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September in Guernsey
There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
September in Guernsey
On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:
There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
September in Guernsey
Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) As relaxed as a newt? (kidding) Baz |
September in Guernsey
On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said:
Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) As relaxed as a newt? (kidding) Baz Not *quite* but ..... ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
September in Guernsey
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha wrote:
There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ May I remind you that this is a family newsgroup? There can be no excuse for using the G-word before the watershed. |
September in Guernsey
Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1
@mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) As relaxed as a newt? (kidding) Baz Not *quite* but ..... ;-) After a few pints of Randalls..... .....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed. Baz |
September in Guernsey
On 2013-09-26 10:29:06 +0100, Derek Turner said:
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha wrote: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ May I remind you that this is a family newsgroup? There can be no excuse for using the G-word before the watershed. We did wave at you! Jerssey was as clear as a bell on Monday, particularly and my mother's house looks directly across to it. It didn't rain, though. ;-) Sadly we weren't there for long enough to zoom over in the brother's boat, though we did tootle off to Herm and Sark for brief visits and passed the "semi-detached" castle on Brecqhou. The gardens in our hotel and in Mother's place were looking terrific. There was a lot still flowering and on Herm we saw agaves in flower, down near the shoreline. It certainly reminded us of how much 'easier' gardening can be over there. For years, I had the bedding plant Ballota growing in a little paving pocket on a terrace and it grew up and through a very mature Camellia. Pelargoniums were never brought in but were just cut back to flower again next year and a friend has Bougainvillea happily growing round her front door. Sighs of envy...! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
September in Guernsey
On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said:
Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) As relaxed as a newt? (kidding) Baz Not *quite* but ..... ;-) After a few pints of Randalls..... ....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed. Baz Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the Liberation Ale! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
September in Guernsey
On 2013-09-26 11:34:01 +0100, Martin said:
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:25:21 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2013-09-26 10:29:06 +0100, Derek Turner said: On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha wrote: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ May I remind you that this is a family newsgroup? There can be no excuse for using the G-word before the watershed. We did wave at you! Jerssey was as clear as a bell on Monday, particularly and my mother's house looks directly across to it. It didn't rain, though. ;-) Sadly we weren't there for long enough to zoom over in the brother's boat, though we did tootle off to Herm and Sark for brief visits and passed the "semi-detached" castle on Brecqhou. The gardens in our hotel and in Mother's place were looking terrific. There was a lot still flowering and on Herm we saw agaves in flower, down near the shoreline. It certainly reminded us of how much 'easier' gardening can be over there. For years, I had the bedding plant Ballota growing in a little paving pocket on a terrace and it grew up and through a very mature Camellia. Pelargoniums were never brought in but were just cut back to flower again next year and a friend has Bougainvillea happily growing round her front door. Sighs of envy...! I noticed that the large motorboat used to control America's Cup races in San Francisco has a red ensign and is registered in Alderney. Did it weave about a lot? ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
September in Guernsey
Sacha wrote in
: On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) As relaxed as a newt? (kidding) Baz Not *quite* but ..... ;-) After a few pints of Randalls..... ....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed. Baz Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the Liberation Ale! Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew. Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation? I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and St.Saviours road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond street, Wolf's caves in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole too. All memories now. Baz |
September in Guernsey
Baz wrote in :
Sacha wrote in : On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) As relaxed as a newt? (kidding) Baz Not *quite* but ..... ;-) After a few pints of Randalls..... ....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed. Baz Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the Liberation Ale! Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew. Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation? I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and St.Saviours road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond street, Wolf's caves in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole too. All memories now. Baz ps: I forgot La Moye in St. Brealdes. |
September in Guernsey
On 2013-09-26 16:57:59 +0100, Baz said:
