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

[Zenj]

Morning all cold and wet snow coming down at the moment ,talking of camilias went to our local Waitrose on Sunday they had some lovely healthy ones and quite large full of flower and buds had a lovely white one but £15

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Morning all, we have a lovely start to our day down here, but don't think it's set to last ,

That looks very pretty @Logan, definitely post a pic when it's finished please! I use to make most of my clothes years ago , really enjoyed sewing! I remember making a lined suit for when I became godmother to my first niece. Those were the days......have problems threading the needle now

Very beautiful Snowdrop @alp......I would have to install 24/7 surveillance cameras on it at that price.....woe betide any living critter that came near it!!!

Have a Tranquil Tuesday

 

[alp]

Morning all cold and wet snow coming down at the moment ,talking of camilias went to our local Waitrose on Sunday they had some lovely healthy ones and quite large full of flower and buds had a lovely white one but £15

That's the trouble with camellias. When they have flowers, £13 to £18 is the price tag. I bought one under £5 on ebay and I am 100% sure it will flower next year. Is one year's wait worth it? Hard to say. I wouldn't pay £15 for a camellias. I saw a Jury??? in Homebase but it was £13 at the cheapest. My heart bled and eyes watered. Waitrose probably have to recoup their fee to Alan T!

I might buy more from Fleabay. I think I paid £4.81 after the 18% discount. The best was when I bumped into a discount caused by shelf-moving in Home Bargain - £0.99 or £1.99 for a potted white called Silver Anniversary

and a not so charming turandot

By the way, we have glorious sunshine now.

 

[alp]

Very beautiful Snowdrop @alp......I would have to install 24/7 surveillance cameras on it at that price.....woe betide any living critter that came near it!!!

Mine is cheap ! More expensive than the camellia @Zenji mentioned .. A sudden madness overcame me and I clicked PAY AND CONFIRM! Now I have to ration one pork chop and an egg for dinner!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Now's the time to take cuttings I think @alp.....might take some from mine and pinch a few from my Dad's camelia too...

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Mine is cheap ! More expensive than the camellia @Zenji mentioned .. A sudden madness overcame me and I clicked PAY AND CONFIRM! Now I have to ration one pork chop and an egg for dinner!

.....did you pay £102!!!!!.....gosh

 

[Logan]

@alp Thanks yes i will do that. Spent £13.55 altogether.
The fabric is a polyester/cotton.£4.00 a metre. Got 2 and a half metres. I always get a bit more than that i want. I've got a idea how to use up the bits that are left after i've cut it out. Going to make a patchwork skirt, got a few bits of different colours left over from other things that i've made, do that sometime.

Those patterns are still made in the old imperial measurements.

 

[alp]

.....did you pay £102!!!!!.....gosh

No. It was the highest bid I saw when I copied the pic. Imagine £102 for a tiny bulb!

Been out for an hour and it has been so sunny. But the wind has been something. All my bendy bamboos are nodding their little canopy.

Old imperial measurement is so much easier for me, Logan!

Repotted Anemone Queen Charlotte and Whirlwind and tried to remove the big pot holding the peony. I chopped the expensive tuber into 2 and I will be very lucky to see any flowers at all. The tuber was like hard rock! But they are both alive.

 

[Logan]

@alp yes it's better for me too, but when I went to buy the fabric and everything else, it was metres and centimetres.It's been very cold here, not much to do in the garden.
Had a suprise visit from my eldest brother, it's strange i was thinking about him this morning.
One of our cousin's came with him that i haven't seen for years. There's so many it's hard to keep up with them.

 

[alp]

You might have been talking about him with me!

What a lovely co-incidence. Are you snowing yet?

Metre seems to be such a large number. Hard to get used to. Went out to figure out how to make compost bins out of pellets so as to hide the big hole. It's a nightmare.

 

[Logan]

Yes i was. had such a good time.
Good luck with the compost bin making.

 

[alp]

An hour and a half of Windows update! I hope all the holes have been PATCHED up!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Do they do double glazing as well

 

[alp]

! I hope so! I have someone who sold some shares for me. Would you believe it? I was thinking of keeping the shares and sell them when they rise at the end of this month. But no, I logged in and saw I had money in the account. I was suddenly hot and red. Someone sold my only useful shares for me. I just took the money before it disappeared. I am too tired to argue with the thieves who look after old people's shares.

 

[Logan]

Morning all