Mundane News

[Hill Wimp]

Did I miss a picture of the stall @hopless500 ?

 

[TVC]

Did I miss a picture of the stall @hopless500 ?

It's on a popular social media platform, officer.

 

[Gravity Aided]

British garden centres have become destinations for the retired, at some of them you are hard pushed to find any plants. Our local one is still very good at selling flowers and compost and has an excellent cafe as a bonus.

I bought my lettuce and tomato plants at the grocery store, because they had the best deal. Many plants are offered by mass growers like Bonnie https://bonnieplants.com/ over here, so where you get the plants is not consequential. I got some early tomatoes(6), lettuce(6), and a pepper plant for about 6 dollars American, and yes, they do go yellow tag. I go to the store on Main Street, the anti-posh one, for better deals. They also offer hog jowls.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I bought my lettuce and tomato plants at the grocery store, because they had the best deal. Many plants are offered by mass growers like Bonnie https://bonnieplants.com/ over here, so where you get the plants is not consequential. I got some early tomatoes(6), lettuce(6), and a pepper plant for about 6 dollars American, and yes, they do go yellow tag. I go to the store on Main Street, the anti-posh one, for better deals. They also offer hog jowls.

Our supermarkets often have decent bedding plants for sale. Several of my geraniums came from Tescos or Asda I believe and they have lasted years.

 

[steveindenmark]

Hull City, you are really crap. But at least you are our crap.

 

[Reynard]

Been sat indoors feeling sorry for myself. Sinusitis has flared up and my face feels like it's been kicked by the entire field of the Grand National.

On the plus side, I picked the first, fourth and sixth horses home. I'm a Pipe / Scudamore / Twiston-Davies kinda gal.

Now sat down with some supper and watching the Masters.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

After lunch at the Railway Carriage on the Stratford Greenway we had an enjoyable afternoon wandering round Stratford. Finding ourselves queueing to get out of Stratford we turned towards Banbury then took to the lanes to bring us out at Tidington on one of our regular routes home.

 

[Lullabelle]

Our supermarkets often have decent bedding plants for sale. Several of my geraniums came from Tescos or Asda I believe and they have lasted years.

Last year we bought some marigolds from ALDI, very cheap but looked lovely for a long time.

 

[EltonFrog]

I'm home, it's been a long day.

 

[Lullabelle]

And kept your hands soft?

Very

 

[hopless500]

Did I miss a picture of the stall @hopless500 ?

I meant to post it on Furtle & Faff on fb but managed to post it on my normal page by mistake

 

[Illaveago]

I've been working on my new pond but it's hot work so I've stopped for a cold drink... it was going to be an ice cream but I think I need to motivation to do a bit more!

You will be amazed how soon the wildlife will find it, we had a small dragonfly within the first year, I didn't get to see it but I found the empty on a small reed.

 

[Speicher]

Garden centres? Have you heard of cattle at the one you visit?

Where I go to get plants is very good for plants, and chickens, and dogs. The owner might make you a drink if she is making one for herself. The biscuits available would be just dog biscuits I guess.

The only chocolate available is once a year when her chocolate labrador has puppies. The owner might have to go off at short notice if her herd of cattle need her. The chickens are free range and seem very happy.

I venture to suggest that it is quite different to Homebase and other sheds in more populated areas.

In other news, construction of an Insect Hotel has commenced. The site has been chosen and some bricks ceremoniously placed to mark one end of the hotel. Old buddliea stems, where the middle bit has died, will be used, when I can find out the optimum length for the hotel rooms for bees. Some guest may not be so fussy, and will hide in and around bits of branches.

 

[hopless500]

Did I miss a picture of the stall @hopless500 ?

 

[summerdays]

You will be amazed how soon the wildlife will find it, we had a small dragonfly within the first year, I didn't get to see it but I found the empty on a small reed.

It's an expansion on a previous pond which I've reduced in size temporarily whilst I make the new one. Then I'll transfer plants and wildlife to allow me to incorporate the old pond. I'm hoping the larvae will survive.... as I had damselflies and newt larvae (not great crested so I'm ok to fiddle with the pond.)