Awful weather - typical Brits talk

pink_poppy

That's me back from my hols   we had lovely t-shirt weather down South for a few days and came home to heavy rain and gusty winds. The fire went on as soon as we set foot in the door.

Welcome sammy, I've seen you on the Old Style boards. Your garden already sounds really organised  

twopenny, we had a solitary crow a few years ago, just a young one. We called him Russell

Your words were ringing in my ears when we were away, about buying now to plant later. I was tempted, but the six hour journey home put me off loading the car up with plants. I did bring a couple of plant pots home with me, plus a 'sandstone' head that I bought my mum and dad years ago for a wedding anniversary not sure what to do with it though because it weights a tonne - I'll probably prop it up somewhere that I can see it from the house as I do love it.

The big cherry tree down the road has started to open - I think had it been further on it would have been bald by now with this wind   

Another one who is now lusting after a Purple Haze, Farway - it looks as if it's going to be a stunner.

Dusty, any chance of converting the modern barn into a self-catering unit to bring in some extra pennies, or would it be cost prohibitive to do that??

YBE, I was thinking about you as we were strolling around York the other day - I remembered you were there a few months ago. Have you ever ventured a bit further to Helmsley?? It's a really lovely market town and definitely worth a visit.

Right, time for a hot chocolate...

Dustyevsky

sammy_kaye18 said:

Im down in Swansea area - where are you and @Dusty? 

Our locations are a secret , but I'm south of Exmoor and 2p is north of it. We often get very different weather!  However, the wind here today has been from the north-west, so you won't have had any weather from my area.I think it's been pretty similar everywhere.  I just checked, and Swansea is the best part of 50 miles from me as the crow flies, and 150miles if you're not a bird!

As Mrs Dusty had a Club meeting here this afternoon, and it was so windy outside, I went shopping for essentials. Returning, I looked across to the Moor in 2p's direction and it was sunny. This is what it was like where I was:

 

All the wind turbines were stationary! It was, obviously, "the wrong kind of wind."

pink_poppy said:

Dusty, any chance of converting the modern barn into a self-catering unit to bring in some extra pennies, or would it be cost prohibitive to do that??

It would take much more money than we have to do something like that. Risky too, as this isn't a prime tourist area. Mind you, we like things that way!

kiss_me_now9

The pigeons (4 of them this morning!) are less of a problem now the winds have gusted through and blown almost all the bloody flowers off. 

Sigh. 

-taff

Farway, add another who wants an apple like that. I have been looking round the garden and I am lamenting my lack of space to grow more things. I don't know whether it's spring, or having a better ankle or this thread that has sent up a spike of space lust for more more more stuff to grow,

Dusty, that's a bit pants really. I can only suggest allotments or rent to a farmer, they always want barns don't they, or weddings, but that would deifnitely spoil the peace and quiet.

I'm in Wiltshire, in an area where the bad weather usually hits somewhere on the way, and after south wales, is a bloody joy to garden in, better summers for the most part and bigger skies.

went to a talk tonight by Adam Alexander, aka The Seed Detective and is not near as flashy as his website picture would suggest. Very interesting, I'd like to see ihm again I think, his style is quite normal, he seems quite normal, and of course, I couldn't resist buying some seeds and a book..Those are the perils of joining a gardening club..also the perils include saying yes to a potato in a bucket challenge,  saying yes to bringing extra seedlings for a plant sale [ will I have to buy some and pass them off as my own?] and potentially volunteering for something...uh oh...

and the weather is super windy and blummin cold. no stars, do not recommend...

Dustyevsky

-taff said:

Dusty, that's a bit pants really. I can only suggest allotments or rent to a farmer, they always want barns don't they, or weddings, but that would deifnitely spoil the peace and quiet.

It's not so bad. The barn and 1/4 acre around it may go, but that will still leave the vast majority of our land and all the garden. Having the money to finish what we've worked on with those is more important.  We're close to an enclave of 15 homes, so while it can be quiet, it isn't a serene setting, especially when big machinery's working nearby! We chose to be in a place like this. In the middle of nowhere, a property's more vulnerable to theft, and there's social deprivation to consider too.

