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[mudsticks]

Thank you

They are such large plants, getting up to about six feet tall, and very few caterpillars. I do not use insecticides. My solomon's seals always get munched by something very small and white, but only after they have flowered.

I do like verbascum, when I eventually get round to creating an ornamental perennial garden here, they will definitely figure.

Making do with annuals amongst the vegetables for now.

I allowed a species Mullien to grow in one of the polytunnels a few years back, it got huuuge, like a triffid..

It then fed loads of caterpillars...

Isnt nature a marvel..

 

[Speicher]

I also have lots of Lamb's ears, but no lambs.

It looks like "newer/younger" plants do not grow as tall, and they stay upright. The older ones flop in a very ungainly way. I try not to cut them down as bees like this plant so much. There are however, only so many lamb's ears trying to lie down, that I can tolerate, before it makes the garden look very messy. Is it the older ones that flop because in a big clump the plants get tangled over each other, and then get longer before they get to the right height. No, that is not daft, they end up in a L shape. @mudsticks - should I remove the old clumps more frequently?

 

[Reynard]

It's blowing a hoolie in this little corner of East Anglia, and it's been raining on and off all morning. Currently off, but looking out of the window, it will shortly be on again.

I have baked a bread, done a load of laundry and prepped stuff for tonight. Making eggs florentine with some of the fresh eggs my friend Linda gave me yesterday. (She keeps Marans.)

It's almost time for lunch.

And my milk has turned, so I will be making cheese. Fortunately there are 4 litres of UHT milk in the cupboard, so I don't have to go out just for milk.

 

[Reynard]

Today's theme in the photography challenge is "Sparkle"

And no, I didn't raid the Tower of London This is a life-size papier mache model that I made for a Royalty-themed cat show pen.

 

[Reynard]

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Sideshooters privelege.

First orange cherries are ripe 😊
Plus basil

Top tip to get the green stuff off of your skin.

Use a squished unripe tomato, the acids in it clean everything up, very nicely.

Mmmmm! Some mozzarella will go down a treat with that.

My basil ended up being a bit of a damp squib. But I did cut my first courgettes yesterday.

 

[mudsticks]

Yes indeedy..
But I'd have to go to the shops for Mozzerella..

I'm thinking.

Broad beans, French beans, agretti, tomatoes, New potatoes, baby carrots, basil, cucumbers, tomatoes and hard boiled eggs.. all mixed up in a 'salad' for tea.

Bonus of all being available within 500yds of the porch steps

 

[Reynard]

We're still at the stage where people want bikes, a couple of months after normality they'll start discarding.

That's my rationale as well. Maybe something will crop up on here as well.

Other than a few toddlers' trikes, the local tip / recycling centre is sold out of bikes, even the ones that have been there for ages...

 

[Reynard]

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Yes indeedy..
But I'd have to go to the shops for Mozzerella..

I'm thinking.

Broad beans, French beans, agretti, tomatoes, New potatoes, baby carrots, basil, cucumbers, tomatoes and hard boiled eggs.. all mixed up in a 'salad' for tea.

Bonus of all being available within 500yds of the porch steps

Other than broad beans (yuk!) that sounds lush. Some home made sourdough would go well with that.

Mozzarella is one of the things that i always have in, as I do cook a lot of Italian food. Those tomatoes would have been lovely in the tart I baked last night. I had to resort to shop bought tomatoes as something has eaten most of my tomato plants.

 

[mudsticks]

I also have lots of Lamb's ears, but no lambs.

It looks like "newer/younger" plants do not grow as tall, and they stay upright. The older ones flop in a very ungainly way. I try not to cut them down as bees like this plant so much. There are however, only so many lamb's ears trying to lie down, that I can tolerate, before it makes the garden look very messy. Is it the older ones that flop because in a big clump the plants get tangled over each other, and then get longer before they get to the right height. No, that is not daft, they end up in a L shape. @mudsticks - should I remove the old clumps more frequently?

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Cut them back, dig them up and divide them, and then replant fresher plants in the autumn.

Spread them round the neighbourhood too

Other than broad beans (yuk!) that sounds lush. Some home made sourdough would go well with that.

Mozzarella is one of the things that i always have in, as I do cook a lot of Italian food. Those tomatoes would have been lovely in the tart I baked last night. I had to resort to shop bought tomatoes as something has eaten most of my tomato plants.

Broadbeans eaten very small, not old leathery sort.

Yes will probs have some home made sourdough with it too.

But I didn't want to come across too* "Overheard in Waitrose" / "Felicity Kendal in the Good life" about it all

*Although I fear that ship may have already. sailed some time back

 

[PeteXXX]

I forgot to mention, but I stubbed my toe when I got up for a drink of water in the middle of the night.
It was the toe that went Wee wee wee, all the way home!

It still hurts..

 

[Reynard]

Broadbeans eaten very small, not old leathery sort.

Yes will probs have some home made sourdough with it too.

But I didn't want to come across too* "Overheard in Waitrose" / "Felicity Kendal in the Good life" about it all

*Although I fear that ship may have already. sailed some time back

Hah, I think you and I are birds of a feather. Nothing like a good, fresh sourdough loaf.

It's the flavour of broad beans that I don't like. Am pretty unfussy, I'll eat almost anything, but that's one of the few things I won't.

 

[Andy in Germany]

By the sound of the constant buzzing there are approximately 1284 flies in this apartment, but I can't see more than one at a time.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

How can that possibly be comfortable?

 

[woodbutcher]

Lunch over , just mozzarella piled high with french beans á la dent and smothered with pesto "ooh! get you" l hear you mutter, quite rightly
It's hot , it's humid and sticky. tried sitting outside with the dogs , they became fractious and irritating. and l became ill tempered and irritated.
Can't get overly enthusiastic about food this evening ! It may be a bit weird but l fancy a pile of just cooked new spuds surmounted by eggs florentine with a side order of baby courgettes washed down with Crémant d’Alsace.🍸

 

[Reynard]

How can that possibly be comfortable?

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Did you assemble that correctly?