Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Dustyevsky

Very little time this morning. We have friends about to sell their house and in need of portable plants for the agent's photoshoot, so it's into the van with the dahlias etc and awaaay......!!  The handbrake cable's just snapped, so it should be loads of fun!

In the meantime, and with a dearth of private sitooteries, here's a public one, where it's possible to gain access by buying a cuppa and a cake at a local GC. Me, being the tightwad I am, (and trying to lose weight! ) just strolled in, took a few snaps and departed. I focused on both the view and the foxgloves opposite, and the foxgloves won.

pink_poppy

You posted while I was typing away, twopenny. Lovely pic of the coos and how lovely to 'know' the coo that you get your milk from.

I was looking for the spuds that YBE mentioned a while back that were like Jersey Royals?? I can't remember the name though and not sure if we could grow them here anyway.

pink_poppy

Beautiful view and foxgloves, Dusty. My foxgloves are just the pink ones, but the bees love them. Hope you get to your friend's hoose without any mishaps.

Farway

Back from cake eating instead of gardening yesterday, actually I did do a bit, the cake was at the volunteer's do, so I watered the pots before I went in. They were gasping, so just as well I went prepared.

I'll do the same on Thursday when I have to go for chiropodist there.

I think I've caught up with the posts, apologies if I miss something.

Wort, hope Barnsley thrives for you, unfortunately I had the Norwegian Blue variety, which of course soon turned its roots up.

Oh, copper beech, wish I'd taken a pic of the monsters at the posh gardens I went too recently. There is a long avenue of them on the A272, heading towards Winchester from the Hut A32 crossroad. Imposing driving by, can be seen on Google Earth BTW, look for West Meon Hut.

Arbs, glad T & M brassicas came right for you,  and I'm getting my apple tree money back, so a nuisance but resolved.

2P, I have raspberry envy now, seems early, but mine are autumn ones so a pleasure yet to come.

Great sky GF, it's just dull grey here, should be like yours for drama

I was hoping for more warmth today, maybe tomorrow, so they say. I want to clear out the red campion from a pot to make space for my broad beans.

I have found out Milk & More deliver compost, a bit dearer, £5.49 40L, but it will arrive at my doorstep without me breaking my back in Home Bargains or wherever, I've ordered a bag for tomorrow, which should see me through I hope. Oh, and some crumpets slipped in as well

If I had been more astute I could've got a discount code, but failed

My toms are doing well outside, inside are a bit leggy. My sins have caught up with me, where I knocked some on the floor and mixed them up, I have some monster on in a wall basket, should be Balcony Yellow but no way.

Here's Bloody Butcher, outside

twopenny

I thought you meant the Volunteers were gasping Farway

The raspberries are indeed Autumn Bliss but on the advice when I started the garden someone said to leave some of the canes a second year for early fruiting - and it worked really well, giving me raspberries all summer.

But then this weird weather and prolonged drought last year gave them all rust. I cut the whole lot back and kept fingers crossed.

Must have missed a few small ones.

However I now have tomato envy as mine are still struggling in their pots. Tonight I'll try and get them in. I have a crowbar

Forgot to add, it's not only 2 types of milk, milkshakes and eggs you get in this little kiosk - plants too......I missed those though

We have another that sells fabulous cakes and another honey. Some do free chicken poo - problem is it stinks and you have to get a very heavy bag home.

I guess we don't need freecycle

YoungBlueEyes

Pouring in the rain here, and I've 2 loads of washing still out. Well it can stop out there now for I've no room for it in here. Dam drunkards and sobers and tusky.  You called it wort, I should've listened to you! Course now they're all saying it has rained and will rain some more. Swines. 

Have a nice time in Lahndan Arb. Hopefully you won't have to speak or participate at all really, just sit quietly and take notes. And wonder why you can never get that last wee bit of muck out of the corner of your nail ha haa. If you want a book recommendation I'm reading "Chin Up Britain" by Jenny Eclair. I was never really a fan of hers but this book is funny. It's about how a middle aged grumpy woman would sort out the country. Ever so good! 
I think everyone's got the red banner. I did look back to check what Dusty has been saying, but no, we're good  

I'm another one with poppy seeds, well all kinds of seeds, still in the packets and boxes and wrapped in tissues :rolleyes: You'd think out of everyone us lot would know better, honestly you would. 

I can't remember what I said about Jersey Royals now (shocker). I remember asking if any of yous grow them and they turn like out like the proper jobs they used to be I'd very happily buy any excess, but I don't think I know another sort like them. I can't help with your tatties either pp Stuff from a shop could be anything so I'd go with the dying foliage method. Unless you could go back to the shop (presuming it's not a supermarket) and see what the box says or ask a staff member?  I've just remembered I forgot to look if Adam the Gardener says anything about tatties for this week/month. Gawd sake. I'll do it in a min, I promise. 

Count me in for the missing birds 2p, I've no robins or tits here now, I've blackies and sparrows and pigeons. And a couple of doves. Oh and I saw a thing about swifts so I'll share that on here too. Sounds like swimming helps your broken bum/d1cky leg? Do you ever swim in the sea then? Love your coos, and isn't the light behind them beautiful No little stalls like that round here sadly, good job really or I'd have an erse like a barn door from eating proper cakes and drinking good milk and fresh milkshakes all day. 

