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« Reply #105 on: July 02, 2008, 05:11:54 PM »
Ha Phoenix I did that too and it didnt just rain it poured !!!!!! and I am unstairs too so its not much fun humping the bucket up and down lol
no matter it is worth it,it looks lovely !
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« Reply #106 on: July 04, 2008, 08:41:13 PM »
Nice weather today!!  My good intension was to Feed and Water all the Plants and the Lawns?? --- Did I  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
 No!!  Does that count as a senior moment Huh?
Ah! Well!!  Maybe Tomorrow ??  Will check for Rain First ??
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« Reply #107 on: July 04, 2008, 08:46:12 PM »
Lol Phoenix,nor did I,no time !!!!
too busy doing nothing
working the whole day through
trying to find lots of things not to do !
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« Reply #108 on: July 06, 2008, 03:27:12 PM »
Hi Mac,  Have not heard that Verse, for Years??   LOL!!

Bye the way Huh  We actually had a Stoat running around our Garden this morning!!  Never seen one before??  glad our dog was in. ---  Possibly the Stoat was only a Baby??
 Even  came and looked in the patio windows. We was both Thrilled but pity no camera handy??
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« Reply #109 on: July 07, 2008, 02:49:55 PM »
Isn't that always the way, we had a jay on the birds nuts and it looked lovely although I know they're not to other birds, by the time I got the camera it'd gone.
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« Reply #110 on: July 07, 2008, 03:12:40 PM »
Luvs your picture Val!!  -- the 'peek a Boo' effect is great!! - Strange just how our camera is never close by, when needed?? -- We had a (baby) stoat, in our garden yesterday, running around. By the time i got the camera ready --- Well??  I think it was camera shy ??
 in spite of coming to the patio doors to have a look inside -- i was all of a dither Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
 Fotunately our 'Misty' was inside. can't remember what was on TV  at the time Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #111 on: July 07, 2008, 08:11:29 PM »
My tubs sure like this rainy weather
they are blooming !!!
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« Reply #112 on: August 12, 2008, 11:46:27 AM »
Quote from: Teri on May 29, 2008, 07:35:59 AM
Phoenix and in Germany they also offer "water gym lessons". I have never attended one, but I've watched them. Seem to be really entertaining.

Don't quite know how this got into "Gardening" !! except that we are getting a lot of rain  Wink.  I tried these exercises in the swimming baths after a heart bypass operation 5 years ago, but had to give up as they were just too exhausting.
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« Reply #113 on: August 12, 2008, 11:53:52 AM »
"How does your garden grow ?"

I really set out to make an entry here, but got led astray by the post about water exercises.  So . . .   Our garden is growing exponentially.  I was hors de combat for most of May and June, and by the time I got out there everything was 2 feet high and rising - and 90% of it was weeds.  I have now got it a bit tidier, but the incessant rain means that the weed seedlings germinate faster than I can deal with them.

We went to Harlow Carr on Friday 1st August last, and you could see that they had had very heavy rain the night before, and had suffered minor flood damage.

Summer !

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« Reply #114 on: August 12, 2008, 03:03:09 PM »
Try weed killer Ayjed lol
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« Reply #115 on: August 12, 2008, 03:32:02 PM »
Ayjed, after weeks of sunshine and heat it started to rain yesterday afternoon and it's still raining - how agreeable for all plants. However, as you say I fear the weeds will also be happy about the rain and grow faster than the flowers.
Mac, as to weed killer, it's good for the lawn, but I never tried it in a flower bed. The weed killer is also killing the primroses in the lawn, so I have my doubts whether he can distinguish between flowers and weeds.
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« Reply #116 on: August 12, 2008, 04:05:09 PM »
Quote from: mac on August 12, 2008, 03:03:09 PM
Try weed killer Ayjed lol

Or a flame thrower   Wink

Actually, I have been using some Glyphosate.  I evidently made a note on the box (when I bought it) of the date - - - 1999 !!!  It seems to be not very effective so I guess it is long past its sell-by, and use-by, dates.  Some plants seem to have the ability to throw it off so that it does not penetrate their leaves eg: alchemilla mollis.
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« Reply #117 on: August 12, 2008, 04:52:12 PM »
Well folks we have mushrooms/toadstools or whatever in our lawn lol,we cut down two trees 4 years ago and it must be the roots that are causing this what can we do ?
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« Reply #118 on: August 14, 2008, 03:13:59 PM »
Too be sure, it is something to do with The Weather?? It's playing havoc with us. Today, we have had Sunshine, Rain and Hail ??  How is that for August Huh?
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« Reply #119 on: August 14, 2008, 09:40:52 PM »
True, mushrooms love warm humid weather.
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