On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:48:54 +0100, Beryl Harwood wrote
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ahh, what a shame, but what lovely pictures! I have had a tall fuchsia
[it is an Irish hedge variety] which has suffered in a similar way.

I don't think it shows in any of the pics of my little garden as it was
not in green or flower at the time they were taken, but my pics are at -

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/bharwo...den/index.html

I hope the lupins recover soon.

Beryl

groan

Your garden shows mine up :-(

No Mary, that was last year, it has been very neglected since then and
several things have died so it looks quite pathetic to me now. My rose
arch has been full of flowers but htey are all soggy and drooping now,
really sad.

The only good thing is that my water but is full again as I have had to
resort to the hose for a few weeks to prevent everything shrivelling to
death.

The front suffers most as being second one in on a terrace I can't get
the hose round to it and am unable to carry buckets of water.


Lovely pictures, your garden is very colourful. Re the hose, could you run
one through the house, back to front? Not as a permanent fixture of course
g.




--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

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On Jun 15, 10:26 pm, K wrote:

Yes, it was under 6 inches of water this morning. Soaking away steadily
now - it's mainly in the temporary 'pool' we dug to take draining from
the beds.
--

Do you get a lot of run-off from the Church onto your driveway?

No, not on to the driveway. It presumably runs down into the car park
and joins all the car park run off which goes into the bottom of the
garden
--
Kay

"Beryl Harwood" wrote in message
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The only good thing is that my water but is full again as I have had to
resort to the hose for a few weeks to prevent everything shrivelling to
death.

The front suffers most as being second one in on a terrace I can't get
the hose round to it and am unable to carry buckets of water.

Beryl

I can't recommend butts too strongly, get another, and another ...

I never carry water more than three or four yards. We fitted a soaker hose
to one butt and ran it round the greenhouse borders, it works a treat!
There's also a timer device which sill fit to the hose so it can be
regulated when we're away.

Magic!

Mary

On Jun 16, 9:59 am, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
There's also a timer device which sill fit to the hose so it can be
regulated when we're away.

Magic!


We have that Mary, but to an outside tap. it is great until you go on
holiday and decide to turn the water off at the main, I was so
disappointed when I came home to see everything dead in the pots.

Judith

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On Jun 16, 9:59 am, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
There's also a timer device which sill fit to the hose so it can be
regulated when we're away.

Magic!


We have that Mary, but to an outside tap. it is great until you go on
holiday and decide to turn the water off at the main, I was so
disappointed when I came home to see everything dead in the pots.

Judith

We never use mains water for the garden and we don't go on holidays - if we
did we wouldn't bother turning off the water main :-)

We're very relaxed* about such things.

Mary
*aka idle

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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Oh b*gg*r! It was lovely this morning, the sun even tried to come out, the
bumble bees in our box were active and we were pleased.

Now there are stair-rods coming down - vertically :-(

Heigh ho, we got a bit of work done ...

Mary

On Jun 16, 12:26 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:

We never use mains water for the garden and we don't go on holidays - if we
did we wouldn't bother turning off the water main :-)

We're very relaxed* about such things.

Mary
*aka idle

I would never say that you are idle, I have a picture of you based on
your postings, do you ever sit down???

At the other house we have a well, I love it, I have a pump down it
and every evening, when we are there, I am outside watering like mad,
whilst my neighbour looks longingly at my free, soft water. However,
I do water all her plants and shrubs as the jet is so strong that it
reaches her garden easily. I also fill up the troughs for the cows in
the field opposite as the farmer assures me that water is good - it
has a slight colour though.

Just managed to get some of the hedges cut, the ones outside Farend were
really shaggy and we have new visitors arriving today. I got very wet into
the bargain from the rain on the leaves. Then just as I was emptying the
Billy Goat for the last time the heavens opened again, no chance of cutting
the lawns today.

Mike (the soggy one)
www.farend.org.uk

On Jun 16, 1:55 pm, "Muddymike" wrote:
Just managed to get some of the hedges cut, the ones outside Farend were
really shaggy and we have new visitors arriving today. I got very wet into
the bargain from the rain on the leaves. Then just as I was emptying the
Billy Goat for the last time the heavens opened again, no chance of cutting
the lawns today.

