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There"s a new Orchid been found called "The Ante-Post King of Orchids",it likes a drink but it flowers all year round,it has a Green body with a pink sash running through it,White stems and a lovely fuschia Pink Cap! Apparently it has taken to Cheltenhams inclement weather,but thrives there!It will also do very well at Aintree,even if we have a Snowy Morning! You should get one Grass and display it pride of place on your mantelpiece!
No, Margaret – it was a fecking blood-bath.
The wounds took a mere ten days or so to heal though GH. Welcome back, your absence was noted
Do I detect the smallest spark of interest developing in matters horticultural?
I intend to impress my nearest and dearest this Easter with a rather splendid 4lb Ormskirk Late Savoy garnished with Cadbury’s creme eggs
Growing a beautiful cabbage is like making love to a beautiful woman…
The wounds took a mere ten days or so to heal though GH. Welcome back, your absence was noted
Less even than that, Drone, my good man. All post-Cheltenham blues were banished the moment Only The Best went clear after the last at Hexham on Sunday.
As for the horticultural, I confess I am showing a bit of interest. Unfortunately, my (doubtless idiotic and/or irrelevant) questions, tend to be met with the reply "I don’t know – I’ll need to discuss it with my Dad", so I’m still at kindergarten level. Fortunately, the old feller is down for Easter, and plans can be expected to quickly move apace. I will be happy to provide updates here, once things start to develop.
Mrs Grass will be the final arbiter of what’s in, and what’s out, in terms of scope – but I am going to insist on some bamboo somewhere. I hear that panda’s get quite nutted on the stuff, and I’m game for new experiences. Failing that, I’ll demand some eucalyptus, and spend my summer in a koala-esque sporofic stupour.
What else are gardens for, if not for lying on your back in the sun, contemplating why the Universe is that colour?
having scattered bird seed over my borders throughout the winter I’m expecting some weird and wonderful things to sprout up over the course of the next few months, some of which might be consumable in one way or another!
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I intend to impress my nearest and dearest this Easter with a rather splendid 4lb Ormskirk Late Savoy garnished with Cadbury’s creme eggsGrowing a beautiful cabbage is like making love to a beautiful woman…
^….then she is a very lucky woman… how sweet is that…?
‘hopper, my condolences re. Cheltenham although I expect much the same for many of us. I expect you steamed in on Dunguib and Master Minded
Good luck to Mrs Grass in her gardening year – I expect she’s really looking forward to it as any gardener would be right now and will look forward to your updates.
You will need strict advice on Bamboo otherwise it won’t just be floods that will carry you off.Moved here 1st May.
Only realised last week, when it started flowering, that the bush in the front garden is a forsythia.
Now Gerald,
it doesn’t surprise me that you were unaware of the Forsythia till now.
Apart from this brief season of brassy exuberance, I find it a dull plant with little else to commend it apart from it’s use as a weapon.
Take a 2 year old shoot cut from the base, it will be about 6 foot tall by then. Strip of leaves and you will find yourself in possession of a powerful whip that could be used to devastating effect if given the chance.If we are to be murdered in our beds, we can at least go down fighting
All post-Cheltenham blues were banished the moment Only The Best went clear after the last at Hexham on Sunday.
I confess to having missed that, or it not registering. So belated congratulations
A 25l win will knock the OR – >115?
I personally wouldn’t advise turning a horse out under a penalty following a slog round Hexham, but did you consider it, assuming a suitable race was available?
A thorough stayer it seems which is not surprising given his breeding, especially on the Dam side
Is the plan to go chasing eventually?
If so I look forward to him running in the four-miler at Hexham during Cheltenham week
Forget Gloucestershire GH, Northumberland’s where it’s at
George was as fit as he’s ever been on Sunday, Drone, and has come out of the race well. We will look for one other outing this season, and assuming we can find a trip and suitable ground i.e. pretty-much bottomless, there is a good chance he will be turned out again within the month.
Timeform have gone 111, and I’m guessing we’ll get about 116 or thereabouts from the OH. Whilst it’s likely we will go for a novice under a penalty, I’ve asked David Parry if a 0-130 might enter the equation also. We’ll see. If we can’t find a suitable race, that will be it for the season.
We aren’t concerned about his mark over hurdles, as he will definitely be going novice chasing next year (though he does remain a novice until October-time I think, and a hurdles outing as a pipe-opener probably couldn’t be entirely discounted – depends how he quickly he is ready, I guess). George is just a little too big and cumbersome for hurdling, but we hope to have a lot of fun with him over fences next season.
