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Last post 07-10-2008 10:45 PM by sue1002. 3712 replies.
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08/07/2008 05:17 PM
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- sue1002
- Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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You definitely need some dry weather digger. It's dried up a bit here now and we are in for mega tomorrow which will be a shame as my son has got a bit further to go to school tomorrow, all the kids that are going up to the high school are spending the whole day there tomorrow, then us parents have got a meeting there at 6.30 tomorrow evening to meet the new teachers and part with a fortune for the uniform which has got to be ordered in. Two lily buds are just beginning to break open so should be well in flower in the next couple of days. I spotted a lily beetle earlier on and squashed it straight away, it must have smelled the flowers about to open. Once all the lilies have flowered and died down I am going to repot them into fresh compost and split any that have multiplied, as they are still in the same compost that I put them into when I planted them last year.
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08/07/2008 06:22 PM
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- digger
- North East Lancashire
- 18 Jul 2005
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We've had loads of rain and it is still unrelenting. I've moved what pots I can to firmer ground but I have three big pots with large flowered fuschias in them and i've nowhere to put them, i should by now have a plan for waterlogging afterall the garden is wet for usually about 295 days a year, stone flags I think are the answer if i dot them around like step stones the pots can sit on them.
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08/07/2008 08:22 PM
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- sue1002
- Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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Even when it's been raining I still have to water the pots, especially the ones where the foliage covers the edges of the pots as the rain water isn't able to get through it all.
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08/07/2008 09:17 PM
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- digger
- North East Lancashire
- 18 Jul 2005
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Isn't it annoying we are probably only a couple of hundred miles apart and our local climate is so different?, I have one pot that's full to bursting with a big pelargonium and the foliage covers the pot edge, but when I came to move it to higher (and drier) ground it needed no watering at all, all the pots are on those little plastic feet things, they weren't sat in puddles of water but the pots and the plants were covered in mud splashes and I knew they would eventually drown if i didn't move them. I have some real stone flags but I've run out of them so I will have to get some of those "lookie like" artificial ones from the builders merchants, they will deliver them for free. We took our son to hospital today with his arm and they have scheduled him in for surgery on 31st July,our older son will have his op to remove the nuts and bolts sometime in August all being well. Tomorrow I am riding with George , my friend has been riding a horse called Hector he is really nice and very elegant looking he is a working hunter, each time Hector goes out he has his tongue sticking out,he looks really funny but it must be how he likes to go out? If it's raining we can ride inside in the covered arena and practise transitions and so on. OH has got the farrier coming in the morning to put new shoes on Mac, I collected some old horse shoes and made them into door handles on my sheds and on the garden gate.
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08/07/2008 09:47 PM
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- sue1002
- Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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It's 272 miles door-to-door according to the route planner that OH uses, yet it does seem like a different country doesn't it? The mud splashing up the side of the pots must be from where the heavy rain is bouncing off the ground, so it would seem like a good idea to put paving slabs underneath. It's good to hear the boys are mending well and will be mobile again, OH still has the pins and plate in his ankle from over 10 years ago when he had his accident and he never went back to have them taken out. The door handle idea sounds a good way of recycling the horseshoes, hope you put them on the right way up
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09/07/2008 05:21 AM
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- Beebee
- Warwickshire
- 29 Jan 2008
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I live in Warwickshire, Yvette, and have had no problems with leaving my lily pots outside over winter. There is always the option of covering with fleece if temperatures drop alarmingly in the winter.
I also have some planted in the garden but like the option of the potted lilies so I can dot them around in different places. Having spring bulbs in the same pots also addresses the problem of the spring foliage not being too unsightly as the lily foliage takes over.
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09/07/2008 05:27 AM
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- Beebee
- Warwickshire
- 29 Jan 2008
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Hopefully a pic of my lilies if I've got the hang of posting photos right.
 
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09/07/2008 05:28 AM
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- Beebee
- Warwickshire
- 29 Jan 2008
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If at first you don't suceed .................
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09/07/2008 10:53 AM
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- Beebee
- Warwickshire
- 29 Jan 2008
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http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk112/Beebee123_03/Garden-July003.jpg
Tried a different way ......................
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09/07/2008 12:37 PM
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- sue1002
- Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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Second time lucky Beebee your lilies are looking good, I will post a photo when the ones here are in flower, I expect it will be a few days before they do open though, today it is raining quite heavily.
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09/07/2008 04:12 PM
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- Susiq
- Northumberland
- 16 Feb 2008
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Good luck at the school tonight Sue1002 - its all a bit daunting when they 'go up' not just for the pupils either!!!
God Digger - you sound awash with the damn wet stuff, how infuriating to say the least. For once even tho' I'm even further north we seem to be (don't wanna tempt fate here) enjoying some warm and dry weather. Well they are saying its gonna be the wettest July on record - so your earlier predictions about a naff summer Digger seem to be right in your area at any road. As Sue1002 said - hope you've put those horseshoes the right way up - sounds a really smart idea tho'.
Lilies are nice Beebee, I like the allium too, I stupidly put my allium bulbs in the new rockery and they are way, way too tall for it, so I'm going to dig them up and move them once they've finished flowering - pretty tho'. My lilies are ages away from flowering I think.
My good news is that I've got loads and loads of broad bean pods forming (yes Sue1002 I know you're way in front on that score!!!) I've found a lovely recipe for broad bean and bacon risotto that I'm dying to try - patience....patience
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09/07/2008 04:13 PM
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- Yvette
- Hayling Island
- 05 Jul 2008
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Thanks Beebee, i will try and take a piccy too and post it on here. I will do as you suggest, i live in Hayling Island and it gets very windy!! so i will put them somewhere they will not blow away!
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09/07/2008 05:18 PM
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- sue1002
- Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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I put my lily pots by the back wall of the house last winter Yvette which gave them a bit of protection from the worst of the frosts. Susiq, if you are getting all the sunshine it shouldn't be too long before you can try out that recipe I have quite often done broad beans with bacon, the two go very well together.
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09/07/2008 07:52 PM
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- digger
- North East Lancashire
- 18 Jul 2005
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Hi all, I had a nice ride out on george this morning and the rain held off!! however it is now making up for lost time, I have been in the greenhouse and planted up another small hanging basket with bits and bobs of stray plants I had hanging about in there.
In the morning I am going to check out my new lottie or piece of ground as it is on a gentle slope and mainly light loamy soil I am hoping that it is not waterlogged, if it is i will be disapointed. I am hoping to get on with putting the polytunnel up in a final position.
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09/07/2008 08:31 PM
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- sue1002
- Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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It makes a change for you to have a dry day up north, it's been raining all day here today and still going strong, the water butts are full again. Hope the new lottie doesn't get waterlogged, if it's on a slope it should be ok, fingers crossed. We went to the school and am still smarting over the price of the uniform, they have to wear shirts and sweatshirts with the school logo on and they can only be got from the school. I don't mind so much about the sweatshirts as they are good quality but £7 for one polo shirt is a rip-off, I can get 4 plain ones in town for that price so when he needs new ones in future I'm going to get him the plain ones, then cut the logo off the old ones and sew them onto new ones. I asked at the school if they did badges with the logos on as it would certainly work out cheaper for lots of families and they wouldn't even entertain the idea.
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