General Chat

Hello to everyone,

Another lovely day here and I have just order some plants from YouGarden. I have used this site many times and not been disappointed so hope it will be the same this time. I have ordered 2 Fuchsia and 3 Acers, small pot ones. We don't have a garden centre near enough for us to go to as we don't drive. We do have a couple of local shops that sell veg plants and bedding plants etc. but I wanted something for my big pots.
The veg part of our garden is coming on nicely as well.

Joan I have an electric weed burner which I have used but OH won't as he says it is too slow. He does like to do things quickly which isn't always the best way. lol. Hope you find it ok to use.

Hope you all enjoy the good weather whatever you are doing.

Morning all
Rather grey and overcast here which was not our forecast grrrr as we had planned a trip out today to some lovely beaches.

Anyway we shall still go for the drive out.

Its quite windy so i hope my newly planted tubs/pots dont get ruined.

Linda, it will take time to get your garden sorted but im sure it will all come together eventually.

Ann hope there are no thunderstorms here! I think i saw it was for the south west of England including Wales and surrounds so hope they are not bad with you.

Better get organised with the picnic etc as supposed to be going at 10.30

Joan hope your new toy does the job but be careful with it.

Have a good day all

Florence in the hebrides

PS, Linda, not had the Pimms yet but hopefully when the sun comes back!

Good morning all 14 degrees here at 0800 so looks like being a warm day. Thunder storms are forecast for later which is what the pot plants don't need. They need gentle rain to penetrate noy hard storms to bounce off. But it will be what it is I suppose.
Linda your garden and greenhouse are all coming together nicely, you have some good fardening years to look forward to. I expect you will go on locating useful stuff until everything is finally sorted out. good that you found it all in the garage before you bought new though.

It has been a lovely day here as well Joan, so I have been pottering away in the garden and greenhouse. I ventured into the garage to look for a new pair of gardening gloves which I remembered buying. I found a couple of boxes of things which really belonged in the greenhouse, so I pinched a couple of wooden trays from the garage and moved the things I wanted into the greenhouse, so now everything is at hand when I want it.
When we first moved in, I gave away some rickety plastic staging from the greenhouse, but now regret it, so OH has set about building a nice long bench from more of the old fence planks. It will be rustic, but sturdy and will give me more surface for all the small pots.

Good afternoon to you all.
It's a lovely sunny day here but we have a bit of a chilly wind which is spoiling things, it has put me off going outside but I have been busy indoors this morning.

I have made Lentil & Bacon soup which doesn't take very long to make, I am going to have some after writing this,there's enough for 2 portions so I will finish it today, not keen on 2nd day soup so I haven't made "too" much.

My new toy arrived on Saturday & I was surprised to see the size of it, it's much smaller than I was expecting so definately not too heavy for me, it does need fixing together so a job for our daughter.

I have done a lot of tidying in the garden &dealt with more of the stubborn weeds manually, i have found quite a few self seeded Primroses dotted about, I have had to leave them where they are as they are too well fixed in the gravel.

Linda, I hope the new chap turns up & does the job re the steps, so annoying when arrangements are made & the person lets you down.

Right I'm offf to have my dinner, the soup smells yummy.

Joan.

Probably too late to plant bare root raspberries now Linda, I think though, if you can find any, container plants would be OK although they may not bear fruit this year.

I hope so too Ann. We transferred some money for the materials yesterday and they will be delivered during the week.
OH made two large raised beds yesterday, although they are still in the garage, but he will get them in the garden this week. One is for veg and the other is going to be a fruit cage. It is getting too late for the Raspberries etc for this year, but I will see what I can do. He is also making two compost bins, luckily lots of the planks from the old fence were still in good condition, so he is using them, so hasn’t had to buy any wood. Although the old posts had rotted at the bottom, once he sawed the rotten bits off, he had some useful posts for the corners of his new constructions

Did you have your Pimm’s Florence?

good morning all, another sunny day here and 9 degrees already, The trouble lately has been it gets too hot to do any gardening after about 11 o'clock which is round about the time I am ready to start. Luckily, since having the garden re-modelled, there is not so much to do out there. Linda, I hope this man follows through and your steps eventually get done.

Good evening, we have finally had a lovely sunny day. I spent quite a lot of time in the greenhouse today, potting on lots of plug plants and getting seed trays ready to prick out the herbs which I have growing.
We finally had another builder come to give a quote this morning. He is going to do the job next Saturday. He was more expensive than some of the others, but he he gives the impression of being good, so we will have to see. His wife actually works as a teaching assistant in Esme’s school, she actually works in Esme’s class on a Wednesday.
I hope your flame thrower has arrived Joan and that it isn’t too heavy

Morning all looking today
Sunny day but oh sooo windy so our plans to go out for the day have changed.

Anyway yesterday was in town most of the day and went to get last few plants from the garden centre. So today we shall be planting up everything and getting the flower tubs outside plus the carrots have really grown now so need to go in today to the raised beds.

The foreecast for all next week is 18/19 degrees and no wind so we shall be planning days out to various beaches further down the coast we havent been to.

