3: Gardening Diaries ...

[BigC]

 

[Zenj]

Morning all.A lovely sunny day will cut the front lawn today did the back yesterday and weeded the borders ,no slugs around but I will use nematoids early May ,my better half won a pair of tickets for Harrogate spring flower show so we will make a short stay of it for 3 days next week will buy a few plants probably

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Love it @BigC.....definitely not that bad here....hubs has been known on occasions to even stuff draughty keyholes!!!!

Have to admit that I have used them to germinate early seeds!

 

[BigC]

Off to GC..catch ya'll laters...

 

[alp]

I do occasionally if a particular joint is very painful, helps me drop off to sleep quicker.

We rarely even change to our winter quilt, keep to our 4tog one. We only put our bedroom heating on once this winter too, hate a stuffy bedroom....like to keep windows open ajar

Wish I could open the window. If I did that, it's would be like trying to sleep on a motorway. Vehicles either sped down or laboured up the gentle slope. Can't win. Woken up by great heat before 5am.

@Mark56 and @Zenji There should be a £5 voucher ending 25 April from Wyevale and I also have a £2.50 voucher freebie ending tomorrow from Wyevale again this morning. Please look at your promotion inbox!

 

[alp]

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Brilliant!

 

[alp]

Morning all.A lovely sunny day will cut the front lawn today did the back yesterday and weeded the borders ,no slugs around but I will use nematoids early May ,my better half won a pair of tickets for Harrogate spring flower show so we will make a short stay of it for 3 days next week will buy a few plants probably

She is indeed your BETTER half! Wonderful pressies!

 

[Logan]

....like to keep windows open ajar

It's too noisy to have ours open and hubby doesn't like creapy crawlies getting in.

 

[MaryMary]

Good Morning all, (@Logan is always the first downstairs lol)

Logan is always the one who gets up to put a log on the fire, so I can go to bed!!


Well, I've gotta say, I've never heard of lining your compost with weed liner, but there's more than one way to skin a cat!

 

[BigC]

Sun is shinin' in the sky
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped rainin' everybody's in a play
And don't you know
It's a beautiful new day, hey hey.......

How do ya like my new love @alp...shes nowt special to look at, bit of a plain Jane really but she's mine hahaha, ... just finished and gave her a wee lick of paint
sorry she dont roll about

 

[BigC]

Well today we loaded up the van with rubbish from the garage and dropped it off at the council tip..Then straight to the Garden Centre for breakfast which for me consisted of a 10 piece fry up and a nice pot of tea...Then it was off for a look around and a bit of a raid ....Next we went to the DIY store to pick up supplies to finish the Compost Bin project and finally the supermarket for the weekly shop...(snook a wee bottle of red into the trolley whilst she wasn't looking lol) and we were all back home by 1pm....good going, Finished the Dalek and now its time to relax...

My GC Haul consisted of

• 4 in 1 Grass Treatment
• 3x Petuna pks
• 1x Marigold pk
• Squirrel ornament
• Mouse ornament
• 2x Chilli Plants
• 1 Garden Wall Clock and Barometer
• 4x pks of seeds

 

[alp]

BigC You're truly amazing! You remind me of the architect for the Parliament: Pugin!

GENIUS WORKING OVERTIME!​

How do you manage to finish it in one day! It looks gorgeous. How can you put rubbish or food waste into it??? So lovely.

I went to Wyevale and was crying inside. I couldn't afford anything there, so I got the compost with holes. A 40L(50?) basket and tub compost cost £7. We used the £5 voucher and couldn't use the £2.50 on top. I actually said we could do two separate transactions so that we wouldn't be using two vouchers in one transaction. In the end, We paid £4.50 for one basket and tub, one mcp and one miracle Gro.

I wanted to use the £2.50 voucher, so asked son to buy the other bag of mcp. We end up paying 50p for that one. £5 for 4 bags of compost. It's OK. Next time, I will wise up.

 

[alp]

@Logan what do I need to do now to encourage my blueberries, raspberries and gooseberries to fruit abundantly please?

 

[Logan]

@alp my blueberries are already in flower, just give them a ericeatous feed to make them fruit well. A high potash feed for the raspberries and gooseberries, my gooseberries are in flower.

 

[alp]

Thank you for the advice. How many blueberries have you got please?