Flumpy just let your seedpods of the sweet peas dry out thoroughly then open up and separate the seeds from the detritus, store in an envelope with their name on in a dry place in the house. The rain has stopped at last but the garden is soaked so will not venture out till the afternoon. Looking forward to seeing your new purchases. The sales are great at this time of year. i find I am getting great big plants for about a pound each. This week i am expecting delivery of three yellow scabious (Cephalaria gigantea), three Anamanthele lessoniana(pheasants grass), three Crocosmia "George Davidson" and five electric blue pentstemons. I have also ordered leek plants and winter veg plants as I missed sowing those I have been so busy. Freezing the plums I picked in yesterday now/
A break in the rain and so I took my camera out and was blown away by how lovely the flowers looked after the rain. The colours just sing they are so fresh.
Such a difference this morning though cool, but the sun is shining brightly and the forecast is for dry all day.Encouragement to get out and garden and harvest like mad. The surfaces of the garden furniture shows signs of rain through the night but no duckpond on the patio so that will do. Yes Pat the plants have all appreciated the rain. I heard about the Australian Magpie and how noisy and fiece it is in the spring on Tweet of the Day this morning on the radio - even attacking pedestrians and cyclists. The seagulls at the seaside here do similar things. Worrying that 90% of seabirds are carrying so much plastic around in their bodies too.
Interrupted in my gardening by an hour or so of rain mid day but got started on bringing the tomato plants which have finished fruiting out of the conservatory and two of the ten big windows cleaned. Just eight more and the door and patio doors into the lounge to do now. Does feel a bit chilly when you are not in the sunshine now.
Marion, yes the magpies can get agro. I remember my eldest daughter complaining about being swooped on her way to high school. I never had any problems with them. Whenever I was gardening, I used to throw cut worms and other such like over onto an old tray for them and they would just swoop down and grab them and take them back to their young ones. They are more agro when they have young (understandingly). Especially in the built up areas. Here on the propertry, one day Hubby found a young one on the ground with only fluff for feathers, so he brought it back for me to try to look after. Luckily, a friend who works for national parks visited soon after and said to put it back under the tall eucalypt it fell out of and the mother would tend to it. We put it back with a saucer of water and the mother managed to look after it until it could get mature enough to fly (some weeks). Was amazing to watch her teach it to get higher and higher.
Lovely magpie story Pat. Your spring has officially started now meteorically speaking. We are quite chilly now but it id brilliant sunshine this morning in Bristol and the sun entices you out in the garden,
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Morning , raining in Lincoln today and it is forecast all day , looks like housework and paper work today
Yes did see James Wong in G/W on TV and thought of you , gardens look great
Morning everyone, it's just stopped raining in NW, I bought quite a few bedding plants and some for my hanging baskets, I will send a photo later.
Marion I hope the weather is nice for the Alpine Conference, you've got a couple of weeks yet
pat hope your feeling better now and the weather as cheered up fir you
Flumpy just let your seedpods of the sweet peas dry out thoroughly then open up and separate the seeds from the detritus, store in an envelope with their name on in a dry place in the house. The rain has stopped at last but the garden is soaked so will not venture out till the afternoon. Looking forward to seeing your new purchases. The sales are great at this time of year. i find I am getting great big plants for about a pound each. This week i am expecting delivery of three yellow scabious (Cephalaria gigantea), three Anamanthele lessoniana(pheasants grass), three Crocosmia "George Davidson" and five electric blue pentstemons. I have also ordered leek plants and winter veg plants as I missed sowing those I have been so busy. Freezing the plums I picked in yesterday now/
A break in the rain and so I took my camera out and was blown away by how lovely the flowers looked after the rain. The colours just sing they are so fresh.
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Marion, the chrysanths have fulfilled their promise! Really lovely to see them .Amazing what a good bit of rain can do.
Such a difference this morning though cool, but the sun is shining brightly and the forecast is for dry all day.Encouragement to get out and garden and harvest like mad. The surfaces of the garden furniture shows signs of rain through the night but no duckpond on the patio so that will do. Yes Pat the plants have all appreciated the rain. I heard about the Australian Magpie and how noisy and fiece it is in the spring on Tweet of the Day this morning on the radio - even attacking pedestrians and cyclists. The seagulls at the seaside here do similar things. Worrying that 90% of seabirds are carrying so much plastic around in their bodies too.
Interrupted in my gardening by an hour or so of rain mid day but got started on bringing the tomato plants which have finished fruiting out of the conservatory and two of the ten big windows cleaned. Just eight more and the door and patio doors into the lounge to do now. Does feel a bit chilly when you are not in the sunshine now.
Marion, yes the magpies can get agro. I remember my eldest daughter complaining about being swooped on her way to high school. I never had any problems with them. Whenever I was gardening, I used to throw cut worms and other such like over onto an old tray for them and they would just swoop down and grab them and take them back to their young ones. They are more agro when they have young (understandingly). Especially in the built up areas. Here on the propertry, one day Hubby found a young one on the ground with only fluff for feathers, so he brought it back for me to try to look after. Luckily, a friend who works for national parks visited soon after and said to put it back under the tall eucalypt it fell out of and the mother would tend to it. We put it back with a saucer of water and the mother managed to look after it until it could get mature enough to fly (some weeks). Was amazing to watch her teach it to get higher and higher.
Lovely magpie story Pat. Your spring has officially started now meteorically speaking. We are quite chilly now but it id brilliant sunshine this morning in Bristol and the sun entices you out in the garden,