spacecadet Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 11 hours ago, Robert M Estall said: corvettes 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) Alpaca poo is best! Seems far less weed. I do like a fresh little carrot plucked when perhaps 4 inches, no cooking needed. Pots sound a good idea. I could try some rocket that way as they get devoured by little flies as well. Snuggled up near the chive forest in the herb patch perhaps. I'm told they don't like the smell of anything like onions. Yes growing corvettes, mine were yellow last year! Edited April 15, 2020 by Robert M Estall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, spacecadet said: 😀 12 hours ago, Robert M Estall said: young broad beans, small corvettes He said small! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I grow all sorts in pots scattered around, anything that is quick cropping Salad stuff that you don't use allot of each time, Lettuce etc. Raddish 3 or 4 to a 3" pot. Just re sow as you use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Ashmore Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 13/04/2020 at 23:32, Marianne said: So jealous. The guys that cut our grass decided to help out and cut my wisteria back. It had taken 5 years to bloom and was amazing. My husband and I had even built a trellis for it using bent wood branches that had fallen in our yard. The guys cut it back in the fall without asking me - that was 4 years ago and it hasn't bloomed since. Wisteria is my absolute favorite. A few years ago my mother-in-law was 'helpful' in the garden. She decided to cut off all of the rhubarb leaves that she thought were bad because they had holes in them.. that was all of the rhubarb leaves so we now no longer have rhubarb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Matt Ashmore said: A few years ago my mother-in-law was 'helpful' in the garden. She decided to cut off all of the rhubarb leaves that she thought were bad because they had holes in them.. that was all of the rhubarb leaves so we now no longer have rhubarb! She may be related to my partner, she has the same effect on plants as Roundup 🙂 Let her loose with a weeding trowel and nothing is safe. Once decimated a whole bed of mixed herbs i had just planted convinced they were weeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 I think I could tell a rat from a rhubarb plant. Hmm. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 First gardener mowed down my sage and basil. I only ever grew snapdragons and zinnias as a kid helping my grandmother out in her garden and helping harvest the figs before the birds got them. My grandmother had an amazing garden, roses climbing up the side of the house. Lilac trees you could play hide and seek in. I did not inherit her green thumb but have never mistaken a plant for a weed. We've had our best luck with trees, lilacs and Japanese maples we planted over 20 years ago - and I've grown 8-10-foot tall sunflowers, but between a bad back after a series of accidents and frustration with deer, rabbits and squirrels, this will be my first attempt at gardening in some time. My husband transplanted these from a seedlings in a neighbor's garden. We have another in the side yard. I can't seem to find any photos of the lilacs. Hmmm, surprised but I'll have to upload some. Tons of these and our other Japanese maples. This one was in two calendars a couple years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I put this in the "nice thing done today" thread, but last evening I got rid of a lot of dry cuttings. The bonfire went up in no time- no smoke to bother anyone! Very satisfying. The council have cancelled the green waste collection and closed the tip, but no-one told the plants to stop growing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Ashmore Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 1 hour ago, spacecadet said: but no-one told the plants to stop growing Try shouting at them louder.. they'll get the message sooner or later! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I'm going to have to take up gardening now it is warmer, everything is growing like wildfire. Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 A group of photographers in my 'home town' (if there is such a thing) uploads raw files to a private FB page. The game is to edit it the way we like, be as creative as we like or not. Results are amazing. It's a lot of fun. It makes me realize how much I'm used to editing for the editorial market, which is anything but creative. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, gvallee said: A group of photographers in my 'home town' (if there is such a thing) uploads raw files to a private FB page. The game is to edit it the way we like, be as creative as we like or not. Results are amazing. It's a lot of fun. It makes me realize how much I'm used to editing for the editorial market, which is anything but creative. While I was out for my walk this morning I decided to take some images to try to turn into artwork/creative just for fun. Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: I'm going to have to take up gardening now it is warmer, everything is growing like wildfire. Allan I've actually had a wildfire. See above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Just now, spacecadet said: I've actually had a wildfire. See above. Yes! Saw that post. You are lucky I don't have enough room in the garden where I am just now to have a fire with out burning the neighbours fence down.😃 Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: Yes! Saw that post. You are lucky I don't have enough room in the garden where I am just now to have a fire with out burning the neighbours fence down.😃 Allan We do usually use a small brazier- limits the heat to a couple of feet- but there was just too much piling up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Rant begins... What is it with joggers and scale? 2k amd 5k are easy... 2m is impossible!! Rant ends. I'm enjoying the gardening stuff.. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAROL SAUNDERS Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 What is it with men and a pair of gardening shears, thank heavens he's not a hairdresser! I think the saying is scissor happy - he chopped some of my gorgeous Red Acer - not amused!😮 Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I may be spending too much time on non productive activities during the lockdown. Counting out the cucumber slices for our lunchtime ham salad sandwiches I found myself going 8, 9, 10 Jack, Queen, King..... ....Spider solitaire I curse you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) On 15/04/2020 at 13:40, aphperspective said: She may be related to my partner, she has the same effect on plants as Roundup 🙂 Let her loose with a weeding trowel and nothing is safe. Once decimated a whole bed of mixed herbs i had just planted convinced they were weeds. My Mrs loves to prune the plants, you can see them cowering as she enters the garden. In fairness things have improved over the years and, if left to me, it probably wouldn't get done as rigourously. However there was the occasion where a fellow gardener heeled in a couple of gooseberry plants, on our allotment, which mysteriously disappeared - only to be found later on the compost heap. They survived that ordeal, and have borne fruit ever since, no doubt in fear of the consequences should they lapse. Then there was the episode relating to our lovely Egremont Russet apple tree. For a couple of years it produced a mediocre crop, so she decided that it should be purged from the garden. Fortunately I was able restrain her hand, and it was given a stay of execution. I sprayed the tree with Jeyes Fluid (illegal now) to kill the bugs and gave it a good meal of blood fish and bone, and, low and behold, a completely revived specimen. Edited April 17, 2020 by Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Earlier today on BBC4, I heard a long segment with two women discussing allotments. I feel so out of it. 🙁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: Earlier today on BBC4, I heard a long segment with two women discussing allotments. I feel so out of it. 🙁 I'm with you, Ed. Fancy a pint? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 7 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: Earlier today on BBC4, I heard a long segment with two women discussing allotments. I feel so out of it. 🙁 I wasn't familiar with the term "allotments" either. I guess they are similar to what are usually called "community gardens" in these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyrsis Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 10 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: Earlier today on BBC4, I heard a long segment with two women discussing allotments. I feel so out of it. 🙁 You could get one Ed!! 😀 http://www.liverpoolallotments.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Oh, I know what an allotment is. I also think there might be a sign posted on some of them that warn "if Ed Rooney should attempt to enter this allotment area, alert the authorities." That's very informative, Ian. Thanks Edited April 18, 2020 by Ed Rooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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