Month: November 2010

Well, I find it difficult.

 

Is there a central chat room? If so, where is it? How do I find who’s online at the moment? Questions, questions, questions.

 

I think I’ll go and lie down.

 

KS.

I came from Moscow, Russia in 2005 having married an Irishman, so excuse my English… My large (1acre +) garden is a work in progress started in autumn 2006 from bare fild. I’m doing it bit by bit with little or no help and there are still a lot of untoutched arears. The garden is on the south-west facing slope on top of the hill t The soil is thin, alkaline and free draining. It dries out very quickly so I improve it with loads of farmyard manure (Thanks to the next door farmer!). We enjoy breathtaking veiws but are also exposed to very strong winds. Any major shelter belt would block the veiw from the house so my planting strategy is to create some pockets of shelter within the garden using wind-hardy shrubs and trees to protect more tender ones. Good staking does the job too. So far so good….

bad day watch tv but thats no good either.

Today was one of those very wet days when outdoor gardening is impossible so I sorted out my seedlings in the greenhouse. Thankfully they are growing slowly (they should not be put outdoors until April/May). I transferred them from the large tray to smaller yoghurt cartons( five seedlings to each carton).

I hope to transfer them again into individual small pots some time in the New Year, and, depending on how much they grow, I might be able to leave them in situ until planting out time in April/May.

The excess seedlings I planted into the greenhouse soil and I might leave them there to give some summer colour in the greenhouse. I logged onto the National Geographic website and typed Jigsaw Puzzles into the search box. There is a vast amount of jigsaws available and at my age I find them a useful way of keeping the mind alert. I must warn however that most jigsaws are challenging and can also become addictive but I enjoy the challenge.

Jack1702 November 2010 18:30:35

Just in case I might have misled you about binning the Montbretia bulbs, they were not deposited in the compost bin but in the City Council rubbish bin. However I have retained a clump just outside the front door where I keep an eye on them daily and restrict their spreading habit before they get out of control. As you say, Rubberboots, they do make a great show in flower arrangements.

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I came from Moscow, Russia in 2005 having married an Irishman, so excuse my English… My large (1acre +) garden is a work in progress started in autumn 2006 from bare fild. I’m doing it bit by bit with little or no help and there are still a lot of untoutched arears. The garden is on the south-west facing slope on top of the hill t The soil is thin, alkaline and free draining. It dries out very quickly so I improve it with loads of farmyard manure (Thanks to the next door farmer!). We enjoy breathtaking veiws but are also exposed to very strong winds. Any major shelter belt would block the veiw from the house so my planting strategy is to create some pockets of shelter within the garden using wind-hardy shrubs and trees to protect more tender ones. Good staking does the job too. So far so good….

just thinking only thing with this time of year is dark evenings and the danm weather . any one agree with me

My eldest son gave me a a voucher for the local Garden Centre on Father’d day this year so I held onto it until the autumn to see if there might be a bargain sale of out of date plants. There was no bargain sale so I bought the following packets of seed:

Aubrietia (Purple Cascade); Busy Lizzie (Bright Shades); Cornflower (Polka Dot); Cottage Garden (Border Perennials Mix);  Unwins Dahlia (Harlequin Mix); Mr Fothergill’s Dahlia (Dwarf Double Mixed); Geranium (Bulls Eye Cherry); Geranium (Earlybird Mix); Lobelia (Crystal Palace); Marigold (French) Jumbo Bi-colour; Penstemon (Victorian Mix); Mr Fothergill’s Mixed Perennials; Unwins Love in a Mist (Nigella) hardy annual; Poppy (Californian) Prima Ballerina Mix, Hardy annual; Rudbeckia (Dwarf) Rustic; Sunflower (Giant single) 4mtrs or more; Viola (Patiola Mix)

I have listed the above for the benefit of those looking for a range of fairly easy growing plants. I sowed a portion of each seed packet into a large tray in early October and transplanted the seedlings into round yoghurt tubs five to a tub and left them in the greenhouse. I’m hoping we do not get a repeat of last year’s wintry weather. So far the seedlings are thriving.  

I came from Moscow, Russia in 2005 having married an Irishman, so excuse my English… My large (1acre +) garden is a work in progress started in autumn 2006 from bare fild. I’m doing it bit by bit with little or no help and there are still a lot of untoutched arears. The garden is on the south-west facing slope on top of the hill.The soil is thin, alkaline and free draining. It dries out very quickly so I improve it with loads of farmyard manure (Thanks to the next door farmer!). We enjoy breathtaking veiws but are also exposed to very strong winds. Any major shelter belt would block the veiw from the house so my planting strategy is to create some pockets of shelter within the garden using wind-hardy shrubs and trees to protect more tender ones. Good staking does the job too. So far so good….

another   bad day here only thing  for it is good dvd and bed anyone know a good dvd      

Started building a small greenhouse at back of garage.Rain stopped work .I want to do this on the cheap and as a hobby. Any suggestions out there??

at last its a dry day its windy but thats ok

Wet and windy and by way of avoiding going outside to do jobs that need doing I started looking up all things gardening and found this site! I am a keen gardener and also have tons of well rotted horse manure/compost. We deliver in the Westport/Newport area (Co. Mayo!) @ 50.00 for a 6′ x 4′ trailer of collect it yourself @ 20.00 – and we don’t mind what trailer!

