Flowers named after Food
Posted by: Veggie - 11-11-2023, 05:26 PM - Replies (13)

I don't mean edible flowers but flowers that have something edible in their name like Rudbeckia "Marmalade" and Foxglove "Milk Chocolate".
What can you add??

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  Occupations!
Posted by: Veggie - 05-11-2023, 10:26 PM - Replies (8)

Do you ever see a Job advertised and haven't a clue what it is? Some job titles are so pretentious. Here's one I saw earlier:-

"Wondering whether anyone can recommend any good eyebrow technicians? Looking for HD brows and brow mapping. Mobile or local."

Sorry, I know I'm old but "eyebrow technician" "HD brows" "brow mapping". What on earth is that about? Is this somewhere you go and end up with eyebrows halfway up your forehead and a permanently surprised look?

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Wink Sow, grow, throw November
Posted by: Veggie - 01-11-2023, 12:20 PM - Replies (25)

A Challenge for the month of November (since I can't grow a decent Mo Wink). 

Sow-vember
Grow-vember
Throw-vember

or any other "o" word you can suggest.
Every day, I intend to Sow a seed or Grow a plant from a cutting or Throw away a useless item - could be a dead plant or something in the home.

Care to join me??  Cool

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  Things with memories
Posted by: Veggie - 30-10-2023, 08:17 PM - Replies (9)

I don't mean phones and computers etc with "memories", I mean items that you have that bring back memories - maybe of people who gave them to you, or places that you visited to acquire them.  Memories that only you have, attached to items that would be pretty ordinary to most people.  

I've posted elsewhere about the dining chairs with sagging bottoms that we bought in 1975 in St. Ives. I can "see" the shop where we bought them, it was so small that they only had 2 chairs in stock and had to order another 2 for us, which we collected on the next trip to the in-laws in their old fisherman's cottage in Virgin Street. I dreaded going there. It was a 5 hour drive on a Friday evening after work, heavy traffic on the motorway, everyone heading to Cornwall for the weekend, and we'd have to repeat it in the opposite direction on Sunday evening to be back in time for work for Monday. 
Today, we chopped up 3 of the chairs but there is one left, to bring back those sweet and sad memories of days of yore, 48 years ago. 

Share your special memories please. Big Grin

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  We have a winner in the Harvest Festival competition
Posted by: Admin - 27-10-2023, 06:52 PM - Replies (6)

The votes are in and have been verified.

The 2023 Harvest Festival winners are

1st Small Chilli £25
2nd Doubly Jonah £15
3rd Mark Riga £10

Congratulations Smile

I shall be contacting the winners over the weekend to see how they would like their prize.

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  Kato's Favourite walk!
Posted by: Vinny - 27-10-2023, 03:05 PM - Replies (8)

Inspired by SC's walk and piccies recently, here's a compilation from Kato's favourite walk, where kato manages to get himself upside down hile having a drink from a streamBig Grin

https://youtu.be/vLCefOm5eak

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  Bargain sweet peas!!!
Posted by: Farendwoman - 26-10-2023, 04:47 PM - Replies (17)

OK .. so on 21st 0ct I sowed five pkts sweet peas on surface of perlite.
Four were various cheapos from Lidl and Wilko.
The other one was an expensive £4.99 packet from Suttons that was in their sale for 89p. 
Bargain thought I!
Photos are attached showing between 70 and 100% germination in four of them.
Guess which “bargain” has zero percent germination.



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Information Floods
Posted by: JJB - 25-10-2023, 10:05 AM - Replies (20)

Awful rain on IOW overnight. Our driveway and garages are flooded with water higher than wellies and is rising . We put our old beloved Picasso in the garage for security and now it's full of water inside and won't go. We're due home tomorrow but that's not happening. Currently trying to figure out what to do.

      can't figure out why this pic is upside down
          

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  A new challenge
Posted by: Admin - 23-10-2023, 06:53 PM - Replies (20)

After a year of relative inactivity on the gardening front, I have taken on a new challenge......

Welcome to plot number 4. A total mess but something to get my teeth In to.

My target date for completion is 12 months from now.

   

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  RIP temporary tunnel
Posted by: Small chilli - 19-10-2023, 12:17 PM - Replies (4)

That’s the end of that then.

   

We removed the cover completely. Secured everything as much as I could. Plants, seeds & cuttings are just going to have to take their chances.

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