General Chat

Hi Diane and Tec. There wasn't anything that I could've bought that I would deem extravagent. Certainly I could put in a new water tank, solar heating or buy a television that's tuned into 3D and a pair of 3D glasses. Oh and a spa and a super duper vaccuum cleaner.

Sue xx

Hello Tec and Diane : )

Tec ....my garden isn't big compared to many but I have crammed in as much as I can , I like a cottage garden style . I won't mention the " lawn " , with two bitches and a dog it can't really pass as a lawn at all : (

Happy birthday to you daughter Allan , I hope she has had a lovely day .

Your veg garden sounds grand Allan , well done . May I ask what " silverbeet " is , as I've never heard of it ?

((( hugs ))) to your son from me Diane x

Good morning Allan glad your daughter had a nice dinner party.

Goodevening Tec were you able to potter around your garden today, if your weather was the same as our's was you should have had a chance to spend time in the garden.

Sue you surely could have been more extravigant than that, a small grater, well as long as it is usefull and you don't just shove it into the cupboard.

Diane

Sue ....I have grown fuchsias a bit but I'm not that keen on them and the bigger they are the sillier they look ( in my opinion ) , some of the smaller flowered ones are quite pretty . I can't grow Azaleas either ( they like acid soil don't they ) .

Good Evening Diane, Hope you are well today.

I had a very strange day Allan. When we moved into this house I placed my piano in an alcove in the dining room. Eventually I put the central heating in, and placed a radiator under a window at right angles to the piano. This meant that the piano was trapped in the alcove and there was no way of getting it out. I recently decided the piano could go asd I never play it these days. The only answer was to dismantle it in situ - so I have spent the day doing that - piano now in pieces all over the dining room floor - OH is delighted - but I will take it all to the dump tomorrow - problem solved.

Tec.

Amanda, Silver beet is also known as Chard or Swiss Chard

In some ways it is a bit like kale (which we also grow), a pick and come again crop. It has quite an 'earthy' taste and is used in some recipes as a substitute for spinach

Allan

Amanda my son said thank's, btw I was about to send you a reply to your last pm ( didn't do it to notepad ) and I hit the wrong key and it was wooooshed so I will have to do it again tommorrow.

Allan today has been a lot nicer than of late but I don't know about Fruitfull.

Tec quess what went past mine today ( well not quite past mine but near enough?

Diane

Tec, obviously the 'keys' to success :0))

Allan

Diane - I used my little grater last night when I made tea and it worked a treat so I think I might find it very useful. The expo was mostly demonstrations and starting points to get info. One booth had some beautiful handmade wooden furniture. As they don't really advertise and don't have a showroom they keep their prices down. They had a beautiful hall table very simple but very nice wood with a soft polish rather than a high gloss. We might go and have a look as we've been looking around for a new one for awhile.

We have a couple of lettuces in the garden which we use for sandwiches. We just pick enough everyday for what we need. They just keep growing:-)) We'll be eating cauliflowers soon and the brussels are just about ready too.

Sue xx

No Diane, the weather was better, butno time in the garden today.

I grow azaleas quite well in tubs of ericacious compost, and out of direct sunlight.

Amanda, My two labs wrecked my lawn when they first came, so I paved the lot, but made wide borders down each side, mine is cottage garden style, but I also have lots of pots and tubs that I move about according to the season.

Tec

Diane ....I hope you hadn't typed to much before you whooshed your self ....lol , it sounds like the sort of thing I do ....lol....I'll look out for your pm tomorrow .

Tec ....I'm having visions of you looking like Harpo Marx and using your broken piano as a harp .....lol I bet it took some busting up !

Thank you Allan for answering the veg question . We don't go in for kale etc but we do eat plently of cabbage : )

Diane I can't imagine what went past yours today?
was the big liner that docked at Holyhead?

Tec.

Sue I love wooden furniture of the old designs, my favourite wood's are mahogony and dark oak. Not keen on the lime oak except in kitchen's.

Tec what a shame to have to break up the piano, could you not have just disconnected the radiator and lifted it off the wall while you removed the piano.

Diane

Tec - not sure what you mean by "ericacious" compost. I also have a lot of pots and tubs under the back pergola. I find it very relaxing to pot plants. My mum has an impressive collection of potted geraniums.

Sue xx

Diane - the table we like is made of rosewood but inlaid with a lighter wood. They also had a dining table with a glass panel full of pebbles. Very impressive although it wouldn't suit my house.

Sue xx

Yes Amanda, I am left with something that looks just like a harp, makes a wonderful sound. I felt awful breaking it up, bit like a Philistine, but it was the only answer to a big problem.

And I'm not putting it back together now lol.

Tec.

Ericaceous compost Sue , is specially blended for plants that like " acid " soil . If you grow that sort of plant in a pot rather than the boarder you can have some success.

I have lots of plants in pots too . Mostly my beloved Hostas ( wouldn't dare put them in the ground as they would look like doilies by the morning ) .

Amanda unfortunately I had writen nearly all I was going to message you and when I re-write it I will tell you at which point I whooshed it lol.

Tec, no it wasn't the big liner, it was better than that........ It was the steam Train I spoke about the other day, I heard the chuff chuff as it approached the bridge that is about 50yds to the left of my flat, so I ran to the window and watched it go by, what a fantastic sight to see at 7-30am this morning, and there was load's of thick steam comeing from the funnel.

Diane

Tec......I bet you did feel awful : (

Can't you do something with the bit that makes a nice noise ? Maybe put it in the garden for the wind to play a tune on ?

Diane, that must have been a magnificent sight.

When we lived in Cleethorpes there was an old railway line that ran at the bottom of our garden. Very occasionally a private tourist steam train would use it. All the kids in the street would rush out for a glimpse of the train.

Allan