5 Gardening Dairy: Happy gardening and happy snapping ..

[alp]

Good morning! That's a fun photo! As I have a small supermarket up the road, we have been discovering shelled peanuts everywhere! Very annoying! One day I saw some very bright coloured stuff in the middle patch and on a closer look saw two unshelled peanut enjoying the the moist and warmth ready to spring forth. I removed them straight away. Don't have room for peanut growth.

It rained the whole of last night. One half of the hellebore patch has been cleared and I'm going to incorporate horse manure into it, cover it and overwinter the whole patch. That's the plan! We actually had on and off sunshine yesterday, not a totally grey day as predicted.

 

[Logan]

Good morning, thanks alp. It's better to have shelled peanuts, there's less waste.
I found that with the sunflower seeds, i get the sunflower hearts now, no shells everywhere.
A bit more expensive but less clearing up and less energy the birds spend trying to open them.
Going to do some cleaning this morning, got to clean the conservatory ready for the Christmas tree next month. Might do some gardening this afternoon if it's not too cold.

 

[alp]

Visitor has left and finally we finished the last bit of the rhubarbs, blackberry and the big icecream. The whole day has been spent watching Carol Klein's Odyssey - Roses, tulips, irises and waterlilies. Stunning close up photography. The whole day has been grey, miserable, cold and damp. Hopefully, tomorrow, the sunshine predicted will cheer up a bit.

 

[alp]

Good morning - not so chilly as yesterday. I draped 3 fleeces over some delicate plants, including the rubber plant. Yesterday was the first day we used the greenhouse heater and it fouled the lean to. Quite nasty smell. I now resort to candle burning again. Hard to stay in the living whilst the paraffin heater is on. One more alien foul smell! Will use it when it snow and finish all the paraffin I bought. Bought 3 or 4 at half price.

Incidentally, there is a £5 off voucher from Wyevale till the end of 24 December.

 

[Logan]

Good morning all and Alp, yes paraffin does smell. My mother used to use it for the house, to subsidize the storage radiators heating, she and my dad said that it was too expensive. She bought my brother one because they lived in a cottage and only had the coal fire. Very small those cottages.

Too cold to do anything outside, so finish off my cleaning.

Alp glad that you had a good time yesterday.

 

[Zenj]

Good morning everyone a horrible day rained all night and cold real feel -3 looks like gardening days are over far too wet now have a good day all.

 

[alp]

I can't imagine having paraffin heater inside my living room, not to mention that it takes away oxygen. But it was probably normal in the past.

Agree totally that it might not be a day for gardening, as it is damp, dank and depressing; however, if the sun comes out, I will tip the horse manure to the newly turned over half of the hellebore field. Will look for an electrician to overhaul the lights and turn them all into LED lights and if I do the fence, I will add another £5k into the asking price again. That's the plan any way!

 

[Logan]

Given up cleaning the conservatory, it's too cold and damp, the windowlene won't behave like that, might do it this afternoon.

Got the December issue of Gardener's World mag, only buy it for the free calendar for next year. Got some nice pictures for every month. Got the radio times as well, so going to sit and read them until 10am then take the boys out for their walks. Hubby not working today so extra walks for me.

 

[alp]

Been out since 2pm and worked till my toes were totally frozen. One half of the hellebore patch has been turned over and wood chips incorporated. the soil is still very clay-y! Nightmare!

Thank you for the heads up, Logan! Will use the £5 voucher from Wyevale to buy the GW magazine. Please let me know if they give away secateur please! Much obliged.

Logan, aren't you happy that you only have 2 dogs to walk now?

 

[Logan]

Alp your keen, it's been raining so can't do anything, might tomorrow but not looking forward to it. Should have done it last week but barely had the runs so had to keep an eye on him, but he's alright now.

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Please let me know if they give away secateur please! Much obliged.

Only with the subscription.

Logan, aren't you happy that you only have 2 dogs to walk now?

Yes, having 5 dogs was challenging especially going to the vets all the time. But they're such a lovely breed that's how we ended up with 5.Got more time for the garden, the housework can wait.

We've got clay soil in places, just keep putting organic matter on top.Builders sand on the corner in the front. A couple of weeks ago i planted a rose and got a spade down and there was builders sand, i kept digging and digging it out. Eventually I gave up and put some good soil on top in the hole and made the hole wide enough.

 

[alp]

I might spread some builder sand, not sharp sand and work it in. I have 3 great tubs of it.

It didn't rain here at all. Not like in Lake district! It was just cold. Tomorrow I mix for England.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Question for the Across the Atlantic crowd..in the title of this thread...what is snapping?

 

[alp]

Good morning to all: @DirtMechanic Snapping refers to taking photos, so you know what to do on this thread.

Question to across the pond: When do you use the word laying and lying please? It seems to be you don't use the word lying much and use the world laying instead. When someone is murdered, the narrator of the crime story often says, "The responder found the victim laying on the floor!" It is as if the victim willed or prepared himself to lie on the floor! Please Dr DM, give 2 sentences with lying and laying each to enlighten me a bit! Thank you.

