tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post6683097645359490343..comments2023-08-11T12:32:08.470+01:00Comments on Commonplaces: JardinerieKevin Musgrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-63750832048163900972009-04-24T15:17:00.000+01:002009-04-24T15:17:00.000+01:00Ooh, it's like Gardener's Question Time here. I'l...Ooh, it's like Gardener's Question Time here. I'll know who to come to next time I have aphids in my hellebores. Nothing worse.Daphne Wayne-Boughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581048408996935564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-26380835103867376182009-04-23T06:46:00.000+01:002009-04-23T06:46:00.000+01:00Oh, ok, that sounds very encouraging, thank you!Oh, ok, that sounds very encouraging, thank you!Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-62487455697406986772009-04-22T22:40:00.000+01:002009-04-22T22:40:00.000+01:00Those cranesbills seem a bit oversexed...
SxThose cranesbills seem a bit oversexed...<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-42514256838782214082009-04-22T16:13:00.000+01:002009-04-22T16:13:00.000+01:00some of the best campanulas and dianthus are from ...some of the best campanulas and dianthus are from Carpathia, honestKevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-79495977457672142882009-04-22T08:02:00.000+01:002009-04-22T08:02:00.000+01:00Possibly the poor soils of Mediteranean south-east...Possibly the poor soils of <I>Mediteranean</I> south-east of Europe, Kevin, but PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-5156802851218907862009-04-21T20:23:00.000+01:002009-04-21T20:23:00.000+01:00Ms. Parrish: there's a lot of money but it's not m...<B>Ms. Parrish</B>: there's a lot of money but it's not me making it. You need no sense of shame to make the proper money.<br /><br /><B>Gareth</B>: Albertines are lovely but I'm in enough trouble as it is. Ta for the comment about the cherry tree post.<br /><br /><br /><B>Mme deF</B>: how true those words are...<br /><br /><B>Gadjo</B>: Heavens, man, if you can keep a Campsis going you must be able to do a Camellia. And to think: some of the most beautiful rock plants come from poor soils in the south-east of Europe...<br /><br />You and me both, <B>Lulu</B>. Living near the Imperial War Museum North, as we do, I've provided my dad with a pile of Dig For Victory supplies.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-27237883230482022652009-04-21T10:02:00.000+01:002009-04-21T10:02:00.000+01:00I've just noticed your comment about the cherry tr...I've just noticed your comment about the cherry trees and went back to your post on them, which was really quite beautiful. When you live in an urban environment there are few things (if any) more heartening than a tree. What is the matter with these people? Why couldn't they build around them? It can be done you know.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-48897200025024418992009-04-21T07:40:00.000+01:002009-04-21T07:40:00.000+01:00I read about the cherry trees and the bastard lawn...I read about the cherry trees and the bastard lawn council workers, I get very upset about that sort of thing.<br /><br />To contrast I've been reading about the flourishing victory gardening going on in the USLulu LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546286547273386382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-44231745002926237422009-04-21T06:54:00.000+01:002009-04-21T06:54:00.000+01:00Charming. I'm amazed that nearly all my newly plan...Charming. I'm amazed that nearly all my newly planted shrubs survived the Transylvanian winter, even the lavender and the campsis ("Trumpet vine"). I've just worked out that the sun clears the top of the house from late spring and so can site me cold frame and build a rockery in what I'd thought was a dark corner. But the soil's still a bit impoverished: what I do really need is a pile of actual bullshit.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-75491534910495100842009-04-20T20:25:00.000+01:002009-04-20T20:25:00.000+01:00Ah, Mr Musgrove, re your earlier post, the bigger ...Ah, Mr Musgrove, re your earlier post, the bigger the bull, the bigger the bullshit, to quote Mr J Thackray.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-74234846992136503522009-04-20T09:46:00.000+01:002009-04-20T09:46:00.000+01:00So that's your brown-fingered secret: successive a...So that's your brown-fingered secret: successive applications of bullshit do make your garden grow. Roses especially. Got any Albertines?Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-7184447565013719372009-04-20T03:26:00.000+01:002009-04-20T03:26:00.000+01:00Is there a lot of money in bullshit, then?
If so,...Is there a lot of money in bullshit, then?<br /><br />If so, why am I not a bajillionaire?<br /><br />Re: your garlicky smell. Just as well I'm not a vampire then, eh?! :D<br /><br />Vord verification: "i rest". More like "i wish".Scarlett Parrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780140564281071609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-28338205663199984492009-04-19T22:20:00.000+01:002009-04-19T22:20:00.000+01:00You do make this sound so idyllic. When I return h...You do make this sound so idyllic. When I return home, I shall gaze on my expanse of wilderness and feel that at least I am giving something back to nature. And start weeding.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.com