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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,038

    Is it because I lied when I was 17?

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • WintersongWintersong Posts: 2,436

    Thanks for the dental info and concerns, we will enquire about what's best to do under the circumstances 

    Been in the garden all day, started with Penstemon cuttings and then decided to crack on with getting some rescued or purchased plants in the ground. Clematis Wesselton at the arch, then the red banana and the  physocarpus Diable D'or, all in meaty holes.

    Had to re-arrange some Alchemilla mollis and Geranium johnson's blue which was a nuisance really and finished with the front of a sunny border, where I planted two more Iris Carnival Time along with three large Sedum telphinium Purple Emperor 

    Resting now before driving lessons image

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,038

    Lovely day here.

    Managed to get one of the lawns mowed and have done some gentle weeding.

    New mole hills still appearing, I may have to get a Terminator in.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    Getting back into the swing of gardening after two weeks away.

    In the last three days I've picked about 10lb of blackcurrants from three different gardens and many are now in the jam pan.  I do like blackcurrant jam image

    Also mown a lot of grass paths and harvested a few courgettes, beetroot etc.  But what do I do with the over-ripe, too large and presumably tough broad beans (AC) which I should have picked a few weeks ago?

    One of the gardens, PD, has moles and a neighbour comes in with traps.  Apparently he got one last night, so it works.

     

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,613

    Steve, skin the broad beans and add to stews.

  • star gaze lilystar gaze lily Posts: 17,593

    Traps definitely work Puncdoc, OH uses them from time to time always gets them.

  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,326

    My farmer neighbour when we lived in Northumberland reckoned that traps only worked if they didn't smell of human.  He used to rub his gloves in soil before handling the trap.

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • 4thPanda4thPanda Posts: 4,145

    Evening all image Had a friend's daughter round for a visit this afternoon and was pleased to see the sun popping out - had been miserable all morning!  We dug up my last problem bed and have planted some of my plants from Fidget and Nut image  Also planted a couple of plants from my nearly dead section image  They will live a long and happy life now image  It looks lovely now image  And still room for more...... image

    Glad I don't have an issue with moles image

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    Evening all. 

    5th time this week, ....

    " I'm calling on behalf of UK research"

    I've tried hanging up, shouting "F off" but tonight I thought I'd politely answer them

    What newspaper do you read? I can't read , I'm illiterate. 

    What's the make and model of your car.  I can't drive.

    Have you ever had an endowment mortgage? I don't know what that is.

    Are you responsible for paying your electricity and gas bills? No, my carer is.

    Fingers crossed.

    Devon.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,986

    I've found traps work best. But in the borders the tunnels are too deep for the traps.

    Have deadheaded and weeded, 2 barrow loads full. Nice day, sunny, low 20s, did 3 loads of sheet and towel washing.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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