Good morning all wet and windy in these parts



ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN - JIMMY ROGERS

Morning all



Lousy weather here too!



ROSE GARDEN - Lynn Anderson



Back later



T x

LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES - EDISON LIGHTHOUSE



HOMEGROWN - NEIL YOUNG



VEGETABLES - BEACHBOYS



THE ONION SONG = MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERREL

Mornin all!



How about:



FLOWERS IN THE RAIN - THE MOVE



CAN YOU DIG IT? - MOCK TURTLES



SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE - TEARS FOR FEARS



GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME - TOM JONES

Hello Simon and everyone



Happy Pearl to Mr and Mrs Deebee and many more happy anniversaries to come.



Thanks for all your wishes yesterday much appreciated.



And yes Simon, 1990 indeed, I d aren't say the phrase about feeling "mature"?!!



1st day went went well. this contracting game has done wonders for my confidence as you have no choice picking up different ways that various organisations do things, you kind of have to hit the ground running immediately.



Hope Alex's day went well too.



Now to get green fingered (only in the cyber sense):



1. ROSE GARDEN - Lynn Anderson

2. BORDERLINE - Madonna

3. CAN YOU DIG IT? - Mock Turtles

4. DIGGING YOUR SCENE - Blow Monkeys

5. FLOWERS IN THE RAIN - The Move

6. HONG KONG GARDEN - Siouxsie and the Banshees

7. GARDEN PARTY - Mezzaforte

8. PICTURE THIS - Blondie

9. THE GARDEN SONG - John Denyer

10. GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME - Tom Jones



Well must press on.



Have a nice day.



Mandy ;)

Good Morning Each!



'Digging Your Scene' by The Blow Monkeys



'Weeds' by Pulp



'Green Fingers' by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Good Morning Simon and Poppeteers



BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - THE FOUNDATIONS

If your garden is anything like mine -



DEAD FLOWERS - ROLLING STONES



Or for all the little garden gnomes



THE LAUGHING GNOME - DAVID BOWIE

Morning everyone



Dry and blowy here today....



SECRET GARDEN ~ Bruce Springsteen



WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW ~ Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds



GARDEN PARTY ~ Ricky Nelson



WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? ~ Kingston Trio



FLOWERS IN THE RAIN ~ The Move



SAN FRANCISCO (WEAR SOME FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR) ~ Scott Mackenzie



I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW ~ The Move

'Secret Garden' by Bruce Springsteen



'Tiptoe Through The Tulips' by Tiny Tim



'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' by The Move



'Flowers In The Rain' by The Move



'Buzz Fledderjohn' by Tom Waits



'Woodstock' by CSNY. (Gotta get back to the garden)

My suggestion mini collection:



FADING LIKE A FLOWER - (the criminally underrated and lovely) Roxette

LIFE IS A FLOWER - Ace of Base (I've gone all Swedish)

Happy Pearl Anniversary to Mr and Mrs Deebee!



https://printscape.co.uk/data/event-products/591x427/pearl-anniversary-banner-silver-rings.jpg

#11 In which case...



https://www.facebook.com/music/playlist/For-Rostronposkett/10150810304532930

Remarkable, I thought of ONE!



Carly Simon - The Garden



LB,x

Morning All,



Managed to dodge the showers on our walk to school/work.



Many fine choices abouve but only had a quick skim so apologoes for duplication.



Kiss from a rose - Seal.

Congrats to Mr and Mrs Deebee!



Maybe back more laters.



A.

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



How about:



I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN by Lyn Paul



SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE by Tears for Fears



CAN YOU DIG IT by the Mock Turtles



A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES by Elvis Costello



FLOWERS IN THE WINDOW by Travis



LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES by Edison Lighthouse



Now to read back...



~X~

Oooh, got another:-



Digging in the Dirt - Peter Gabriel



Just might revisit 'US' while working away. Also have a hamkering for a bit of INXS after listeing to CE this morning.



Toodles.



A.

Gosh, my typing is atrocious.



Fingers obviously moving to quickly for the keyboard to keep up. Hopefully it all makes sense, lol.



A.

#16 Happy Anniversary Deebee. Have a lovely day :)

DANDILION - ROLLING STONES



HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH - TRAFFIC



ACE OF SPADES - MOTORHEAD



and for Simon's garden and many other urban estates

FOX ON THE RUN - SWEET or MANFRED MANN

#2 #16 D'oh!



I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN by Lyn Anderson



#12 Thank you Florence!



