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Wishing you a very good weekend.
Oops. I’m supposed to be working on something… Back to it!
Wishing you a very good weekend.
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Oh well done with the agapanthus, that’s great news! Have a good weekend.
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Hey you!!! So glad to catch up with you here! Your mugs are stunning! And the story behind your sweet family shot is just so wonderful! You were a doll! I wish I could say that my tomatoes are going to be successful but I’m afraid they have had too much rain and not enough sun. Yours look fantastic! Nothing better than a home grown tomato!!! Here is to happy things….have a great weekend friend!!! Nicole xo
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Thank you Nicole. You too. Lovely to hear from you.
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On well done with the tithonias. I grew them last year, they are gorgeous. Do you grow your tomatoes outside? I have given up on outside ones because of blight. I envy you yours, nothing like them fresh and sun- warmed.
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We have four plants growing outside and four in the greenhouse. The plants in the greenhouse are taller and have more trusses but the ones outside are doing ok so far… Yes, tithonias are gorgeous aren’t they?!
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Oh Tithonia, very Sarah Ravenesque! I must look out for some seed. Excellent news on the agapanthus. Lovely black and white photo too, these old photos, uncropped, unedited and probably only one or two shots taken really do tell the whole story. (Interesting conversation on Front Row this week with a pioneering female photographer talking about her craft.) Fingers crossed it’s a blight-free year!
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I bought the Tithonia seed from Sarah Raven – her catalogue is very enticing! I didn’t hear that Front Row. I’ll try and find it on ‘listen again’ as that sounds v interesting. Yes, I’m keeping a look out for blotchy leaves, etc. Ok so far…
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Sorry Sam, it was Friday’s Woman’s Hour (I jump around between iplayer and live radio I get confused) and the photographer was Shirley Baker. The exhibition is on now at the photographers gallery.
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Thanks Sarah. I missed that one, so I’ll check it out.
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Goodness, so much and many have blossomed. I have TimeMachine running and it has allowed me to retrieve 2-year-old files for clients and revert to a previous computer state when I loaded some software that adversely affected another piece of software – very useful. I wish I had known about the USB plug in the past. Have fun!
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I was hugely relieved when David managed to retrieve the data, that’s for sure. I’ll look in to TimeMachine. Thanks for that. Hope all’s well with you Luise and you have a great summer.
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Lovely happy moments! Especially those gorgeous mugs! xx
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Love the old family photo. Tithonias are my favorite annual. Fantastic for butterflies, bees, and even hummingbirds. Plus you can’t beat the color.
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That achillea is a gorgeous colour! I planted one in my veg patch as I read they were good for bees but it’s huge! I’m hoping it will survive a move to another part of the garden in the winter. Tithonia from seed seems a good idea although I find the Raven’s catalogues a bit too tempting and pricey!
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The Sarah Raven catalogue is very lovely and tempting! I’ve signed up for the online newsletter and there are some discounts to be had. I try to limit myself to a few packets of bulbs and seeds every now and then and they’ve always come good, so I reckon that justifies the expense. I bought 3 of these red achillea at a knock-down price last summer as they were very tatty. We grew them on and divided them in the spring – there are now approx 8 plants from the original 3 doing really well. I think it’s a fairly hardy plant so yours should be fine. Good luck.
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I think that they are Achillea ‘Paprika’.
I am averting my eyes from this post to avoid unseemly outbursts of Agapanthus rage.
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Ha ha Alice. ‘Paprika’ rings a bell. Thanks.
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I absolutely love the tithonia! What an extraordinary colour. And I am impressed by how far on your tomatoes are. Ours are a couple of weeks away from ripening. Lovely childhood photo too. I have some marvellous ones from my childhood. Perhaps I should take them out of the drawer!
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Ooh, how much whippet in Cassie? (It’s hard to tell at that angle.)
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We were told by the dog trust that she’s part greyhound, part Staffie. She’s bigger than a whippet but smaller than a greyhound and has the most gorgeous nature.
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