Bear it in mind next time you sing the nursery rhyme with your
grandchildren!
.................................................. ....

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To an 18 year old Bootneck ????????????????

Mike

On 12/03/2013 20:04, Chris Hogg wrote:
cockle shells were devices
for crushing testicles


I thought the cockle shells were what pilgrims wore on their hats in
Chaucers time? Cockle shells being a sign of pilgrims

--
Janet T.
Amersham

On 12/03/2013 19:14, Emery Davis wrote:
3 A rude
kind of beheading machine used in Scotland in the 16th and 17th
centuries. [...]

If I was under it I wouldn't have given a ha'penny cuss if it was rude
or politeness personified.

On 12/03/2013 19:07, rbel wrote:
On 11 Mar 2013 14:00:59 GMT, Emery Davis
wrote:

It's currently pounding down here. Actually quite a welcome change after
the heavy freezing rain of earlier. There are 1 inch icicles hanging off
of all the buds, some of these are pretty advanced too.

I sprayed copper on all the maples as a precaution yesterday, hopefully
it will help a little.

Whilst we have had little snow here in the last 48 hours it has been
very cold with very strong NE gusts (sufficient to blow a length of 2
metre high hedge over) so I am intrigued as to the benefit of applying
copper (sulphate?) to acers in such weather.

Well here at the barmy end of Swansea Bay where we have gone from a high
of 62f last week down to a high yesterday of 32f, today it reached a
balmy 41f in the shade, and yes we did have quite a lot of sunshine today.
David

On 2013-03-12 21:09:23 +0000, Janet Tweedy said:

On 12/03/2013 20:04, Chris Hogg wrote:
cockle shells were devices
for crushing testicles


I thought the cockle shells were what pilgrims wore on their hats in
Chaucers time? Cockle shells being a sign of pilgrims

Specifically pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, I think, the shrine of
St James.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:07:48 +0000, rbel wrote:

high hedge over) so I am intrigued as to the benefit of applying copper
(sulphate?) to acers in such weather.

The idea is to stave off attack by Pseudomonas syringae bacteria as the
skin goes through freeze/thaw cycles. It's a scourge on most snake
barked (macrantha) species as well as red or yellow barked palmatums.
Pseudomonas also accounts for a lot (maybe most?) twig dieback in maples,
although certainly some dieback comes from wood that doesn't get a chance
to ripen sufficiently in our climate.

Copper (sulphate indeed) is an effective tool against pseudomonas, both
as a curative (but limited) and as a preventative spray.

-E



--
Gardening in Lower Normandy

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:02:11 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

But presumably not effective against ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea)?

I think it is meant to be effective:

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandev...e/newssummary/
news_7-11-2012-15-10-0

Although probably only partially so, and multiple treatments over several
years would likely be necessary.

I didn't see it mentioned in the article, but I imagine there is a water
table issue with dispersing large amounts of copper into the environment.



--
Gardening in Lower Normandy

In article , Sacha
writes

Ah well, the grandchildren will have another day off school and may be
go poubelling in the garden! I don't think they'll break their hearts,
somehow! I really hope you get no damage to your trees but it sounds
very ominous.

When I've come across a poubelle it has been a rubbish bin. Is it a bin
shaped sledge?

--
regards andyw

In article , David.WE.Roberts
writes
Not looking good for the rest of the week either.
Met Office has yellow snow warnings until the middle of Thursday for East
Anglia.

Whatever you do, don't eat it

--
regards andyw

In article ,
says...

n. 1. Literally, an aunt who has never been married. Figuratively, it
is a term used as the prototype of a person who is broadly naive and not
wise in worldly ways.
.
Condom is an abbreviation for where people live"""
.............................


There is a town in France of that name, about 8 miles
east of Montreal, and 76 miles or so south west of
Bordeaux! So it is not an abbreviation, it is a true
statement!

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

On 2013-03-13 10:07:30 +0000, news said:

In article , Sacha
writes

Ah well, the grandchildren will have another day off school and may be
go poubelling in the garden! I don't think they'll break their hearts,
somehow! I really hope you get no damage to your trees but it sounds
very ominous.

When I've come across a poubelle it has been a rubbish bin. Is it a
bin shaped sledge?

It's called 'poubelling' but it's done with bin bags, so should
probably be sacs de poubelles glissantes au neige. Or something. It's
true the French never use three words where six will do but I think
that may be stretching it a bit. ;-) The poubeller puts the plastic
bag on as if taking part in a sack race and off they go. Providing
they're good, strong plastic bags, it works wonderfully, though may not
be what Monsieur Poubelle had in mind, originally!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 12 Mar 2013 23:31:55 GMT, Emery Davis
wrote:

On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:07:48 +0000, rbel wrote:

high hedge over) so I am intrigued as to the benefit of applying copper
(sulphate?) to acers in such weather.

The idea is to stave off attack by Pseudomonas syringae bacteria as the
skin goes through freeze/thaw cycles. It's a scourge on most snake
barked (macrantha) species as well as red or yellow barked palmatums.
Pseudomonas also accounts for a lot (maybe most?) twig dieback in maples,
although certainly some dieback comes from wood that doesn't get a chance
to ripen sufficiently in our climate.

Copper (sulphate indeed) is an effective tool against pseudomonas, both
as a curative (but limited) and as a preventative spray.


Many thanks. I have a couple of Sango Kaku that would probably
benefit from a spray of Bordeaux mixture.
--
rbel

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:04:20 +0000, rbel wrote:

Copper (sulphate indeed) is an effective tool against pseudomonas, both
as a curative (but limited) and as a preventative spray.


Many thanks. I have a couple of Sango Kaku that would probably benefit
from a spray of Bordeaux mixture.

You're welcome! I think it helps a lot to avoid that "dirty branch" look
that SK tend to get over time.

There are a few different versions of Sango kaku floating around, some
are more resistant than others to pseudomonas. I hope you've got good
ones, I've lived through a few nightmares. I only have 1 currently
growing, and it's had bad verticillium problems in the past.

--
Gardening in Lower Normandy