Thanks
The turning out quickly with a penalty stuff was a little daft of me as I overlooked it was a Novice on Sunday, thinking it was a Handicap
A suitable rest and one more Novice this season under that penalty would seem eminently sensible as I’m of the opinion having now had a cursory glance through the race that a) Timeform’s 111 may be a little high due the rest of the field failing to fire or stay, notably the fav in second and b) the OH taking a similar, likely more severe view of the form, than Timeform due to the 25l and putting him on 115+, off which he may well struggle – at this stage in his career – in a handicap
"Big and cumbersome" just the way I like ’em
Fences call, as you say
oh, didn’t realise you were an owner ‘hopper so congratulations in order here on a win, and at Hexham too. No better place
…and a great fish and chip shop on the High Street if I recall.having scattered bird seed over my borders throughout the winter I’m expecting some weird and wonderful things to sprout up over the course of the next few months, some of which might be consumable in one way or another!
…I’ve done this before and had grass popping up all over the shop. Not sure if it’s edible but it was a bit of a nuisance.
Hasn’t the weather turned Arctic again …
just covered up my spuds.What a wonderful day to be out in the garden…plenty more of this weather please.
Makes me realise how lucky we are to have such a huge garden, gonna take a hell of a lot of time and effort to get where we want to be though, so the more of this weather the better!
Next doors is probably the nicest garden I’ve ever seen but is about an eighth of the size of ours and they’re about 30 years ahead of us in respect of time and effort spent on it.
oh, didn’t realise you were an owner ‘hopper
Yes, so no more being cheeky UM….
Nice one GH and I thought you looked very smart when going up to collect the prize for Only The Best winning….
http://www.starrabinowitz.com/images/small/thesis_mark_front-small.jpg
…that can’t be him surely….too young
Hyacinth ‘Woodstock’, Narcissus ‘Hawera’ and a plant called ‘Senetti’…
hope you like…http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/MarLorena/Spring%20Flowers%202010/DSC00071.jpg
You got me bang-to-rights, Pompete.
Garden Update #1
15 raspberry plants in place, but won’t see any fruit until next year.
30 spuds planted in beds.
30 strawberry plants planted in beds
We’ve inherited 6 brambles and a redcurrant
Garlic, carrot, beetroot, rocket and sweetcorn planted in beds.
Onion, chillis, cucumber and bell peppers will move out of the greenhouse soon. Tomato plants will stay behind.
We’ve got three apple trees, two cherry trees, two pear trees and a plum tree wiating to fruit. All pruned and starting to flower.This gardening malarkey is great fun, I have to say.
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You got me bang-to-rights, Pompete.
Garden Update #1
15 raspberry plants in place, but won’t see any fruit until next year.
30 spuds planted in beds.
30 strawberry plants planted in beds
We’ve inherited 6 brambles and a redcurrant
Garlic, carrot, beetroot, rocket and sweetcorn planted in beds.
Onion, chillis, cucumber and bell peppers will move out of the greenhouse soon. Tomato plants will stay behind.
We’ve got three apple trees, two cherry trees, two pear trees and a plum tree wiating to fruit. All pruned and starting to flower.This gardening malarkey is great fun, I have to say.
For **** Sake get over it! Cheltenhams left you scarred!I think to coin a phrase from the 1st World War, You are suffering from "LMF"!
It’s good to hear you are enjoying your gardening ‘hopper, I wasn’t sure you would. A fine fruit and veg plot coming along by the sound of things and I’m really quite envious.
I might be asking for advice soon as I’m not sure what I’m doing.My tomato plants are 6 inches tall and I keep bringing them in at night to a windowsill, as the greenhouse is cold and I’m not sure if they would like 3 degrees which is what we’re getting at the moment, but I’d rather leave them in the greenhouse if poss. I wonder if that would be o.k….?
Anyone plagued by ladybirds? I’ve never seen so many so early in the season, they’re all over the place.
I know they’re good to have but they’re landing on all my washing… Anyone plagued by ladybirds? I’ve never seen so many so early in the season, they’re all over the place.
I know they’re good to have but they’re landing on all my washing… Not plagued by ladybirds but I am being plagued by them brown mosquito lookalike thingy’s. We had thousands last year and it looks like they’re back again this year.
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