Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Paspatur

Farway plans are afoot for something up the fence
It will not be apple trees of any kind
Just finished very expensive dental implant work all caused by an apple
I don't eat apples now

greenbee

If it helps @Paspatur, I broke a tooth on a piece of toast (also ended up being expensive... crown, then implant, then gum grafts, then implant removal, then bone graft, then new implant).

ArbitraryRandom

Farway said:

Later this year will be a guess the plant comp reading about, and experiencing, seeds, plants mixing or shelves / seed trays etc crashing to the ground

Just spotted these on etsy and thought of this post (a prize for the 'winner' perhaps )

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/865965236/the-bad-gardeners-ceramic-markers-garden

wort

KMN re clematis could u put wires or trellis on the outhouse and train it sideways ?

YBE you make me laugh, do you want to be my neighbour.
Just had a quick jaunt to Sainsbob and they have 2 peonies for £15 I sorely was tempted but could think where to put them, my niece succumbed and I’ll be reet jealous when they flower. I do have one I put in a year or so ago but not seen it flower yet .
love the animal pics. Those cute little yellow birds are new to me.

wort

P.s. Chilly cold outside sun keeps appearing but V says rain to come. Sat and Sunday are not showing rain yet, but what looks like North and NorthEasterly winds.

PP I’m like you don’t like confrontation, but it’s a shame if the bins put paid to your sitooterie.

pink_poppy

wort, the neighbours used to have their bins at the back of the garden, but they've put something else there now. Weather (and phone) permitting, I'll take a pic of my potential sitooterie in the next few days. I've also just remembered I've got a screenshot of someone else's wee sitooterie that gave me the idea for that space in the first place.

Love the ceramic markers, AR   

Commiserations on the dental work, Pas, I don't blame you for steering clear of apples, although you could maybe stew them??...

pink_poppy

This is the look I would like to go for. I think I saw it on Faceache or Pinterest.

Farway

greenbee said:

Bury some leaky hose in the beds before you fill them up @ArbitraryRandom - I did this when I had deep raised beds and it saved a lot of effort in dry summers. I set up hose connectors on the giant water butts (200l x 2) nearby, but could also water with the hose. Obviously if there was a hosepipe ban I'd fill the waterbutts and then use those to water... It means a lot less water lost to evaporation too.

Danger danger Will Robinson Arbs, many years back I did just this, and then stabbed the sunken leaky hose with my fork :'( , so it leaked far more than intended, and it never really worked in the first place, not sure why, another super idea that turned to ashes

There's something on YT with a chap laying plastic plumbing pipe with holes in, a bit of a bu66er drilling the holes though. Have I seen lay flat tubing with holes somewhere?

Love the mystery labels, I'd use a pack in no time

PP, now that's what I'd call a sitooterie. Wow, I don't think I'd bother going indoors if I had something like that

I've weeded & chicken poo pelleted the large pots ready for my climbing beans, all set for the weekend plant up, blizzards will arrive on Tuesday.

greenbee

If it's in a raised bed, Farway, it's not so bad as you don't tend to do the same kind of digging once it's set up. At least, I don't Just small holes with a trowel to swap stuff over and mulch with compost. Mind you, I'm embracing no-dig wholeheartedly right now!  As my veg plot is on what was lawn, it seemed the sensible way to avoid wireworm and other fun pests. And digging. A lot of digging.

Two more bulk bags of compost have been delivered. Actually on the day they were scheduled for too, which is nothing short of miraculous!

pink_poppy

I love the little shelving units with lights around them - I've got some boxes that I could potentially use for that and some solar lights that have never been opened if I can find them. I'd be facing that fence, rather than sitting underneath it and I'd have plants in the space instead of stones. I've got a chiminea that could fit in there too. Ooh, I think I'm talking myself into doing it - just the pesky bins problem to solve