~X~

Good morning everybody!



Back from my holiday Monday all refreshed.

Many congratulations to Mr & Mrs Deebee!



Onto the mensh-chase for now, though...



COMBINE HARVESTER - THE WORZELLS

GREEN GROW THE RUSHES - REM

FLOWERS IN THE WINDOW - TRAVIS

JCB SONG - NIZLOPI (maybe more landscaping though)

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER - THE BEATLES



Back later.

Off to the coffee machine....



--

cBzz

Morning from a slightly sleety Horsforth – just back from a fortnight in Scotland sailing, dodging snow showers and submarines. Half of NATO seems to on the Clyde!



Warmest congrats to Mr & Mrs DeeBee also. I’m early enough to suggest a new song:



PEACHES – THE STRANGLERS

Morning one and all....................3 word Tuesday..........cold...wet...gloomy :0(



Hope all is well with everyone.......................oldies today..........................





OCTOPUS'S GARDEN - BEATLES



FLOWERS IN THE RAIN - THE MOVE



LEAVES THAT ARE GREEN - SIMON & GARFUNKEL



I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW - THE MOVE



LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES - EDISON LIGHTHOUSE



HONG KONG GARDEN - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES



IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES - ELVIS COSTELLO



DIGGING IN THE DIRT - PETER GABRIEL



TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS - TINY TIM





Caffeine beckons......................................................................................



Dougal x................................................................................................

Morning all :-)



THE ONION SONG MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL





PSL xx

Bring me to life - Evanescence

Cherry pink and apple blossom white - Modern Romance

Digging your scene - Blow Monkeys

Roll away your stone - Mumford & Sons

Sunflower - Paul Weller

The Rose - Westlife

Thorn in my side - Eurythmics

Walk on the wild side - Lou Reed

Kiss from a rose - Seal

A meeting beckons.............



Catch you later



Shona x

IT'S GROWING OTIS REDDING

SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Scarborough Fair (Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme)



JOHN OTWAY - Green Green Grass of Home



NICK DRAKE - Saturday Sun (essential if you want to get the gardening done)



SIOUXIE & THE BANSHEES - Hong Kong Garden

#13 - Paul, great tune. Had never heard it before. Loved it most up until 4.20 when the drum disturbs the moment. Up to then I was immersed in the Swedish garden!

Good morning everyone.



Happy Anniversary to the Deebeedeebees :0)

BACK TO MY ROOTS....ODYSSEY



PSL

And every garden needs rain...



STATUS QUO - RAIN



Or a couple more Nick Drake songs:



NICK DRAKE - Come Into The Garden



NICK DRAKE - Man In A Shed

Back again................................congratulations Deebee..........you don't look old enough to be celebrating your Pearl!.........................................................hope you and Mr D have a lovely evening.............................................................



More oldies..............................................................................................



THE MOLE IN THE HOLE - THE SOUTHLANDERS



PERFECT DAY - LOU REED...................'You reap what you sow'...........



THE ROSE - BETTE MIDLER



WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE - PETER PAUL & MARY



EDEN - TALK TALK



EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN - NEW ORDER



and especially for Simon's Garden.......................................



FOX ON THE RUN - SWEET







Dougal x..................................................................................................

Happy Tuesdays all round ... and here's a list I prepped earlier:



DOWN WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW - NICK CAVE ETC



REAP THE WILD WIND - ULTRAVOX



KISS FROM A ROSE - SEAL



I'LL PICK A ROSE FOR MY ROSE - MARV JOHNSON [lovely!]



SCARBOROUGH FAIR - SIMON & GARFUNKEL



ON THE BORDER - AL STEWART



PERFECT DAY - you're gonna reap what you sow... - ASSORTED ARTISTES



... and on a day when legislation on live music in pubs and clubs may be *loosened* .. the incomparable



ROOTS - SHOW OF HANDS





:^)

How about



A LONELY LITTLE PETUNIA IN AN ONION PATCH by IMOGEN HEAP



SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE by TFF



PS Love Vildeen's Ace Of Spades suggestion. Matt will be pleased with that one!

THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THE GARDEN OF JANE DELAWNEY by TREES

SECRET GARDEN by QUINCY JONES

SPRINKLE IT by SQUARE ONE

GARDEN PARTY by RICK NELSON

GROW SOME FUNK OF YOUR OWN by SIR ELTON JOHN

A couple more before I go ...





