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You can't blame bad weather this time. I saw my first wild cowslip yesterday. I don't rmember cowslips his early before. Are they flowering elsewhere? I had a lovely show of crocus tomasinianus in my front garden. They have seeded around in the gravel. Now I just have a sea of crocus "grass" and it looks a mess. Can't wait for it to die down. Pam in sunny Keynsham |
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Pam Moore wrote:
Whaere are you all? I can; after a week of unseasonably warm weather in (New) York, cold and drizzle, with more predicted for the rest of the week. Remember that I'm substantially behind most of you U.K. folk, so the two lonely crocus flowers in my back lawn were a welcome sight! I planted them so long ago that the packet warned against their being trampled by passing mastodons. Various things starting under lights, and I'm trying to get the hang of grafting tomatoes. -- Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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On 14/03/2016 12:25, Pam Moore wrote:
Whaere are you all? Taking a machete to the rose thicket. It was a close thing, but I won on points. Andy |
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On 14/03/2016 12:25, Pam Moore wrote:
Whaere are you all? Mostly in the greenhouse and contemplating (for ages) the choice of the « grelinette » against the two-wheel tractor... --- That is, because, in reality, I need to get the cement mixer running (without cement though), install the water-pipes, add an electrical cable for the exterior of the house and... --- really do not like any of those ... Ah! I have a tunnel to prepare and see how the beetroots in the other one have overcome another cold night (Ahem. I already know they are fine)... the hen house could use some painting... I guess. No? -- Location: Lower Normandy (Orne), France GnuPG brainpoolP512r1/5C2A258D 2015-10-02 [expires: 2017-10-01] sub brainpoolP512r1/53461AFA 2015-10-02 [expires: 2017-10-01] |
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On 14/03/16 12:51, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:25:26 +0000, Pam Moore wrote: Whaere are you all? You can't blame bad weather this time. I saw my first wild cowslip yesterday. I don't rmember cowslips his early before. Are they flowering elsewhere? I had a lovely show of crocus tomasinianus in my front garden. They have seeded around in the gravel. Now I just have a sea of crocus "grass" and it looks a mess. Can't wait for it to die down. Pam in sunny Keynsham We're all taking advantage of this Spring weather to get out and do stuff. I've at last managed to cut my moss (er...grass? In there somewhere!), which hasn't seen a mower for six months, and has been steadily growing due to the mild wet weather. It took me three times as long to do the lawn on Sunday. I had to stop every 10 metres to empty the "grass" box as it was full of moss. That stuff doesn't cut up like grass, and soon fills the box - mainly with air! And it also jams the rotary mower blades once the box overflows and the moss has nowhere to go. And that was just the smaller front lawn. I've still got the back to do, but that is much drier and hasn't got anywhere as much moss. Well, it didn't have the last time I looked... -- Jeff |
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Jeff Layman wrote:
It took me three times as long to do the lawn on Sunday. I had to stop every 10 metres to empty the "grass" box as it was full of moss. That stuff doesn't cut up like grass, and soon fills the box - mainly with air! And it also jams the rotary mower blades once the box overflows and the moss has nowhere to go. And that was just the smaller front lawn. I've still got the back to do, but that is much drier and hasn't got anywhere as much moss. Well, it didn't have the last time I looked... Luxury! My back lawn needs cutting and scarifying but at the weekend I walked over it for the first time this year and the amount of water that squelched out and the depth of my footprints means it will be a few weeks at least before I can do anything! -- Chris |
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:35:35 -0000,
Roger Tonkin wrote: Each year I plant out the flowered indoor forced hyacithins into a bed beside the patio and they all seem to settle dow - but strangely most of the ones that are now flowering are blue, with only about 25% of other colours. Wondering if blue is their natural colour and some have reverted. I made a quick online-search and come to the conclusion that multi-colored hyacinths have been en vogue for several centuries. Wild varieties are mentioned but I cannot find any information on their “original” color. Strange enough, no Wikipedia in any of my languages addresses this question. I made a comment on the discussion page of the German Wikipedia (hint hint hint...) but won't on the others. As there appears to have been a (yet another) dutch hyacinth hype sometime in the 18th century and I venture that such events have an impact on the common memory, I deem it possible that all knowledge about the original plant may have been erased in the process. .... have I mentioned seedfilms (btw). :-P Michael -- Location: Lower Normandy (Orne), France GnuPG brainpoolP512r1/5C2A258D 2015-10-02 [expires: 2017-10-01] sub brainpoolP512r1/53461AFA 2015-10-02 [expires: 2017-10-01] |
