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Post by The Doctor on Aug 6, 2022 8:20:42 GMT
Most of our crops were wiped out during the heatwave. Even the potatoes look poorly.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Aug 6, 2022 9:16:13 GMT
I let my Cucumber go yellow! Gutted. Never let your cucumber go yellow!!!!!! |
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 26, 2022 15:41:49 GMT
The freezing weather of a few weeks ago has turned my previous thriving Tomato plants to mush. I really thought they might survive this winter outside thanks to climate change.
The two I brought inside are still hanging on as are a couple of the pepper plants.
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Post by Rich on Dec 26, 2022 19:34:20 GMT
Similarly, I had a bunch of geraniums in the shed which seemed set fair to survive the winter but not gonna happen.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 26, 2022 20:57:04 GMT
The gardening fell by the wayside. Hope to get back to it when Spring comes.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 16, 2023 19:45:40 GMT
Got a little (JLM type) grow light and built a little grow box from a cardboard box some bubble wrap, tinfoil and a plastic tub for the top. Much to my surprise it seems to be keeping the last of last years tomato and chilli pepper plants alive.
Think I'll start planting seeds this week or next.
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Post by Rich on Jan 16, 2023 19:56:05 GMT
Got around to trimming the dead stuff off a hydrangea and discovered it was already sprouting! Global heating in action surely? Hope this week's cold snap doesn't harm it.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 16, 2023 22:29:10 GMT
Our hyderangea sometimes looks utterly dead but then suddenly springs to life.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 16, 2023 23:05:09 GMT
Im hoping the lemon trees pull that trick again this spring.
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Post by Cullen on Jan 18, 2023 12:38:27 GMT
This thread is the height of middle age. I love it.
Our very mature cherry blossom tree probably died last year, which I'm utterly gutted about. Last year it only had a few blossoms on it and some very small weedy looking leaves. Lemon tree borer beetles did for it according to a tree surgeon we got out in summer. He said it might come back if we chop it back this winter but he thinks it's done for.
I've been researching if we can replace it with a mature one, which looks possible but will probably be difficult to get the current one fully out.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 19, 2023 17:31:07 GMT
2023 is The Year if the Pond, in the Shockprowl garden. I've been on a mission of re-wilding for a year or so now, and to be wildlife friendly a pond is a necessity. I identified and half-cleared an area last autumn. Soon it will be time to dig. Dig! DIIIIGGG!!! I want to get it as established as I can before spring. Which is what you're supposed to try to do according to the books. I WANT AMPHIBIANS.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 19, 2023 18:34:00 GMT
I wanted to build a pond to encourage froggy friends, but Mrs Ralph said no.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 19, 2023 18:41:01 GMT
Why?! Why would she disallowed a pond?! FROGGY FRIENDS!!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 19, 2023 19:32:27 GMT
I even tried saying we could get a ready-made one on top of the gravel rather than digging a hole but I was still told no.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 19, 2023 21:49:17 GMT
My house had a pond when we moved in but I... Removed it.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 20, 2023 6:59:37 GMT
When you're thirsty, you're thirsty.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2023 8:31:19 GMT
Bad Pinwig!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 20, 2023 17:05:56 GMT
My house had a pond when we moved in but I... Removed it. MONSTER!!! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 20, 2023 17:42:04 GMT
I suspect he may have been subject to orders from a power greater than he.....
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 20, 2023 17:54:10 GMT
THEN MRS DOC' AND MRS PINS MUST ANSWER TO THE COURT OF FROGS!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2023 18:57:15 GMT
I just asked again for a pond but Mrs Ralph says no.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 20, 2023 18:58:55 GMT
In this particular case, I think your Responsible Adult knows best.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2023 19:06:53 GMT
But froggy friends...and nice newts!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 20, 2023 23:13:54 GMT
We could work on her. It would be nice to be able to look forward to Ralph's "I fell in the pond" posts.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 20, 2023 23:16:33 GMT
I suspect he may have been subject to orders from a power greater than he..... It was more me. It was in the way of a landscaping plan that will be deployed once the building plan has been completed. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 17, 2023 0:23:04 GMT
I just asked again for a pond but Mrs Ralph says no. -Ralph Don't worry, Doc'. It took the Turks 400 years to conquer Byzantium. But conquer it, they did. |
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Post by legios on Feb 18, 2023 18:04:35 GMT
Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople.
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobodies business but the Turks.
Karl
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Feb 21, 2023 20:23:09 GMT
I just asked again for a pond but Mrs Ralph says no. -Ralph We finally got rid of ours. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 21, 2023 21:06:12 GMT
Both you and Jen have someone who isn't a responsible adult that needs looking after in the garden
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 21, 2023 22:53:37 GMT
I just asked again for a pond but Mrs Ralph says no. -Ralph We finally got rid of ours. NOOOOOOOOO. -Ralph |
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