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HELLO FORKERS! September Edition

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  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

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    Mayb the rain has finished. 

    S. E. NSW
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Good morning, the rain has finally stopped but it was very very wet last night, everything will be sodden and i am planning on pruning so think I may get wet!

    GWRS enjoy the play

    Pat I always track he family flying home, it is good fun  hope the river looking healthier  I worder if you can clear something up for us   Are Huntsmen spiders venomous ? Our local paper has a piece this morning saying one  has been found and describes it as highly venomous. I always thought they were just ugly brutes?

    Chicky enjoy your trip  it's an amazing place but the language is difficult and varies from area to area. My son in law kept inviting people to breakfast when he was trying to arrange a 7am meeting!!.,

    Lantana my OH had that too, great succes but dont get a shock when you see the bandage  its huge!

    Hosta  try and get 40 winks along the way today

    PP my baskets went in the compost bin yesterday! Dreadful this year

    have a good day everyone

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    Lilyp, as far as I know Huntsmen spiders are non-venomous. I've always had that understanding. Different story with red backs.

    S. E. NSW
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Thanks Pat, I guess harmless spiders don't make headlines!!

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • Lantana says:

    ... Also thoughts on similar lines re the Russian for parsley and prawns. I'm left wondering if those words are especially useful in Russia..???image If so, why....

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     Totally obscure reasons - the Russian for parsley is petrushka - I love ballet and  the ballet Petrushka (about a lovelorn puppet) was one of the first ones I ever saw and I love Stravinsky's music.

    The Russian for prawns is krevetki - a bit like the French crevettes, so it was easy to remember.  I took son's MIL out for the day shortly after the wedding - she spoke no English and I spoke no Russian so it was sign language and a lot of laughing - we had lunch in a café in Bury St Edmunds and we both had jacket potatoes with prawns.  

    We've got that very wet fine drizzle - just what the lawn needs  image

    I picked the latest batch of pattypans earlier, before the rain started - then I went up to the farm shop to get onions, apples and vinegar etc .... chutney will be started as soon as I've finished my coffee ...


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Ah. I know those words too Dove. As many know our daughter is in Moscow as she is allergic to prawns I learnt pretty quickly! 

    I believe it's suddenly got awfully cold thre

     can anyone tell me if its ok to prune back a black elder just now. It's really blocking my route to the bin!  

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    LP  I have taken a bit off the black elder and the buddleias  as it's been so windy.

    SW Scotland
  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    Hello all. 

    Just thought I'd pop back and say 'hello' and see how everyone's been getting on. 

    This page looks a little better than when I jumped ship - has it improved back to what it was or are there still problems?  Although I can't get on line all the time, I do miss it!

  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    Hi Steve 309image

    Fairy, LP, Lesley etc hope you are all enjoying today's weather "up here" image while others are thankful for getting their grass and gardens watered.

    SW Scotland
  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    Tipping it down in Southampton at the moment, so I've retired from the boat to the library to get on line and away from the dreariness of the yard.  Hve been busy harvesting spuds, onions, beans, courgettes etc from one of 'my' gardens oop north but needed to get on with the boat.

    How's everyone's harvest been going?

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