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Derbyshire was all over the news! Not good ones though! BBC kept repeating and it became a bit of voyeurist!
Was thinking of going out to work yesterday 7pm and it rained. Needless to say 5 minutes later, it stopped and it scuppered my chance of levelling a patch.
About the free squash, it tasted flat. Courgettes taste better. Something to bulk up my dinner last night - home grown tiny potatoes, shallots and very spicy chill and salt pork stripes from Lidl! Yummy dish though!
Some seeds are just a pain whilst some work miracle. The Petunia Pirouettes have been flowering non-stop for one whole month, whilst this pansies have just made their appearance 2 days ago.
It's supposed to be black, but as you can see, my camera can't handle the colour!
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Yes, it's very sunny now.
Was thinking of going out to work yesterday 7pm and it rained. Needless to say 5 minutes later, it stopped and it scuppered my chance of levelling a patch.
About the free squash, it tasted flat. Courgettes taste better. Something to bulk up my dinner last night - home grown tiny potatoes, shallots and very spicy chill and salt pork stripes from Lidl! Yummy dish though!
Some seeds are just a pain whilst some work miracle. The Petunia Pirouettes have been flowering non-stop for one whole month, whilst this pansies have just made their appearance 2 days ago.
It's supposed to be black, but as you can see, my camera can't handle the colour!
Penstemon Mother of pearl
Yes, it's very sunny now.
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The weather is just all over the places - angry thick clouds, but no rain. Went out to do some tidying up, and found it was very humid. Now the sun is out.
Thank you Zenj for the heads up! Bought £9.50 worth of 10p and 30 p seeds in Wilko and best of all, got the last packet of Pak Choi. If I don't lose them, I don't need to buy seeds - lettuce, salad leaves - for at least 3 years and they WILL grow! Very pleased!
Thank you Zenj for the heads up! Bought £9.50 worth of 10p and 30 p seeds in Wilko and best of all, got the last packet of Pak Choi. If I don't lose them, I don't need to buy seeds - lettuce, salad leaves - for at least 3 years and they WILL grow! Very pleased!
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Well the weather been odd this week , got drenched to many times this week and when it rains it absolutely lashes it down, Its been quite warm today though but the heleniums and others aren't happy with the heavy rainfall to many plants with a lean on them. First day I've been able to cut the lawn since last week
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I wish I got drenched.
I had just watered for an hour and 10 minutes and had been ravaged by mozzies. Literally had to squash oneon the outside of my small finger and they were taunting me right in the face several times. Now a cuppa is just what I need.Talking about lean of plants. I have used quite a few sticks to prop up my plants, even the sedum reduced to 50p would not like to stand up.
You know my salvias, the owner replied and said he would send a replacement, after complaining about my complaint. Yesterday, I dug up one Bulleyana again and the root ball was so matted that I ripped quite a few bit off and replanted it after splitting it into 3. One is a bit suspect.
Went to the market and saw a yellow salvia macrophylla and a blue note. So want to buy them. Perhaps next week. And then there was a hibiscus which took my breath away. Similar to this one, but the out petals were more chiselled and defined. Very pretty, but she asked for £12.50! Oooops!
Echinops are so photogenic! And all the bugs are mad for them!
This one is fading!
Thalictrum is so happy.
Night Moth has a lovely colour. More violet than this!
Joy - a very delicate pink!
Yesterday, the weather was ideal for gardening, nice and cool and yet later it was very humid.
And I am going to hunt for this hibiscus! I have now 6 more beans coming up, thanks for Monty's clip on direct sowing! Now there is only half an hour for the show, which is a shame. Caught up with Beechgrove already.
Such a shame that I can't go on holiday end of September as my son works an academic timetable. Would love to go to Wales again!
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A dull but warm day lots of bees in the garden a few photos from today
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Stunning photos and stunning flowers. Like the pollen dust on the bees! Glorious details!
We had a hot morning and a cloudy afternoon. Just perfect. Did tons of watering and created a raised bed in the garden. Wish I could hire a tanker to get the water from Derby!
We had a hot morning and a cloudy afternoon. Just perfect. Did tons of watering and created a raised bed in the garden. Wish I could hire a tanker to get the water from Derby!
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Good morning to a coolish day! Really lovely! Not humid, but sane and not miserable.
Really love your canna, Zenj! I had a few in a pot and then it died a month ago. I really should have replanted them. Cannas are hard work for me. Every time we went for our free horse manure, I saw nearly 10 stems of tall and handsome flowering cannas, They really were gorgeous and I had the impulse to stop and take some photos. As usual, these spots with handsome cannas and dark striking delphiniums were always around a bend where you couldn't stop!
Sprayed myself with Avon anti mozzies, and was thinking of watering the plants. Only managed a watering can. These daily watering seems to be unsustainable.
All the vegs I have tried to grow in the allotment turned out to be failure, apart from these lettuces
Even these look like nightmare! But all the spinaches bolted, Wok Pak left leafless by SS. Only. Just the thought of having to wash these pathetic dirty and spotty looking things tires me no need.
Beans like these are OK.
I have had more joy with flowers! White Echinacea is just lovely!
I thought this was a dinner plate! No, only a side dish!
