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[BigC]

The proof is in the pudding as they say...Tonight's tea consisted of Boiled Rice and Fried Chicken, to which I added a tablespoon of my homemade Chilli sauce (Diablo I)..not the best idea I've had but certainly eye-watering...Lips & Tongue are stinging/burning,...Pass the Milk....no not the glass..the whole carton...WOW this is pure evil...

 

[MaryMary]

@BigC, not that you don't have enough projects already, but if you have any of that concrete left over, and perhaps a couple old towels 'er inside wouldn't mind going missing, you can make planters with them!!

Now, don't go stealing towels from the War Dept. !!

 

[BigC]

Now, don't go stealing towels from the War Dept. !!

It wouldn't be the first time articles have gone AWOL

 

[MaryMary]

It wouldn't be the first time articles have gone AWOL

All for a good cause, I'm sure...

 

[Verdun]

MaryMary,,yes urine would help. However, over winter not too much nitrogen is needed. Be a bit chilly too

 

[MaryMary]

However, over winter not too much nitrogen is needed.

I meant it more in relation to this post... I probably should have quoted it, instead of the other.

When woodchips rot down they take nitrogen from the soil so plants could suffer in early spring. Actually any general fertiliser would help balance this. Not a prob in autumn as plants are "closing down"

Be a bit chilly too

What? ( Wot?)

You think she doesn't have a pot to . . . well, never mind.

 

[alp]

Should have done an extra Salvia amistad for moi...

It's very easy. I can send you some seeds when I collected them. I will put some aside for you. Salvia amistad, Wendy's wishes, Love and wishes (they wish a lot), and probably the blue and black one. So next time when I post a salvia, just make a note if you like them.

I watched The Beechgrove and really enjoy Drummond House or Castle with a symmetrical ? or very rigid parterre. I want to get a job there just to deadhead! Haha! No, I actually prefer Powys ..

This Drummond castle is in Scotland, Perthshire to be exact. I had never heard of it until today.

A higher tier for visitors to appreciate its parterre! Hope @DeborahJane can get some idea from it. But Box blight is terrifying.

Doesn't it look like a fairy tale setting?!

I think @mg guy would be glad that it's HIM lugging the lawn mower! Hehe!

Leave you with my favorite pic

Source: The BBC The Beechgrove Garden

 

[mg guy]

It's very easy. I can send you some seeds when I collected them. I will put some aside for you. Salvia amistad, Wendy's wishes, Love and wishes (they wish a lot), and probably the blue and black one. So next time when I post a salvia, just make a note if you like them.

I watched The Beechgrove and really enjoy Drummond House or Castle with a symmetrical ? or very rigid parterre. I want to get a job there just to deadhead! Haha! No, I actually prefer Powys ..

This Drummond castle is in Scotland, Perthshire to be exact. I had never heard of it until today.

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A higher tier for visitors to appreciate its parterre! Hope @DeborahJane can get some idea from it. But Box blight is terrifying.
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Doesn't it look like a fairy tale setting?!
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I think @mg guy would be glad that it's HIM lugging the lawn mower! Hehe!

Leave you with my favorite pic

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Source: The BBC The Beechgrove Garden

must be quite a bit of staff just to keep everything so crisply shaped!
Splendid splendor!

 

[alp]

View attachment 26721 alp, you're getting to know me!! Aww...

Remember that my mother was a teacher...it's a sign of affection, really.





@Verdun, since alp is The Great Bargain Hunter, couldn't she throw a couple healthy handfuls of used coffee grounds in with the woodchips this fall? They are a slow-release source of nitrogen, maybe they'd offset the depletion of nitrogen by spring? That, and/or pour urine on them? That would help save on the water bill, too!





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I will go and get some coffee grinds tomorrow and egg shells as well.

 

[alp]

must be quite a bit of staff just to keep everything so crisply shaped!
Splendid splendor!

Er, no. According to the female head gardener, only 2 full timers and 4 part-timers.. so she said. I couldn't believe my ears.

 

[MaryMary]

Er, no. According to the female head gardener, only 2 full timers and 4 part-timers.. so she said. I couldn't believe my ears.

I wonder how many hours a week is considered full time?!

Those are beautiful pictures, thanks for finding and sharing.

 

[mg guy]

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I think @mg guy would be glad that it's HIM lugging the lawn mower! Hehe!

I would bring sheep to that slope! lol

(actually, I could cut that with one of my machines, I probably have some slopes that equal that in steepness. tricky but doable.)

would be fun to put a nice pattern on that!

 

[alp]

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I think @mg guy would be glad that it's HIM lugging the lawn mower! Hehe!

I would bring sheep to that slope! lol

Funny thing is that I thought of that as well! Hahaha!

 

[alp]

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I think @mg guy would be glad that it's HIM lugging the lawn mower! Hehe!

I would bring sheep to that slope! lol

(actually, I could cut that with one of my machines, I probably have some slopes that equal that in steepness. tricky but doable.)

would be fun to put a nice pattern on that!

I was supposed to have typed It's NOT him lugging the mower.

That slope requires serious health and safety guidelines as it is literally 45 degrees. I wonder if there is a competition for creating mowing patterns on a 45 degree slope. Now, that would be fun!

 

[MaryMary]

would be fun to put a nice pattern on that!

mg guy, you'll probably get a laugh out of this!

Mowing the yard was my job, weekends, starting when I was about 11 or 12 years old. For months, I mowed the way I had seen Dad do it, ever smaller squares in the yard. The back yard was 2 acres, and it got boring. (Oh, how it got boring!) One weekend, since no one had ever told me why we mowed this way, I went off pattern. I drove the mower "right" for the outer square, then, bored, I started a wide, wavy pattern, weaving back and forth. And when I got done... you could see it. My dad was kind of mad about it. (Mom laughed.)

I can still hear my dad, though. "It looks like I hired a drunken sailor to mow the yard! "

It took two more mowings for the pattern to fade.