Now, still chilly and miserable. The whole day is going to be grey, Now 1c and 6c is the max! Brrrrrrrrr! Not nice.

 

[DirtMechanic]

@alp never the easy questions! It can be context related.

lay1
/lā/
verb
gerund or present participle: laying

1. 1.
   put down, especially gently or carefully.
   "she laid the baby in his crib"
   synonyms: put, place, set, put down, set down, deposit, rest, situate, locate, position;More
   informalstick, dump, park, plunk
   "Curtis laid the newspaper on the table"
   • prevent (something) from rising off the ground.
     "there may have been the odd light shower just to lay the dust"
2. 2.
   put down and set in position for use.
   "it is advisable to have your carpet laid by a professional"
   synonyms: set in place, put in place, set out; More
   set up, establish
   "the act laid the foundation for the new system"
   • set cutlery, crockery, and mats on (a table) in preparation for a meal.
     "she laid the table for the evening meal"
   • cover (a surface) with objects or a substance.
     "the floor was laid with tiles"
   • make ready (a trap) for someone.
     "she wouldn't put it past him to lay a trap for her"
     synonyms: set, prepare, devise, bait
     "we laid the trap and waited"
   • put the material for (a fire) in place and arrange it.
   • work out (an idea or suggestion) in detail ready for use or presentation.
     "I'd like more time to lay my plans"
     synonyms: devise, arrange, make, make ready, prepare, work out, hatch, design, plan, scheme, plot, conceive, put together, draw up, produce, develop, concoct, formulate, cook up
     "we laid out plans for the next voyage"
   • present information or suggestions to be considered and acted upon by (someone).
     "he laid before the House proposals for the establishment of the committee"
     synonyms: bring, press, bring forward, lodge, register, place, file
     "they are going to lay charges"
   • locate (an episode in a play, novel, etc.) in a certain place.
     "no one who knew the area could be in doubt where the scene was laid"
   • NAUTICAL
     follow (a specified course).
   • NAUTICAL
     go or come.
     "they had to lay aloft"
   • stake (an amount of money) in a wager.
     "she suspected he was pulling her leg, but she wouldn't have laid money on it"
     synonyms: bet, wager, gamble, stake, risk, hazard, venture; More
     give odds, speculate
     "I'll lay money that Michelle will be there"
3. 3.
   used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g., “lay the blame on” means ‘to blame’.
   "she laid great stress on little courtesies"
4. 4.
   (of a female bird, insect, reptile, or amphibian) produce (an egg) from inside the body.
   "flamingos lay only one egg"
5. 5.
   VULGAR SLANG
   have sexual intercourse with.

Where the other word is:

ly·ing2
/ˈlīiNG/

1. 1.
   present participle of lie2.

adjective
adjective: lying

1. 1.
   not telling the truth.
   "he's a lying, cheating, snake in the grass"
   synonyms: untruthful, false, dishonest, mendacious, deceitful, deceiving, duplicitous, double-dealing, two-faced;
   literaryperfidious
   "he was a lying womanizer"
   antonyms: truthful

lie1
/lī/
verb
gerund or present participle: lying

1. 1.
   (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface.
   "the man lay face downward on the grass"
   synonyms: recline, lie down, lie back, be recumbent, be prostrate, be supine, be prone, be stretched out, sprawl, rest, repose, lounge, loll
   "he was lying on a bed"
   antonyms: stand
   • (of a thing) rest flat on a surface.
     "a book lay open on the table"
     synonyms: be placed, be situated, be positioned, rest
     "her handbag lay on a chair"
   • (of a dead person) be buried in a particular place.
2. 2.
   be, remain, or be kept in a specified state.
   "the church lies in ruins today"
   • (of something abstract) reside or be found.
     "the solution lies in a return to “traditional family values.”"
     synonyms: consist, be inherent, be present, be contained, exist, reside
     "the difficulty lies in building real quality into the products"
3. 3.
   (of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction.
   "the small town of Swampscott lies about ten miles north of Boston"
   synonyms: be situated, be located, be placed, be found, be sited
   "lying on the border of Switzerland and Austria"
   • (of a scene) extend from the observer's viewpoint in a specified direction.
     "stand here, and all of Amsterdam lies before you"
4. 4.
   LAW
   (of an action, charge, or claim) be admissible or sustainable.

Origin
Old English licgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus ‘bed.’

lie2
/lī/
verb
gerund or present participle: lying

1. tell a lie or lies.
   "why had Wesley lied about his visit to Philadelphia?"
   synonyms: tell an untruth, tell a lie, fib, dissemble, dissimulate, misinform, mislead, tell a white lie, perjure oneself, commit perjury, prevaricate; More
   informallie through one's teeth, stretch the truth;
   formalforswear oneself
   "he lied to the police"
   • get oneself into or out of a situation by lying.
     "you lied your way on to this voyage by implying you were an experienced sailor"
   • (of a thing) present a false impression; be deceptive.
     "the camera cannot lie"

 

[Logan]

Good morning all, Alp i wouldn't use builders sand on the garden,bin it. It's too heavy and clumps together and it might have other things in it.

Frosty start this morning and there's a bright planet/star to the east.