RAMBLE ON - LED ZEPPELIN



JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS - CUTTING CREW



WILD THING - TROGGS



PEPPERS AND TOMATOES - RALPH MCTELL



HARVEST - NEIL YOUNG





:^)

Missed off my list ...





WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE - AC/DC



:^D

Happy Anniversary to Deebs and Mr Deebs

:^)



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...╭━━━━━━━━━╮

...┃♥ ೋ ღ☃ღ ೋ ♥ ┃

...┃☆❤ MR & MRS❤☆┃

...┃★☆❤DEEBS ❤☆★┃

...┃♥ ೋ ღ☃ღ ೋ ♥ ┃

╔═════════════════╗

Here's a nice little trad. ditty dripping with innuendo:



WANTON SEED - NIC JONES



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wcNkJuhrfc&feature=related

Bed of Roses - Bonjovi please for my Landscaper gardener husband Russell Watkinson :0)



Nicky

Coffee time... no sitting in the garden at work today. Still, we need the rain.



#34 Aww, how sweet of you to say so Dougal! Obviously I was only 8 when we got married...



;o)



Thanks for all the anniversary congrats, and to KatyMatey for the lovely cake. Having an ordinary day at work, but we'll be going out for a nice meal tonight. And on Saturday we're jetting off to Tenerife for a week. Can't wait!



~X~

One more................for all of the lawn perfectionists out there.......................





DON'T STEP ON THE GRASS SAM - STEPPENWOLF





Dougal x...............................................................................................

Morning,



Let it grow - Eric Clapton



Small black flowrs that grow in the sky - Manic Street Preachers



Green grow the rushes - R.E.M



Thistle & Weed - Mumford and Sons



Sunflower - Paul Weller



Flowers never bend with the rain - Simon & Garfunkel



Flowers in the window - Travis



Trampled under foot - Led Zeppelin



Rose garden - Lynn Anderson



This Garden - Levellers

Time for some silliness:



Cliff Richard - Weed Don't Talk Any More



Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Lawn Again, Naturally



Fleetwood Mac - Hoe Well



Eric B & Rakim - Spade In Full



Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound of Raking Grass



Frank Sinatra - Flymo To The Moon (other lawn mowers are available)



Scritti Politti - Oh Patio



Paul McCartney - No Mower Lonely Nights



:o)

I'll be here all week...

LOLing at The Driver's list above!



Brilliant



:^D

Now that the mensh-chase is tapering off a bit (see #46 for proof)...



Had a bit of a catch-up on the blog stuff I missed between me skiving off early on Friday and this morning.



Mo - yes I'm in Aberdeen, which is a miserable place to be today - tipping down!



Thanks to Katy and to Zoe for their congrats messages.

Also thanks to all of the others to whom I have not replied because I've missed your messages.



#46 Driver - one to save for the autumnal 'putting away the garden tools' oldie: "See you later Rotovator"



And now for the big announcement....

We have set a date!

7th July @ 2pm

#48 sorry Mo, if only I'd caught up before we booked ;)



--

cBzz

Gardening songs:

Flowers in the window – Travis

Blackbird – The Beatles

Violet hill – Coldplay

Every Rose has its thorn – Poison

Welcome to the jungle – Guns and Roses (well my garden looks/feels like a jungle sometimes!)

I beg your pardon (never promised you a rose garden) Kon Kan

Rose Garden – Lynn Anderson

Strawberry fields forever – The Beatles

18 Carrot Love Affair – The Associates (Carat)

Octopuses Garden – The Beatles

Digging your scene – Blow Monkeys

Digging in the Dirt – Peter Gabriel

Can you dig it – The Mockturtles

Wild Flower – The Cult

The Caterpillar – The Cure

Lady Bird – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood

Black horse and the cherry tree – K T Tunstall

Don’t sit under the apple tree – The Andrews Sisters

Green Onions – Booker T and the MGs

Sunflower – Paul Weller

Ace of Spades – Motorhead

Green Grass – I am Arrows



It has taken me so long to think of these, I think other people have already posted most of them above!

PETER GABRIEL - Shaking The Tree



MTUME - Juicy Fruit



YES - Close To The 'Edge :o)

Give Peas a Chance - John Lennon



You Sowed Me - Lightning Seeds



Grow Now - Moody Blues



Grovejet - Sophie Trellis Bextor



Heaven is a Hose Pipe - OPM



Lay Down - Strawbs

hi all



happy 50th aniversry deebee



CAN YOU DID IT-MOCK TURTLES



DIGGING A HOLE-BERNARD CRIBBINS



TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM-MAX BYGRAVES



I PICK A ROSE FOR MY ROSE-MARV JOHNSON

Congratulations Coffeebuzz on setting the date. 7th July is ion the diary for a blog wedding ;)



Driver, love your very clever songs. LOL



Has anyone mentioned the little song ditties that went with each of the characters from the Herb Garden? Parsley the Lion, Dill the Dog etc.

