Shades of red
Posted by: Farendwoman - 02-10-2022, 05:22 PM - Replies (9)

Still finding things to surprise and delight me in the garden.
Pure chance that these are growing together.



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  3 need ID please
Posted by: Small chilli - 30-09-2022, 06:19 PM - Replies (14)

Can anyone name these please. Collected cuttings from these yesterday.

   

   

   

Also got these which I’ve named. But am I right?

     Persicaria affinis ‘Darjeeling Red’ 

    anemone ( not a cutting, I got a big chunk of root ) 

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  2023 - Pumpkin competition
Posted by: Veggie - 29-09-2022, 09:06 PM - Replies (196)

I have a packet of 200 Dill's Atlantic Giant pumpkin seeds. https://www.kingsseeds.com/products/vege...ntic-giant.
Does anyone fancy trying to grow the biggest pumpkin from these seeds next year? I'll send you some seeds and all you have to do is grow them. Big Grin
Add your name below. If you're in the Seed Swap, I'll send you the seeds then.  Even if you're not in the Seedswap, I'll still send you some seeds. 
 Go on, you know you like a challenge.  Shy

1. Veggie
2. Sarriss
3. Small chilli
4. JJB
5. Proserpina
6. Pyrenees Plot
7. doublyjonah
8. Broadway

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  Hero or idiot
Posted by: Small chilli - 29-09-2022, 10:43 AM - Replies (7)

So just after lunch yesterday Bob came home. My first question when he walked through the door was “what have you broken now ?” . Reply nothing. Question 2 “ are you damaged? “ . Reply no . Question 3 “ what are you doing here then? 
He’d come home to get his climbing gear. He’d been contacted to see if he could retrieve a drone stuck up a tree.

The blue circle is the drone location. 

   

The view just before he reached the tree canopy. He couldn’t see out any higher up.

   

Drone owners on the ground.

   

He thinks it was about 25m . He did recover it safely. He did get paid.  He did have a tour of that very large house. Which was very impressive apparently as it’s been in the same family since the 1800s. So lots of history. 
But still…….. hero or idiot?

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  Drying foliage/flowers for arrangements
Posted by: Scarlet - 28-09-2022, 07:34 AM - Replies (35)

I know that probably none of you do this - me neither until recently but Ive been asked by the local school to do a xmas wreath making class. Obviously I agreed straigh away Big Grin
OMG - its not even October and Im already having slepless nights about foliage. I
have a hedgerow of amazing rosehips - i searched loads last night but couldn't find anythinh - is there a way to preserve these?

Any ideas on foliage I could gather now that would look good in December would be appreciated.

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  2022 - Seed Swap Circle.
Posted by: Veggie - 27-09-2022, 08:56 PM - Replies (211)

I hope you're all saving seeds for this year's Seed Swap.
Please add your name below if you want to be part of it.- and a list of the seeds you'll be sharing if you know now.
We'll aim to have the seeds sent to me by 20th November and sent back to you in December - to take our minds off anything else that may be happening that month. 
Any questions - just ask.

Who's IN:-
1. Sarriss RECEIVED

2. Veggie - Mountain Princess, Rambling Red tomatoes, Cedronella canariensis, Aztec Sweet herb. Bijou mangetout RECEIVED

3. Small chilli - Nicandra violacea, Nasturtium, Carrot autumn king, Allium christophii RECEIVED

4. JJB RECEIVED

5. Scarlet RECEIVED

6. Garrett - Tomato Chadwick Cherry (large red cherry vine)Tomato Auntie Madge's (small red plum vine)Tomato Ciliegia Cerise (small red cherry bush),Cerinthe, French Marigold Tall Scotch Prize, Nicotiana Sylvestris RECEIVED

7. Proserpina - Marrowfat peas, Giant tomatillos, Hollyhocks, Mixed cosmos, Mixed radishes RECEIVED

8. TMTT - three blight resistant cherries, Sgt. Pepper's, Girl Girl's Weird Thing and maybe Reinhard's Purple Sugar. For flowers: dwarf cosmos (a mixture of Sonata and Casanova), red gem marigold, gazania (possibly 'Talent' mixed?) and maybe some lamb's ears. RECEIVED

9. DoublyJonah RECEIVED

10. Farendwoman -  Tomato Matt’s Hornet, Tomato Galina, Eryngium Little Hobbit, Bupleurum Bronze Beauty, Allium Hair, Echinops Veitch Blue, Tagetes Lemon Gem RECEIVED

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  Top 3
Posted by: Small chilli - 24-09-2022, 10:26 PM - Replies (7)

What’s your top 3 flower for cutting? That you grow from seed. 
What’s most important the main event or fillers?

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  Name 2 Flowers...........
Posted by: Veggie - 22-09-2022, 06:37 PM - Replies (18)

Tomorrow I sow flowers and herbs but I need your help please.
Can the flower growers give me the names of flowers (starting with the letter A - F,  that can be sown now? Similarly with herbs 

I'll be back next week looking for G - L.

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  Uses for Pallets & Scaffold planks
Posted by: Veggie - 21-09-2022, 09:34 PM - Replies (9)

There are hundreds of ways to repurpose a pallet. Add your ideas to this thread please. 

I'll start. Big Grin

       

A garden tool and brush rack. The pallet is freestanding, not attached to the wall.

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  Happy 50th Birthday Small Chilli
Posted by: Admin - 21-09-2022, 09:35 AM - Replies (8)

As the title says Happy 50th Birthday SC

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