Our Gardens

[weepweeps]

All that grass and no beasties to enjoy it.
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Get some more beasties.

 

[BossHogg]

We leave it to the pigeons to enjoy when we throw stale bread out on the grass.

 

[Qualcast&Flymo]

I picked over 4 lbs of gooseberries yesterday and today

Looks like I'm in for some serious jam-making tomorrow

 

[Ruth1]

All that grass and no beasties to enjoy it.
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Well that’s an easy fix! Get thee down the piggy rescue!

 

[Lorcan]

So having neglected the garden a bit what with everything else going on, the fun now begins - what's flowers, and what's weeds.

 

[Bill & Ted]

I picked over 4 lbs of gooseberries yesterday and today
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Looks like I'm in for some serious jam-making tomorrow

Brilliant, I did the same but they are in the freezer niw

 

[Ruth1]

So having neglected the garden a bit what with everything else going on, the fun now begins - what's flowers, and what's weeds.

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Oooh Lorcan is that your wee piece of Heaven?! The potential’s hangin out of it! . What way does it face?

 

[Lorcan]

Oooh Lorcan is that your wee piece of Heaven?! The potential’s hangin out of it! . What way does it face?

South, I'm in a back to back terrace so the house faces south (and only south) too. Massive sun trap in the summer. You should've seen it when I moved in, it was horrendous.

But I'm very confused about those dandelions. I mean, they are dandelions right? But I've never seen dandelions grow like that before. The purple things look like weeds too...but since when did weeds grow purple flowers? And where tf did that poppy come from?!

 

[Bill & Ted]

Our temporary patio area is finished and thank goodness we managed to get rid of the yucca tree

 

[BossHogg]

Well that’s an easy fix! Get thee down the piggy rescue!

No!

 

[Ruth1]

South, I'm in a back to back terrace so the house faces south (and only south) too. Massive sun trap in the summer. You should've seen it when I moved in, it was horrendous.

But I'm very confused about those dandelions. I mean, they are dandelions right? But I've never seen dandelions grow like that before. The purple things look like weeds too...but since when did weeds grow purple flowers? And where tf did that poppy come from?!

Well now you know a weed’s just a plant where you don’t want it! The Poppy adds a splash of colour!

 

[Ruth1]

No!

Ough ! Ye will ye will ye will ye will YE WILL!

 

[Lorcan]

Well now you know a weed’s just a plant where you don’t want it! The Poppy adds a splash of colour!

This is from December, when I moved in -



It might not look perfect now, but it's much better than when I started.

 

[BossHogg]

Ough ! Ye will ye will ye will ye will YE WILL!

Err NOPE!

 

[Ruth1]

This is from December, when I moved in -

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It might not look perfect now, but it's much better than when I started.

Here’s what they’ve done at Stormont! It’s about all they’ve done, to be fair . You could do a wildflower bed!

 

[Lorcan]

Here’s what they’ve done at Stormont! It’s about all they’ve done, to be fair . You could do a wildflower bed!

To be fair I chuck a bunch of wildflower seeds in there, but I'm at the mercy of the birds (the magpies, the crows, the collared doves, the wood pigeons - there was a trio of them in there the other day, they're some size, the robins, the sparrows, the finches...you name it, they're here) so I wasn't sure how many would take. Sorta just...winged it and chucked them lol.

Now I can't remember what flowers the seeds were or what they're supposed to look like. I want that left side as a sort of flower bed and then put grass down in the bigger space on the right.

 

[Adelyn]

Err NOPE!

When I'm through with you, you'll be begging for piggies mwhahahaha

 

[Ruth1]

To be fair I chuck a bunch of wildflower seeds in there, but I'm at the mercy of the birds (the magpies, the crows, the collared doves, the wood pigeons - there was a trio of them in there the other day, they're some size, the robins, the sparrows, the finches...you name it, they're here) so I wasn't sure how many would take. Sorta just...winged it and chucked them lol.

Now I can't remember what flowers the seeds were or what they're supposed to look like. I want that left side as a sort of flower bed and then put grass down in the bigger space on the right.

Sounds lovely tho - all those birds! They will be loving your patch! I’m lying on my swing chair at the min and can’t be bothered getting up, so here’s what I can see if mine…

 

[Lorcan]

Don't start me on the birds, the magpies are always picking fights with the other birds but the crows and the pigeons (unlike the songbirds) will argue back.

I woke up at 6am one morning because the magpies and the crows were arguing on the same tree but not at each other! Apparently they'll work together to force the cat out of the tree.

Bloody magpies.

 

[Lorcan]

So, they're not actually dandelions!

 

[Ruth1]

So, they're not actually dandelions!

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Nice wee patch for the birds tho, whatever they are!

 

[Ruth1]

So look what I opened the curtains to this morning - a wee baby sparrow. It couldn’t fly out of the space and this happened to one before and it died! So I caught it without touching it and left it down the garden. I hope the mummy bird found it, as she had been flapping about it. Didn’t know what to do for the best - I know you’re not supposed to move them, but the last one died and I couldn’t bear that trauma again

 

[Lorcan]

Nice wee patch for the birds tho, whatever they are!

I just can't believe the difference 24 hours has made. So much more colour than yesterday!

 

[Ruth1]

I just can't believe the difference 24 hours has made. So much more colour than yesterday!

You did good!

 

[Lorcan]

I'm just glad I didn't pull them when I still thought they were dandelions. There's been bees, wasps and butterflies on them, which is so nice to see.

 

[Bill & Ted]

There’s definitely some wild flowers in there, we’ll done

 

[Lorcan]

There’s definitely some wild flowers in there, we’ll done

I wasn't sure any of them would take, and then I kinda neglected the garden for a while because of the issues with the letting agents. I'm kind of proud there's anything at all, lol.

 

[Lorcan]

Cleared most of the sticky weed and dandelions. Bin's now full and I got stung on the middle joint of my right middle finger, so no more today. Too warm anyway.

 

[Bill & Ted]

my roses have done really well this year. These two are hidden under a pear tree, I brought them with me from my last house and the one before that too and just dug a hole and plonked them in but I really must move them so I can appreciate them more

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[Ruth1]

Enjoyed myself this evening photographing snails . I should really take them far away from me plants, but they look so happy where they are. I better not come down to stalks in the morning!