Propogation stations are go!
Hello m' peggies,
Propagation stations are go! I'm plotting for car boot sale domination next spring. I shall sell plants to feed my plant addiction AND hard biscuit fund. Well, action is necessary seeing as there's an energy crisis, a cost of living crisis and a beyond bobbins government crisis! This is why I've been working extra hours. Working like a dog and sleeping like a log.
The pink river lilies burst forth on Monday -
(Hesperanta coccinea)
This fantastic book is on loan from the library. I'm not ready to give back yet -
Her little bulb offsets sit in pots beside her -
At this time of year , the Aoniums start putting on some serious muscle. Here's some Tree Aenoium stems, with adventitious roots already developing. They will readily strike when placed in a pot of gritty compost. I don't even wait for them to callus over, as is recommended with most succulents.
Bottom left: Trachycarpus fortunei palm seedlings and primula grown from seed.
Bottom right: lemon scented pelargoniums grown from cuttings.
One of my favourite scented plants - Pelargonium 'Cola Bottles'- complete with little cuttings stuck around the side of the pot. It smells just like fizzy cola bottles!
That's as close to coca cola as I'll be getting, seeing as there's not a NHS dentist to be found in the county.
Having rudely used up all the patio pots, I thought it only right and proper to acquire a couple more from this week's carbooty. These will house my cheap but plump Lidl bulbs. Tulips are my one frivolity - something that I'll only get one season from. But spring isn't spring without tulips!
Now, long term readers will know I do like a good colour coordinated washing shot.
Well, here's a new offshoot segment called 'stubborn drying'! ...
A bit of rain? No problem - peg an old plastic table cloth over the clothes maidens. Then when the sun comes out, whip it off and .... ta dah!!!
The other weekend whilst I was out having fun, I called Monsieur four times to tell him to whip the cover off then back on again, as rain clouds passed over and quickly dispersed.
I'm a tough northern lass and haven't put the heating on once yet. I have the art of showering down to one minute. If things get really bad this winter, I may have to revert to eating 'things on toast' -
How are you doing? Please send gossip.
Lulu xXx
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Dear Lulu
ReplyDeleteThings on toast are great, aren't they? In fact, just toast and jam/honey is great! Your propagation is obviously going really well with lots of happy looking little plants.
Lincolnshire is rubbish for NHS dentists too. I am an NHS patient at a private dentist, haven't been able to get a check up since before Covid, my lovely dentist has now retired and my next appointment? June 2023! They just want us all to go private.
Thank goodness for lovely things like gardening and biscuits and cake and chocolate and books.
Have a good weekend
Best wishes
Ellie
Oh yes Ellie! Beans on toast and cheese on toast are top notch cuisine. Just good melted butter will do the trick too. Of course jam makes it extra special. June 2023 for your next dentist appointment :0 :0 :0 The hardest thing will be breaking my ice cube crunching habit. Indeed, thanks the heavens for gardening & biscuits and books :) xXX
Deletethose pink lilies! <3
ReplyDeletelong mizzle nursery is in full swing i see!
lately i found a little avocado plant in the kompost - thought about keeping it but i´m running out of window space already..... had a chuckle about your washing protection system ;-D you need a summersalon too - mine doubles up as weatherproof drying space year round.
@heating: finally we got our minimum of 3 tonnes of coal - carried together from 3 different sources after many telefon calls. the prices have doubled but only gas consuments will get founded from the government :-(
thank you for the tulip reminder!!
xxxxx
I do need a summer salon like yours Beate!!! Just some undercover area to escape to in winter and plonk the laundry when needed (only one clothes maiden will fit in my tiny greenhouse). Interesting to hear of your coal supplier issues in Germany. I trust you will be stashing your tulip pots in your cellar again, to protect from the voracious mutant voles :0 xXx
DeleteYou've been really busy with propogating, I shall be raising new plants from seed next Spring as I can't do anything in the garden now for a few months while recuperating. 😊
ReplyDeleteThere's no rest for the wicked (cackle cackle)! I would take it easy after your op David, feet up & lots of nice hot drinks. Thankfully they'll be no weeding or lawn cutting to do over winter, and the promising pots of mud will be waiting for you come spring time xXx
DeleteThose pink lilies are fantastic, they truly light up the garden, and how gorgeous is Miss Amarylis!
ReplyDeleteI must seek out Pelargonium 'Cola Bottles', although at second thought, it might trigger my sweet tooth.