Afternoon all ! and a Happy Anniversary to Mr & Mrs Deebee :-)



How's about

THESE (WELLIE) BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKING - NANCY SINARTRA

~gill~

#53 Gazza, you'll get smacked bottom for that! 50th Anniversary indeed. LOL

Good Afternoon All :)



No oldie suggestions from me today, but lots of great songs suggested above, I see.



On the gardening - The mister has just returned from his allotment, and has declared his brassicas to be a fine sight to behold! He lost a few things to frost last week, but nothing too serious, so we have high hopes for the rest. I have my fingers crossed for his cucumbers, because after a bumper crop in 2010, we barely had one decent one last year :(



I think I'm joining the ranks of the achy blogpoppets, as my back has decided to give me gyp. I think it needs some gentle exercise, and all being well the mister and I will be popping out to Hathersage tomorrow, for a bit of a stroll (and for him to visit the garden centre there for some echinacea)



I need to read back properly now, as I only skimmed over, but I did see Coffeebuzz & Ladybuzz had set a date, so congratulations again to them & I hope it's a lovely summer's day for you :)

Afternoon all



#57 Zoe - I went to Hathersedge last year with my parents (they live about 30 mins away) - I hadn't been for years before that and had forgotten how lovely it is around there. Hope it doesn't rain too much for your walk, and that your aches disappear!



T x

Good afternoon - has been raining but the sun is trying to emerge now.



Had my hair 'done' this morning so a bit late on parade but will try a choon -



ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN - ?



Must have been mentioned already - off to read back.



JW

#56 shona i forgot its the diamond aniversery this year



happy 60th aniversery deebee x

#57 Aww Zoe, take care of your back and pleased to hear Mister's brassicas are a wonderful sight. X

one more from me



JIMMIE RODGERS-ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN

Afternoon all



GREEN GROWS THE LAUREL - Cara Dillon

Hello there! Remember me?



No time to catch up yet, but just wanted to throw this one into the hat...



WILD WORLD - Cat Stevens





Off to catch up on all the shennanigans...

Haven't seen



BLACKBERRY WAY - THE MOVE



BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - THE FOUNDATIONS



WILD THING - THE TROGGS (our garden a few years back!)



I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - MARVIN GAYE



Apologies if they have been mentioned.



Congratulations to Coffeebuzz and soon-to-be-Mrs on naming the day - did you find a lovely venue for the ceremony?



Happy wedding anniversary to Deebee and Mr - have a wonderful day.



Thanks to everyone who joined in the 'Thank You' debate yesterday - I think I might try the 'thank you' notes as a present and if that doesn't work, the 'absent' present. We'll see................



See you later



JW

Happy anniversary, Deebee and Mr B!

#60 Gazza, you are a naughty boy and I rather think Deebee will send you straight to the naughty step without any supper ;0)

Afternoon all



Back from a self-imposed exile from blogging, not entirely sure why, but just felt I needed a break.



Congrats to Mr & Mrs Deebee on your anniversary (30 years, I think you'll find Gazza!) As has been suggested above, you definitely must have been a child bride.



No suggestions as all the good songs have already been selected by others.



Hope all is well, as no chance to go and pick up what's been happening.



Cheers



A

This has just appeared in my in-box at work:



"On 18th April 2012, Scotland, England and Wales will declare a national campaign to promote a Zero Tolerance to Stalking."Stalking not in our Country!" Has evolved from the changes in Scottish law and the subsequent Parliamentary Stalking Enquiry and the Home Office consultation of the 1997 Harassment Act."



That's Tony and me finished then! ;~

#54 Shona, #57 Zoe, #65 Jennie (and #everybody)



We have found a small venue in Royal Deeside for the ceremony.

If it's a nice day (i.e. not raining) we'll be outside, by the river. Otherwise there's a very cosy space indoors.

Due to the combination of location (Aberdeenshire) and timing (July), there's always a chance of rain (or sleet/snow/hail), with sunny intervals!