What abnormal weather, temperature which would please one in early September  but little or no sunshine, high humidity and no shortage of rain. Tuesday and Wednesday, I tried to do something in the garden. To day I called to Woodies to get items for the garden. One item was Arabis which went into the rockery and the other was moss killer for the drive. While the Arabis went down the moss killer will wait until later. While I was waiting at the check out, I noticed several Phalaenopsis at I think €7.99, very good value. I paid €13 plus in Lidl some time ago for the same type of orchid. I didn’t buy but if I did I would have got 10% off. At home, with plenty leaves on the lawn, I got my rake out and worked on them for some time also on concrete paths. Then a short interval with light rain and out again to do a bit of pruning of the ash trees in the small lawn at the back. I got most of one done and retired, hoping to finish this work to morrow. 

Apologies to all.  A couple of weeks ago, the network card in my pc stopped working.  The pc had been giving a bit of trouble anyway so I bought a new one.  I can only describe this as being the start of my woes.  The new pc was supplied without a monitor; a matter which I was not concerned with as I had planned to move everything over from the old pc to the new pc.  I set up my email on the new pc when it arrived.  However, I keep getting error messages.  Added to that, the new pc has come with Windows 7 pre-installed.  This is not compatable with most of the software packages I use.  So now I am in the situation were I have 2 pcs, 2 keyboards, 2 mice and 1 monitor.  In order to use the new pc, I have to get down on hands and knees, crawl under the desk, put out the monitor cable and attach to the new pc.  After I have checked what few emails are managing to get it, I simply shut down the new one and pull out the cable, back on hands and knees, under the desk, to reconnect to the old pc.  A pain in the you know what, to put it mildly. 

On top of that, my broadband is acting up.  According to Eircom, it’s non-performance is due to the fact that I have a coreless telephone and a radio which transmits via DAB – don’t ask what DAB stands for because I haven’t a clue.  This broadband is also supposed to be wireless but the laptop is unable to pick up the signal.  Apparently, if I stood outside, it would! 

So if any of you were expecting me to come back to you on something, most sincerest apologies.  However, next week I might get some of it sorted as my son is getting his tonsils out on Monday so I will be ‘not working’ for that week.  It might be the perfect time to sort out cables and the Lord knows what else is down there under the desk. 

Plums to be processed into chutney and jam.Ground very dry,a definite autumnal feel.

Just did flowers for a Flowerfestival in Cahir Co Tipp last night should be a good week end .Made Chilli jelly from windfalls.Trying to get a handle on CONVOLVOLUS horrible weed .

Its now  nearing the end of september, flower festival went well . Busy time for gardeners. Classes have started .Very nice to meet new people.Caterpillar problem on cabbage, otherwise all well. CHINESE LANTERNS looking great  now but very invasive plant  BEWARE where you plant.

What a pity the winter has come.Just pulled up my runner beans and peas today to compost .Saving seeds of the beans Painted Lady for next year.Class on Pruning in the morning hope it stays fine for people to get in a bit of practice with a secateurs.

What a pity the winter has come.Just pulled up my runner beans and peas today to compost .Saving seeds of the beans Painted Lady for next year.Class on Pruning in the morning hope it stays fine for people to get in a bit of practice with a secateurs.

What a pity the winter has come.Just pulled up my runner beans and peas today to compost .Saving seeds of the beans Painted Lady for next year.Class on Pruning in the morning hope it stays fine for people to get in a bit of practice with a secateurs.

4/11/2010

What a pity the winter has come.Just pulled up my runner beans and peas today to compost .Saving seeds of the beans Painted Lady for next year.Class on Pruning in the morning hope it stays fine for people to get in a bit of practice with a secateurs.

4/11/2010

What a pity the winter has come.Just pulled up my runner beans and peas today to compost .Saving seeds of the beans Painted Lady for next year.Class on Pruning in the morning hope it stays fine for people to get in a bit of practice with a secateurs.The frost has sorted out the Gunnera by the pond so i must cut off leaves to cover the crown of the plant for protectionover winter

4/11/2010

What a pity the winter has come.Just pulled up my runner beans and peas today to compost .Saving seeds of the beans Painted Lady for next year.Class on Pruning in the morning hope it stays fine for people to get in a bit of practice with a secateurs.The frost has sorted out the Gunnera by the pond so i must cut off leaves to cover the crown of the plant for protect it over winter.Enjoy all the composting material around tons of leaves to be collected.

friday should b dry and saturday nite frosty which is good for me

i have made up my mind to change all of garden but will leave woodland as it is for now.there are 4 different parts to it.have planted lots off hypericum  salvia tricolor . also lots ofanemone which i love

when is best time to move and devide michelmas daisy