It has been raining steadily (like 3" water in wheelbarrow) all day, and
nearby villages are flooded. Four days to go until "Gardens Open" day and
mine looks like Glastonbury field.

Good thing I don't have flowers, only plants, har-har. OTOH I'm not sure
even they'll survive with all this rain.

Still, mustn't grumble, I have a Colocasia esculenta and they live in water
in ditches, so maybe it will be happy!

someone

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:01:12 +0100, "someone"
wrote:

It has been raining steadily (like 3" water in wheelbarrow) all day, and
nearby villages are flooded. Four days to go until "Gardens Open" day and
mine looks like Glastonbury field.

Good thing I don't have flowers, only plants, har-har. OTOH I'm not sure
even they'll survive with all this rain.

Still, mustn't grumble, I have a Colocasia esculenta and they live in water
in ditches, so maybe it will be happy!

You've never said where these gardens are! Any clues as to the
*precise* location?
--
Paul C

On 4 Jun, 20:58, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:01:12 +0100, "someone"
wrote:

It has been raining steadily (like 3" water in wheelbarrow) all day, and
nearby villages are flooded. *Four days to go until "Gardens Open" day and
mine looks like Glastonbury field.

Good thing I don't have flowers, only plants, har-har. *OTOH I'm not sure
even they'll survive with all this rain.

Still, mustn't grumble, I have a Colocasia esculenta and they live in water
in ditches, so maybe it will be happy!

You've never said where these gardens are! *Any clues as to the
*precise* location?
--
Paul C

In my experience Colocasia need a lot of warmth as well as water in
order to grow properly. Last summer we had more than enough rain but
the plants stayed small; two years ago in baking sunshine they put on
some decent growth.

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 02:04:45 -0700 (PDT), Ornata
wrote:

On 4 Jun, 20:58, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:01:12 +0100, "someone"
wrote:

It has been raining steadily (like 3" water in wheelbarrow) all day, and
nearby villages are flooded. *Four days to go until "Gardens Open" day and
mine looks like Glastonbury field.

Good thing I don't have flowers, only plants, har-har. *OTOH I'm not sure
even they'll survive with all this rain.

Still, mustn't grumble, I have a Colocasia esculenta and they live in water
in ditches, so maybe it will be happy!

You've never said where these gardens are! *Any clues as to the
*precise* location?

In my experience Colocasia need a lot of warmth as well as water in
order to grow properly. Last summer we had more than enough rain but
the plants stayed small; two years ago in baking sunshine they put on
some decent growth.

It's very kind of you to provide the above advice but I'd simply like to
know what village is opening its gardens.

I've tried to google for North Wiltshire open gardens but got nowhere a
few weeks back as I'm effectively googling "blind". It's the second
thread on this subject where the location hasn't been mentioned - well
at least as far as the posts I can see indicate.
--
Paul C

On 5/6/08 21:43, in article ,
"Paul Corfield" wrote:

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 02:04:45 -0700 (PDT), Ornata
wrote:

On 4 Jun, 20:58, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:01:12 +0100, "someone"
wrote:

It has been raining steadily (like 3" water in wheelbarrow) all day, and
nearby villages are flooded. *Four days to go until "Gardens Open" day and
mine looks like Glastonbury field.

Good thing I don't have flowers, only plants, har-har. *OTOH I'm not sure
even they'll survive with all this rain.

Still, mustn't grumble, I have a Colocasia esculenta and they live in water
in ditches, so maybe it will be happy!

You've never said where these gardens are! *Any clues as to the
*precise* location?

In my experience Colocasia need a lot of warmth as well as water in
order to grow properly. Last summer we had more than enough rain but
the plants stayed small; two years ago in baking sunshine they put on
some decent growth.

It's very kind of you to provide the above advice but I'd simply like to
know what village is opening its gardens.

I've tried to google for North Wiltshire open gardens but got nowhere a
few weeks back as I'm effectively googling "blind". It's the second
thread on this subject where the location hasn't been mentioned - well
at least as far as the posts I can see indicate.

Perhaps you can buy the Yellow Book at a local gc or nursery?
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:03:37 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

Perhaps you can buy the Yellow Book at a local gc or nursery?

I have the Yellow Book - I confess I hadn't looked in that as I got the
idea this opening was not connected to the NGS. Having now done so
there's only one entry that looks plausible but it's not suggesting a
whole village open day. I'll shut up as there's been no response and
it's probably too late to make sensible arrangements to travel. I shall
do my regular Sunday mad dash round London's NGS gardens instead - seen
some fantastic gardens (and had some great tea and cake) so far this
year.
--
Paul C