blakeyboy Posted June 5, 2020 Author Posted June 5, 2020 I just wasn't thinking- I love a bargain - it was going cheep! I got mobbed by nearly twenty crows after that pun- they are a local gang called Corvid 19.... I can only apologise. 5 Quote
copper123 Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 14 hours ago, blakeyboy said: EIGHT?????!!! How the hell did two birds find enough caterpillars to raise that lot???? It must have been like Heathrow.... U seen the recent pics of Heathrow ? 1 Quote
blakeyboy Posted June 6, 2020 Author Posted June 6, 2020 Ah...yeah...didn't think it through....... 1 Quote
blakeyboy Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 At last we have cloudy weather. This gives all my plants in the shade a chance to catch up. Last week, on a sunny morning, light level on the patio was 100,000 + lux. In the shade in the area that gets evening sun, it was 2,500. The next morning, same time, it was cloudy. Patio light level 20,000 lux. Shady spot level was 7,800......! Quote
alfnail Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 Lux.... the alluring world of French roses, each flower carefully picked.....seriously though, had more sushine in the month of May than my panels have ever recorded in any previous calendar month.... but now I need a holiday....... a few wet days makes you quickly forget 1 Quote
1949threepence Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 On 6/6/2020 at 12:13 AM, blakeyboy said: I just wasn't thinking- I love a bargain - it was going cheep! I got mobbed by nearly twenty crows after that pun- they are a local gang called Corvid 19.... I can only apologise. Good bargain - feather in your cap, and with those kind of bargains you can build up a good nest egg. But it must have been a bit of a flap when the crows beaked in - bleedin' stone me ! Could drive you cuckoo. Would have been interesting to have had a bird's eye view though. 1 Quote
1949threepence Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 On 6/5/2020 at 11:14 PM, secret santa said: Social distancing ?????? This bird knows how to........ 1 4 Quote
blakeyboy Posted August 13, 2020 Author Posted August 13, 2020 Big leaves after rain and sun... 6 Quote
Diaconis Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 48 minutes ago, blakeyboy said: Big leaves after rain and sun... you’ve certainly got some very green fingers there Blakeyboy 2 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 7 hours ago, Diaconis said: you’ve certainly got some very green fingers there Blakeyboy or his wife does... 4 Quote
blakeyboy Posted August 13, 2020 Author Posted August 13, 2020 Ha! She did laugh at your post when I showed it to her..:) 1 Quote
copper123 Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) Interesting infomation board from the dickens house in london Edited August 13, 2020 by copper123 4 Quote
blakeyboy Posted August 14, 2020 Author Posted August 14, 2020 "Darling, it's a jungle out there" Quote
1949threepence Posted September 13, 2020 Posted September 13, 2020 Well what a superb day it's been today. Blue sky, sun and just comfortable temperatures. Sat out in the garden for a couple of hours. Very quiet - no birdsong now, except for the wood pigeons. Also, no planes again, after making a re-appearance a few weeks ago. Sky silent for the entire 2 hours. Bees are still at the remaining flowers, but not many wasps this year. Not round here at any rate. There were a lot late Summer last year. Quote
copper123 Posted September 14, 2020 Posted September 14, 2020 My wasps moved home this year moved from above the front door to the eves on the ajoinining house - still i am pleased they are not as visable this year 1 Quote
blakeyboy Posted September 15, 2020 Author Posted September 15, 2020 Such a great spell of weather- I cleaned the shed out, cleaned the greenhouse out, and got my overwintering area sorted. Pint glass for scale. Nearly gave myself a hernia lifting those pots..:) 4 1 Quote
mrbadexample Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 16 hours ago, blakeyboy said: Such a great spell of weather- I cleaned the shed out, cleaned the greenhouse out, and got my overwintering area sorted. Pint glass for scale. Nearly gave myself a hernia lifting those pots..:) Cleaned the greenhouse out? Surely it's too early for your tomatoes to have finished? Still got toms plus cucumbers, aubergines and chillies in mine. Quote
blakeyboy Posted September 16, 2020 Author Posted September 16, 2020 Well spotted- I had not a lot extra this year- the Muscat grape ( bad year- grey mould and splitting ), the Solandra and a Cestrum Nocturnum were there as usual, with the addition of a watermelon, which did very badly this year- red spider, and an enormous plum tomato, which had finished. actually, I was sick of the mostrosity- stupidly big, and the fruit were tasteless...! Quote
mrbadexample Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, blakeyboy said: Well spotted- I had not a lot extra this year- the Muscat grape ( bad year- grey mould and splitting ), the Solandra and a Cestrum Nocturnum were there as usual, with the addition of a watermelon, which did very badly this year- red spider, and an enormous plum tomato, which had finished. actually, I was sick of the monstrosity- stupidly big, and the fruit were tasteless...! I had 38 tomato plants this year. I grow about a dozen different varieties so I have everything from "garden sweets" to big ones for cooking. I'm hopefully taking delivery of a Spetchley Red grape vine sometime today. Never tried growing a watermelon, or any other melon for that matter. 1 Quote
copper123 Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 Growing cannabis is sooooo much more rewarding 1 2 Quote
blakeyboy Posted September 16, 2020 Author Posted September 16, 2020 That Desk Sergeant was very understanding...:) 1 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted September 17, 2020 Posted September 17, 2020 21 hours ago, blakeyboy said: That Desk Sergeant was very understanding...:) He apologised after kicking you in the balls? 1 Quote
blakeyboy Posted September 17, 2020 Author Posted September 17, 2020 "Just a routine enquiry, Sir".... Quote
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