They are fidgetbones - trials for mr Fothergills Nation of Gardeners project. I am so happy I applied for this as i have had some super things to try. These have given me great delight. cannot wait to see how the plants trail in the winter and spring and I believe they get covered in pansies. The rain stopped and I thought I might get some good shots of the great show of red berries in the garden but it was so cold on my fingers i changed my mind. I think Sunday will be better day for that.I thought the red holly berries last year were good but this year they are superb, as are the various types of cotoneaster.
There was a piece about it in Amateur Gardening Magazine. fidgetbones, which gave you the email address to apply to. I believe other seed companies do similar things. It certainly made me very aware of the fact that seed companies are having to watch for effects of climate change in case they have to change the scripts on their seed packets. I used to volunteer as a guinea pig for new medical products at the university and doing these trials is something similar.
It is really dark and poring with rain and a duckpond has formed outside the kitchen door again. One of these days a mallard may discover it! Only my conservatory can bring a smile to my face this morning. Everything in there is still blooming and seedlings are growing well. I do not put the greenhouse heater in it till frost is forecast. The temperature on my old thermometer was 45 F this morning so no frost as yet.Forecast for today is rain till about 4pm so I may have to resort to office work today. I need to bring all my notes on Mr. Fothergills trials up to date. The Meteor peas up in the potager have flowers on but I doubt they will be pollinated at this time of year.
The rain stopped momentarily; the cat from next door came out to see if any of the garden mice had been flushed out by the torrent; I could not venture far from the front door with my camera but I could snap away in the conservatory.
Marion, that cat is spitting image of my mum and dad's cat , your flowers are still looking gorgeous, mine have all gone now, it's been very wet and cold here and dosnt look like it's going to change, let's hope it stays dry for Remembrance Day, I've been wear my poppy all week
I think we will have better weather tomorrow,flumpy1. The FA cup match at Weston super mare had to be postponed we had so much rain. The pitch was deemed unplayable. Lots more flowers to come through the winter in my conservatory. My Golden Jubilee Year is going to finish with a bang.. The forecast after Sunday is for wet and windy weather again. We have a community Xmas Fair on Tuesday two doors up from me so that will be a chance to get out of the house at least for a bit. i will start my Xmas shopping as there is always lots of beautiful craft work for sale and it is all for charity.
Oh my goodness what a change in the weather. Feels warmer as no wind, not a cloud in the clear blue sky. Definitely a day to get lots done in the garden. I wish it did not get dark so early on dry days!
Good morning Marion, woke up to blue sky this am but the ground is wet through, so it looks like it's been raining hard in the night, got two days off at the end of this week, but it's going to be raining then too, so going to get Xmas shopping done and catch in our house I've just noticed Marion we are writing at the same time , hope you enjoy your day out, I bet your got plenty gran children to buy for
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Lovely pansies, marion.
They are fidgetbones - trials for mr Fothergills Nation of Gardeners project. I am so happy I applied for this as i have had some super things to try. These have given me great delight. cannot wait to see how the plants trail in the winter and spring and I believe they get covered in pansies. The rain stopped and I thought I might get some good shots of the great show of red berries in the garden but it was so cold on my fingers i changed my mind. I think Sunday will be better day for that.I thought the red holly berries last year were good but this year they are superb, as are the various types of cotoneaster.
How did you find out about the nation of gardeners thing, and apply?
There was a piece about it in Amateur Gardening Magazine. fidgetbones, which gave you the email address to apply to. I believe other seed companies do similar things. It certainly made me very aware of the fact that seed companies are having to watch for effects of climate change in case they have to change the scripts on their seed packets. I used to volunteer as a guinea pig for new medical products at the university and doing these trials is something similar.
It is really dark and poring with rain and a duckpond has formed outside the kitchen door again. One of these days a mallard may discover it! Only my conservatory can bring a smile to my face this morning. Everything in there is still blooming and seedlings are growing well. I do not put the greenhouse heater in it till frost is forecast. The temperature on my old thermometer was 45 F this morning so no frost as yet.Forecast for today is rain till about 4pm so I may have to resort to office work today. I need to bring all my notes on Mr. Fothergills trials up to date. The Meteor peas up in the potager have flowers on but I doubt they will be pollinated at this time of year.
The rain stopped momentarily; the cat from next door came out to see if any of the garden mice had been flushed out by the torrent; I could not venture far from the front door with my camera but I could snap away in the conservatory.
Marion, that cat is spitting image of my mum and dad's cat
, your flowers are still looking gorgeous, mine have all gone now, it's been very wet and cold here and dosnt look like it's going to change, let's hope it stays dry for Remembrance Day, I've been wear my poppy all week 
I think we will have better weather tomorrow,flumpy1. The FA cup match at Weston super mare had to be postponed we had so much rain. The pitch was deemed unplayable. Lots more flowers to come through the winter in my conservatory. My Golden Jubilee Year is going to finish with a bang.. The forecast after Sunday is for wet and windy weather again. We have a community Xmas Fair on Tuesday two doors up from me so that will be a chance to get out of the house at least for a bit. i will start my Xmas shopping as there is always lots of beautiful craft work for sale and it is all for charity.
Oh my goodness what a change in the weather. Feels warmer as no wind, not a cloud in the clear blue sky. Definitely a day to get lots done in the garden. I wish it did not get dark so early on dry days!
Good morning Marion, woke up to blue sky this am but the ground is wet through, so it looks like it's been raining hard in the night, got two days off at the end of this week, but it's going to be raining then too, so going to get Xmas shopping done and catch in our house
I've just noticed Marion we are writing at the same time 
, hope you enjoy your day out, I bet your got plenty gran children to buy for 