Sacha wrote in : On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) As relaxed as a newt? (kidding) Baz Not *quite* but ..... ;-) After a few pints of Randalls..... ....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed. Baz Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the Liberation Ale! Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew. Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation? I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and St.Saviours road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond street, Wolf's caves in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole too. All memories now. Baz Ah, that's Jersey. I've also lived there as an adult and was born there. But this time we were visiting Guernsey for a few days, where my mother and stepfather bought a house in 1956. I grew up mainly in that island. Devil's Hole itself is still there but I have no idea if there's a pub near it. I've never tasted the Liberation Ale, so I can't comment. ;-) It was moving back to Jersey in my early 30s that really got me interested in gardening. My former in-laws had an enormous garden which they'd made from fields surrounding their property and they were extremely knowledgeable hands-on gardeners, too. Pa in law was a member of the International Camellia Society and he made a wonderful Camellia Walk in his garden and planted many more all over the place. It gave me a lifelong love of Camellias and recently, when I was asking Jennifer Trehane about one we have here, she said that she remembered very well a trip she made to China with my in-laws and other Camellia enthusiasts. He also got quite heavily involved with the original planting at Jersey Zoo when Gerald Durrell started that up and he was one of the first Trustees. Gardening in the CIs can induce serious envy in others because the climate is (mostly) so benign and things can be grown outside which are hovered and fussed over even in a conservatory in UK! I remember that one wall was absolutely smothered in Mandevilla suaveolens for years, until a rare bad winter carried it off. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
September in Guernsey
On 2013-09-26 17:03:36 +0100, Baz said:
Baz wrote in : Sacha wrote in : On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) As relaxed as a newt? (kidding) Baz Not *quite* but ..... ;-) After a few pints of Randalls..... ....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed. Baz Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the Liberation Ale! Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew. Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation? I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and St.Saviours road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond street, Wolf's caves in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole too. All memories now. Baz ps: I forgot La Moye in St. Brealdes. I think the Portelet Inn is still there but Derek will know better than I do. It sounds as if you know Jersey really well Baz, or at least the pubs! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
September in Guernsey
On 2013-09-26 15:28:42 +0100, Martin said:
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:13:31 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2013-09-26 11:34:01 +0100, Martin said: On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:25:21 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2013-09-26 10:29:06 +0100, Derek Turner said: On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha wrote: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ May I remind you that this is a family newsgroup? There can be no excuse for using the G-word before the watershed. We did wave at you! Jerssey was as clear as a bell on Monday, particularly and my mother's house looks directly across to it. It didn't rain, though. ;-) Sadly we weren't there for long enough to zoom over in the brother's boat, though we did tootle off to Herm and Sark for brief visits and passed the "semi-detached" castle on Brecqhou. The gardens in our hotel and in Mother's place were looking terrific. There was a lot still flowering and on Herm we saw agaves in flower, down near the shoreline. It certainly reminded us of how much 'easier' gardening can be over there. For years, I had the bedding plant Ballota growing in a little paving pocket on a terrace and it grew up and through a very mature Camellia. Pelargoniums were never brought in but were just cut back to flower again next year and a friend has Bougainvillea happily growing round her front door. Sighs of envy...! I noticed that the large motorboat used to control America's Cup races in San Francisco has a red ensign and is registered in Alderney. Did it weave about a lot? ;-) No, but the crew did. :-) Figures! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
September in Guernsey
My parents very nearly bought an hotel in Guernsey but bought one in the Isle of Wight instead. Mike "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-09-26 16:57:59 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in : On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said: Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1 @mid.individual.net: On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said: There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been growing there for some time!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/ Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-) As relaxed as a newt? (kidding) Baz Not *quite* but ..... ;-) After a few pints of Randalls..... ....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed. Baz Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the Liberation Ale! Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew. Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation? I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and St.Saviours road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond street, Wolf's caves in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole too. All memories now. Baz Ah, that's Jersey. I've also lived there as an adult and was born there. But this time we were visiting Guernsey for a few days, where my mother and stepfather bought a house in 1956. I grew up mainly in that island. Devil's Hole itself is still there but I have no idea if there's a pub near it. I've never tasted the Liberation Ale, so I can't comment. ;-) It was moving back to Jersey in my early 30s that really got me interested in gardening. My former in-laws had an enormous garden which they'd made from fields surrounding their property and they were extremely knowledgeable hands-on gardeners, too. Pa in law was a member of the International Camellia Society and he made a wonderful Camellia Walk in his garden and planted many more all over the place. It gave me a lifelong love of Camellias and recently, when I was asking Jennifer Trehane about one we have here, she said that she remembered very well a trip she made to China with my in-laws and other Camellia enthusiasts. He also got quite heavily involved with the original planting at Jersey Zoo when Gerald Durrell started that up and he was one of the first Trustees. Gardening in the CIs can induce serious envy in others because the climate is (mostly) so benign and things can be grown outside which are hovered and fussed over even in a conservatory in UK! I remember that one wall was absolutely smothered in Mandevilla suaveolens for years, until a rare bad winter carried it off. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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