Our gardening diaries - from latest toys, flowers to wildlife .. Please upload pics

[alp]

See, nobody to clamp my style except myself. I feel like chucking my strepts, but my heart is cursing me... I have nowhere decent to put them.

Oh, that must be a different one with lovely colour. Please share photos. I have only got the yellow which self-seeded like mad!

 

[Logan]

@alp that's the only thing when you're married or living with someone. Are the strepts a indoor plant? Yes i'll take pics when they start flowering. It's going to be a long time.

 

[tbendl]

@tbendl Try not to get carried away. Or you will be like me, plant a newly bought on top of an old one and kill the one underneath. I did it all the times.

I replenished the supply and sat for 15 minutes and got these, not the best, but good enough for me .. first time, I captured them in my own garden

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Anybody knows what it is?

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I just saw a friend post about a Merlin bird identification app. I've never heard of it but might be worth a shot.

 

[tbendl]

If it's partial shade, they should be alright. Sometimes the growth goes blind. If so just cut the end to the next Growing bud.

I'll have to get a picture and see if you can show me where that is, (and if it's the same plant... Lol It's a marigold).

 

[tbendl]

It's called bells of Ireland, grown for it's green colour for flower arrangements.

It's a mystery. I never bought one or planted one. Lol And the bell part looks slightly different but I hope it is, they are very unique looking.

 

[Logan]

I'll have to get a picture and see if you can show me where that is, (and if it's the same plant... Lol It's a marigold).

It's when the growing tip just comes to an end.

 

[Logan]

It's a mystery. I never bought one or planted one. Lol And the bell part looks slightly different but I hope it is, they are very unique looking.

It's probably what the birds brought in.

 

[tbendl]

Thanks @Logan can't wait to see your plantings. Now if I could get those birds to deliver cash and chocolate next I'd be all set. How is your knee doing?

 

[alp]

@tbendl How about a diamond ring from a Magpie? That would be nice. Imagine people paying several hundred pounds for a piece of rock!

Now they are saying it would be 28C on Saturday!

 

[Larisa]

For those not in UK. This is what we are crying for today.

This is today in the news, it's terrible to watch. So sorry...

 

[tbendl]

I'm not even bird specific if they are delivering diamonds.
And I paid over 500 for rock... Lol For the pond.
We are looking at 31C Saturday with rain which is going to be a stinker since I'll be helping a friend move.

 

[Larisa]

Bird # 2 Great tit (Parus major)

Poppy bloomed.

 

[tbendl]

So pretty Larisa!

 

[Larisa]

Thank you! Only I have a suspicion that I was buying a double flower. Surprise!

 

[Larisa]

We are looking at 31C Saturday with rain which is going to be a stinker since I'll be helping a friend move.

But it will be a hilarious move! Someone (usually someone's husband) will give directions and swear, and the rest will run around with things in the rain.