Farmers don't always want all the barns they have or inherit. The surrounding ones here used to be full of pigs, but no one farms pigs commercially here now. I can't say I'm sorry! Barns close to ours are full of thatching and fencing materials, which make better neighbours.

Before moving here, we lived on the borders of Wiltshire. There are some lovely parts....and lovely house prices to go with them! That's why we had to move, or never have the space we now enjoy.

Dustyevsky

kiss_me_now9 said:

The pigeons (4 of them this morning!) are less of a problem now the winds have gusted through and blown almost all the bloody flowers off. 
Sigh. 

I looked at my pear blossom yesterday. It was still OK, in the sense that some flowers were whole, while others seemed like they may have done their job and been pollinated. How long does it take for fruit formation to be triggered by pollination? I don't know. Plenty of bees about now, though.

As I won't be about later today, here's my seedling 'forest,' or some of it. The other half's in the polytunnel. Also, some fuchsias picked-up last week for £1 each at the Garden Club talk....some duplicates, but at that price!

YoungBlueEyes

I'm not sitting here quietly wondering where I can squeeze in a Purple Haze, or what I could yank out to create room, I'm really honestly not. "Pears for your heirs is it... hmm..." You've got as long as it takes for the T+M offer to come back round, sorrowful pear, or you'll be off to Lovely Neighbour!

I think I maybe have been to Helmsley pp, not recently mind. Ex husband was stationed at Staxton so I used to run all round those hills, but it was mostly Malton and Pickering, or Filey if the weather was right. Hutton le Hole is beautiful too, but it's only small. Glad you had a nice time, and welcome back

Welcome Sammy All pictures of dogs, idiotic or otherwise are gratefully received  

Lurgy is on the move, I've got swishy ears and a scratchy throat this morning to go with the bit-of-a-cough and shivers. Domestic nonsense was half hearted yesterday. Getting tucked up on the sofa with some medicine water *ahem* and watching lots of old Beechgroves and Only Connects wasn't though  

Jostaberry just-a-berry, thanks Less. And while I can blame be forgiven for extra stoopid brain due to lurgy, I'll admit that I've just realised why Ribena is so called. Honestly, the things you learn on this thread. 

For a heathen I'm very fond of chapels/churches/cathedrals etc. How was Chester wort? Hereford is a belter if you're ever round that way. 

Russell crow - that made me laugh   I used to have a Springer that I wanted to call Jerry but the ex said that was common  Ah he was that miserable, I don't know why he was so surprised when I left him. 

Anyway. Windy today but maybe a little weaker than yesterday, and drier too. Possibly. My garden's took a battering, all sorts of flowers snapped and blossoms and bits in general blown away. Ah well. Did everyone else survive ok..? 

YoungBlueEyes

Bluddy ell Dusty, that's some forest! I've just checked and I've nothing sprouting from my tom seeds at all yet. And speaking of seeds and sproutings Farway - if you're worried about your cosmos cos I said I'd pircked mine out then good news! I spelt cosmos wrong, I meant to say Persian Jewels  

pink_poppy

I know of someone with a springer called Jerry. Poor thing has eyes like saucers, I think due to the dubious smoking habits of the owner...   

Lovely sunny morning here after yesterday's heavy rain. The blue sky and white clouds look like the opening credits of The Simpsons.

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

Anyway. Windy today but maybe a little weaker than yesterday, and drier too. Possibly. My garden's took a battering, all sorts of flowers snapped and blossoms and bits in general blown away. Ah well. Did everyone else survive ok..? 

Good to hear your lurgy's on its way out the door and heading or the fjords now.

A few things knocked about here, but we're used to it. Believe it or not, another neighbour had the tree guys in yesterday, cutting stuff down in the winds!

Madness! They can't have the gnarly oaks on the right down, though; they're ours.