NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 It will be interesting to find out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Had a look at the mints this morning. It appears that the most attractive ones are the apple mint (almost completely covered with flies) and one that I call chocolate mint (not so many flies but still plenty). The peppermint plants seem pretty much clear. Had a word with some of the locals and they are fascinated by what has happened. They're coming to have a look later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 I've asked a few gardening friends and to be honest at the moment we are stumped Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 The flies have flown! Not a trace of them now. They don't seem to have damaged the plants although I am very reluctant to use the current growth in case something nasty has been left behind. The locals weren't able to offer anything useful - they are just as mystified as the rest of us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Please spare a thought for the wildlife in this weather, all sorts of things are suffering due to lack of water, only last night I was watching wasps drink from the seepage of an hanging basket. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Ian, that's a beautiful shrub... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Paul cutting down another conifer today - this time from our front garden He's cutting it down branch by branch and at the moment, he's covered in sweat and dry 'needles'. Lovely...(not) This last photo is of our apple tree in the back garden, which is so loaded, some of the branches are only a foot above the grass. It has bent over so far, the trunk is leaning at an angle of about 50 - 60 degrees! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Ian, this one's easy compared with the huge one he did a few months ago..... as long as the final cut doesn't fall the wrong way!! He's given up for today anyway, now we've taken the first lot to the recycling centre. It's too hot to work all day at our age! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 On 7/18/2018 at 5:39 PM, jonab said: The locals weren't able to offer anything useful - they are just as mystified as the rest of us. A swarm of something that has flown over from North Africa in the current southerly windstream, perhaps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 I don't know. It's a couple of weeks now since the fly invasion and they disappeared as quickly as the arrived. The thing I found most odd was their attraction to mint plants. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Its 5 weeks late thanks to 'the beast from the east' but at last the tomato glut has arrived........... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 With the temperatures you're getting in the UK you should be able to sun dry them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Puree for spag-bol and the like, and frozen individually and bagged for other uses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Never tried drying yellow tomatoes, if you do let us know how they turn out. Ive dried red ones in the past though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 Started the onion harvest today, first half put to dry. Last years harvest provided onions for the year, a first for me just hoping for the same again. For gardeners these are Red Fen grown in revitalised MPC compost. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 Are they Sungold tomatoes in the photo, NBL? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 Old Man's Beard; a native British clematis. Grew this from seed taken from a cliff face near Brixham about four years ago: 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 Can you remember that hilarious Janet and John piece that used to be on Terry Wogan's morning show? Something about John's Old Man's Beard in Mrs. Bickerdales front hedge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 I didn't get the chance to listen to the morning show, had to work in a place that didn't allow music. Only caught odd moments. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 It was a series of pieces written in the style of the old "Janet and John" children's books by a listener who went by the pseudonym of Mick Sterbs. The innuendo in each little story was absolutely filthy and repeatedly had Wogan in hysterics. I don't know how he managed to get them past the BBC editors. Try this one (but listen to the end) ... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 At the side of the front door the other week,sweet peas And at the side of the front gate,white roses and blue clematis Rog 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 Just been going through our collection of hundreds of CDs looking for a ‘Janet and John’ that we had years ago. So funny, loved Wogan. Can’t find it sadly. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 609 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 12 hours ago, LizzieM said: Just been going through our collection of hundreds of CDs looking for a ‘Janet and John’ that we had years ago. So funny, loved Wogan. Can’t find it sadly. I used to enjoy listening to Terry Wogan's breakfast show on Radio 2 on my drive to work each morning. I absolutely loved The Janet & John section and frequently laughed till I cried particularly when Terry started to laugh uncontrollably at the end. The double entendre at it's best. I see there are some clips on YouTube. Chris Evans doesn't come close. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 609 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 3 hours ago, IAN123. said: Good post Mess, Wogan was a great presenter..i went to his 'City Funeral' in Limerick...very sad. Yes Ian, his taste in music was excellent. I first heard Nils Lofgren's "Shine Silently" on his show and I've loved it ever since. He also introduced me to Bonnie Raitt's rendition of "Feels like Home" and Beth Nielsen Chapman's "I find your Love". All lovely songs. Only this morning I heard Abba's "Slipping through my Fingers" another of his favourites. I didn't warm to him until he started to present "Wake up to Wogan" I became a fully fledged TOG when I retired two years ago. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Grapes and hops beginning to ripen in the tunnel, as are the tomatoes: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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