Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

I can't keep up and wonder if when I give a 'helpful vote' in appreciation of info and photo - I'm removing one I've already done

So if I saw Wow/congratulations/ fabulous can you pick the right word to describe your post please - I've read them all and muttered that.

Taff, do you mean the Money plant? Stuck in a pot under the eaves shade and left. Sometimes if I'm watering I sling a cupful on it but rarely.

I'm short of raspberries today. The wind blew the netting off overnight and I guess the young Blackies had a feast.

No I didn't lay on the sofa yesterday, feeling envious of those who did but went to Devon intending a coastal walk but spent the time eating a delicious lunch and watching crows then the whole time watching and listening to the seals in a tropical looking blue sea. Sun was just perfect temperature and now I'm typically British, brown up top and white below the waist

I did photo to keep on theme the OxEye daisies in the cemetary in great swathes which was just beautiful and fitted the quiet calm of the place.

I couldn't seem to get the volume of daisy that you can see in real life but it was stunning.

I also wanted to photograph the wild flowers growing in the rocks but neighbour was with me and you have to be an enthusiast to understand why someone would want to so I couldn't really concentrate.

There were pink and white seedums, Pinks, rock ivy and all sorts in blocks of colour.

Bluey I think that's a Peace rose you have there. If so it's a treasure for flower and fragarance. They don't have masses of bloom but what they have lasts on the bush, in a vase etc.

Rain predicted at 11am, 1hr after Dusty and boy is it needed. My garden looks like the rocks here and it's really beyond watering help.

Darn cold too. Fleece and slipper weather. Dense cloud.

I'm off shopping, the tip, computer training place and dancing today so if it would nicely rain while I'm doing so that would be a 2 for 1.

Dustyevsky

-taff said:

That's a very Indiana Jones bridge there, no thank you very much

Farway, I did like your thorough explanation but first..find a willing granny

pp, I like those orange pom pom ones much better than the other kind, I might have to find room for one. Hope the babby lived...and that's an excellent action shot

That's what the ladies I was with at the time said about the bridge! It wasn't Mrs Dusty, who'd have had a go if she'd not wandered off somewhere with a friend. The bridge wasn't young, and a couple of slats were rotten, but the cables were OK. Hopefully, the fairly new owners will renovate rather than decommission....and get plenty of 3rd party insurance!

Find a willing granny? It took a while, but I worked that one out, eventually!

I forgot about pp's great bee shot. I must've taken thousands of photos, and still never captured a bumble in flight like that.

EDIT: Farway, I have a blue Love in a Mist, and a photo, but no way is it as good as yours.   The only bonus is I didn't plant any; it just grew.

Belated happy birthday, wort.

As predicted, the crow was back this morning, and in the absence of the van, moved on to inspect a car parked in the neighbour's place! Meanwhile, around at the back the adult woodpeckers were feeding one offspring on the pergola. I had to shoot through two glass doors to get a shot, so a blurry picture coming soon!

-taff

2p, that's a very mediterranena looking cemetery and yes, you can see those massive hillocks of daisies in the background, lovely. Yes, your money plant. I've  got hold of one [ can't say no to freebies] and I repotted it yesterday, then took it out again and roughed the roots up, then repotted it again, gave it a good water because the succuclent bits were not so succulent and it's now residing in the greenhouse until I find a pot for it indoors. Is it a thrive on neglect plant?

Dustyevsky

twopenny said:

No I didn't lay on the sofa yesterday, feeling envious of those who did but went to Devon intending a coastal walk but spent the time eating a delicious lunch and watching crows then the whole time watching and listening to the seals in a tropical looking blue sea.

Lovely, and surprisingly calm.   The cemetery told me where you were. As it's an easy walk near there, maybe we'll pop up soon. I'm not fit at present for the more taxing bits of the coast path. :'(

pink_poppy

twopenny, I love, love, love that pic of the seals I've been saying to my DH that I think we should have a holiday down where you and Dusty are as I love the coastline there. The cemetery pic reminds me of St. Mary's Church in Whitby (YBE might know what I mean).

The upright rocks in the first pic look similar to the crevice rockery garden on an old episode of Beechgrove I was watching the other day. It's something I'm wanting to do - we've got plenty of big rocks and some flat pieces of slate so would just need to buy the alpine plants - dianthus, phlox, saxifrage, astilbe, pulsatilla and muscari were all featured. I'm dithering about whether to have it in the front garden, or the back garden where the anthill mob hang out. The episode is number 5 of the 2023 series if anyone is interested.

Dusty, I was concentrating on keeping my hand steady when taking the ceanothus pic and didn't see the bee flying off - just a lucky capture   (I seem to remember YBE managed to get a departing bee pic a while back??) wort, the sky wasn't that blue in real life and it's certainly not that blue today.

That's a very pretty single stripe rose, YBE and I love the mackerel sky shot. Dusty, your pink rose is lovely too.

Thanks for the fig info, Farway, I'll have a look in Morries the next time I'm in Fort William.

taff, I really liked the orange pom pom buddleia too - it was growing wild and obviously liked where it was.

Pas, the string chairs are fab.

It's dry out there at the moment, but rain forecast for this afternoon

bridie925

My plants were thriving indoors when they were young plants and seedlings and as the weather got warmer in May i put them outside in a raised covered bed and in the greenhouse. They aren't really growing as we have had no sun. Looking into getting some indoor heatlamps to grow things inside. Does anyone have any recommendations or tips? 

twopenny

Bridi I'd suggest asking as a seperate question because then you get the people checking in who are more technically minded dropping in. I don't think we have that sort of thing apart from Dusty and Arbs is working away for a week or she's a great researcher.

