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this is lovely

great thats its flowered again janette

the colour is great janette, they are such a cheerful wee plant

beautiful

lovely, earwigs have been having a good feed on mine lately lol

good choice janette

to team captain grenville: I have just returned from the local tip with a trailer load of old slippers ,boots, shoes and wellies. I will be releasing these into loch harray and stenness loch just in time for the spawning season. By the time the fishing contest starts the lochs should be in fine fettle with lots of young (h)eels and soles shoaling in the bays. the downside may be that there could be an excess of bootlace eels in among the better fish. I have been tying lots of flies for our anglers to use, it is a delicate job as they keep trying to fly away before i can get them tied down

That's nice Sandra, looks a bit tropical, Well done.!

A busy day Hywel. - Well done!
Good Photo's.

sorry jaque missed you on the news, but main thing is that you got back safely. Looks like your holidays were fab despite the airlines.

Yes, they are all real :)

Wow, is this real?

it doesn't really matter if the treatment is not 100% effective in killing the weed roots first time round it will certainly weaken them sufficiently to let me take control of the area and i think once the top growth is gone then before the area gets planted a good digging will enable me to clear the worst of the roots thats left. i read in the enviromentalist mag that this was the best way to deal with these weeds. another idea was that after burning to use landscape material for a few weeks to suppress any new growth. the temperature should be sufficient to kill off the worst stuff like nettles and couch grass completely, and dock roots would be fairly simple to dig out after. i dont have bindweed here, in fact i have never seen it in orkney .
the other advantages of burning are that it sterilizes the soil and kills off the weed seeds that are lying dormant in the top layers of the soil. when i do the job I will let you all know how successfull or otherwise it is

You might be a whizz at spelling Spritz but count your noughts. x

This looks a gorgeous spot

Very tidy!

Thanks Andrew!
it.s currently with my Wollemi Pine which my husband bought for me for Christmas last year at Kew
I took that into my back garden, potted it into a large pot but found that with all the rain lately,the lower small branches near soil level had yellowed so moved it back where it was so that I can control the watering and put it up on blocks.
At the moment it is light green at the ends and darker green towards the middle but that's the way it grows so fingers crossed that it will be okay.
I am watching the weather but so far damp and mild but trying to sort out what goes where for when it does get cold!I won't let this come to harm.
regards
Arlene

Think Jacque the lucky one TT - didnt realize she d used XL for her trip to Eygpt . Extermination ? Bit severe dont you think?

As it is not really hardy, you will need to coddle it through the winter arlene. And yes, it is prone to slug damage. But well done on getting it into flower

That's a very attractive area. I like it! Did you hang out of the window to take this? lol.