Yes, indeed they are Homebase bedding plants! I have to say I've been very impressed with the things I've bought from there over the (two) years. I'm very good at killing things, but most of the HB plants I've acquired have survived my treatment very well! My very kind neighbour gave me an HB gift card for xmas, so of course I spent it on plants!
I did go ahead and plant every one of them last night, but held off watering them in... this morning they all looked absolutely fine except one (I think my clumsy fingers broke a few of its roots). After a quick water, feed and brief bask in the sunshine, it's perked right up again.
Hopefully all should be well for the next few days. Temps in Suffolk aren't due to drop any further than they already have.
Can't say the same for my poor, old wall flowers. They've taken quite a hammering!
Oh, I shall have my Factor-50 at the ready, in that case!
Sadly my nice neighbour is no longer my neighbour. She was only renting for a couple of years while she served at the local airforce base, and has now gone back to America. We'll miss her!
The latest people to move in have a miniature-sized person whose favourite activities seem to include screaming, yelling and howling.
I don't think I'm going to get any gardening-related gift cards out of them
Oh no! That's a shame. fellow nice gardening neighbours are the best and I've only ever had one of them, who is thankkfully still around.
If your new neighbours are nice (in spite of screaming kid), I would try giving the kid some seeds, like sunflowers, as a gift, maybe in a small pot or something - see if you can get them interested - many a screaming child has been pacified by a spot of pottering themselves
I've been fortunate and always had nice neighbours on one side.
Bought a large water pistol one year for one neighbours minature person, to squirt the cat if she ever ventured into their garden, minature person wasn't allowed to squirt her though if she was sat at the gap in the fence and on my side. It worked out well, I was in the garden when minature person tried it out, cat soon learned, neighbours were happy to tell me if cat had been in their garden and child had a nice summer.
The cat is in the winter of her years now and seldom ventures out of the garden, but will sit at the gap in the fence peering into the neighbours garden. New minature person now comes and strokes her through the gap.
Unfortunately my other, cat-owning neighbours are not quite so thoughtful. I am one of the many who suffer feline fertilising of the lawn (from both ends of the cat, it would seem). I'm thinking of getting one of those motion-detector-hosepipe-thingies. They look quite fun.
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Yes, indeed they are Homebase bedding plants! I have to say I've been very impressed with the things I've bought from there over the (two) years. I'm very good at killing things, but most of the HB plants I've acquired have survived my treatment very well! My very kind neighbour gave me an HB gift card for xmas, so of course I spent it on plants!
I did go ahead and plant every one of them last night, but held off watering them in... this morning they all looked absolutely fine except one (I think my clumsy fingers broke a few of its roots). After a quick water, feed and brief bask in the sunshine, it's perked right up again.
Hopefully all should be well for the next few days. Temps in Suffolk aren't due to drop any further than they already have.
Can't say the same for my poor, old wall flowers. They've taken quite a hammering!
You have a very nice neighbour, Noob! And you sound like me, itching to get out there and get muddy
Apparently come Monday of next week, we are reaching the heady heigjts of 13 degrees C - brace yourselves and get out the Tshirts.
Oh, I shall have my Factor-50 at the ready, in that case!
Sadly my nice neighbour is no longer my neighbour. She was only renting for a couple of years while she served at the local airforce base, and has now gone back to America. We'll miss her!
The latest people to move in have a miniature-sized person whose favourite activities seem to include screaming, yelling and howling.
I don't think I'm going to get any gardening-related gift cards out of them
Oh no! That's a shame. fellow nice gardening neighbours are the best
and I've only ever had one of them, who is thankkfully still around.
If your new neighbours are nice (in spite of screaming kid), I would try giving the kid some seeds, like sunflowers, as a gift, maybe in a small pot or something - see if you can get them interested - many a screaming child has been pacified by a spot of pottering themselves
I've been fortunate and always had nice neighbours on one side.
Bought a large water pistol one year for one neighbours minature person, to squirt the cat if she ever ventured into their garden, minature person wasn't allowed to squirt her though if she was sat at the gap in the fence and on my side. It worked out well, I was in the garden when minature person tried it out, cat soon learned, neighbours were happy to tell me if cat had been in their garden and child had a nice summer.
The cat is in the winter of her years now and seldom ventures out of the garden, but will sit at the gap in the fence peering into the neighbours garden. New minature person now comes and strokes her through the gap.
That's quite sweet!
Unfortunately my other, cat-owning neighbours are not quite so thoughtful. I am one of the many who suffer feline fertilising of the lawn (from both ends of the cat, it would seem). I'm thinking of getting one of those motion-detector-hosepipe-thingies. They look quite fun.