3: Gardening Diaries ...

[Logan]

@BigC I have porridge with bran and oatbran made with water. Have a lot of fruit with it.The oatbran helps with Cholesterol.

 

[alp]

@BigC - Good news that it's nothing serious. You must watch Chelsea afternoon session on iplayer as James Wong visited a Japanese garden famous for niwaki!

You will love it. Shame James Wong is still wearing his year-13 suit! He's bursting at the seams!

 

[Logan]

Morning all

 

[alp]

Good morning to another glorious day and I hope the blue blobs catch me today. I need the rain!

I hope the sun is going to be shy!

 

[Logan]

Good morning to another glorious day and I hope the blue blobs catch me today. I need the rain!

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I hope the sun is going to be shy!

Isn't that supposed to be on the weather thread?

 

[alp]

If it flows with my idea, It goes where I think it should go. I have already posted in the weather thread. I will have an evaluation today and already I have tons of jitters ..

I need to mow the lawn later and there is just so much to do. Already Deliveroo has opened the sluice gate and I am coughing...

There is a bit of wind which I hope mitigate the heat. Need to bulk up the runner bean seeds. Planted them too shallow. JLS went for advice about his farm - he's living his dream - and helped me indirectly. I should have known this long time away, but I only started growing beans 2 years ago. Need some excuse to hide my ignorance, I guess!

 

[BigC]

Good Morning all..Aye the cholesterol ...apparently I have a 13.5% chance of having a stroke or heart problems if I carry on with my eating habits...
Anyway lets not dwell on doom and gloom..and/but speaking of doom and gloom......its drying up nicely here in prep for a few days of sunshine or so they say...If this be the case (and me being off on holiday) I will get the grass/lawn prepared and treated..the weather-forecast is excellent for this job right now and if I dont do it I might not get another window of opportunity for a while.
Off to get me a Salvia after Brekkie which should be interesting...I guess it wont include Bacon

I hope the blue blobs catch me today. I need the rain!

I hope you get some rain @alp...makes a change from me holding the monopoly on this geographical amenity lol

 

[alp]

I hope you get some rain @alp...makes a change from me holding the monopoly on this geographical amenity lol

Aye! My eyes are welling up for the lack of it. Already I am onto my 4th butt. I have to go out as the air is bad. BigC (Is C for Colin or Callum?) I am going to mow the lawn. See you lot later and make sure you watch your 3rd episode of Chelsea. Even Newcastle is enjoying fine weather. I'd love to share my sunshine and even out your geographical anomaly!

 

[BigC]

BigC (Is C for Colin or Callum?)

Just boring "Colin"
We are cool and damp here which makes it good for aeration and scarification of the lawn area with a view to putting down the feed and weed application tomorrow...The War Dept. is off to Zumba this morning so I'll buy the Salvia on the way there and then I'll toddle off to the GC whilst she is at the contortionists...lol Then I'll come home have some skinny lunch and get to planting etc.
I have given away some surplus tomato plants to family and friends and the strawberries are not far off picking..
Pics of my purchase later I hope

 

[Logan]

Just boring "Colin"

Colin is a nice name.

I used to do Zumba, it's very good.
Can't do it anymore because of my back, it's not to do with doing Zumba, it's just got worse over the years, but nothing to worry about.
Have a good day.

 

[BigC]

Well it looks like I've made a terrible blunder..it turned out that the Salvia is not Amistad like I thought but rather Salvia nemorosa Caradonna which is probably the wrong thing altogether...anyhow I didn't have the heart not to go into the local fruit and veg/garden shop and not buy anything so I just made the purchase and left kicking myself.
Its still a nice plant so I have just dug it in and watered it and we'll see how we get along.
I cut two dozen strawberries from the greenhouse hanging baskets and we had them for afters at dinnertime with some ice-cream....I did see a lovely Weigela this morning alexandria...see pics...but hadn't enough change in my pocket at the time...I may go back at some stage lol

 

[alp]

BigC - you're going to kill me! Of all the variety, you have to buy this one! Ah well! I bought this one and there was a hole in the front garden. I don't even miss it. Where would you like to hang me? LOL!

If I keep you some seeds, can you afford postage! I will have Dyson's Joy, Jeans Jewels, Amistad. Hopefully, Cambridge Blue. Love and Wishes ..

 

[BigC]

If I keep you some seeds, can you afford postage! I will have Dyson's Joy, Jeans Jewels, Amistad. Hopefully, Cambridge Blue. Love and Wishes ..

Amistad please

 

[alp]

Amistad please

I will try my best. I need to take cuttings myself. I had two and now I have one!

 

[Logan]

@BigC the salvia still looks nice. Those strawberries are amazing.