@B3 It is annoying what the youtubes does, I have had the same. Billy is okay though. if a little salty.
My curmudgeon. We have had a succession of blow- away's (plastic "greenhouse") in the same position for so many years I have lost count. Never had one do what they are known for. Yesterday went outside and it had fallen over. As it happens it is chock a block this year with various things. And my pride and joy this year. I started Holly ferns (Cyrtomium falcatum) in March this year from spores of a new plant we have. Loads of little babies growing away nicely. They say pride comes before a fall.... Saved a bit of just about everything but could not be arsed after several hours. I know there is a lot worse going on in the world but by George...patience tested.
I used to keep empty flower pots in mine. The only bit that ever got enough light to grow anything was the top shelf. I gave it away and good riddance! I warned them but they took it anyway.
We have a plastic greenhouse, mainly for the plants that can't cope with heat and sun.( We do have a normal small greenhouse for other plants. ) My OH has fastened our small plastic greenhouse down with long pegs( similar to tent pegs) over the frame, at the bottom, all around the rim, hammered them into the ground and then attached the greenhouse to the fence ( which it stands against) with screws etc. It has stood the test of Storm Arwen and really high winds since then. Its not budging at the moment. Think these blow-away items need anchoring down to something, if possible.
It took me all day to get home to Doncaster from Chippenham (normally about 4.5 hours). M4 closed from Chippenham westward (which is my normal bad weather route), other roads all around there chock-a-block as well as lots of local flooding in the low spots, then all the other motorways on my route slow and traffic very heavy. I heard on the radio that quite a few A-roads were closed in places so I guess lots of people were using longer ways round on the motorways instead. I haven't checked the rain gauge for the last two days because it was dark by the time I got home but we'll see what's what in the morning. It looks as if the garden has had a decent soaking at least.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Sorry to hear that @JennyJ, apparently the M4 was closed most of the day between Chippenham and Bath following a bad accident just after 9 am this morning. Hope you're relaxing safely at home now.
Yes, I'm back now thanks @Lizzie27 . I actually saw the M4 accident site this morning while in crawling traffic on a bridge over the M4. Lots of emergency vehicles and I think a lorry overturned but I didn't get a good look. There were two guys on the bridge with a tripod taking pictures (or maybe filming) - maybe from the local press I suppose.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
We have been using one of the newer milk delivery services for about a year now. They deliver overnight to guarantee your order will be on the doorstep by 7am. The only contact is through a mobile app, which is best described as a bit clunky. We signed up as we believe in supporting the farmers, they give them better prices, and with old style glass bottles there is less plastic. Anyway our delivery failed to materialise last night, and I had to go to a local small SM to buy milk this morning. We thought it might be due to last night's weather. After much difficulty my OH managed to get a message to them. Eventually they came back to us saying they had a shortage of delivery personnel and they wouldn't be able to deliver again for two weeks so nothing till November . My curmudge is that we want to support them, we like the concept but the least they could have done was warn us in advance. I understand their business model depends on reducing overheads, to maximise the value to the farmers but to depend on a clunky app as the sole form of communication is not good.
Surely sending a message to the subscribers when there's going to be a missing delivery isn't beyond the wit of man, even through an app. Even as late as the evening before would be better than no notice at all. It could be the same message displayed on the app for everyone if they listed the affected areas.
We gave up having milk delivered when the round changed hands and the new chap often didn't deliver until after we'd gone out to work at 8am or so, not silly early, so the milk was left out all day, often in the sun, and was frequently off by the time we got home. The previous lady delivered reliably between about 5 and 6 am every day which we were happy to pay for and support
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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My curmudgeon.
We have had a succession of blow- away's (plastic "greenhouse") in the same position for so many years I have lost count. Never had one do what they are known for.
Yesterday went outside and it had fallen over.
As it happens it is chock a block this year with various things.
And my pride and joy this year. I started Holly ferns (Cyrtomium falcatum) in March this year from spores of a new plant we have.
Loads of little babies growing away nicely. They say pride comes before a fall....
Saved a bit of just about everything but could not be arsed after several hours.
I know there is a lot worse going on in the world but by George...patience tested.
I gave it away and good riddance! I warned them but they took it anyway.
Anyway our delivery failed to materialise last night, and I had to go to a local small SM to buy milk this morning. We thought it might be due to last night's weather. After much difficulty my OH managed to get a message to them. Eventually they came back to us saying they had a shortage of delivery personnel and they wouldn't be able to deliver again for two weeks so nothing till November . My curmudge is that we want to support them, we like the concept but the least they could have done was warn us in advance. I understand their business model depends on reducing overheads, to maximise the value to the farmers but to depend on a clunky app as the sole form of communication is not good.