@Ladybird4 Aww, thank you LB. I'm so excited about it, I've never grown Dahlias before. There are lots of buds on the plant. Hoping I can keep the tubers somewhere safe over winter. Love Fritillarias, that's a lot of bulbs to plant. They are so delicate and pretty. The sun came back out earlier, but now its clouded over again. But the wet cloth things are dry now.
You are most welcome SGL. Some dahlia tubers will survive through the winter as long as they are covered with a nice thick mulch and I think you are in a milder area than where I am. You can wait until the first frosts blacken the shoots, then dig up the tuber and cut all the top growth off. Upend the tuber so that no water will gather in any hollow shoots remaining and once the tuber is dry you can pack it in dry sand/compost and store it somewhere frost free until next year.
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I have been very lucky this year four of my dahlias have weathered the winter ,buds are on them . l am very pleased .I heavily mulched them before it got too cold .Hi Ante lovely to see you .
Afternoon all. Busy, busy, busy with packing and gardening jobs.
Thank you for remembering our anniversary on Monday LB. We'll be celebrating with a picnic lunch of Scotch Eggs on the 7hr ferry crossing to the Hook of Holland - high living indeed!
We will be celebrating if I don't crown OH first. You may remember he went karting last weekend? While he was there he fell out of a trailer onto his hand. When he arrived home on Monday his hand and wrist were very swollen and I thought he should go for an X-Ray.
All week he's been in denial, insisting it feels better etc etc. Today he decided perhaps an X-Ray was a good idea. So today (when I'm really busy...) we've spent 3hrs getting him to A&E for an X-Ray etc - which we could have done on Tuesday or any day this last week!
He has a hairline fracture but it can be managed with just a splint which can be removed for bathing etc. If he'd needed a pot we wouldn't be going as I can't manage a lot of the heavy lifting (bike rack etc) on my own and he wouldn't have been able to cycle, go swimming, use the spas etc - all the things we go to Germany for. So I'm glad we're able to go but he needs to have a word with himself!
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Oh my goodness T'Bird. I think you get this week's scream!
Sorry Biglad and Ante but I just have to say it - typical man! Thank goodness its just a hairline fracture T'Bird, as you might have added to it and broken a few more of his bones if he'd needed a pot! I actually think you got off quite lightly only having to wait 3 hours in A&E.
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I really could scream at him LB😆 Not impressed at all! But you're right - our local A&E dealt with him very quickly and everyone was so smiley & helpful. Gotta love the NHS.
I know I've been a bit quiet of late but we're having a bit of a run of it at the moment. Not just the drought. I think I told you OH's brother had a fairly serious accident on his mountain bike a few weeks ago (multiple broken ribs & punctured lung). He's now on the mend & should be back to work in a couple of weeks.
Then about 4 weeks ago his sister (in Oz) had a fairly serious car accident and suffered a broken pelvis and a bad gash to her leg which required surgery. She's also now on the mend but is still in hospital & it's going to be a while before she can be discharged and even longer before she's fit enough to do anything. She was due to come to the UK next week for the first time in two and a half years, but that has been postponed until at least next spring.
So MIL has been on tenterhooks waiting to hear what her third and eldest child might do to himself to end up in hospital. I think she has been genuinely worried that he was going to do the hat trick. And he has. Fortunately his is a very minor injury - but let's hope he doesn't manage anything worse.
To add to the gloomy picture I have a very dear friend who is seriously ill in hospital. She has sepsis but they can't find the source of the infection. This week she had a heart attack and now has kidney failure. One minor plus about OH's exploits was that I spent a few minutes with her this afternoon while I was waiting for him. That was lovely - but she's very poorly & I am very worried about her.
That, current events and problems with the garden have really dragged me down over the last few weeks. I'm ok but don't always feel like chatting. Hope you can all understand why my visits are a tad patchy at the moment. The chat between the rest of you does lift my mood even when I don't feel like joining in - so thank you all so much for your company.
