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Post by The Doctor on May 2, 2023 12:54:01 GMT
Crops planted!
We have deployed additional defences as last year's crops were ruined by cats crapping on them.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on May 2, 2023 17:38:36 GMT
Yep, ours are doing well. Not planted out yet, still in pots. Starting to harden them off. Doing some flowers too.
Courgette, potatoes, shallots, Stanley beans, sunflowers, forget-me-not, morning glory, pansies, and sweat pea.
Nothing hugely ambitious, but should provide some entertainment.
My ferns are looking terrible, though....
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Post by Stomski on May 26, 2023 10:25:10 GMT
You can get humane cat deterrents, it's just a metal cat silhouette with reflective eyes.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 27, 2023 14:52:07 GMT
Did a good session of pruning the back garden in the sun this afternoon.
Martin
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Post by Nigel on May 27, 2023 17:36:43 GMT
That was my job on Sunday. My broken ankle then weeks of bad weather and being busy with other things meant that the garden's been unattended this year. But it's now well tended, with lots of weeding done and overdue tidying up from last year's growth done at last. It's too late to plant much in the way of produce this year but our berries, grapes, apples and potatoes (lots left in the ground last year) are all doing well. The honeysuckle's been growing like mad this spring.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 3, 2023 4:45:56 GMT
Potatoes are coming on well.
The leeks are regenerating.
-Ralph
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Post by Rich on Jun 3, 2023 10:22:24 GMT
That was my job on Sunday. My broken ankle then weeks of bad weather and being busy with other things meant that the garden's been unattended this year. But it's now well tended, with lots of weeding done and overdue tidying up from last year's growth done at last. It's too late to plant much in the way of produce this year but our berries, grapes, apples and potatoes (lots left in the ground last year) are all doing well. The honeysuckle's been growing like mad this spring. My honeysuckle has died over the winter. Sad times. Other bits and pieces going strong though. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 4, 2023 21:29:05 GMT
Cold winters, cold and wet springs, and then dry summers are messing with us gardeners. According to Monty and the lovely Francis Tophill, and friends. It's a challenge.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 4, 2023 21:49:09 GMT
Monty Mole?
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 5, 2023 17:19:41 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Nigel on Jun 9, 2023 20:06:37 GMT
The honeysuckle's flowering for the first time. Roses are out, too. Courgettes that I bought for 20p each at clearance in Wilko are doing well. We look set for a bumper crop of blackcurrants and a large, first crop of grapes.
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Post by Nigel on Jun 11, 2023 17:01:26 GMT
I spent much of today pottering in the garden, including putting up two new trellises, one each side of the honeysuckle. In due course, the whole wall should be honeysuckle and grapevine!
Meanwhile, onions that have been in the ground since last year and are looking big and impressive above the surface are refusing to plump up at all below ground. I assume it's because it's been so dry.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 11, 2023 18:21:41 GMT
THE FIRST GNOME HAS ARRIVED.
THE FIRST GNOME HAS ARRIVED.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 11, 2023 20:20:50 GMT
What's he called?
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 11, 2023 20:48:15 GMT
Prowl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 11, 2023 21:03:55 GMT
THE FIRST GNOME HAS ARRIVED. THE FIRST GNOME HAS ARRIVED. -Ralph You turn your back for five minutes and the buggers will be everywhere. Deal with it while there's just one. Wipe them out, all of them |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 11, 2023 21:12:40 GMT
Mrs Ralph will never suspect the army of gnomes slowly assembling in the garden over the coming months...
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jun 11, 2023 21:15:27 GMT
Better than the ant army Im dealing with.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 11, 2023 21:44:07 GMT
A gnome called Prowl?
Whatever next.
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Post by Rich on Jun 12, 2023 5:44:44 GMT
The bloody squirrels are turning me into Mr McGregor.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 5, 2024 10:20:02 GMT
Mrs Ralph will never suspect the army of gnomes slowly assembling in the garden over the coming months... -Ralph Another gnome now outside... I knew I had officially reached middle-age when I started to get excited about acquiring garden gnomes. How long until the train set phase? -Ralph |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 5, 2024 16:21:14 GMT
Your garden is an extraordinary place.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 5, 2024 21:21:30 GMT
YOU! YOU ARE THE PHANTOM DUCKER!!! I KNEW IT!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 5, 2024 22:27:05 GMT
Your irrational leaps of logic are astounding.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 5, 2024 22:49:20 GMT
I've had a train set since I was a kid.
But then some might say I've always been middle aged.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 6, 2024 10:50:51 GMT
Mrs Ralph shudders when I remind her that train sets are in our future, in about 15-20 years time...
Brother-in-law's dad is a train set enthusiast and has an amazing set-up in his loft.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 6, 2024 23:20:47 GMT
Ah. No space for that in mine. I have an amazing... Collection of boxes full of Transformers.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 28, 2024 9:58:41 GMT
The Hyde Ranger is coming back to life!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Rich on Feb 28, 2024 19:17:45 GMT
I really want to get out and do some jobs in my garden before more things wake up but I can't find any time at all. Middle age seems to consist of not being able to do the jobs I want to do because the jobs I _have_ to do take priority. Things that aren't jobs of any sort rarely get a look in.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 28, 2024 21:50:22 GMT
I know that feeling well. School doesn't help. Weekends tend to become somewhat pressured. I'd love it if I could have the occasional day where I don't feel completely exhausted.
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