3: Gardening Diaries ...

[Upsy Daisy]

Do I just chop the Echinacea down to base level please? These two are definitely past their best now

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Potted up strawberry plants and a few Petunia cuttings ( still dubious about them)

Potted up Fuchsia cuttings

Various seedlings

Shrub cuttings taken in August

 

[alp]

Everything looks so nice - the cuttings are delectable. The Asters are glorious.. Yes, I'm still waiting for some buds to open! Now I really like that wiegela! The flowers are so pretty!

I don't have such beautiful flowers.

Double osteospermum - must take cuttings

As you said, some flowers just keep coming. 5.30 and the sun was out. Even now, it is shining.

I feel like ripping up the cosmos sulphureus up, but feel very guilty.

A tearose left by the previous ownere

Aster Bahamas £1.99 from last year. Very happy with the purchase.

A campanula

A white aster also £1.99

I am waiting for a taller one to say hello.

Salvia Uglinosa

That blue is so smoothing! Can't wait to move!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Thanks @alp

You've got gloriously gorgeous plants too!!!
With regards to Cosmos I know exactly how you feel!! That big tall white one that we have is now looking faded and tired and given it's size it's becoming a bit of an eyesore .......can't wait until it dies it's natural death!!!! Whimp that I am @Perki !!

We've had a beautiful sunny day today. I washed our bedding and hung it out before leaving to go out this morning. Thankfully before getting into the car I suddenly heard crackling sounds from behind our hedge coming from the allotments .Discovered the biggest bonfire I had ever seen.....as hubs said later to my Dad ' it was the size of your house ' !!! Rushed back to rescue our laundry....... how I hate smoke smelling bedding!! Infact smoke smelling anything!!
Hubs said he knew it was being built ( he often pops over there to have a chat with some allotment holders ) but he thought it was for Nov. 5th

Had to give in and go back to the Drs , had tests done and I now have a 'raging infection ' .As the antibiotics they gave me a fortnight ago didn't do anything whatsoever I have now been put on a course of really strong ones for a week. So hoping this works , really fed up with feeling so low.

Came home to discover that my Aunt died this morning. I know she had reached a very good age and lived a full and interesting life , but still very sad

Well that was my day!! A bit of a mixed bag of events.

 

[MaryMary]

@MaryMary Never seen any of your plants here on my thread! What have you been up to lately?

I've put a few pictures here, you've just forgotten. I usually put my pictures in the "What's Looking Good" thread... it seems odd to post them in two different threads.

As far as what I'm up to, here lately it seems like all I do is work. We had a big brouhaha at work and as a result, one person transferred to another store, and another decided to just quit showing up. It was awful timing; my assistant manager, (the one who started the brouhaha,) had vacation time about to expire, and the company has a "use it or lose it" policy.

So the one who stirred the , (oops,) the pot has 25 hours this week, while I have 57. My manager has hired two people, but I'll have 47 hours next week. The company frowns on overtime, so this doesn't happen often. I'll take it when I can get it.

The thought of that 57 hour check gets me all starry-eyed!

Do I just chop the Echinacea down to base level please? These two are definitely past their best now

You can if you don't like the way they look, or if you want the seeds from them. If you leave them, the birds will eat the seeds this winter.

 

[alp]

Thanks @alp

You've got gloriously gorgeous plants too!!!
With regards to Cosmos I know exactly how you feel!! That big tall white one that we have is now looking faded and tired and given it's size it's becoming a bit of an eyesore .......can't wait until it dies it's natural death!!!! Whimp that I am @Perki !!

