What a difference a day makes, been glorious today wall to wall sunshine a tropical 19.5c in the garden so needless to say the decorating got put on hold as I needed to move the Buddleia and 2 roses to a different border so I filled the 2 green bags that were emptied yesterday still need to cut the back grass so I'm hoping for another nice day tomorrow I can live in hope can't I
Not been too bad here in Manchester today. Bright & just a slight breeze- much better than yesterdays' wind & rain. Did a bit of deadheading, but not much else garden related.
Our tomatoes are ripening quite well, thank goodness. We got back to loads after our holiday & I have no intention of doing green tomato chutney this year! Any that dont ripen on the plants will get put onto a sunny sill & eventually they do ok, providing we get some sun.....
Hello from cloudy/sunny/occasionally rainy Somerset.
The Board-Meisters seem to have locked me out from this thread for the past few days - well, unless I wanted to scroll manually through the hundreds of posts! I couldn't make the "first unread post" link work at all. Seems to be working OK now - but if you don't hear from me, you'll know I've been sent to some norty corner in the sky (that's what it feels like, anyway!)
Quite a nice day today: sunny spells with a warmish breeze. Finally got round to planting forced hyacinths which may be ready for C. We'll see - last year's were ready on time - but a totally different colour from the pack. This year I've gone back to basic blue - so fingers crossed!
Given up on forced Hyacinths just put stacks of bulbs in and find they usually cover quite a period of time in bloom, some in pots to bring in the house, I love the scent.
The box says cloudy for Stockton and it is, rolling cloud of many colours although the sun is finding its way through. Alfy was laid on my feet but found a patch of sunlight much better and moved. It is the Great North Run on at the moment and they could get rain later, it is usually fair for them, the wind will be behind them as they run up that hill to South Shields and the finish.
Hello Frank - seems I'm unlocked from the virtual "norty corner"
It's Sunday - and we have no news of your Roast of the Day. Shame on you - we look forward to salivating as you describe your culinary arts. (MasterChef eat your hearts out, that's wot I say!)
It's been fine and dry here - a bit cloudy at times, but perfect for starting to clear some of the borders. We are still hoping to move - but no takers at the moment Seems like the market has ground to a halt. So I'm trying to keep things looking good, without spending too much! Cheapskate or what?
It's amazing how "old" seed performs (very well this year!) and I'm keeping things tidy and presentable. I've also bought some cheap bulbs from Poundland (10 bulbs that cost - guess how much?) Anyway - I'll put them in, and if we're still here, we'll enjoy them. If not, then someone else will get the benefit, but without too much expenditure on my part. (Last year I planted some tulips - and they weren't cheap - that were meant to be a deep, burnt-orange. They were peach Looked OK by not the colour combo I was aiming for).
Hello Posh, one lot landed in America yesterday that is why I have Alfy, t'other lot landed in Canada Friday and Pam is in Cyprus for another week yet so I consider myself on my holidays. No rushing around, please myself and relax. I did a small piece of ham with a honey and brown sugar glaze and the usual veg and Yorkshires but later and a lot less of it. Had a nice lattice apple pie a couple of hours ago then watched Gently, the one man and his dog were taken off because of golf. The weather turned nasty though the box still says cloudy I do not know why they bother. I was locked out on this board earlier and had to sign in again twice, as I never log out I ask why. It is every Sunday I have trouble either locked out or having to sign in each time I want to post. Love tulips although some are getting old now and I need to renew those and some Daf's
Put your feet up and relax then Frank. Honey and sugar-glazed ham is lovely - and lots of cold cuts (well, there are in this house when I do it!)
Funny old world, this virtual message board lark. Getting locked out for no reason is frustrating. Could be worse - we both of us remember the worst of the Beeb boards, which rather coloured perception of all that was good!
That said, I have to say this is a friendly board - and we don't see lots of modded posts, often for little or no reason! (I just hope I haven't put the hex on it by saying that!)
Tulips: the older I get, the more I relish a real blast of colour in the spring. I can admire Monty's restrained colour palette, but don't want to replicate it. I want lots of vibrant colours (white, cream and lemon yellow just don't do it for me), and tulips are perfect for providing a real statement. I'm already looking forward to next year, since I shall plant some in pots that can, if necessary, move with us, as well as the bedding varieties that may be left behind.
True posh, we do not have the vicious attacks at times suffered on some boards, the SCD was one of the worst, 30 odd posts disappeared one night including some of ours, they did re-appear but were then out of context. Not so good old days. I do have trouble trying to follow some of the threads on here, they lose me in the one liners so I just stop looking. My colour taste was shaped by the years in the Desert, I went on to Cyprus and the tropical plants and colours were a bit like being in heaven, the eye's had ached for colour, it has been with me since so no colour rings or themes, bung em in and let them bloom, guess we are all our own people in the end.
Sunshine in Stockton, not what the box says but who cares, it is warm and the windows are open to let the fresh air through. Busy with the clean up in case Daughter pops over from Cyprus to see what I am up to, she probably has hidden camera's in the rooms to make sure I do not laze about. I had a job getting onto this board this morning so gave up, had too much else to-do, at times it is very slow, I have stopped bothering on a Sunday night it is usually a no show, last night late I managed though.
