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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    So on the hottest day of the year so far, lovely and sunny, Severn Trent have had a great swathe of NG10 cut off  since 2pm.  Pubs and cafes have to shut, no loos, no hand washing.  Trent Lock pub usually has a bumper day on sunny days, nice beer garden by the river has to shut. Originally said 6pm, then 8pm, still waiting.....

    To be fair to Severn Trent, and that's not a phrase you will see me use often, they won't have cut the supply for fun. Assuming no notice given I would suspect a major leak somewhere.  That's no help to the people affected.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I chopped my sedums last week. No idea when Chelsea flower show is even though I'm an RHS member.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I never have to chop my sedums and I've got nearly 100 varieties :#  I think the conditions don't suit abundant growth up here.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I didn't realise there were that many😯
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Sedum is a big genus even before you add in the hybrids. A lot of them are now The Artist Formally Known as Sedum though which makes it complicated. The Sedum Society organises a free cuttings exchange every year so it's pretty easy to end up with hoarder levels of varieties that you really don't have space for but who can turn down free plants? :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I think it's mainly the spectabile ones that get chopped as most of them get to a decent size. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    I can't remember if I already said this so apologies if it's a repeat.
    My front grass patch is quite small and a pain to mow so I  thought I'd try NMM, all I got was daisy,  plantain and dandelion,  so it's back to cutting this year. One day I  may get round to really sorting out the front and would probably do away with that patch of grass altogether. 
    BTW @B3 Chelsea is next week  you'll know by the saturation coverage on the BBC,  starting today. 😀
    AB Still learning

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I don't watch it much as I get irritated by the slebs who couldn't tell a parsnip from a paintbrush.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    B3 said:
    I don't watch it much as I get irritated by the slebs who couldn't tell a parsnip from a paintbrush.

    But they can spot a camera and/or microphone at 500 yards.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited May 2023
    I remember watching a few years ago and a "celebrity" having waffled on for ages about how keen they were and how they loved gardening, (while l sat there thinking "You don't have a clue what you're looking at"), let slip that they employed a gardener. I've no problem with that, but don't try and pretend. 
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