Very cheerful foxgloves there Dusty, Hopefully your plants will make your friend's place that bit more desirable. 

I've tom and rasp envy here Farway. Mine aren't having it this year for some reason, poss the weather being too cold and wet (so far) and the rest of the week doesn't look any better. I also thought you'd doused the volunteers with the hose I'll do 2p's cane trick, so what they accomplish next year :fingerscrossed:

YoungBlueEyes

Adam’s week by week thing is beans, but I doubt it’ll be news to the bean growers here 

Here’s the bird thing I think should be wider known ( it goes against your instincts really) - 

And thing out the front that is prob a weed but look how happy it is. The future’s bright… 

-taff

pp, I id laugh at your Disney film experiences shame they can't do the housework too. If it's any help it's not you. It was 7 degrees here last night but felt colder and the first time I've ever worn something approaching a pyjama top to bed, should have kept the flanelette on, not the cotton summer stuff.We got followed round the gc by a robin, but I haven't seen one in my garden this year, I am envious..hoping m trees grow enough for camouflage for them. International Kidney are Jersey Royals but obviously they can't call them jersey ones if they're not on jersey. Add seaweed to them and they should taste a bit like them. I 've had some in the last from a Scottish seed suppler and they've been good even without the seaweed.

ybe, love the talking to plants, another laugh this morning! my sweet peas have got the dizzying heights of six inches after being put in alkaline soil, having the cat sit on them, the slugs munch then and the fozes dig them up. Fingers crossed for better groth in this lovely artic summer weather. I like his bean instructions too, except I don't know what  derris is or nicotine spray? [insert shocked smiley face] And love your orange hawkweed [ or fox and cubs as apparently it is also known] I had to move some of that from out the back to out the front because I like it.

Arb, have fun in London, cocktail sticks work well for nails I've scattered I don't knw how many packets in the front garden and none came up, so i tried sowing them in modules, some came up, two lived to tell the tale [ four lived from this years sowing] so don't despiar, they are contrary erseholes is what they are.

2p, coffee and cake is an essential part of recovery I've always though especially coffee and walnut. Do you need help with some of that? I am always ready to coffee and cake to aid recovery in all and any cases you get milk from your own personal cow? That is impressive and so is he, she's very pretty! And no, you don't need freecycle..I am just practicing my getting things for free skills as handed down by my father

wort, sounds like you need coffee and cake too.

Dusty, what a vista for a GC! Good luck with the flower arranging!

Farway, on a roll, coffee and cake, deivered compost, you are living a life of luxury

I am now the proud owner of a jade plant [ quite large] and some erigeron but I have given away cosmos, a mirror, a cat carrier, some other various stuff so I think I got he better deal as my house and garden are emptier in one sense...kind of...better brush up on my houseplant skillz....[currently non existent!]

Dustyevsky

I shall probably forget lots of posts, but I'll try to catch-up, now our pots are delivered and I've grovelled under the van to find out which of the handbrake cables is broken. It was the longest of, course, but the garage has ordered one, and they'll fit it “before the rain” tomorrow.

Lovely coos, 2p. So much more photogenic than mine! I just pressed the button and the camera did the bull picture for me.

That's a very orange oriental poppy, taff! I'd much rather a strong colour than the almost red or not quite orange ones I see around the village. As it sounds open pollinated, you could have had almost any variation, so a strong orange and a white is a great result.

Barnsley Baby didn't seem to like our soil at the old garden, wort. Pinks didn't do that well either, which surprised me, but they flourish here, so perhaps we should try the mallows again too. They do give a good amount of flower power for a modest outlay.....and please the bees.

It's funny you mentioned copper beech, Farway. I've just been pondering the fate of 5 we planted back in 2013, all of which survived. Two are safe, because they sit in places where they'll cause no problems, but a third might eventually annoy the landlady of next door, who hasn't sold-up, as I thought she might. Another, we stupidly planted right next to a Wild Service Tree, so if a logical choice is made based on rarity value, it'll be due for the chop in a few years. That leaves one more, still looking innocuous, but there isn't room for two in the mini-wood.  In theory, planting too many young trees is fine, especially when firewood's required, but like old hens which stop laying, doing the sensible thing with them is tough and easy to put off.  

£5.49 isn't too bad for certain composts. On your recommendation, I bought 2x 40l Levington in Sainsburys for £8, which was a bargain,but the finer one I like to mix it with is £5.99 at the GC. Incidentally, there was an Irish Erin compost at the GC which had a sign by it saying "reduced peat," so I immediately bought one!   Haven't tried it yet, but it feels OK. There's no mention of exactly what it has in it on the packaging.

Dustyevsky

pink_poppy said:

I had two very sweet robins come to the door this morning   One always sits on the whirly waiting for me to throw food out and flies down when I open the door. They both flew out of the garden with the food so the babies must be elsewhere. The blackbirds are all still wanting sultanas every time I go outside too. When I was back inside the bunny also appeared - I feel like I'm in a Disney film sometimes  

I feel like I'm in a film too, pp. 'The Birds!' The crow was back this morning, attacking Mrs Dusty's car instead of mine. It didn't move when I opened the window, so I'll have some photos to post tomorrow. Mrs Dusty had to shoo it away in the end.
Great sky in your picture, gf and also what looks like a posh cricket pavilion. Is the gate there for batspersons who persistently score ducks?