Andrea's Outbox

I have heard that putting charcoal in the water will help.

I tried to buy some of that too the other day and like you I couldn`t find it anywhere.......still looking in fact!

I heard something on gardeners question time yesterday, they reckon that sunflowers always face north!

Fantastic news! Your garden looks beautiful and will be an inspiration to those who visit, all the best and congratulations, your garden obviously has that magic element!

Thanks for all your help!

Thanks very much for your help.

I do like the orange cosmos, its a lovely colour, makes a change from the pinks and whites I usually grow.

Thanks, I`m really pleased they have grown so well in the shade.

Thanks Jacque, but it wasn`t before I started painting the fence! But I intend to try and keep it like this.

are they likely to recover do you think?

Thanks, that`s warmed me up on this grey July day!

Just waiting for the sun to shine!! You wouldn`t think the photo was taken in July, would you? I must take it again when the sun is shining, if it ever does!

I also have one nearby, and I find the plants very good and not any more expensive than the garden centres. They also hve plant clearances which are good, they had one recently to sell off surplus bedding plants.

A very happy cat!

Hi Marguerite, you make me envious with talk of temperatures at 26! I had hoped for a better summer here this year, but it just seems to be a repeat of last year, wet! and temperatures struggling to get to the high teens! Oh well, at least I don`t have to do too much watering, but I`d rather have some sun!

Yes please......I would like the beetroot chutney recipe! I haven`t grown any this year but have a weekly `organic` vege box delivered, and have a glut of it at the moment.

Welcome back... interesting to see how far on your plants are...mine are way behind! Must be the north/south divide! We saw a colatit in the garden this morning, a bit of a rarity for us, along with a woodpecker , even more of a rarity!

See similar question posted by Alley on 24th June with some very good replies.

Hi, to answer your question about maine coones - they are very friendly, Over here they are known as BFG or Big friendly giant!
They tend to adopt one member of the family, the one who gives them most attention I guess and feeds them, although this is not always the case.
Because of their size most people are a bit apprehensive of them, but really they are very affectionate.
The only `bugbear` sometimes can be their fluffy coats, they are not as bad as persians but you do need to keep them groomed, a comb through a few times a week usually does the trick.
I would certainly recommend this breed as a pet.

what a beautiful colour!

Thanks, will have to look out for that one! Is it a climber?

very soft and fluffy!

Welcome to the site, I`m not too far away from you ...over the border in Yorkshire. Sit back and enjoy the comments on your photos! I love the gertrude Jekyl rose....is it scented? And is it a climber?
You will enjoy using the site and no doubt soon get hooked...lots of friendly folk and always someone to answer your questions!

Guessed Andrew and Spritz would come up trumps!! Well done.

I have creeping jenny, growing freely in my garden,it is in the soil though, but let me know if you want to try some amongst the cobbles and I will send you some.
Never sent plants in the post before, but willing to have a go!

I`ve tried too.............couldn`t find anything!

I`m unsure of many of them too....and I thought LOL meant laugh out loud!

Not sure on the variety, but I do know that I have had many occaisions when plants have been wrongly labelled, and what I thought I had bought turned out to be a completely different colour, can be very annoying!
Maybe yours is wrongly labelled?

I think the advice also is that you should get rid of the main plant after a couple of years as it deteriorates, therefor propogating the runners helps to build up new stock.

And it makes sure that the developing potatoes are always under cover otherwise if they`re too near the surface of the soil they turn green.