Mundane News

[biggs682]

A great first cuppa so much better than yesterdays

 

[mistyoptic]

I never quite got the point of cats. Nasty creepy animals that will piss in your headphones just for the fun of it.

Indeed! There's even a book about it

 

[PeteXXX]

The starlings are back on the bird feeder, misbehaving, as usual..

 

[PeteXXX]

Is it just my garden, or are the Summer flowers already needing to be on their way to the compost bin?

 

[pawl]

Is it just my garden, or are the Summer flowers already needing to be on their way to the compost bin?

Are you dead heading your plants.once a flower head has died Dahlias will keep flowering till the first frosts Penstmums is another example Delphiniums flower quite early in the summer.once they completed the flowering cycle then
can be cut back to ground level if we’ll watered and fed will often respond with a second flush of flowers towards the end of summer

You have to remember that once a plant produces seed head it’s job is done by dead heading you are making the plant to start the process again.Not all but most plants will respond to this treatment

Sorry I don’t mean to teach you to suck eggs

 

[Speicher]

What type of labels do the gardeners on this thread like to use?

I take lots of cuttings, and often divide plants. The larger ones that I have divided are recognisable, so do not need a label. But some of the smaller ones do. I have tried using large loppiplop poppli lollipop sticks, but the lettering soon goes runny and they take a very long time to decompost afterwards. Ideally it would be compostable, or reuseable lots of times. What does the panel suggest?

 

[Speicher]

I may have some old slack hiding in my fabric stash. But I will have to shin up on the loft in order to have a look...

The one I chose, ha! the only one left, was a sort of dark pink with gold, blue and green spots. Some people might find that colour combination is too bright.

So far today, the slack is working well. I know that it can take a few days or even weeks for the Slack to mould to the owner, and then to take on the appropriate structural integrity. I gather that the parameters of use of Slack is unique to the wearer, but it can be changed according to their Whim. My Whim has not been used much over the past year.

A problem has arisen whereby other peeps consider they can dictate to my Whim, regardless of mine own opinions.

 

[PeteXXX]

Are you dead heading your plants.once a flower head has died Dahlias will keep flowering till the first frosts Penstmums is another example Delphiniums flower quite early in the summer.once they completed the flowering cycle then
can be cut back to ground level if we’ll watered and fed will often respond with a second flush of flowers towards the end of summer

You have to remember that once a plant produces seed head it’s job is done by dead heading you are making the plant to start the process again.Not all but most plants will respond to this treatment

Sorry I don’t mean to teach you to suck eggs

Yep.. Dead heading regularly. I'm not an expert, but know roughly what I'm doing..

 

[Kempstonian]

What type of labels do the gardeners on this thread like to use?

I take lots of cuttings, and often divide plants. The larger ones that I have divided are recognisable, so do not need a label. But some of the smaller ones do. I have tried using large loppiplop poppli lollipop sticks, but the lettering soon goes runny and they take a very long time to decompost afterwards. Ideally it would be compostable, or reuseable lots of times. What does the panel suggest?

Collect some empty jam jars, then write your label on paper, fix it to a lolly stick and cover with a jam jar to keep the rain off.

 

[Reynard]

Cool, blustery and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

So I've had a kitchen morning. I've chopped up some lemons and tangerines that needed using for a small batch of marmalade, and I've made hummus and tabbouleh.

I fancy boiled eggs and toast soldiers for lunch. Still have two lovely eggs my friend Linda gave me from her chooks the other day. They'd just been laid and were still warm.

 

[Reynard]

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

 

[Reynard]

The one I chose, ha! the only one left, was a sort of dark pink with gold, blue and green spots. Some people might find that colour combination is too bright.

So far today, the slack is working well. I know that it can take a few days or even weeks for the Slack to mould to the owner, and then to take on the appropriate structural integrity. I gather that the parameters of use of Slack is unique to the wearer, but it can be changed according to their Whim. My Whim has not been used much over the past year.

A problem has arisen whereby other peeps consider they can dictate to my Whim, regardless of mine own opinions.

Hmm... Mine is dark blue with white flashes and pink sparkles, and a chequered border in sky blue and pale yellow... I think slack tends to be a bit bright in its general nature. The colour of mine has been consistent for some time now.

Whims are generally best accompanied by a sabre. I have a spare one I can lend you.

P.S.

 

[Reynard]

My green garden waste wheelie bin has not yet been emptied.

 

[biggs682]

My green garden waste wheelie bin has not yet been emptied.

Neither has ours but then it's not due for another 9 days

 

[mybike]

Oh, three minutes was it?

Does that including scraping the ceiling?

I recall clearing out my grandmother's home when she came to live with us. There were some eggs of indeterminate age that we decided to hard boil to throw away. The eggs had other ideas, they'd made great hand grenades. Took a while to get rid of the smell.

In other news, I'm having the last of the mince & onion puddings for lunch.