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Ron Brind Posts: 19044 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 08:53 on 9th May 2015 Had to put more grass seed down, the last lot either didn't germinate, maybe was just too old. We shall see, but the rain will help. |
James Prescott Posts: 25953 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 16:09 on 12th May 2015 Maybe the pigeons are enjoying them Ron??  |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19044 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 16:11 on 12th May 2015 Hi James. Nice to see you back and hope you had a great time? As for the Pigeons? No the netting stops them a treat, along with moving red and white plastic tape (carried in the wind that is). |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19044 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 21:31 on 12th May 2015 Yippeee! Went out tonight and can see the new growth, really fine green shoots, but yes it really is grass....at last! |
| James Prescott Posts: 25953 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 19:23 on 13th May 2015 Had a busy one to-day --been out buying Bedding Plants best deal was at Tesco --also got a good deal at our local greengrocers --too early to plant yet |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19044 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 18:27 on 15th May 2015 If you got the plants in James they won't want watering tonight, if what we had throughout Oxfordshire today is anything to go by. |
| James Prescott Posts: 25953 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:52 on 15th May 2015 They are all outside now in trays --only because it is raining and no frost is forecast---another 5 trays to-day begonias |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19044 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 16:11 on 16th May 2015 I've known frost to damage plants early June James so not clear of Jack just yet. |
| James Prescott Posts: 25953 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:46 on 16th May 2015 Just transfered 10 trays back to the greenhouse 6degrees fore cast for to-night --yes jack is still about? |
Sk Lawson Posts: 4015 Joined: 7th Oct 2010 Location: USA | quotePosted at 03:41 on 18th May 2015 I got some more fill-in plants yesterday...I'm miserly this year...my seeds didn't germintate very well either, maybe to early yet...or as James said...birds had dinner on them. A week ago an little bird came into our house by mistake, the cats got it before is could even think of getting away...and killed it, but it's little sister or brother bird is still hanging outside looking into the patio door. I feel kind of sorry for it, the nest must be close around for it to stay in the area. So far I've found annuals at under $3 for six plants.... I'm working on them now. Need to do some slug control it looks like also. One of the yuckiest things I can think of in summer is to go out on the patio in bare feet and step on an slug in the dark. Just one of those feelings that mordifys me to no end... even with sandels on... it's not to much better. So I use slug bait when I notice them...wish the birds would swoop down and eat them for breakfast. We have extremely talented birds in this area...last year when I set out the lawn sprinkler in the summer, they made no doubts that they were "playing" in it...like little kids, chirping like they were laughing/partying and the whole bit...Just enjoying themselves. My girfriend named "Joyce" one time had an nest of babies on her front porch...so everyone came over had to use the side door off the her house to visit her until they grew up and left. She watched them daily from the time they were little eggs to after they grew up. My bird that laid eggs this year, none of them hatched, a few of them had nothing in them also. Guess that happens at times. |
