Magazine style - all inclusive

[alp]

Another scorcher! Yesterday, I lined the wild wild west, the line between my property and my elderly neighbour at the end with bamboos and whilst doing so, picked up a lot of bind weeds. I'm fighting a losing battle here. The bind weeds went through gaps in the brick wall. I had to remove tons of elder flower branches and leave a gap so that the bind weeds didn't find a conduit, for example, branches, to drop down to my side of the garden. I was literally standing there, dropping pearls of sweat at 5pm! To stop the blessed bamboos exploring the world, I put them in trays to trap water, moisture as that part is dry and hot. I hope by the time I sell the house again, the bamboos will cover all the gaps, metal sheet, cheap and nasty weed fence which buckled under the wind.

The mercury is going to hit 28c on Tuesday! I'm dead, again! I transferred £50 to the water company as I water my plants every morning. I don't want to get the shock when the bill comes!

My dinner yesterday

They looked anaemic, but tasted OK!

Black petunia - mystical!

Black and Blue salvia

First flower of my Oleander

Not big on fuchsia, but this one I do like!

 

[alp]

Reading the news - shocker

Weaponising and inciting racial hatred and befriending paedo and IN OFFICE!

Amazing! It rained just a tiny bit and the ground is not even totally wet. But hey, don't knock it. At least, the dry soil gets a reprieve and my purse too. Watering every day costs me money.

Had a stinky bonfire last night as I had followed the weather reports which alleged that it might rain. So a bonfire fouled the air a bit and the cackling noise frightened me a bit and foul everything. Very antisocial. We went to the tips twice this month - to get rid of all the useless composted materials from the previous owner of the allotment plot. Right at the bottom of the composter, there were some dry lumps of horse manure. These plastic composters are totally useless.

3rd time lucky and uploaded this chart on 3rd attempt. Rain! Glorious and I hope I won't be disappointed.

Salvia Patens Deep Blue

Unique purple rose with incredible fragrance!

The Franz Kafka is perfect, but the snapper is useless, blocking the source of light! Grrrrrrrr!

From the allotment - lilies

My first agapanthus alba

This weed which I nearly pulled out turned out to be Gaura - so pure!

PHYSOSTEGIA - my very first!

 

[Logan]

@alp You're flowers still looking great.
I've still got my roses

Thought that someone might like to watch this
TONIGHT BBC 1
Panorama special

 

[johnny canoe]

So you are turning your thread political are you alp. Are you claiming Trump knew the perv was a perv, proof please. No doubt Clinton knew the perv was a perv while hanging it out with him.
You do realize that Britain's perv Jimmy Savile was a great friends of our royal family. They must have known he was a perv right? You do realize that politicians and royalty are always hosting that murderous dictator of China.
"Weaponizing and inciting racial hatred" You don't know what your talking about because you just described antifa and the socialist left democrat congress people like Omar.
I watched the rally last night, you did not.

Nice flowers, this is a gardening site right?

 

[Logan]

this is a gardening site right?

This is a off topic thread, a general chat forum thread.

 

[johnny canoe]

Oh, in that case,
Let's remember how your nation treated one of the worst pervs, everybody knew right?

 

[johnny canoe]

And of course dirty old Bill Clinton knew about his buddy Bill Cosby.

 

[alp]

Yes, Clinton and Andrew Windsor are his good friends. And yes, Jimmy Savile was chummy with Charles Windsor and so was Peter Ball! C Windsor is reportedly living with his man servant and his missus comes out for photo opportunities. All very sad that we have to pay for their upkeep.

The thread is all inclusive. The man with the cigar knew his own deeds and hence had a sea burial. Imagine what would happen to his grave! LOL!

All very sad - important "icons", aristocrats behaving badly and influencing all and sundries and suppressing news reporting.

 

[alp]

Have been doing a lot of cuttings - Salvias Patens, Joy, Solomon's Dance, Night Moth. Can't believe how tender those cuttings were. Wonder if they will take.

Slugs are very active - have been feeling very bad as I had to trod on them ... tummy turned a bit. But what can I do? They were munching my dahlias. Very strange as some dahlias are flowering their socks off whilst others are exposing tiny bits of growth, ravaged by slugs, needless to say.

Heavens have been very sweet and they gifted me half a butt of rainwater!

@johnny canoe You know the news very well! Amazed by your knowledge!

 

[johnny canoe]

Sorry alp but you are coming off as if you know that all the people you have socialized with during your life are not pervs. How do you know that exactly? Most children of serial killers had no idea what daddy was up to.

Here is what the American left is up to.

Then there is racist Joe

And democrat Congresswoman Omar,
"Israel has hypnotized the world, may allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel."

In China they are persecuting Christians yet politicians around the globe continue to host and entertain the Chinese butcher.
And you are going after Trump?

 

[johnny canoe]

Sorry, no more about politics from me. I tend to get fired right up. lol

 

[Logan]

@alp don't feel bad about the s and s,do what you have to do.That's a shame about your dahlias.

Haven't had much trouble with them this year, they only seem to come out after it's been raining and we haven't had much of that lately.

 

[alp]

Don't worry! We can't get away from politics and it's part of our lives. The Chinese even persecute muslims. Quite frightening!

To have the trio at the helm of governments is also a frightening prospect.

I am thinking of ordering some skunky Fritillaria Imperalis as I want to see tits pollinating them. Was on the point of looking for a gazebo for my garden furniture. Such a nice day, except sun is shining again.

 

[alp]

Life is full of pitfalls - we really do not know what we are dealing with. With the advent of internet, I feel sorry for kids who are too young to be bombarded by what's on the net. Added to the mix is people's desire to have a certain lifestyle - big houses, exotic holiday which their intellect and intelligence can't afford and drugs and gangs now rife.

Worked the whole day yesterday and really had a good sleep. Normally, I wake up 4.30am. Today, 7am and the breadmaker just beeped.

I think all gardeners in my area are sighing a big sigh of relief! Don't we just need it!

Most fascinated with this petunia - supposed to be black and has been flowering its socks off!

Squirrel holding a peanut. Wish I could get closer, but don't want to frighten it away!

My cactus had a drink and has thrown up these many buds.

 

[alp]

Good news! I won something in the National Lottery draw - I guess £2.50! Lol! That's the price of the ticket!

Had a bit of rain, but not great as 5 butts are still empty and that's probably the end of the rain.

Where I live, it has already stopped raining, so no more prospect of further rain.



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