3: Gardening Diaries ...

[Upsy Daisy]

Are they dying or late though, Upsy? I have lots of buds, but they are a bit shy or I am too impatient.

Probably impatient......that's me!!!!!

 

[alp]

You know what we need to plant, Verbascum!? I saw some lovely blue flowers and I thought it was the campanula again. No, on closer inspection, it was a SELF-SEEDED verbascum again. So they will be in my list of plants. I am googling 3-bedroom house + land + stream and have seen several with stream or a stream nearby or on a Stream Street! When there's no rain, the stream might have some, hopefully.

The meteo man said there would be some THREATS OF RAINS. I wanted to shake him and said they were NOT threats. I need them Waa waa waa!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Yay!! Success as a strawberry grower is going to my head!!

I found.......1 more

Shared it with my hubs of course

 

[DirtMechanic]

In all its Glory..B pulled the first ripe tomato off one of her celebrity vines. She claimed victory over me and my whoppers.

 

[alp]

Woke up a bit late. I must set the alarm at 5am as the evaporation process must have started. The air is already warm.

Good morning and good night to all ..

Strawberries! Wow! The perfume is now very heady as it is late for my lot. Gutted, bought a few AGM varieties for 50p and now they must have died. My tomatoes are still in flower, so @DirtMechanic, please say Bravo to our beloved and talented B. There is a patch of lawn, which I want to return to grass and guess what has happened. All sorts of tomato seedlings and even altroemerias are spring up. This is so embarrassing. I hope no viewings in the next 2 months as I would hate to kill them.

I heard a worker in a certain diy store told her colleague that she paid £5 for her thousand pounds of worth of plants. I wish I had that job! Then she shouted to a customer that he would need ericaceous compost for hydrangeas! I don't really know. Perhaps, @Perki could tell us a thing or two. I never bother. Just tons of h2o!

By the look of it, we can only grow lilies, verbascum and achilleas

This plant sprang out of nowhere in amongst the concrete. It looked better yesterday morning.

The 50p Gallardia - I am so happy with this purchase.

And it's not even in its prime!

2nd day of the day lily

My favorite lacecap

The florets have opened their hearts!

Whilst watering, I suddenly noticed this double lily.

A bit dark at that corner!

Trusted hardy fuchsias

Ooops, my hand ruins the combo!

I was trying to capture the water droplets on the top of the cone! Er, a failure!

At night, I could smell the lily/jasmine/strawberry perfume from my back bedroom

Midnight Star keeps teasing me! Will it open today? Every morning, it says NO!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Morning all!

Amazing pics @alp ( as usual )
How is your hand this morning?

Plans are for a calm day of pottering in the garden before tomorrow's day of hectic stress....it's finally arrived, my brother's house move. Can't believe we've made it this far

Have a great day!

 

[alp]

Morning, Upsy! Thank you. Hand still puffy but has a bit more feeling and less inflammation today. Apparently, mossie bites make it to the news. Mossies do like my blood!

Glad that your brother's house move will be over soon. Sad that you have to be stressed over this. Have you hired a van or your hubby is the trusted removal man? Sometimes, I am secretly glad that my son hasn't got a job yet. To have an extra pair of hands is invaluable.

 

[Zenj]

Morning all another beautiful day and not a drop of rain in site hectic day today gardening and packing as we going on hols for a week tomorrow

 

[alp]

Morning all another beautiful day and not a drop of rain in site hectic day today gardening and packing as we going on hols for a week tomorrow

You should have stayed home, the weather being glorious. Only joking! We do want a change from time to time! Where are you off to, @Zenj ? I now regret having booked the holiday and son wants me to drive. Ooops! And it stops me going to gc for bargain hunting. I don't get half the buzz going on holiday than going to gc. Just thinking about the journey going to Penrith in Cumbria wears me out!

@Gemma has a thread for dahlias and I am sure your dahlias will draw a lot of woooooo arrrrrhhhhhh!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Trying not to involve hubs too much.he has enough on his plate

No hired a removals firm to pack and deliver to new place.
None of us are fit enough to move the furniture and bro has a special bed and having proper removal team means everything is fully insured.....just to be on the safe side

So pleased to hear that you're hand seems to be gradually easing up.

 

[alp]

Trying not to involve hubs too much.he has enough on his plate

No hired a removals firm to pack and deliver to new place.
None of us are fit enough to move the furniture and bro has a special bed and having proper removal team means everything is fully insured.....just to be on the safe side

So pleased to hear that you're hand seems to be gradually easing up.

We are very lucky to live in this country which is still semi-humane. Glad that everything is under control!

Friend is coming on Saturday. So look forward to it. 27c already. Hell has no mercy.

Scorching Earth: Global warming to blame for all-time heat records being set worldwide, as experts warn stifling temperatures will continue to soar

• Global heatwave stretches across the majority of the Northern hemisphere
• Montreal, Motherwell, Glasgow and more are recording record-breaking highs
• France has issued weather alerts in 21 regions in the country
• The distribution of the heatwaves points to global warming as the culprit
  
  More like cyclical ice age or heat wave! Hard to say which is worse!
  
  
  Thunderstorms set to smash UK as sizzling heatwave continues today - with roasting 88F heat set for England's clash with Sweden on Saturday
  
  • Temperatures will soar to 86F (30C) today as the country's longest heatwave since 1976 continues
  • Water companies have been urging people to save water with short showers and avoid using hosepipes
  • Flying ants continuing to cause problems as bugs take to the skies for their mating ritual on Flying Ant Day
  • ** Have you been affected by Flying Ant Day?
    
    Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark complains to the umpire at Wimbledon about the flying insects on Court One yesterday
    
    
    
    
    
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...set-invade-Britain-cause-havoc-Wimbledon.html
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    I have the feeling that she has the same kind blood as I!
  
  Now the Met office is issuing another thunderstorm warning. I will believe it when I see it.
  
  

 

[Perki]

Hello,
Picked some strawberries as well yesterday i am surprised you shared that strawberry with your hubby Upsy I would of scoffed it for myself . Its dry and hot again with no rain forecast still, most lawns have really slowed down / dying due to the lack of water, which isn't good for work at the moment.

It epidemic in some places with horse flies, I been swatting loads of them but they still get me now and again. Hfly or something else has bite be on my finger yesterday it was alright until this morning, my finger and part of my hand swollen up now like alp

And no you don't need ericaceous soil for hydrangea unless you want it blue but they is other methods like aluminium sulphate which will turn them blue, if the soil pH is neutral they come out a muddy purple colour and alkaline is pink

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Gosh @alp......that is a scary post indeed......the end of the world is here!!!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Mmmmm, must admit I was tempted @Perki

 

[Zenj]

Done the lawns and it’s clouded over but rain not forecast here’s a first for you alp cracks appearing in front and rear garden Essex weather not used to it being so dry in the NE plenty of buds here’s a few photos .Going to Italy around 32c there at the mo .