plant peas.   Dearly Beloved wanted me to put up a curtain rail and I knew it would be a burger as I always hit the reinforced concrete lintels. They're tough on my battery drill and my SDS drills are too hefty for that sort of work, so it was indeed a tricky job.

In the remaining time I chopped-up another few barrow loads of poplar.   An hour of that is plenty, so I also had a walk around the holding and spotted a grey wagtail in the stream.