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Post  bb1 Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:47 pm


Have you ever noticed that even after a Torrent, the earth is still dry below about half an inch?

Not here it ain't rofl rofl rofl rofl

Temporary hault has been called to pruning as I managed to stick the pointy end of the garden shears in my arm, and am now trying to remember when I had my last tetanus shot biggrin

It's a pity water can't spread itself out a bit better, Sabot - Spain and Portugal are going up in flames, and we're squelching in the stuff.
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Post  lily Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:01 pm

Ouch! I hope you are okay, Bonny. hug

We don't get rain here except a tiny bit around the start of the year. I am relieved and happy to say that the temps seem to be dropping down to 110 F.
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Post  Sabot Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:42 pm

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Have you ever noticed that even after a Torrent, the earth is still dry below about half an inch?

Not here it ain't rofl rofl rofl rofl

Temporary hault has been called to pruning as I managed to stick the pointy end of the garden shears in my arm, and am now trying to remember when I had my last tetanus shot biggrin

It's a pity water can't spread itself out a bit better, Sabot - Spain and Portugal are going up in flames, and we're squelching in the stuff.

Well, it always is here, Bonny. And have you ever taken a trowel to see? I mean, who bothers? We all imagine that a deluge will saturate. But it doesn't.
I don't know why certain places get benefit while others don't, but I expect that there is a purpose, probably because Planet Earth needs to recover what ever it can, fairly easily. Planet Earth has no need to deal with a Species We are nothing. We are just here.
Until you can see Planet Earth for what it actually is, then you wouldn't know.
Planet Earth doesn't care about the likes of us. We are just a passing phenomena.
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Post  bb1 Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:18 pm

Southern England is catching up, Lily:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/experts-predict-scorching-saturday-165450039.html

It was the hottest day of the year so far on Saturday as temperatures soared across the nation.
Most of the UK enjoyed temperatures in the high 20s, but at Cavendish, in Suffolk, the mercury reached 31.7C (89.06F), eclipsing the previous high of 31.4C (88.5F) recorded at London's Olympic Park on July 25.
Much of East Anglia and the South East of England saw the hottest temperatures with Charsfield in Suffolk basking in 31.4C and Santon, Downham, recording temperatures of 31.3C (88.5F). And the baking heat looks set to continue on Sunday, said Gareth Harvey, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the Press Association's weather division.



No doubt there will be thunder and lightning by Monday.
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Post  Sabot Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:13 pm


Please do feel free to ignore what I might have to say.
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Post  Lamplighter Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:25 pm

Sabot wrote:
Please do feel free to ignore what I might have to say.
Pardon, ma petite? LL scratch
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Post  Sabot Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:39 pm


I am talking an entire Planet here, Ll.
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Post  Lamplighter Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:42 pm

Sabot wrote:
I am talking an entire Planet here, Ll.
And you are doing an incredible job, sabot. Moi, I had to go and get some coffee, just to keep awake for a bit longer. LL
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Post  bb1 Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:44 pm

I was mainly watching Indiana Jones....
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Post  Sabot Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:55 pm


Okay, Forget it. Just don't give me a hard time when you can't grow Beans. As if.
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Post  Sabot Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:59 pm


Bloody Hell. It's little short of 10 pm, and I am half asleep. Poor old you, LL. I know how you feel.
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Post  bb1 Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:00 pm

I've got a fantastic ground elder crop this year.....
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Post  lily Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:02 pm

I had to look that one up, Bonny. It sounds invasive....... Shocked
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Post  Sabot Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:12 pm

lily wrote:I had to look that one up, Bonny. It sounds invasive....... Shocked

It's very nice with Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding. Or Rhubarb and Custard.
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Post  bb1 Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:27 pm

I see there are indeed ground elder recipes, Sabot:

http://nami-nami.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/ground-elder-and-vanilla-muffins.html

The comments are interesting - I suspect it hasn't managed to swamp the US yet?

I think it was introduced into the British Isle by the Romans as it was supposed to cure gout, or something?


Invasive isn't the word, Lily - you just cannot get rid of it. You may think you've dug out every last speck of it, but you haven't, it'll be back as soon as you turn your back on it.
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Post  Sabot Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:07 pm


Really? I had no idea there were recipes, Bonny. I was actually joking, but there isn't much you can't eat.
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Post  lily Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:19 pm

All I can say is poor you, Bonny.

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Post  bb1 Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:27 pm

I'm sure there must be a use for it where you are, Lily. Maybe it could bind sand together, or something?
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Post  lily Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:19 pm

bb1 wrote:I'm sure there must be a use for it where you are, Lily. Maybe it could bind sand together, or something?

Does it require much water? If not, it could be a winner. rofl rofl rofl rofl
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Post  bb1 Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:32 pm

Ah well, that's the heatwave over. It's raining again....

Lily, as the dratted stuff can grown through concrete, or so it feels, I am sure it would thrive in the desert. Nothing else would, but at least it would be green. rofl
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Post  Sabot Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:00 pm


One of my SunFlowers is not behaving according to the norm. It has got it's face permanently turned away from the Sun.
But the four others are behaving as they should.

I am now into Clean Up Mode and preparing for Winter. I know it's a bit early but it is easier to do this a bit at a time.

My Runner Beans have produced about five pounds of Beans from eight plants. I am content with this.
The French Beans were a bit of a waste of space. Hardly any Beans at all.
Not a single solitary Tomato. This has never happened to me before. Even if they did all turn to mush from Tomato Blight, I did at least have a couple of weeks of hope.

But, guess what. I have been meaning to buy more Strawberry Plants, but balked at paying 2 Euros a Plant. And then out walking with my dear old Boy I found loads of Strawberry Suckers growing outside someone's gate. So I helped myself to a few. Just the Suckers, not the Plants. All potted and growing now. Saved myself about 30 Euros. They probably won't produce next year, but I can wait.
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Post  bb1 Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:11 pm

Well done, Sabot, you've been a bit more successful than me. I am contemplating a rice paddy for next year.
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Post  Sabot Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:29 pm


English Runner Beans like lots of water, Bonny. Scotland does have a similar strain of Runner Beans. They are called Ecosse something.
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Post  lily Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:35 pm

A rice paddy would be unusual, Bonny. Pcorneater

We could read posts about runner beans and strawberries next year by Sabot and the types of rice that grow better in Scotland.

Looking forward to it. thumbsup
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Post  Sabot Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:02 pm


It will soon be Chrysanthemum time here, Lily. When I go mad and but loads of cheap Chrysanthemum plants, grown for All Saints.
Last year I did buy a rather expensive one for 5 Euros, but it is now almost in flower and looking really good, so possibly worth the extra money. Normally I wait until after All Saints and then pay 1 Euro.
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