I planted a couple of trays of beans ( French and runners) on the 19th of April into Melcourt peat free with added John Innes and they all germinated perfectly. Really good looking plants too. We had a frost warning last night so still way too early to be growing them outside and I'll have to pot them on this weekend.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I felt the name was slightly incorrect @wild edges ...it was certainly sh*t...
I'm fed up with delivery drivers being unable to read numbers on houses. The one on Saturday decided the parcel was definitely for me and not the 4th house along, and was determined to get in my locked [kick bolt at the bottom] back gate, so he obviously booted it with his foot which burst all the bottom edge. To say I'm not pleased is a serious understatement....
It was a couple of days after another one decided it was [ again] my house the delivery was for. I told him if he couldn't tell the difference between 9 and 7 maybe he shouldn't be driving... I'd used the same sort of tactic on the cowboy 'tree surgeon' a few weeks ago, who claimed he 'couldn't read very well' when I pointed to the door sign [no cold callers etc]. He wasn't pleased either.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've just read back several pages and wanted to say that when we were in Norfolk our local Tesco and Morrisons had watered their plants. I saw a young man watering. Sorry, not a grumble but praise where praise is due.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@Fairygirl we have a 'no cold callers' sign on the door too. A few years ago a double glazing salesman rang the bell. When I asked him if he could read, his response was "If I took any notice of that sh1t, I'd never get any f***ing work". That is verbatim. He was even less happy when I told him that with his attitiude he certainly wouldn't get any f***ing work from me.
They're utterly shameless @KT53. We used to get them turning up in a van, and all dispersing to various houses. That doesn't seem to happen nowadays. Maybe they've realised that folk won't fall for it all so easily. I do remember one bloke knocking on the door and I just told him I don't do business on my front doorstep, and shut the door in his face. I'm beyond the stage of being polite to any of these chuffing a&&*holes. There's a current thread [nostoc] by someone who had cowboys come in to chop trees etc, and extorted money from her. I've just told her to send all of them packing if they turn up. Disgusting lowlifes.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl the only ones who now consistently ignore the sign on the door are the Jehovah's Witnesses. I'm past being polite to them, even when they have kids in tow. The kids are presumably dragged along in the hope people will be polite to them. It doesn't work. I literally told the last lot to read the f***ing sign and slammed the door. I heard them muttering about how rude I was. Hopefully the message will be passed to the rest of them.
Perhaps if they keep ignoring it, you should suggest to them that they're being rude by ignoring simple instructions...
I'm not sure how they can think that you'd be sympathetic to their cause, if they can't grasp it. Maybe you should speak to the child when they have one - probably has more sense
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My 'dead' clematis which I had been trying to grow up the fence has been spotted shinning up the outside of a nearby elderberry tree. They should look good if they bloom together, I suppose.
We used to get people trying to sell various household goods at the door. Their usual thing was that they were A homeless, B newly released from prison or C they were deaf & dumb and finding it hard to get a proper job. If I felt in a particularly good mood, I'd let them decant samples of their goods and as they brought out each one, I'd say " Oh, I've had one of those for years/ no sorry, got loads of them already, etc. etc. " I remember one guy in particular - he claimed he was living in a hostel for homeless people and as it was getting towards Christmas, he was trying to earn some money to enable him to have a bit of a celebration. I offered to send him a Christmas card and some home made chocs if he gave me his name and the hostel address. Needless to say he packed his stuff up and went on his way Must admit, the Covid restrictions seem to have knocked the Cold Callers on the head - at least here in this village.
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I'm fed up with delivery drivers being unable to read numbers on houses. The one on Saturday decided the parcel was definitely for me and not the 4th house along, and was determined to get in my locked [kick bolt at the bottom] back gate, so he obviously booted it with his foot which burst all the bottom edge.
To say I'm not pleased is a serious understatement....
It was a couple of days after another one decided it was [ again] my house the delivery was for. I told him if he couldn't tell the difference between 9 and 7 maybe he shouldn't be driving...
I'd used the same sort of tactic on the cowboy 'tree surgeon' a few weeks ago, who claimed he 'couldn't read very well' when I pointed to the door sign [no cold callers etc]. He wasn't pleased either.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I do remember one bloke knocking on the door and I just told him I don't do business on my front doorstep, and shut the door in his face. I'm beyond the stage of being polite to any of these chuffing a&&*holes.
There's a current thread [nostoc] by someone who had cowboys come in to chop trees etc, and extorted money from her. I've just told her to send all of them packing if they turn up. Disgusting lowlifes.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm not sure how they can think that you'd be sympathetic to their cause, if they can't grasp it. Maybe you should speak to the child when they have one - probably has more sense
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Must admit, the Covid restrictions seem to have knocked the Cold Callers on the head - at least here in this village.