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[Verdun]

The overnight rain has eased.....some sun promised
Morning folks
Working out plants for my my niece who is moving into a new build home...her very first home. My remit for her....."those smelly plants" (she mean the heliotropes) "that white flowered thingy" (clematis montana Grandiflora) "ooooo, that's lovely" (anemone Wild Swan) plus a honeysuckle, trachelospermum, camellia and salvia guanajuato. She doesnt want anything to cut back??? Clearly she has a gardener with long pockets in mind
Have a healthy day everyone

 

[Logan]

@alp i wouldn't put egg shells in the grinder. I break up egg shells with the end of my wooden rolling pin, to use on the garden.
Good job about your fridge. I don't have a fridge with a small freezer compartment Inside because of that. I used to let it get so bad that i couldn't open it. Then i broke it trying to open it.

 

[alp]

Salvia Amistad, nachtvlinder

She can't say no to that! I love all her selections .. plus Romneya Coulteri, echinacea yellow tanz, red tanz, Rudbeckia .. I am sure she will have a lovely garden. She's blessed to have you and you her ..

 

[alp]

@alp i wouldn't put egg shells in the grinder. I break up egg shells with the end of my wooden rolling pin, to use on the garden.
Good job about your fridge. I don't have a fridge with a small freezer compartment Inside because of that. I used to let it get so bad that i couldn't open it. Then i broke it trying to open it.

Yes, apparently, one video on youtube shows how good it is to have eggshell to deter slugs and snails, but only a certainly degree of smallness. This other woman literally bakes the eggshells and grinds them to fine finder and uses it on her orchid. Amazing folklores you can hear on youtube!

 

[Logan]

Yes, apparently, one video on youtube shows how good it is to have eggshell to deter slugs and snails, but only a certainly degree of smallness. This other woman literally bakes the eggshells and grinds them to fine finder and uses it on her orchid. Amazing folklores you can hear on youtube!

Oh i see.

 

[alp]

 

[alp]

Oh, it has been sooooo hot and humid. And suddenly, the clouds came over and I had to retire my towels again. Been dividing my irises .. and later the hellebores..

You'll be wondering what you're looking at - grass

A lovely achillea and a dahlia

One of those plants which should grow at the back and yet, they stick out like a sore thumb and stand right next to the paving slabs. Boy, but aren't they lovely and tall

Just love a clematis seedhead

I actually have got a ripe chilli

Purple is all in the rage in my garden

Year of the dahlias!

 

[Logan]

@alp they're lovely. What's the first one?

 

[Logan]

@alp it's pouring of rain, haven't done anything in garden today. Your chilli looks good enough to eat. Should be better tomorrow.

 

[Verdun]

Roasting here today ....had an invasion this aft so no gardening. 18 month old great niece took a liking to my dahlias, a bubble,machine took over the back lawn and the last of the Egremont Russets picked and taken away. Nephew's dog pooed in my veg patch.....not trained like my wonderful old golden lab
A lager to cool down with ....who said summer has gone?

 

[BigC]

@BigC son wants to know how to clean oil from paint brush please!

I mean NOW! Sorry ..

OK youtube has come to help

Just turps or white spirit, you can build yourself a little contraption to hang the brush in the liquid to clean and soften

 

[BigC]

achillea

Looks Gorgeous

 

[alp]

We followed this man who used up all the tissue papers

It's a lot of hassle, but son has done it.

I will ask him to look at the contraption as it seems to be very handy and less painful.

 

[alp]

Roasting here today ....had an invasion this aft so no gardening. 18 month old great niece took a liking to my dahlias, a bubble,machine took over the back lawn and the last of the Egremont Russets picked and taken away. Nephew's dog pooed in my veg patch.....not trained like my wonderful old golden lab
A lager to cool down with ....who said summer has gone?

Yes, I was sweating for hours planting my hellebores and irises. It was really humid and now it's raining properly. Done quite a bit.

 

[alp]

@alp it's pouring of rain, haven't done anything in garden today. Your chilli looks good enough to eat. Should be better tomorrow.

I could see your areas had been covered with heavy clouds or rain at the word go. We had decent sunshine and it was a bit too humid .. Just had a shower to remove all the grime.