Yawn.... Wakey.. Wakey...!!!! MK3..

Good morning Kandy and everyone,

Kandy, I hope you win the lottery :gnthb:

The ladybirds are finally arriving in our garden but we really need swarms of them. Unfortunately they seem to prefer the rhubarb at the moment although there aren't any blackfly on them

Yesterday afternoon I finished cutting back all the aquilegia. :yho:

Sometime this week I hope to lift the garlic but I'm not sure I shall have the time. The blackberries are ready for picking but are suffering from lack of water. They're a bit shrivelled - I know the feeling :hehe:

Have a great day :D

 

Good Morning Kandy and Jazmine and all my other friends,well we will just have to give this thread the kiss of life then:hehe:to day is the final judging for our Medway Premier Winners cup,and the Judges will be arriving at about 9.30am,anyway enough about that,Everyone have a lovely day and please stay safe.

 

Good morning everyone,

Still no rain.

Kandy, we went to Coleton Fishacre in May :thumb:. It was very good but we had a bit of a drama getting out of there. We were in one of the biggest coaches in this country and the road to it is only just wide enough to get a coach down. Coleton Fishacre said it was OK to bring the coach in but did nothing to organise access. Our driver didn't realise how long and narrow the road was.

When we came out (the stone gatposts left only a 2" gap either side) we then had to swing slightly to get down the access road. This took about 10 minutes of wiggling with the driver being directed by someone in front and me at the back. The coach was then into the road and ready to drive the three quarters of a mile along the narrow stretch.

Unfortunately there were already 10 cars that had come down the road and there was nowhere for them to get out of the way. The coach couldn't back up into the gardens so I went to each car driver in turn and told them they were going to have to back all the way up the road until we could pass them. The first three drivers were fine but the fourth one had road rage and said he wasn't going to back up and started having a go at me. I said 'It's nothing to do with me as I'm only trying to help.' Which didn't make any difference. He continued to shout and swear so I walked away saying 'OK, you can sit here all day because the coach can't back up'.

Of course, whilst all this was going on there were more cars coming down the road. I went to the next car and told the driver the problem and asked him to tell all the other drivers to back up whilst I ran right up the road to stop traffic coming down. I then turned away everyone who was approach the narrow road. The whole thing took about an hour and a half with me standing out in the blazing sun of the heatwave.

Coleton Fishacre could have solved the problem easily by sending a driver up the road to the wide bit and stopping traffic. Then phoning back to say we can leave. It would have only taken just over 10 minutes. They weren't interested

Blackfly are still a major problem in the garden and they have spread to the courgettes but the ladybirds are just beginning to arrive.

One of our smaller specimen conifers has died so that needs to come out.

Apart from that, everything is doing OK in the garden and the beans, courgettes and rhubarb are cropping heavily. Sweetcorn is coming on well :thumb:.

Have a great day :D

 

Good morning all my friends I trust that all my friends here are OK and well on this beautiful August day,here is a photo just to start your day off with ,enjoy your day and please stay safe

 

Good morning everyone,

woo, what a lovely warm and friendly picture :thumb:

Jazmine, did you know that unless you are qualified in breaking and entering and have joined the union, there may be a strike called because of your actions? And I hope you did a full and proper Health and Safety assessment before even attempting to gain access. :hehe:

Clare, we're all volunteering to help you spend your lottery win. :yho:

We finally got some of the promised rain yesterday :gnthb: and now we have brilliant sunshine.

Have a great day :D