2020/21 - What's made you happy today?
Proserpina Offline
South Yorkshire
#441
I received a very exciting envelope today: four varieties of micro-dwarf tomatoes from TMTT!

I have some cress and pea-shoots growing (and have stuffed some shop-bought spring onions in a jar of compost to see if they do better than prior attempts to keep them in water that have always resulted in smelly slimy onions), but tomatoes feel like proper gardening! I am so excited and so grateful to the lovely TMTT Smile

I have a specialty study day tomorrow, which in modern times has to be done online from my room. So in between sessions, I am going to try and construct my knocked-together propagator. I have two designs in my mind - one involves a mini hot water bottle (with hot but not boiling water) in a tin foil lined cardboard box, and the other involves a large metal tin (from powdered milk) sealed with a glass jar with warm water inside. As long as I don't use water that's very hot, I think they will work quite well.
Formerly self-contained, but expanding my gardening horizons beyond pots!
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Eyren Offline
Hardy perennial
#442
All 6 of my okra seeds have germinated! The seedlings are quite big, so as soon as they've all fully emerged I'm going to prick them out into separate pots.
How much veg and wildlife can I pack into a 6m x 8m garden in suburban Cambridge? Let’s find out!  Smile
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JJB Offline
Moonraker
#443
Had a call from the hairdresser offering a haircut appointment. It made my day. Smile
Gardening is an excuse not to do housework
Greetings from Salisbury
Qualified member of the Confused Nutter's Club 
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Norfolk Grey Offline
Pest Controller
#444
You lot. You always make me laugh whenever I pop in.
1 seed, 2 seed, 3 seed, 4....
5 seed, 6 seed, 7 seed, more!
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Veggie Online
Super Pest Controller
#445
Make me happy when you pop in, NG.Smile
Any seeds you want to swap??? Random commercial seed swap closing next week.Wink
The Moneyless Chicken says:- 
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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Broadway Offline
Member
#446
(29-03-2021, 11:07 AM)JJB Wrote: Had a call from the hairdresser offering a haircut appointment.  It made my day. Smile
As did Mrs B......
Regards..........Danny Smile
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Scarlet Offline
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#447
The warm weather!!! Woweee gorgeous today.
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Bren Offline
Member
#448
It’s a t-shirt and shorts day Big Grin
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Veggie Online
Super Pest Controller
#449
I ordered some onions sets from DTBrown with their special BOGOF offer - buy any 2, get the cheapest free.
A 250g bag of sets = approx 80 sets so I expected to grow about 160 onions this year and that's going to be more than I need..

They've just arrived with a little note -
"As we are getting towards the end of despatches for onion and shallot sets, you may find a few rotten sets within the pack. This, unfortunately , is unavoidable at this time of year, so to help compensate for this, we're enclosing another pack to ensure you have plenty of quality sets to plant."

Space needed for 320 onions!!!
Can't fault DTBrown's customer service. Smile

PS They all look fine - no sign of rotting or sprouting.
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PyreneesPlot Offline
Mountain Dweller
#450
Three swallowtail butterflies cavorting, and blossom and green shoots everywhere.
Warm enough to eat outside every evening since the clocks changed - that's usually a sign for cold and wet weather to arrive!
Has Anyone Seen the Plot?

Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France
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