I'm wishing you lots of success with operation propagation stations! Anything for plants and biscuits! And now you've giving me serious cravings for things on toast! xxx
Miss Amarylis is a bit of a show off, but I love her for it Ann. It's a shame we don't live within plant swapping distance, the pelagoniums strike easily and smell incredible. I think it's important to get one's priorities straight - plants and biscuits, oh, and tea. I hope you had some interesting things on your toast xXx
DeleteHi Mrs Aunt Peggy (my goodness I always google your greeting to find a suitable response, am I sad? aunt Peggy as in Wurzle Gummidge I think would fit you :): Nothing wrong with things on toast - cheese toasties, veggie sausage sarnies, love them. I am looking longingly at amarlyls bulbs, those pink stripy ones like icecream - am I reading right? have you created babies from yours? . Pink lillies look worthy of picking and bringing indoors, let's face it the frost will have them soon although your sea salty air probably keeps the frost at bay - I'm like you with the laundry - I drape it over the garden chairs and apple tree.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the name googling and consideration Betty, I love being called Aunt Peggy! (I loved the recent Mackenzie Crook renditions of Wurzle Gummidge). Miss Amarylis had two baby offset bulbs last year. I carefully prised them off and potted them up. I expect it will be at least a couple of years before they flower. Well, what a fabulous way to decorate your apple tree, especially if draped with bloomers ;) xXx
Deletecorrection - aunt sally! updated as I am a bit ocd on getting things right
DeleteG'day Missus, that cola bottle pelargonium sounds fabby. I have one that smells of sherbet lemons every time I brush past it. I'm with you on the car boot front. We have to drum up the funds to feed our plant addiction somehow don't we. On a drying front, I put up the clothes horse in our porch. It gets belting hot in there and it all dries in next to no time.. Weather's gorgeous here today and we're just back from weekend shopping. Time for a cuppa minus biccies.. cutbacks... sigh!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYum, sherbet lemons - another sweet tooth favourite :) A great use of your porch Cherie. Every house should have a porch for plants and laundry. Forget about anyone wanting to get in through the door. Boo on the biscuits (have you raided the bunker?!), but I hope you thoroughly enjoy your nice cuppa xXx
DeleteYou have been a busy bee! Let's hope your propagation is a massive success and this time you'll be a millionaire, Rodney!
ReplyDeleteThat's an ingenious idea with the washing sure beats yelling to Jon, "get off your arse and help me rescue the washing" as I race up the lawn to pull everything off the line only for the sun to come out 10 minutes later.
We've still got a bostin' NHS dentist, thank goodness - so I'm okay with Lidl's own brand diet cola with my rum! xxx
Thanks Vix, I'm already planning my dodgy-roy traders coat and ugly bum bag for carbooty success. Ahh, the mad clothes line dash, I know it well :) A bit too soggy wet here today for any drying, inside or out. Thank goodness for a NHS dentist ( a rare thing!) and enjoy your pirate cokey pokey xXx
DeleteIt's all looking very productive round at yours.
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I have caved occasionally with the heating this week, although in my defence, I am much farther North :)
Thanks Jules :) I think you can be forgiven for having the heating on up't those parts. Winter comes quicker. Soggy and mild here this week. I may get to wear my fabulous hats soon though xXx
DeleteHello Lulu! Not quite sure how I missed this blog - it wasn't showing up in my reading list until now. I can see you've been super busy!
ReplyDeleteLove the sound of a fizzy cola bottle scented plant and Miss Amarylis is looking splendid!
I confess to having had the heating on periodically - in short bursts - to help dry the washing (I'm trying to wash less too), but I accept I might have to become more inventive in my approach.
Just when you think the news couldn't get more depressing, somehow it does. Things on toast, darning socks and reading by candlelight will probably become the norm soon. Take care. xxx
Blogger is just mad sometimes Claire isn't it ! Lovely to see you here. I too am behind on reading :0 It is usually the feeling of dampness that drives me to put the heating on. I always said I'd stop at darning socks, but I do have some favourite woolly socks that I may try to revive. See you over at yours soon xXx
DeleteA bit late getting here, but glad I made the effort. You are one busy lady, I get exhausted just reading your blog! All best wishes.
ReplyDeleteNo heating on here yet either but the wood burner has been lit for weeks now. We rarely put the heating on, the wood burner does a good job of heating the whole house through heat rising throughout the house.
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks so exotic, all those lovely succulents. You have so many wonderful plants in your garden, thank you for taking us on a tour.
Oh you are lucky having a wood burner. I toyed with getting one a few years ago. It wouldn't be a straight forward fit - hence why I didn't peruse it. Now I have plenty of wood from the garden, but there are apparently 6 month waiting lists for the trades folk. Thanks SM, very kind of you xXx
DeleteHello my old Cheddar chum! So sooooorry, long time no comment! My annoying phone will not register me as Kezzie and so when I try to comment on my phone (which is when I do a lot of reading and commenting), your blog asks me to log into Google to comment and then tells me there is an error! And you've even disappeared from my email notifications that you are posting (along with ALL my comments- I get no emails telling me I have a comment any more which is very sad!). I very much apologise!
ReplyDeleteFirstly- things on toast- excellent!
I LOVE beans on toast with melted cheddar and fresh chopped chives- this was a very popular lockdown 1 lunch! We'd have fresh rocket sprinkled on top from the garden. Sadly, the Rosemary plant has set itself the goal of world dominion (or even just planter domination) so it consumed the giant chives- so none this year. My husband isn't a big fan of beans on toast (though he ate it in lockdown when it was handed to him on a plate) so we don't have it very often which is annoying. I also quite like tinned tomatoes on toast with grated melted cheddar on top too- mmmm!
Well done on the propogation- I hope you make lots of moonah from it! Love your drying strategy. We put our clothes horses outside with the washing on and then hurriedly bring it back inside when it rains but sadly this does mean our rather small living room is dominated by clothes horses (and the ironing board which lives out all week because my husband irons one shirt every morning- even though I tell him to do it at the weekend)- thank God we don't have visitors very often!
Miss Amarylis is gorgeous!
xx
Eh up Kezzie! Great to hear from you. Blogger does seem to be misbehaving lately with comments. I've also had posts falling off my reading list. Now, that is posh beans on toast, with cheese and chives, but very delicious. Monsieur got me into peanut butter and jam on toast - strangely delicious. I don't know what I'd do without my trust clothes maidens. They are prefect for whipping in & out. Do you serve tea on your ironing board m' luverly ? ;) xXx
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