It's time for GARDENING again!

Marymac

Your hibiscus sounds stunning. I am going to look at them more closely from now on because i do not have any.

Raspberry

I too will be planting out a few veggies this weekend - despite saying i would not be doing any this year. I have some broccoli, tomatoes, peas, got my cucumbers and peppers now, and some new herbs. I have cheated a bit too, but it is easy to get behind. Good luck!

Karly hno:

I think you are possibly beginning to push it just a tad with the mouthwash idea. :shrug:

Whilst you have my uttmost respect :bow:, and I value the potential I believe you have in making me rich whilst I sit on my bottom, :highfive: I think a little market research might be in order. :calm:

Especially on the liklihood of real human beings putting this particular liquid in their mouths.

However, I applaud your foresight in tempting people with the addition of alternative flavours (essential I imagine) and colouring. :eat: However, I do wonder if brown is such a good idea? Also ... is coffee breath attractive ... ?

I would like to point out that whilst you continue to have my support, i draw the line at any personal testing of lupie p. products. :stop:

Regarding your last post, pleeeeeease don't worry if you supply runs low and you are unable to supply us. I'm sure we all want you to be successful (me in particular) Whilst your product is bound to be far superior to our own supplies, we might not be your most deserving target market. You must sell, sell, sell to those more needy. :innocent:

Hi Karly

I did not know what gastroparesis was so I did a google. I sounds absolutely awful. I hope you can get some respite with the medication you mentioned, Karly.

Mothers Day! I had forgotten about that. I must put in in my diary under the pile of rubbish on my desk. I always forget to drop hints about getting particular garden plants for mothers day. Then I end up with chocolate, which is all very nice, but I have to share them with the criters that bought them.


Sharon

No I don't like them all either, but I am trying. Must say I have never squished as spider though. I am one of those 'pick it up and put it outside' types. Unless they land ON me - then i tend to flick and smack and jump about a bit.

Yup! Karly is going to make me rich selling to people who grow 'ornamentals'. I should imagine mustard powder is quite uncomfortable for a slug / snail. Had not heard about that one. I will run it by my group and see what their objections are.

It has sprung here too! We have had some marvelous sunny days and everything is in bloom that ought to be. My dafs and narcissi have been replaced by my tulips and the bluebells are just about to follow on from them. The primulas have been flowering for weeks and weeks.

Builders say they are starting on house in 2 weeks - PANIIIIIIIC!



Gardening

I spent today (between numerous cups of tea / coffee / looking at nothing in particular and sighing a lot) building the steps and low walls for my raised beds inside my new greenhouse base. Husband is going to move my greenhouse onto it tomorrow. Fingers crossed i have measured everything correctly or my name will be mud. Intend to build cold frames attached to each external long side of greenhouse from next week. Behind or what???

Oh, and I found some lettuce in my old semi collapsed cold frame ... the fairys have been! I hope who ever has given them to me lets me know soon cos i do not remember sowing any lettuce seeds. Got some beetroot and chard from college too. I have never eaten chard so it will be interesting to see what it is like. Don't even know if we are to eat it raw or cooked. Can anybody help? One plant is ruby coloured and the other yellow. Worth having just for the colour!

I want to buy an automatic ventilator for my greenhouse. Can anybody tell me how difficult / easy they are to fit, please? My greenhouse has an aluminium frame.

Also, what do I do after i have planted my 2 cucumbers in the greenhouse? What type of support do they require, and how long / big will the plants be likely to get? The seedlings were given to me, so i have no packet with printed distructions.

Starting to find dead baldy baby birds that have fallen from, or been ousted from nests. Poor little things. Cat still bringing in little mice. Neighbour's got a new squirrel trap (wish he woud leave them alone, really). Anyway, so far he has caught and released a hedgehog and a starling. I have not seen hide nor hair of a squirrel. The owls are still here, so here's hoping for babies again.

Wishing everybody a lovely summer - whether inside or out.

Take good care all.

Hello acard.

I'm sorry about your bp. I hope you feel well enough to potter a bit soon.
I love lilies - mine are coming up, and the scales I did in autumn have all sprouted so it's just a case of finding somewhere to plant them where i'm least likely to disturb them for the next 2 years!

Will look up portulaca so can see pictures. Chocolate vine is supposed to smell of vanilla. Is a twining climber with pretty leaves and pinkish / brownish flowers. It seems there used to be cheap chocolate that was flavoured with vanilla and that's why it is so named.

Got some chocolate mint though, and that really does smell of 'after eight' choc mints. I have in in the cracks of my paths so it can't get invade anywhere that matters. The idea being that if you tread on it, it will release the smell.

Struggling to find chocolate cosmos - they really do smell of chocolate too. Should track down seeds really.

Toms, cucumber, peppers now planted in raised beds in greenhouse with a couple of tumbling toms in hanging baskets. Onions, (very late garlick), peas, cut and come again lettuce, and shallots in final places. All covered with wire cages.

Redcurrant bushes absolutley full of flowers with blackcurrants hot on their heels. All chives are in bud. Raspeberry canes have flower buds too. Strawberries flowering and cloched. All I need to do now is beat the mice to them when they turn red.

Shrivelled chitting 'early' spuds still looking forlorn in cellar...

Cat brought a whole intact bird's nest into house yesterday (fed up), then today she brought an adult bird in, but I managed to get it out of her mouth. Gave it to a neighbour whilst I caught the cat and locked her indoors for a couple of hours. Neighbour left it on his patio and said it had gone an hour later. Hope it survived.

The weather has been absolutley glorious.