Mike (the soggy one)www.farend.org.uk

Here, just down the road from your old home, the sun has been shing
for an hour after the most dreadful storm, now it is hot and humid.

Judith (the damp (or some say wet) one)

"Muddymike" wrote in message
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No rain for weeks, now it does not know when to stop. Look what its done
to my lovely Lupin.
http://www.twango.com/media/Muddymik...e.10261?sort=5

excuse me for being nosey Mr Muddymike but i was looking through your album,
is that your house ? as its absolutely gorgeous.

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On Jun 16, 12:26 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:

We never use mains water for the garden and we don't go on holidays - if
we
did we wouldn't bother turning off the water main :-)

We're very relaxed* about such things.

Mary
*aka idle

I would never say that you are idle, I have a picture of you based on
your postings, do you ever sit down???

At the table three times a day for meals and several times a day for short
periods at the pc. Oh, and 45 minutes in the afternoon while I listen to the
play and knit or sew. If I sit down without doing anything I fall asleep :-)

At the other house we have a well, I love it, I have a pump down it
and every evening, when we are there, I am outside watering like mad,
whilst my neighbour looks longingly at my free, soft water. However,
I do water all her plants and shrubs as the jet is so strong that it
reaches her garden easily. I also fill up the troughs for the cows in
the field opposite as the farmer assures me that water is good - it
has a slight colour though.

My Great Aunt Rose who went mad had hand pumped water to her sink in her
Peterborough bungalow. As a ten year old I thought that was wonderful and
begged my mother for one in our house. I could never understand why she
didn't want to. Still can't ...

Mary

"reg" wrote in message ...
No rain for weeks, now it does not know when to stop. Look what its done
to my lovely Lupin.
http://www.twango.com/media/Muddymik...e.10261?sort=5

excuse me for being nosey Mr Muddymike but i was looking through your
album, is that your house ? as its absolutely gorgeous.

Thank you.

Yes it ours, most of it is our home, The single storey bit on the end is
what we call "Farend" which we let as a holiday apartment.

Mike
www.farend.org.uk

On Jun 16, 5:52 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:

My Great Aunt Rose who went mad had hand pumped water to her sink in her
Peterborough bungalow. As a ten year old I thought that was wonderful and
begged my mother for one in our house. I could never understand why she
didn't want to. Still can't ...

I can!!!!

Judith

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On Jun 16, 5:52 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:

My Great Aunt Rose who went mad had hand pumped water to her sink in her
Peterborough bungalow. As a ten year old I thought that was wonderful and
begged my mother for one in our house. I could never understand why she
didn't want to. Still can't ...

I can!!!!

We were talking over breakfast this morning after listening to Lisa
Jardine's thoughts about knowledge and concluded, as we have many times
before, that in an emergency we, the Fishers, could survive longer than most
by using our skills and combined knowledge - as could all our children (I'm
not as sure about all the grandchildren). We haven't a well in the garden
nor a pump but if mains water failed we have a large store in the butts
which we'd be prepared to use. We did the other day when emergency work left
the taps dry for a short time (we didn't know how long it would be).

Mary

On 17/6/07 09:31, in article
, "Mary Fisher"
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On Jun 16, 5:52 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:

My Great Aunt Rose who went mad had hand pumped water to her sink in her
Peterborough bungalow. As a ten year old I thought that was wonderful and
begged my mother for one in our house. I could never understand why she
didn't want to. Still can't ...

I can!!!!

We were talking over breakfast this morning after listening to Lisa
Jardine's thoughts about knowledge and concluded, as we have many times
before, that in an emergency we, the Fishers, could survive longer than most
by using our skills and combined knowledge - as could all our children (I'm
not as sure about all the grandchildren). We haven't a well in the garden
nor a pump but if mains water failed we have a large store in the butts
which we'd be prepared to use. We did the other day when emergency work left
the taps dry for a short time (we didn't know how long it would be).

Do you remember that a good 25 years ago there was a TV series about some
bacteria or virus type thingy that started out eating plastic, destroyed
half the known gadgets in the world as a result and people were thrown
entirely onto their own resources? It demonstrated that the practical
people would come into their own under such circumstances and that those who
knew how to grow food, build shelters etc. would be the most highly valued,
rather than those who are currently valued for pushing expensive bits of
paper around. ;-)

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)