2: Our gardening diaries - from latest toys, flowers to wildlife .. Please upload pics

[Logan]

Morning all

 

[alp]

Good morning: Very hot now as I have just moved the computer desk to where it was before the Christmas tree.

That is the lowest setting of the bike. I only do that exercise and want to build up a routine. Today, i'm going to stratify my Japanese maple seeds and put my meconopsis seeds out again.

 

[Logan]

That's ok then.
Good luck with your seeds.
Going to Keith's this afternoon, not doing much else.
Some of my wallflowers are in flower,i hope the others don't come out. Got some helebores flowering, take some pics when i can.

 

[alp]

Did I hear you talking about hellebores??? Yes, but wait till tomorrow when the sun is out please!

Bright sunshine makes a lot of difference. Mine's covered in dirt a bit. I saw a pure white as sold in shop in my garden. Very pleased.

Have a nice day with Keith, @Logan !

 

[Zenj]

Morning all cold but bright today, after lots of rain and hailstones bouncing off the Windows during the night have a good weekend all keep warm.

 

[Logan]

Thanks @alp yes you did i don't know when i'll take them. With my phone it's better to take them when the sun isn't out. Have a good day.

 

[alp]

Morning all cold but bright today, after lots of rain and hailstones bouncing off the Windows during the night have a good weekend all keep warm.

For the first time, I know how you felt. Hailstones during the light and I was expecting to see holes in the windows the following day. We are cold here as well. I have had a candle burning in the lean to. Don't think it does much. Brightish and quiet here. Might take some pics when there is sufficient light.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

It's the 1st weekend of the New Year......hope you all have a fab one

That's it now.....I promise........no more 1st's of the New Year .......but...whoopee! 50 wks until Christmas!

I'm off before I get battered

 

[MaryMary]

That is the lowest setting of the bike.

alp, since you can't lower the seat any more - maybe you can customize the pedals...?

My aunt was very short, and driving a car presented problems. She had to sit on a pillow to see over the dashboard, but then her legs didn't reach the pedals. My uncle cut some wooden blocks to work as extensions, and attached them to the gas and brake pedals, effectively giving her the extra two inches she needed for comfort and safety.

Maybe you could try something like that?

 

[CanadianLori]

We are now up to -5f. The sun is shining on my 6x8 greenhouse and it is all the way up to 7f , a heat wave Spent part of the morning adding more fiberglass insulation between the joists in the cellar.The fellows who installed the new furnace etc somehow misplaced some..

My white nicotiana and basil seeds have sprouted. I was given three coffee mugs from various family members and the cups are far too big or the wrong shape to actually use for a cuppa so I have added soil and in one, spearmint seeds, another lemon mint seeds and in the last catnip seeds. I don't own a cat anymore (had a couple pre-owned ones that died of old age) but I have friends who do and they always like this stuff.

My romaine seedlings are perky. The carnation seedlings are weaklings so far but still surviving.

 

[alp]

alp, since you can't lower the seat any more - maybe you can customize the pedals...?

My aunt was very short, and driving a car presented problems. She had to sit on a pillow to see over the dashboard, but then her legs didn't reach the pedals. My uncle cut some wooden blocks to work as extensions, and attached them to the gas and brake pedals, effectively giving her the extra two inches she needed for comfort and safety.

Maybe you could try something like that?

That's me. A pillow and the seat moved right to the steering wheel. But now, the chauffeur bans me from going near the steering wheel! ! I've lost all my confidence in driving. I used to have special high heels (Kickers shoes with plantform heel) for driving.

Thank you for the suggestion, MaryMary.

 

[alp]

I know I shouldn't have taken the photos, but just in case the slugs eat them tomorrow.

Here are some of my tatty flowers

This one displays inferior markings, but I still love it as the dashes are still discernible. This is a cross between green and white.

This one above is a pure white single and I really love the purity of the white. Sadly the mud has tainted it a bit. My tainted love!

The following is the biggest of my hellebores. Sadly, I was too greedly and trimmed them to 2 single stems. This is one of the earliest flowering pink singles.

My only Wendy's Gold. Cost me an arm and a leg! Thank heavens that it has come back this year. I was so worried that the squirrels might feast on it that I put a grill over them. Sorry it's so blurred!

Hopefully, I can take a better pic tomorrow! Would love to see some of yours..

 

[Logan]

@alp you beat me to it. lovely helebores,i love the pure white ones.
Got back from Keith's at 3.15 pm. He wasn't very well. Had a relapse, got stressed out about his morning carers didn't do something yesterday and this morning.He will recover in a few days and he's changing them again. Good thing that he has a carer during the day who can pop in, she lives near him so not a problem.

I'm sure that i posted this hours ago.

 

[Logan]

Morning all

 

[alp]

Morning to all: Logan: I will take some more photos today as sunshine is supposed to be out. I might even weed a bit more. Before my patches were like jungle and now it's like desert as all the leaves had been removed. I think I bought the white one from a farm from Wales. I hope it is warm enough for me to cross pollinate. Shame my double pink is totally missing!

I am going to see if my seedlings are OK. Seeds bought from Ashwood nurseries.

Hope Keith gets a better carer this time!