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[Upsy Daisy]

Morning @Logan ,@alp and to all others that look in, hope you all had a restful night's sleep and are ready to greet the weekend!.

Not bad thankyou @Logan , but then I haven't really get going yet, just dosing up on my Tens machine at the moment. How are you? Do you have to sleep with the brace on?

@alp, all pain is bad to its sufferer, so yours is comparable to mine, in this heat you must ease up a tad, take care. When do you go on your holidays?

Have a Super Duper Saturday

 

[Logan]

@Upsy Daisy you take care. I'm not too bad thanks, it pulls on the knee when i bend it,Yes i have to sleep with the brace on. The pads are sponge. It makes me very sweaty when the weather's hot. It's on almost all the time. I've been putting powder on. Got more exercises to strengthen the knee and leg. She showed me how to get up the stairs in their gym. But i can't seem to do it with the bad leg first like i did there. Thought it was the same depth. You take care.
@alp you be a good girl and take your medicine.

 

[Verdun]

Morning chatterboxes.
Another hot day ...already very warm
Picked my first peach yesterday
Sorry some of you have aches and pains but hopefully you can enjoy your weekend

 

[alp]

@Verdun You have picked your first peach???? Blow me down. Mine won't be ready for another 2 to 4 weeks. I'm trying to grow flat peach from seeds ...

 

[Jan]

Alp, I've saved some stones from flat peaches with that in mind, did you break the stone first or just plant it, how long does it take to germinate, probably a waste of time, doubt I'll still be here by the time they produce friut

 

[Logan]

Planted some more marigolds, i can bend a bit easier now that i've had my leg brace adjusted finished at 10.45. It's too hot to any more today.

 

[Logan]

Alp, I've saved some stones from flat peaches with that in mind, did you break the stone first or just plant it, how long does it take to germinate, probably a waste of time, doubt I'll still be here by the time they produce friut

They probably won't fruit. I'm curious, where are you going?

 

[alp]

Alp, I've saved some stones from flat peaches with that in mind, did you break the stone first or just plant it, how long does it take to germinate, probably a waste of time, doubt I'll still be here by the time they produce friut

I did crack open the stones of the flat peach and I also crack opened some apricot stones. I'd love to have an apricot tree. I have them on tissue paper and they are now mouldy..

I will preserve - forever the optimist or bull in the china shop!

Here they are - the big ones are the apricots, flaky

ones amaryllis. The round ones are the flat peach doughnut stones which are most mouldy.

 

[alp]

Some pics

Jackmanii

Apricoty verbena

The hot weather has cued the penstemon to bloom

Nightfall streptocarpus

More black raspberries ..No prize guessing where they are now..

 

[Jan]

Thank you for advice on the fruit stones, so they don't fruit then? Maybe won't bother
That's a stunning Clematis.

 

[alp]

I think they will fruit, but may be a long while and people say the trees will be huge unless they are grafted. I won't put any fruit trees straight to ground as all mine are growing in funny shapes because of the huge trees nearby and the branches just stick out anywhere they like to get the sun... I have an almond tree raised from seed. I reckon as long as my apricot seeds germinate, I will keep them. The doughnuts are so mouldy that I am not sure they will make it. But no harm having a laugh .. just messing about. That's my attitude..

 

[Logan]

Here's some more fruit.pink current

Redcurrant

Black currant

Gooseberry

 

[Larisa]

I have an almond tree raised from seed.

@alp It blooms?

@Upsy Daisy and @Logan I love your roses!
@alp You are an incredibly active lady!

For all, recover faster!

@Logan How do you fertilize fruit bushes? They look great!

 

[Logan]

@Larisa Thanks, it's a granular rose food, feed in march and June. No later because get soft growth that's no good for winter.

 

[alp]

Hi @Larisa Nice to see you again. My almond is only 2 years old, but 3 foot tall. Still a baby. I think I have killed my Davidia involucrata. All the leaves shrivel and I think I have killed it by forgetting to water it.

Logan You have got a lot of fruits .. I have about 8 blackcurrants. A few apples, 2 pears .. and some peaches .. Not very good this year. Also some pink currants at the front of the house. Perhaps a few gooseberries.

You've done very well, @Logan . I need to write down on my calendar about the feeding.