Mundane News

[raleighnut]

Postman is back from a blood test.It's just to see how my Cholesterol is going.i had it done two weeks ago and it did not work.Trouble is one has fallen off the wagon,cake and chocolate has come back into my diet.Well you have to don't you.
Well today i have got my gardening head on.Time to attack the driveway paving slabs,let's get all the weeds out.a few months ago i attacked the in laws patio,using a blade and wire brush thing on a long handle.This morning i have bought a wire brush with a metal edging thingy on it.I think the job will be easier today.
So i am going to set up my ipoid on the speaker and get going,see you all later.This is a good idea,when the sun comes back,i will be out on the bike all gardening jobs done.

Too much like hard-work for me Postie, get a pressure washer and just blast the weeds out, brings the slabs up nice too.

 

[Speicher]

I have a choice of weather today. From the front windows I can see mist, but from the back windows I can see blue sky.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I wanted some Hops a few weeks ago but nothing has appeared from the ground yet despite other local residents having stonking success.

However the pepper seeds that I bought @Fab Foodie for his birthday which I planted a couple of weeks ago are sprouting madly.

This maybe because Henry has access to the hops and not the peppers

 

[Gravity Aided]

Looks like a bit of leakage there to me.

Dead arse short!
Ground that thar thing,
afore it catches faaaaaar!

 

[Gravity Aided]

Too much like hard-work for me Postie, get a pressure washer and just blast the weeds out, brings the slabs up nice too.

Try flaxseed oil on the cholesterol too.

 

[Gravity Aided]

We've got two plum trees in the garden. They blossom but we've never had any fruit on them. The same with the two fig trees. What are we doing wrong?

Male trees?

 

[Haitch]

Male trees?

The guy in the nursery assured us when we bought them that they would pollinate each other. How do you sex a plum tree?

 

[Gravity Aided]

A gentleman never tells....
{ I usually tell by the presence of fruit after a few seasons}

 

[Speicher]

There are three plum trees at the end of my garden. They have lovely blossom and lots of fruit, but sadly the fruit is so tart that it would need bucket loads of sugar to make them edible.

 

[rikki]

Plum trees are not male or female. All will bear fruit. Some varieties require cross pollination (i.e. from another plum tree) others are self pollinating.
Fig trees have buds, but the figs themselves are the flowers. What flowers are you getting on your fig trees?

 

[HertzvanRental]

I have a Victoria plum tree. Always full of blossom but the end result varies between branch breaking laden and half a dozen!! No idea why, but each year is an exercise in eager anticipation!!
(Last year was dire!)

 

[hopless500]

I have a Victoria plum tree. Always full of blossom but the end result varies between branch breaking laden and half a dozen!! No idea why, but each year is an exercise in eager anticipation!!
(Last year was dire!)

Same with mine. Last year was the worst yet - I think I picked 7.

 

[Haitch]

What flowers are you getting on your fig trees?

No flowers yet, but the bud looks like this:

 

[Speicher]

Has anyone tried baked doughnuts?

I found that site when looking for a recipe for plum chutney.

 

[Reynard]

There are three plum trees at the end of my garden. They have lovely blossom and lots of fruit, but sadly the fruit is so tart that it would need bucket loads of sugar to make them edible.

Sounds either like Damsons or Bullaces... If they stay rock hard when ripe, then they're most likely Bullaces. Damsons on the other hand, while mostly inedible, make fabulous jam