General Chat

Oh how lovely a gardening thread,I will read this in full later as cant do much here today ,its very wet.

Every cloud (besides being full of rain Lol) has a silver lining etc. It will be good to get the water butt filled up. :-D

thats what i was thinking Ann, rain water is so much better for the garden, i have my patio door open and fresh air blowing in i love listning to the rain, it sends me to sleep in the caravan, im just waiting for oh he has taken a girl we used to foster to pick up her 1st car, she says he is her dad and always will be which is nice, she always gets me a mothers day card too, we see her a lot, he will then be ordered to pick me up some levvingtons compost you get 3 for the price of 2, so i can be ready to add to me potatoes as there starting to grow.

I always use pots i have left over that are starting to shoot and always have a good crop. :-D

hello kay, its nice to share your stories xx

Kay if you have any tips we would be grateful to hear them. Most of us are not experts.

Have a hebe which is more of a tree than a bush (it is higher than next doors porch) and has had blossom throughout this winter but today noticed it has new fresh blossom here and there.

Gosh that is a tall one Chris. I think there are a lot of confused plants around this year.

Because I took ill and was unable to give it the annual pruning - had begged threatened OH - he insists it will die off - I tell him no - several times over years he has accused me of killing off a hebe only to see it - 'rise from the dead'.

Think I will ask next door to complain!! It is ridiculous.

Chris i went as far as offering my son money to do mine to get it ready, i gave up in the end, thankfully i had a few good days so mine is getting there, tell him your going to pay someone to do it it may cause a reaction lol xx good luck.

It is dreadful puss - a hebe is not a tree - it is a bush!!!!!!

oh well good luck in getting it sorted, ive just watered mine my butt is half full now so will start using that the tap water discolours the foilige here , im so pleased my hysteria is shooting i hope it flowers, i planted it last year it was 2 yrs old, and my winter jasmine has been in bloom since last year , ive got lilly of the valley climbers everywhere one ive grown like a bush and ive shaped it around the raised pond so im hoping i may see a frog or too ribbit :-0

Lily of the valley climbers, not heard of them, are they grown that way or have they evolved from ordinary Lof the V?

Love your name for Wisteria Puss (Hysteria).

lol ann wysteria and honey suckle lololol good job you have known me long enough, i must be hard work, got to go my old lady friend is here xxxxx

I've just been googling Lily of Valley climbers, LOL. Hadn't heard of them!
By the way, Puss, I've just been reading through this thread and thanks for your offer to send me a Valentine's card next year :-D

Can someone please tell me - I ordered some plug veg plants and veg seeds on line recently. It was a special offer package and yesterday I checked the delivery date. As it's in May, I rang them to query if the seeds would be sent earlier, so I can sow them. They told me they would also be sent in May and it would be OK to sow the seeds then. The seeds are Broccoli Purple Sprouting, Runner Bean, Carrot and Parsnip. I've always sown runner beans in April, but have never sown the other 3, but May seems late to me.

Think we need Julia Wend for that query.

Lol Puss what are you like? I was biginning to wonder if it was me.

Lesley
One idea I had works. Put your cleaning product into a spray bottle, Go inside the Greenhouse & sprey between the overlapping glass, Fold a rag around the end of a decorators scrapper, Place in the middle of the two pains of glass going along the glass in a up & down movement untill clean. It takes time but I have done this & found it works well. You wont be suffering the pain of cutting your hands.

5EXY
Thank you for that suggestion I will try it now and will let you know this evening how I get on.

your welcome wend, hello 5exy hows you, just saying to eyore haven seen you both around these parts for a while xx :-D

Little tip for stopping snailos getting into your pots. wrap Copper Wire around the top ,it stops them, it works for me.**M**. Joy,Cleaning Windows??? :-S Must be related to "George Formby" :-D :-D Ps. as for cleaning the greenhouse windows, try the spray used for cleaning the shower doors ,put it on and hose it off.

We have so many pots though Merlin that it would be expensive to put copper round all of them. Unless you know of a cheap means of getting some. Not seen it in the pound shop :-D :-D

Any old Wiring will do, Just strip off the outer cover and you can use that.