Ante - I hope you get some much needed respite from the heat and drought very soon. It would be difficult enough to manage anyway, but holding down a full time job as well must be exhausting. I think we all feel for you and hope you manage a reasonable harvest to reward your efforts.
BL - there seem to be pubs closing all over the place. Such an integral part of British life - it's horrid to see. I wonder if the low number of stall holders at the market was a combination of poor harvest, holidays and perhaps fewer customers as we all feel the pinch with rising prices?.
SGL - I've never grown dahlias but I believe this year has been a difficult one for them. Yours looks ok though🙂 Every year I keep meaning to sow (is it?) Bishops Children (something like that anyway)
Going to do some family tree stuff now. Find MyPast have a half price deal on 1921 census searches this weekend. Might tie up some loose ends and that always cheers me up🙂
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Thank you @Ladybird4 and @Rubee Oh my goodness @Topbird as LB says Men! Sorry @Ante1 and @Biglad Glad it's not a bad break, hope it doesn't hinder your OH too much on holiday. 3 hours is a long time, but I'm surprised it wasn't longer.
Oh my goodness T'Bird you have had a dreadful time of it lately. I remember you telling us about your BIL at the time and I'm sending up thoughts for your SIL in Oz - hoping she recovers very soon after that nightmare. I can only imagine your poor MIL fretting about her family - we are always just their boys and girls no matter our chronological ages and they never really stop worrying about us.
I am so pleased that you managed to get in to see your poorly friend too. That will have given her a real boost as well though I can understand your deep concerns for her. It sounds horrendous. We can only send up positive thoughts for her.
I did a little bit of my family tree a while back - a fascinating activity. Naturally I was hoping to find someone famous (or infamous!) but no. Its amazing how you can end up going down very strange paths. A little example here: My Mum's maiden name was Indian. Most unusual I think.* On tracing back her lineage it appears we had West Country connections and her family's surname had been corrupted from Endean. The registrar must have just written it down phonetically.
* How many people remember the good old days when you rented a TV? In those days they often asked for your Mother's maiden name when you signed the rental agreement. I remember one famous day when I said Mum's maiden name, being asked by the young guy in the RR store if it was 'something like Patel or Singh'. He was very red faced when I explained after I had guffawed with laughter.
Anyway T'Bird, you keep your chin up chuck and this is for you:
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So sorry @Topbird i didn't your last post just now. I'm so sorry to read that you have been feeling down, but from all that's happened to friends and family over the last few months it is totally understandable. Hope they all get better very soon Your poor MIL, she must be so worried about you all. Hope you have a lovely holiday and the rest and change of scenery does you good. Thank you Topbird, I'm really pleased with it although another got completely munched by slugs.
Have a lovely evening and good luck with finding more relatives for the family tree search.
My claim to family fame? Well I have a photo of my gt grandfather stood next to George VI at some civic event.
Not much? OK then - how about I may be descended from Henry III?
Not convinced though. There is landed gentry in the 18thC via my 3 times gt grandmother and there is a reliable published pedigree for her family back to the 1500's - which was incredibly exciting to find.
Somebody (at some stage) has extended that pedigree back to Henry III. However, it was very common during Tudor times for members of the court to invent a family tree which claimed royal ancestory - so I'm definitely taking that with a pinch of salt! Still an exciting possibility though!
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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I'm so excited about it, I've never grown Dahlias before. There are lots of buds on the plant. Hoping I can keep the tubers somewhere safe over winter.
Love Fritillarias, that's a lot of bulbs to plant. They are so delicate and pretty.
The sun came back out earlier, but now its clouded over again. But the wet cloth things are dry now.
l am very pleased .I heavily mulched them before it got too cold .Hi Ante lovely to see you .
Thank you for remembering our anniversary on Monday LB. We'll be celebrating with a picnic lunch of Scotch Eggs on the 7hr ferry crossing to the Hook of Holland - high living indeed!
We will be celebrating if I don't crown OH first. You may remember he went karting last weekend? While he was there he fell out of a trailer onto his hand. When he arrived home on Monday his hand and wrist were very swollen and I thought he should go for an X-Ray.