It's been such a lot of fun having an allotment and making friends and having freebies. Huw went on holiday with his family and grandchildren and he said I could raid his greenhouse, provided that I would leave him with something! I sampled his wonderful raspberries yesterday and will raid his cucumber next Friday! Just the thought pleases this greedy gut!
Really love your canna, Zenj! I had a few in a pot and then it died a month ago. I really should have replanted them. Cannas are hard work for me. Every time we went for our free horse manure, I saw nearly 10 stems of tall and handsome flowering cannas, They really were gorgeous and I had the impulse to stop and take some photos. As usual, these spots with handsome cannas and dark striking delphiniums were always around a bend where you couldn't stop!
Sprayed myself with Avon anti mozzies, and was thinking of watering the plants. Only managed a watering can. These daily watering seems to be unsustainable.
All the vegs I have tried to grow in the allotment turned out to be failure, apart from these lettuces
Even these look like nightmare! But all the spinaches bolted, Wok Pak left leafless by SS. Only. Just the thought of having to wash these pathetic dirty and spotty looking things tires me no need.
Beans like these are OK.
I have had more joy with flowers! White Echinacea is just lovely!
I thought this was a dinner plate! No, only a side dish!
It's been such a lot of fun having an allotment and making friends and having freebies. Huw went on holiday with his family and grandchildren and he said I could raid his greenhouse, provided that I would leave him with something! I sampled his wonderful raspberries yesterday and will raid his cucumber next Friday! Just the thought pleases this greedy gut!
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I will believe it when I see it. When the weather reporter said it would be muggy, I thought he was joking! 17c couldn't be muggy! He was right. It's the mugginess that woke me up.
I got 2 more alstroemeria at 2 to £3, one white phlox for £1, one Babadoes Aster for £2. I already had a Bahamas and a Girasol. Like them very much. Most of them are 2L pots, so very well pleased. Also had more seeds from Wilko. Wyevale are still doing theirs at half price!
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Stung by the bee/wasp again! My left hand is now swollen and skin very taut.
Zenj: One of your plants is an Aster. Is that right? I wonder if you have the name. I bought 2 Asters: Monch and Babadoes. I really like some of them. I have already split one into 2 or 3 and planted them mid border.
Lovely hibiscus
This little blurred dot is actually orange in colour, which my camera renders into yellow. I initially thought it was a melon that I newly planted. I will reveal this little dot when it flowers!
Alstroemeria
I planted my plants so close that I didn't even know the Chilean Lantern had flowered. What a sweet surprise!
Quite quaint! Happy snapping.
Zenj: One of your plants is an Aster. Is that right? I wonder if you have the name. I bought 2 Asters: Monch and Babadoes. I really like some of them. I have already split one into 2 or 3 and planted them mid border.
Lovely hibiscus
This little blurred dot is actually orange in colour, which my camera renders into yellow. I initially thought it was a melon that I newly planted. I will reveal this little dot when it flowers!
Alstroemeria
I planted my plants so close that I didn't even know the Chilean Lantern had flowered. What a sweet surprise!
Quite quaint! Happy snapping.
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Yes alp it is aster
Eurybia x herveyi ‘Twilight’
Eurybia x herveyi ‘Twilight’
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What a funny name! Destined NOT to be remembered. LOL!
It was so cool and breezy that I actually weeded the front lawn which is always toooooo hooooot for me"
My left hand is so swollen that I think Bee sting venom must be very effective in ironing out wrinkles. The news said that Camilla Parker Bowles had this treatment and I have come to the conclusion that this can't be true.
Look at my hands and you can tell.
Stung left hand - not a line in sight
Full of lines - a real spaghetti junction.
Conclusion: She should have got a refund! LOL!
Heavens know how itchy and bloated my skin is. It feels like exploding and I want to scratch it so much.
It was so cool and breezy that I actually weeded the front lawn which is always toooooo hooooot for me"
My left hand is so swollen that I think Bee sting venom must be very effective in ironing out wrinkles. The news said that Camilla Parker Bowles had this treatment and I have come to the conclusion that this can't be true.
Look at my hands and you can tell.
Stung left hand - not a line in sight
Full of lines - a real spaghetti junction.
Conclusion: She should have got a refund! LOL!
Heavens know how itchy and bloated my skin is. It feels like exploding and I want to scratch it so much.
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My swollen hand has now a blister. Much more swollen than before.
Some stunning photos here
Zenj has one better than this, with a bigger bumble bee!
Ideal weather for garden improvement
Red hot poker at the back of the garden
Last year's pelargonium - very pretty and scented.
Begonia with interesting innards
Remember me with beautiful fragrance!
Sadly, this red rose isn't scented.
Planted quite a bit of spring onion White Lisbon in the garden. Need to do some watering in the allotment.
Some stunning photos here
Zenj has one better than this, with a bigger bumble bee!
Ideal weather for garden improvement
Red hot poker at the back of the garden
Last year's pelargonium - very pretty and scented.
Begonia with interesting innards
Remember me with beautiful fragrance!
Sadly, this red rose isn't scented.
Planted quite a bit of spring onion White Lisbon in the garden. Need to do some watering in the allotment.
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Your hand looks a mess alp , i put some cream on when stung by a wasp it stops it being itchy . I have a friend who allergic to wasp stings, he swells up really bad you may be allergic aswell ?
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Few pics from a few days ago . Wasps have been on the Angelica Gigas for days now
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