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:12:03 +0000, Janet wrote:
In article , says... Whaere are you all? You can't blame bad weather this time. Out in the gardening enjoying the sun and catching up on work! I am whacked and came in for a rest. Neighbour is having some work done by a contractor and offered me the topsoil they are removing. Too good to miss, three truckloads dumped in my drive, lots more barrowing ahead. Wow, that's a great thing though! I saw my first wild cowslip yesterday. I don't rmember cowslips his early before. Are they flowering elsewhere? I had a lovely show of crocus tomasinianus in my front garden. They have seeded around in the gravel. Now I just have a sea of crocus "grass" and it looks a mess. Can't wait for it to die down. Pam in sunny Keynsham It's a great year for crocus here too. I have whitewell purple all along the roadside verge. We're nearly into the "crocus grass" stage too. I usually leave that area of the lawn until June 1, which gives the bulbs time to lay in energy for the following year. As with Janet, been a good year for crocuses. Frogspawn appeared i8n the pond the day before yesterday. The baby We noticed the frogspawn last WE too. -E -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:54:11 -0400, Gary Woods wrote:
Pam Moore wrote: Whaere are you all? I can; after a week of unseasonably warm weather in (New) York, cold and drizzle, with more predicted for the rest of the week. Was in NY in mid-Feb, -16C with a horrible wind! I got really sick in it, actually. Hate NY in Feb but always good to see family. Indeed we're way ahead of you although also north. Thanks to the Gulf Stream. Daffs are heading towards done and hyacinths full out. -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |
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On 14/03/2016 12:25, Pam Moore wrote:
Whaere are you all? You can't blame bad weather this time. I saw my first wild cowslip yesterday. I don't rmember cowslips his early before. Are they flowering elsewhere? I had a lovely show of crocus tomasinianus in my front garden. They have seeded around in the gravel. Now I just have a sea of crocus "grass" and it looks a mess. Can't wait for it to die down. Pam in sunny Keynsham I know what you mean Pam but I can still blame the bad weather as I still cant get on the ground to do anything and also my main excuse is having the wife back in hospital yet again, this time she has been in 18 days. Well I say 18 days, but she went in at 6am on Saturday, was found a bed at 10pm then was sent home on the Sunday and told to come back to the burns unit next day for an appointment at 11am and the cardiac dept would be in touch.On the Monday she got to Burns and they couldn't find anything about an appointment, took half an hour before they traced the person who had forgotten to book it. then the consultant came in and took one look at he shivering under 2 blankets in the chair and said "You should be in hospital" finally re-admitted just after midnight, and has been in ever since. Main problems, friction burn on her neck where she caught it on the arm of her armchair as she collapsed in the early hours of the morning , and yet again E coli UTI. (In 8 times last year with the same thing) Might be coming out today but who knows. David @ a still rain free side of Swansea Bay |
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On 14/03/2016 12:25, Pam Moore wrote:
Whaere are you all? You can't blame bad weather this time. I saw my first wild cowslip yesterday. I don't rmember cowslips his early before. Are they flowering elsewhere? I had a lovely show of crocus tomasinianus in my front garden. They have seeded around in the gravel. Now I just have a sea of crocus "grass" and it looks a mess. Can't wait for it to die down. Pam in sunny Keynsham Hi Pam, and everyone, I have been very busy with some gardening (weeding and hedge trimming), helping a neighbour in her garden, but also been away for a few days. Hoping to get back in the garden today, but loads to do indoors, too. I did my first lawn cut in mid-February while it was relatively mild and dryish, but it's getting ready for another cut already. I've had a lovely show of spring 'bulbs': snowdrops, winter aconite, cyclamen coum, crocuses, narcissi (N. 'Falconet' is a beauty and well scented), ranunculus (good, bronzy-leaved one), anenome blanda blue. Some tulips coming through now, but tulipa sylvestris (scented) already out. Muscari now looking *gorgeous* next to the anenome blanda. I've also got loads of primroses and primulas in flower; brunnera macrophylla and epimedium coming through. My Erysimum 'Bowle's Mauve' is looking tired but attracting bees, so I'll be putting lots more of that in soon. It is truly joyful to see the bees already. It's impossible to see a bee and not smile:~). -- Spider On high ground in SE London Gardening on heavy clay |
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