All week he's been in denial, insisting it feels better etc etc. Today he decided perhaps an X-Ray was a good idea. So today (when I'm really busy...) we've spent 3hrs getting him to A&E for an X-Ray etc - which we could have done on Tuesday or any day this last week!
He has a hairline fracture but it can be managed with just a splint which can be removed for bathing etc. If he'd needed a pot we wouldn't be going as I can't manage a lot of the heavy lifting (bike rack etc) on my own and he wouldn't have been able to cycle, go swimming, use the spas etc - all the things we go to Germany for. So I'm glad we're able to go but he needs to have a word with himself!
I know I've been a bit quiet of late but we're having a bit of a run of it at the moment. Not just the drought. I think I told you OH's brother had a fairly serious accident on his mountain bike a few weeks ago (multiple broken ribs & punctured lung). He's now on the mend & should be back to work in a couple of weeks.
Then about 4 weeks ago his sister (in Oz) had a fairly serious car accident and suffered a broken pelvis and a bad gash to her leg which required surgery. She's also now on the mend but is still in hospital & it's going to be a while before she can be discharged and even longer before she's fit enough to do anything. She was due to come to the UK next week for the first time in two and a half years, but that has been postponed until at least next spring.
So MIL has been on tenterhooks waiting to hear what her third and eldest child might do to himself to end up in hospital. I think she has been genuinely worried that he was going to do the hat trick. And he has. Fortunately his is a very minor injury - but let's hope he doesn't manage anything worse.
To add to the gloomy picture I have a very dear friend who is seriously ill in hospital. She has sepsis but they can't find the source of the infection. This week she had a heart attack and now has kidney failure. One minor plus about OH's exploits was that I spent a few minutes with her this afternoon while I was waiting for him. That was lovely - but she's very poorly & I am very worried about her.
That, current events and problems with the garden have really dragged me down over the last few weeks. I'm ok but don't always feel like chatting. Hope you can all understand why my visits are a tad patchy at the moment. The chat between the rest of you does lift my mood even when I don't feel like joining in - so thank you all so much for your company.
Ante - I hope you get some much needed respite from the heat and drought very soon. It would be difficult enough to manage anyway, but holding down a full time job as well must be exhausting. I think we all feel for you and hope you manage a reasonable harvest to reward your efforts.
BL - there seem to be pubs closing all over the place. Such an integral part of British life - it's horrid to see. I wonder if the low number of stall holders at the market was a combination of poor harvest, holidays and perhaps fewer customers as we all feel the pinch with rising prices?.
SGL - I've never grown dahlias but I believe this year has been a difficult one for them. Yours looks ok though🙂 Every year I keep meaning to sow (is it?) Bishops Children (something like that anyway)
Going to do some family tree stuff now. Find MyPast have a half price deal on 1921 census searches this weekend. Might tie up some loose ends and that always cheers me up🙂
Oh my goodness @Topbird as LB says Men! Sorry @Ante1 and @Biglad
Glad it's not a bad break, hope it doesn't hinder your OH too much on holiday. 3 hours is a long time, but I'm surprised it wasn't longer.
I'm so sorry to read that you have been feeling down, but from all that's happened to friends and family over the last few months it is totally understandable. Hope they all get better very soon Your poor MIL, she must be so worried about you all.
Hope you have a lovely holiday and the rest and change of scenery does you good.
Thank you Topbird, I'm really pleased with it although another got completely munched by slugs.
Have a lovely evening and good luck with finding more relatives for the family tree search.
My claim to family fame? Well I have a photo of my gt grandfather stood next to George VI at some civic event.
Not much? OK then - how about I may be descended from Henry III?
Not convinced though. There is landed gentry in the 18thC via my 3 times gt grandmother and there is a reliable published pedigree for her family back to the 1500's - which was incredibly exciting to find.
Somebody (at some stage) has extended that pedigree back to Henry III. However, it was very common during Tudor times for members of the court to invent a family tree which claimed royal ancestory - so I'm definitely taking that with a pinch of salt! Still an exciting possibility though!