Re: The gardening thread

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Today, I have massacred three lawns and a privet.

Tomorrow, weeds get destroyed.

[cosmictanya]

Thank god. I’m pleased to know a corner of Sheffield is cared for. May the example you’ve set travel far.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

There are yellow flowers in my garden, of a kind that haven't been in my garden before. I wonder if they're from those seeds I flung randomly around, a few months ago?

[Fangirl Three]

[cosmictanya]

There are yellow flowers in my garden, of a kind that haven't been in my garden before. I wonder if they're from those seeds I flung randomly around, a few months ago?

That’s exciting. I wonder if there are more floral surprises being prepared.

[SiberianPrincess’sMidriff]

There are yellow flowers in my garden, of a kind that haven't been in my garden before. I wonder if they're from those seeds I flung randomly around, a few months ago?

Broomrape?

[Nightjar]

This thread's turned into a Led Zeppelin biography.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I have just done all three lawns with the manual mower. As the grass wasn't very long, it was very quick and easy.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

In other news, my strimmer began to emit smoke and then stopped working.

[Fangirl Three]

[cosmictanya]

Has anyone had any success with a glass cloche?

[cosmictanya]

I need something to cover a delicate plant that shouldn’t really be out in Britain. I tried a special blanket a couple of years ago but it froze along with the plant. This is a replacement plant. However, a glass cloche presumably wouldn’t heat the ground itself? I don’t really know how they work. I could drag it inside but there’s mud in the pot and I have white carpets so that’s my last choice.

[Nightjar]

Has anyone had any success with a glass cloche?

[Fangirl Three]

a glass cloche

[sandy] Mmm, nice [/sandy]

[cosmictanya]

Is oleander really poisonous, and does it grow well/at all in the UK? Anyone have any experience?

[Fangirl Three]

I've just assisted in hammering a new washing line socket into the ground in my parents' back garden.

I did not forget to say 'When I nod my head, you hit it.'

Is oleander really poisonous, and does it grow well/at all in the UK? Anyone have any experience?

It is poisonous, but apparently it's so bitter that it's hard to ingest enough to get poisoned.

And it doesn't like frost, so should be in a container so you can bring it inside in the winter.

[SiberianPrincess’sMidriff]

I've just assisted in hammering a new washing line socket into the ground in my parents' back garden.

I did not forget to say 'When I nod my head, you hit it.'

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Early this evening, I mowed my lawn, for the first time this year.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

The front and side lawns were done with the hand mower.

The back garden was done with the flymo.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I've just realised I forgot to try out my Dutch hoe.

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