We've had a beautiful sunny day today. I washed our bedding and hung it out before leaving to go out this morning. Thankfully before getting into the car I suddenly heard crackling sounds from behind our hedge coming from the allotments .Discovered the biggest bonfire I had ever seen.....as hubs said later to my Dad ' it was the size of your house ' !!! Rushed back to rescue our laundry....... how I hate smoke smelling bedding!! Infact smoke smelling anything!!
Hubs said he knew it was being built ( he often pops over there to have a chat with some allotment holders ) but he thought it was for Nov. 5th

Had to give in and go back to the Drs , had tests done and I now have a 'raging infection ' .As the antibiotics they gave me a fortnight ago didn't do anything whatsoever I have now been put on a course of really strong ones for a week. So hoping this works , really fed up with feeling so low.

Came home to discover that my Aunt died this morning. I know she had reached a very good age and lived a full and interesting life , but still very sad

Well that was my day!! A bit of a mixed bag of events.

Crumbs what a day you have had. It's so dangerous to have such a big bonfire near your house! Shocking! When I looked at houses and saw allotment, I just said NO to myself.

Drink plenty of water, @Upsy as they say it might help.

 

[MaryMary]

@Upsy Daisy, I'm sorry you don't feel well, and I'm sorry about your aunt, too.

 

[alp]

I've put a few pictures here, you've just forgotten. I usually put my pictures in the "What's Looking Good" thread... it seems odd to post them in two different threads.

As far as what I'm up to, here lately it seems like all I do is work. We had a big brouhaha at work and as a result, one person transferred to another store, and another decided to just quit showing up. It was awful timing; my assistant manager, (the one who started the brouhaha,) had vacation time about to expire, and the company has a "use it or lose it" policy.

So the one who stirred the , (oops,) the pot has 25 hours this week, while I have 57. My manager has hired two people, but I'll have 47 hours next week. The company frowns on overtime, so this doesn't happen often. I'll take it when I can get it.

The thought of that 57 hour check gets me all starry-eyed!






You can if you don't like the way they look, or if you want the seeds from them. If you leave them, the birds will eat the seeds this winter.

Oh, dear! Just think about the size of the cheque! LOL!

 

[MaryMary]

Oh, dear! Just think about the size of the cheque! LOL!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Thanks @MaryMary

And thanks for the Echinacea info....I had heard that the birds love them.........but don't they get tatty looking!!! I might be able to stand looking at them ( just!!) but I know they will drive hubs mad!!

Crumbs....57 hours...you must be shattered!!!

Odd to post in two different places ...no!!! I double, triple and quadruple post and bore all of you with the same pics!!

Post on here too....we love repeats!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Yes thanks @alp , I am attempting to do that.......but the consequences are not something to look forward to....ouchy!!!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

When we bought the house we had fields full of cows behind us , they use to poke their heads through the hedge . When the farmer grew too old to continue diary farming the fields were sold to the council , who turned them into allotments We even tried to buy/ rent the land from them....but they wouldn't agree to it sadly

We now grow much taller hedging and thankfully we are higher up from the allotment, so from ground level we can't see anything , but can from a couple of upstair windows ( thankfully we don't use those rooms much )

I just console myself by thinking there could be worse things behind us......but bonfiresgrrrrrrrrr!!!

 

[alp]

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It's either your birthday or you're desperate for $$$$$! Glad to see you so happy! Bring a smile to my face!

 

[alp]

When we bought the house we had fields full of cows behind us , they use to poke their heads through the hedge . When the farmer grew too old to continue diary farming the fields were sold to the council , who turned them into allotments We even tried to buy/ rent the land from them....but they wouldn't agree to it sadly

We now grow much taller hedging and thankfully we are higher up from the allotment, so from ground level we can't see anything , but can from a couple of upstair windows ( thankfully we don't use those rooms much )

I just console myself by thinking there could be worse things behind us......but bonfiresgrrrrrrrrr!!!

Yes, very awful when you have clothes out on washing lines. You expect them to come in fresh and smell like perfume! Very difficult to find a piece of haven! Well, your garden is so nice - at least, it helps.

 

[alp]

Yes thanks @alp , I am attempting to do that.......but the consequences are not something to look forward to....ouchy!!!

Can't remember where I read it, but they say it helps.