Apologies for my brief responses to posts but now I'm having to cram my answers into when I have the computer loaded up I'd need a note book to tackle name and subject.

Just had to go back to look at the Poppys ceanothus bee. That's amazingly sharp and really makes the picture.

There's a tiny front garden I pass that has a lovely one and it's jam packed with flowering plants. I'll have to get down there with the camera.

Also the seals in Scotland hang around much better because they are not disturbed. We had 3 trip boats come into the area but were a respectful distance. The oldest and biggest rammed full of tourists came within 12ft of the seals and made us furious. Got photos, they'll end on a review.

Taff, yes, can't remember where you are or how cold but mine used to be by the kitchen sink propped up by a dinning fork it got flimsey but put it outside and it burgeoned. But that's sheltered and SW uk

Dusty, yes it's a bit of a trial to walk that particular bit. I;m so used to it I didn't realise until my neighbour got flumouxed. The path on the other side Puttsborough to Croyde is a simple walk and while no seals, I loved it up there.

And yes, the sea really was that colour.

Cold, 13c here now, everyone in fleeces and shivering. The hoped for rain turned out to be a smattering. Those cartoons they post on the weather bear no resemblance to what happens.....

LessImpecunious

Re. the jade/money plants - mine always go outside in the summer (or what is attempting to pass for summer this year ) and always come back inside looking much better for their holidays (at 700ft in darkest Cymru)! They've been out now for about three weeks, hoping their compost takes up enough moisture from incoming rain to weigh down the pots before they're blown over by incoming gusts (which have already removed a couple of pots from table in back garden - off to rescue shortly!)

Farway

Back to catch up, watered the volunteer pots, not the volunteers.

Into Morries, I was looking for anything plant bargain like and maybe a tub of chicken poo pellets, the sort one used to buy for about a fiver pre COVID etc. No luck, just a small 2.5kg packet for £5, online tubs like of old are near £15 now :'( . 

But they did work for me, so may have to bite the bullet soon.

twopenny said:

I'm short of raspberries today. The wind blew the netting off overnight and I guess the young Blackies had a feast.

I also wanted to photograph the wild flowers growing in the rocks but neighbour was with me and you have to be an enthusiast to understand why someone would want to so I couldn't really concentrate.

There were pink and white seedums, Pinks, rock ivy and all sorts in blocks of colour.

What a cracking sea picture.

Shame about the netting, but a timely reminder for me when I get some raspberries showing, That makes my single raspberry taste even better.

Shame I'm not local 2p, or able to clamber around rocks, but if I was both I'd tag along for the photos.

I've just been photographing the wild bramble flowers on the verge, easy & simple structures but just as pretty as any fancy tropical flowers IMO

Taff, pressing post instead of Save draft is catching, I did that with my earlier post

My T & M Rozanne geranium plugs arrived, for Jumbo plugs they look short of a few tusks. However I have potted them on, using my new delivered compost.

The compost is great, no twigs, wire, plastic etc, just looks like dark rich soil, it's Durston's multipurpose. Hopefully it performs a well as it looks

https://www.durstongardenproducts.co.uk/composts/

Even better, I've ordered another bag now I know it's fine, and found a 30% discount code online, so 40L bag of compost and a pint of Jersey milk, both delivered for under a fiver.

Here's my first 2024 strawberry, before the slugs get to it

goldfinches

12C here and raining currently so I'm cowering indoors instead of whizzing up the hill to the plot. I took a group to our local arboretum yesterday and we were all amazed by the height of their foxgloves some of which were 10 feet tall.



I think I've managed to keep up to date with everyone else's posts but there were 25 yesterday and more than 30 today so please forgive me if I've missed acknowledging anyone.
Pas - your starling murmuration is fascinating, hope you're still enjoying their visits.
Dusty - great crow photos especially the stink eye one.
Ybe - I agree with you about KC111, I simply can't get used to saying King C instead of The Queen, very odd. And, yes, if the washing drenched I just leave it out except if things like towels, jumpers etc. get so heavy with water that they might stretch oddly. 
Gerry Anderson meant Thunderbirds to me too so thankyou for the clarification, I thought at first I was misremembering the man's name!
AR - round of applause for your courgette but what is the plastic thingy next to it in the photo, my brain insists it's a dental floss container, can't be right can I?
PP -  lovely baby robin and great iris and buddleia too. Fab ceanothus and great catch on the bee, I keep mistiming my snaps so shall try harder to emulate you.
Dusty - great Indiana Jones bridge, good thing you didn't fall through one of the slats in the middle and have to cling on with one arm.
Ybe - wonderful sky photo and great description too.
Farway - lovely Persian Jewel, I do love the way they grow and the seed pods are so crazy looking as well.
wort - enjoy your lunch and catch up. I find watering cans too heavy nowadays too so am looking out for a modern version of this sort of thing. 
2p - wonderful colour sea and marvellous seals, how lucky you are to live where you do. Re the daisy swathe my theory is that when the warm weather happened at the beginning on May some things were just at the right stage to develop loads of buds and now they're just coming into flower. I've noticed that some of the brambles around here are simply covered in blooms so I'm hoping for a bumper blackberry harvest.
Farway - great strawberry, mine are still stubbornly green.