Might even get to have a jug of Pimms in the evening and watch the sun go down.

Joan you are getting along well in the garden but the swallow carry on lol give your son a nudge!

Linda, hope your garden is coming along and hope your OH is not overdoing it.

Ann, well done to your grandson, you must be very proud.

happy Saturday to all

Florence in the Hebrides :-D

Good afternoon everyone.
It's another really beautiful day for us, I have been flitting about the garden pulling up weeds & weed killing the stubborn ones, getting there albeit very slowly !
No sign of my new toy yet, the courier has received it but no word on it being out for delivery.

I have come inside now as my back was starting to ache, I'm afraid I have left several little piles of weeds lying around as I'm too tired to sweep them up just now, they will just have to wait until tomorrow.

I was out with my daughter yesterday to the H centre, more blood tests, hope they are looking better than of late.
Was in Morrisons today for my weekly shop,it was very quiet so we were very quickly through the checkout.

Our Swallows returnd a few days ago & one pair is trying to make a nest above the back porch door, such a pain when they do that especially as there is a huge old steading (now the garage) that they can use,& have easy access to.
Our eldest son promised to block of the gap 2 years ago but he's not done it !

Linda, what a shame you are having such a problem re the garden steps, so annoying to have people say they will be round to see whats what & then let you down.

Joan.

Brr, it is really cold here, I wore my thin dress to get weighed at Slimming World this morning, but as soon as I got home I changed back into jeans and a fleece top. It is going to be very cold overnight as well. OH is still beavering on in the garden, he has removed the last of the lawn. I am just about banging my head on the wall trying to get people to quote for the steps.

Ann they have chicken wings and thighs frozen, just not chicken breasts???

When doing my Tesco order last week I did note that a lot of chicken was out of stock. I wonder if it is to do with bird flue?

Afternoon all
Overcast day here but not too cold and a little breeze.

Been working hard planting out my veg into the big raised beds. Beetroot and onions are now all in. Just the carrots to do tomorrow.

Next job was going through old pots outside emptying them and repotting with all the new plants we bought The front garden is now beginning to take shape and looks colourful.

I bought 2 Senetti plants in a beautiful pink and purple. They certainly brightened up the front path.

Today and yesterday we saw a few bees and 2 died! So when we saw one on the path struggling today, we made a sugar solution on a saucer and paced the bee in it. Within a minute or 2, the bee recovered and flew off, how amazing is that!

Anyone else seem to have bees dying in their gardens?


Making sweet & sour chicken with rice and naan bread tonight. think we have earnt it after al the calories burnt off working outside.

Got my Tesco order today but cannot find any frozen chicken breasts on the site at all only thighs and wings! Anyone else struggling to get them?

Right off out to take some pics of my plants then it will be tea time.

Hope everyone else looking in is well and ok today

Florence in the Hebrides

A good selection of plants there Linda, should make a nice display. You didn't get any Geum, Is that because you don't like it or he didn't have any?

It is supposedly 15 here Ann, but it doesn’t feel like that. I just caught the bus into town to get a few bits, then walked back and I was really cold by the time I got home.
Well done to your grandson for completing his marathon.
OH has been digging more of the lawn up today where the steps are going to be. It has made me realise that we are going to need lots more plants to fill the space. The latest builder still hasn’t sent a quote despite promising to yesterday :-|

The plants I got were Lavender, Verbena, Eryngium, Astible, Santolina, Oenothera, 'Scabius, Verbascum, Salvia, Centaura and a curry plant. No particular reason for any of them, I bought three of most of them.
I wanted to buy some Crocosmia bulbs from a stall on the market today, but he hadn’t brought them with him today. He said that he would try and bring them next week, but I will probably forget to go.

15 degrees here today so pleasant for working in the garden. I have done an hour out there so far today but that is my limit for one session so came in for lunch.
Have you noticed that while the plants are slow growing without any rain, the weeds don't seem to get any less they still grow.

That sounded a good buy Linda and a great way to be able to fill the new border for half the price. Tell us some of the plants that you bought.

The Turkish baths sound interesting, especially if you had discounted tickets. But sometimes, once you have seen these place, you don't need to revisit as they are not likely to change.

It is supposedly 10 degrees here this morning, some sun but a very cold light wind, almost icy so not very pleasant.

My Grandson ran the M Keynes marathon yesterday, he finished in 4.15.45 which I thought was quite good (He is in his late twenties).

We have had two very cold days here. But it is supposed to get warmer from tomorrow

Yesterday OH and I went to the Harrogate Turkish baths. The building is Victorian and quite impressive, it was renovated a few years ago to restore it to its original glory. I got some half price tickets, so it wasn’t too expensive, but I wouldn’t really go again.

Today we went back to a village near Thirsk to but some perennials for the garden. There is a man who grows very good quality ones and sells them from his house. They are only three pounds for a large pot, les than a third of what the same p,ants cost in the local garden centres. We bought thirty pots altogether, fairly pricy when you tot it up, but we want to fill the new beds as quickly as possible. We have laid them out where we want them and I have made a map, so I know what everything is. OH will plant them tomorrow