In another universe long long ago I started a thread about a possible dream coming true.

A quick recap 
11.10.18 we met with the architect for the first time after being offered some land to build on.
12.02.19 planning permission was refunded. With very little hope of fighting to overturn the decision.
Between 14 and 19.02.19 we viewed, made an offer and offer got rejected on a property 
24.02.19 we were offered another piece of land ! 
10.07.19 we got planning permission!
20. 11.19 wrote rather a large post (in the other universe) Complaining about solicitors.
16.01.20 building warrant went in.

Now to the present day.

17.08.20 we finally got the building warrant back / accepted.....what ever the he11 they do.
So what are we waiting for now? You guessed it the ****ing solicitors ! We still don’t own the land because of them faffing about. We thought we’d be signing papers last week. All the paperwork came back and suddenly out of nowhere another clause had been added. 
But finally actually starting something physical is in touching distance! Not just throwing money at people and beating my head against a wall. 
Yes granted lockdown has slowed the process but building warrant & land perches should of been done & dusted long before any of this COVID crisis.
We’ve still been collecting things for the build while we’re been waiting for idiots! We now have most of the timber for our garage. Someone brought a house kit but never put it up ?! They were going to burn it !! It’s now sat in our field under a very large bright red lorry tarpaulin. Yesterday Bob came home with 5 hard hats and we collected a section of fish farm walkway. That will give us our initial access to our plot over the ditch. 
So in short I’m very excited and ready to kill people all at the same time   .

Happy Birthday JJB 
Hope you have a wonderful day doing all you want to do - especially if its in the garden.

Vine Weevils

Vine Weevils are a common garden pest in the UK attacking both outdoor and indoor plants. Container grown plants are particularly susceptible.

The adult weevils feed on the leaves but the real damage is done by their larvae munching on the roots of your plants.

Adult
   
Larvae
   
Eggs
   

Best treatment - Nematodes

For all you clever flower people

I am planning on turning one of my uncultivated plots into a flower garden for both cutting and enjoying, not just by me, but anyone who cares to use the plot. This is a small plot about 10x20mtrs

I have a number of questions please.

I am planning on setting out paths and creating differing shaped edged beds. The paths will be grass and the beds covered with a weed suppresant with bark on top. 

Q. If i cut heat welded holes in the suppresant will bulbs grow through the  bark?
Q. What bulbs would natrually follow daffs?
Q. Can you buy snowdrops and is it worh underplanting the 3 small apple trees with them?
Q. What flowers have a high scent?
Q. I need something that will grow and cover the fences at either side?
Q. Can all bulbs be left in the ground?
Q. I like lavender, is there a compact variety?

Any advice or suggestions welcome

This is why I never manage to save any sunflower seeds - the marsh tits take them the moment they are ready. Great tits and goldfinches also both try, but don't seem tp be agile enough to get underneath the flowers.

   
   

Marsh tits are really vocal, arriving with a kind of zwweeeee twitter twitter - the cat doesn't even flick an ear anymore!

Do you have a Midas plant, one you really struggle to grow. It might be climate, soil, or simply you cease to believe it’s in your capability. 

For me this is Calabrese, I’ve tried many forms and they all seem to go to seed rather than form heads. They are such a pain, I simply no longer bother. I have no issue with many other brassicas but, even broccoli raab fail me. 

This is a safe place air your woes.

For all those avid fishermen/women out there.  What's this fish?
The grandson of my friend from the Netherlands caught it.  I have no knowledge of unfilleted fish, nor do I know what happened to it after the picture was taken.

   

Good evening, I am not on this forum very often but there are some members whom I would call friends, so to them I just want to let you know that I will be stopping coming on to the forum as I feel I am spending to much time on computers and intend returning to a more normal (for me) life, I'm sorry there was a split recently, but I dont know all the things that were happening behind the scene, but I do wish you all well, so keep safe and enjoy your gardening

My pak Choi, both seedlings in modules in one area of the garden and planted seedlings in the soil have been decimated by flea beetle.  Any useful tips to avoid this in the future?

It is flea beetle in the soil but the dreaded cabbage white caterpillars on the modules! Hopefully the flea beetle damage will be 'grown through' as the seedlings get larger.

So how do you get the more prolific top tiers? Do you grow 4,5 or more fruiting branches. I’ve got a few this year that I have allowed to topple before training up a pole. This makes spotting those troublesome base side shoots easy but watering is a little tougher as the fruiting branches are so close to the ground, none of these plants have topped out yet they still have growing space. I’m not sure they will fully ripen the top tiers as they were so late going in but we’ll see how they get on.

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