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

[Verdun]

No alp, they wont flower next year. You want to build up the root system anyway so if they are to be potted up you need john innes number 3

 

[Logan]

@Verdun sounds yummy.

 

[alp]

I have tons of gunnera-like leaves and big clusters of helleborus and they are giving me headache. Thank you.

 

[alp]

Appeal to all hair-dressers - past or present

How do I lift some hair dye off my cream bathroom lino please? Very desperate woman in need of help .. Tried bleach, Peardrop, peroxide, blond hair dye .. all to no avail!

 

[Logan]

@alp it's a slim chance, but there's a product called hair dye or colourant remover. It's used on hair. So it should be with the colourants. But i don't know if it will work.

 

[alp]

Thank you, @Logan I will google and see where I can get it. Might even go up the road to ask the little hair dressing salon. I'm so desperate!

 

[BigC]

Good Morning peeps...I'm caffeinated and ready to hit the ground running (well maybe not quite as my right ankle is fused) ..So depending on what the mood is like downstairs I will commence the building of my proposed Garden Arbour, so with no time to waste I bid you a fond farewell until late afternoon when I hope to return with some build pics...the sun is up..but for how long...who knows...
@alp...do the right thing and get to the Dr's...for some medicine, failing that its a weekend then approach your local chemist and explain he/she may be able to prescribe something off the shelf that will alleviate the problem until the surgery re-opens again....all the very best...C

 

[Logan]

@alp I used to see it when i used to shop at boots. It would be on the hair care Did you leave the bleach on your lino for a while? Maybe for 20 mins.
For your ear, you could go to A&E department.
@BigC look forward to those pics.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

@alp you will be very lucky to remove it I'm afraid ....it's stubborn stuff.

You could try making a paste mixture from Hydrogen Peroxide .....not sure what volume ....I would start low with 20, (don't even know if chemists sell the higher volume to the public) mix in some baking soda in equal measures and then rub over the stain with a dry cloth......may need several attempts .......fingers crossed for you!

 

[Mark56]

Nice to see old faces & new. Little gardening done today, or the past week and a half. Lots of rain that I should have redirected to Essex Alp.

My first Bishop of Llandaff flower too. I already want more, particularly Bishop of Oxford.

 

[Verdun]

The Bishop has been flowering for weeks here Mark...as have most of the dahlias

The Bishop of York, first year here, is shown. Looks bedraggled...as do I right now.....in the pouring rain but it is a beauty esp in the sun. I guess it will be much bigger in future years

 

[BigC]

Rome wasn't built in a day and it was perhaps a little ambitious to suggest that this pergola/arbor would be also, especially when my table saw decided to give up the ghost and send sparks flying everywhere kaputt......so its off to Screwfix tomorrow to get a refund or replacement, I'm not a happy teddy as its not long new. Anyway as you can see the structure is pretty much finished apart from the trellis sections and a lick of paint.. The pond will need a good tidy up and a complete rethink on the local planting scheme...Iris definitely needs thinning out...All in all I'm pleased with the progress but would liked to have completed it today....Well I guess I'll just have to buy some ready cut lengths of wood to make the trellis, something I didn't want to do but needs must as they say... I'll complete it tomorrow weather permitting...Hope you all had a great day......relaxing now with a cool pint of beer...I need it lol

 

[Logan]

@Mark56 they look great.
@Verdun they look great.
@BigC It looks great Shame that you couldn't finish it today.

 

[BigC]

@BigC It looks great Shame that you couldn't finish it today.

I know @Logan...twas a pity, but tomorrow's another day as they say...I have to prep and lay the stone step too...the weekend goes like a flash....I might buy some split bamboo screening.....dismantle it and make an interwoven trellis form that...I think it would look really cool and add to the Japanese theme....

 

[Logan]

@BigC yes that's a good idea.

Just seen a trailer for the new Star Trek series, starts in September, through Netflix. Don't expect most of the races the same as before.