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What a difference a day makes, been glorious today wall to wall sunshine a tropical 19.5c in the garden so needless to say the decorating got put on hold as I needed to move the Buddleia and 2 roses to a different border so I filled the 2 green bags that were emptied yesterday still need to cut the back grass so I'm hoping for another nice day tomorrow I can live in hope can't I
Not been too bad here in Manchester today. Bright & just a slight breeze- much better than yesterdays' wind & rain. Did a bit of deadheading, but not much else garden related.
Our tomatoes are ripening quite well, thank goodness. We got back to loads after our holiday & I have no intention of doing green tomato chutney this year! Any that dont ripen on the plants will get put onto a sunny sill & eventually they do ok, providing we get some sun.....
Hello from cloudy/sunny/occasionally rainy Somerset.
The Board-Meisters seem to have locked me out from this thread for the past few days - well, unless I wanted to scroll manually through the hundreds of posts! I couldn't make the "first unread post" link work at all. Seems to be working OK now - but if you don't hear from me, you'll know I've been sent to some norty corner in the sky
(that's what it feels like, anyway!)
Quite a nice day today: sunny spells with a warmish breeze. Finally got round to planting forced hyacinths which may be ready for C. We'll see - last year's were ready on time - but a totally different colour from the pack. This year I've gone back to basic blue - so fingers crossed!
Given up on forced Hyacinths just put stacks of bulbs in and find they usually cover quite a period of time in bloom, some in pots to bring in the house, I love the scent.
The box says cloudy for Stockton and it is, rolling cloud of many colours although the sun is finding its way through. Alfy was laid on my feet but found a patch of sunlight much better and moved.
It is the Great North Run on at the moment and they could get rain later, it is usually fair for them, the wind will be behind them as they run up that hill to South Shields and the finish.
Frank.
Hello Frank - seems I'm unlocked from the virtual "norty corner"
It's Sunday - and we have no news of your Roast of the Day. Shame on you - we look forward to salivating as you describe your culinary arts. (MasterChef eat your hearts out, that's wot I say!)
It's been fine and dry here - a bit cloudy at times, but perfect for starting to clear some of the borders. We are still hoping to move - but no takers at the moment
Seems like the market has ground to a halt. So I'm trying to keep things looking good, without spending too much! Cheapskate or what?
It's amazing how "old" seed performs (very well this year!) and I'm keeping things tidy and presentable. I've also bought some cheap bulbs from Poundland (10 bulbs that cost - guess how much?) Anyway - I'll put them in, and if we're still here, we'll enjoy them. If not, then someone else will get the benefit, but without too much expenditure on my part. (Last year I planted some tulips - and they weren't cheap - that were meant to be a deep, burnt-orange. They were peach
Looked OK by not the colour combo I was aiming for).
Hello Posh, one lot landed in America yesterday that is why I have Alfy, t'other lot landed in Canada Friday and Pam is in Cyprus for another week yet so I consider myself on my holidays. No rushing around, please myself and relax.
I did a small piece of ham with a honey and brown sugar glaze and the usual veg and Yorkshires but later and a lot less of it.
Had a nice lattice apple pie a couple of hours ago then watched Gently, the one man and his dog were taken off because of golf.
The weather turned nasty though the box still says cloudy I do not know why they bother.
I was locked out on this board earlier and had to sign in again twice, as I never log out I ask why. It is every Sunday I have trouble either locked out or having to sign in each time I want to post.
Love tulips although some are getting old now and I need to renew those and some Daf's
Frank
Put your feet up and relax then Frank. Honey and sugar-glazed ham is lovely - and lots of cold cuts (well, there are in this house when I do it!)
Funny old world, this virtual message board lark. Getting locked out for no reason is frustrating. Could be worse - we both of us remember the worst of the Beeb boards, which rather coloured perception of all that was good!
That said, I have to say this is a friendly board - and we don't see lots of modded posts, often for little or no reason! (I just hope I haven't put the hex on it by saying that!)
Tulips: the older I get, the more I relish a real blast of colour in the spring. I can admire Monty's restrained colour palette, but don't want to replicate it. I want lots of vibrant colours (white, cream and lemon yellow just don't do it for me), and tulips are perfect for providing a real statement. I'm already looking forward to next year, since I shall plant some in pots that can, if necessary, move with us, as well as the bedding varieties that may be left behind.
True posh, we do not have the vicious attacks at times suffered on some boards, the SCD was one of the worst, 30 odd posts disappeared one night including some of ours, they did re-appear but were then out of context. Not so good old days.
I do have trouble trying to follow some of the threads on here, they lose me in the one liners so I just stop looking.
My colour taste was shaped by the years in the Desert, I went on to Cyprus and the tropical plants and colours were a bit like being in heaven, the eye's had ached for colour, it has been with me since so no colour rings or themes, bung em in and let them bloom, guess we are all our own people in the end.
Frank.
Sunshine in Stockton, not what the box says but who cares, it is warm and the windows are open to let the fresh air through. Busy with the clean up in case Daughter pops over from Cyprus to see what I am up to, she probably has hidden camera's in the rooms to make sure I do not laze about.
I had a job getting onto this board this morning so gave up, had too much else to-do, at times it is very slow, I have stopped bothering on a Sunday night it is usually a no show, last night late I managed though.
Frank.