As they never get played, I usually don't go for 'anything by...' oldies, but I have a few rattling around in my head-loft, so I though I'd share:

*Robert Plant

*Fiona Apple

*The Stone Roses

*The Lightning Seeds

*Black Grape

*Kate Bush

*Black Eyed Peas



Off to the coffee machine....



--

cBzz

Mary Mary - The Monkees

#53 #60 cheeky Gazza!



Welcome back to JBG and Andy_T!



And welcomes to Alison Owen, Nicky Watkinson and Rich Brown - hope you'll stick around for some banter. We're really quite a friendly bunch!



How is the first day of your new contract going, Alex?



#69 Teehee! That really made me smile, Shona!



~X~

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Deebee on your Pearl Anniversary xx

#70 That sounds lovely Coffeebuzz.



#72 I also thought of you and the nice Mr Mayo Deebee. Tee hee. X



Off out and about this afternoon with a late finish so will miss some of the show but at least I will be away from the e-mail machine.



Enjoy the rest of your day everone and catch you later. Good luck with the menshes too. X

Well, in no particular order:



Happy belated birthday, Alex, and good luck with the new contract!



And also to Sal!



Congratulations to CoffeeBuzz and LadyBuzz!



Happy Anniversary to Mr and Mrs Deebee!



Welcome back Katy! And Andy!



So many exclamation marks!!!!



Jennie Wren - I agree, you should stop. We tell our boys if they don't thank it means the present will be taken away, and they won't get one next year. The Gengis Khan school of manners! And definitely for the 21 year old - otherwise you'll still be buying a Blue Peter annual for a 22 year old!



Hope those with aching bodies - Shona, Zoe, anyone else - get some relief.





Oh, and one more tune for the gardens:







WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE - Guns 'N' Roses

#54 Spookily enough, when the alarm went off this morning, before dragging ourselves out of bed my wife and I were talking about The Herbs and trying to remember the songs. We could remember that Parsley, Dill and Bayleaf the Gardener had signature tunes. We also recalled Sir Basil and Lady Rosemary but don't recall any ditties for them. And I also remembered a wise old owl, presumably called Sage, though the good Lady Driver has no such recollection.



All very short tunes in the context of suggestions. Though I suppose that if there's only 15 seconds til the news at six...

And take it easy, Gazza. No gardening for you.

#76 Ah, pillow talk... how romantic. Have you and Lady Driver been married about as long as Mr B and I have...?



;o)

Welcome back absentee bloggers and welcome new bloggers!!



I enjoy gardening and am itching to get things going in the garden. Mr has prepared all the beds and all we are waiting for is the warmer weather and lack of frosts. I will be getting seeds going in the shed soon and potatoes will be going in the ground too.



I supply our friends with tomato plants and chilli plants which they all love growing and eating the resultant fruits of their labours.



If anyone out there has never had a go at growing things, chillis are one of the easiest and most productive plants I've ever grown. The chillis can be dried or frozen and keep us supplied for most of the year. I thought you would need a greenhouse for them but they are quite happy outside in a sunny spot. They would probably be even more productive in a greenhouse ...........worth a try!!



JW

#76 & #54

I'm a very friendly lion called Parsley.

I am always very glad to see you wave.

But please don't shout or speak to me too harshly.

Because I'm not particularly brave.



The owl was Sage, and I think there were some chives in there as well. Not sure about songs for any of the other characters, but no doubt who the star was...

#72. No computer and everyone has gone to a meeting so bored right now but I think it will be good.



Hello JBG!!



Jennie, my chillis in the greenhouse have been a failure. Nothing has come up at all. Same with tomatoes. What am I doing wrong? Or rather, what should I be doing right?

Haven't been on here over Easter school holidays, but before I left Jilly wanted a poem suggestion for a funeral. Anyone know what she went with in the end?

Thanks for the welcome back.



#76 #80 - Sage was the Owl and every character did have a ditty even those like Belladonna who only popped up occasionally. Still think Dill the dog may have been on a different type of herb, given his rather frantic antics!



JW - I spent 2 1/2 hours on sun doing the beds at the allotment and like you just waiting for frosts to pass as I have fruit bushes, brassicas and onions waiting to go in!



Alex G - might have been a bit cold if your greenhouse isn't heated, try starting them on windowsill inside.



Cheers



A

#83. Thanks Andy. Will try that.

Happy Anniversary to Deebee and Mr B :)) Here's to many more happy years ahead xx



#58 Thank you, Tortie :) We go past Hathersage quite a lot on our travels, but the mister has wanted to visit the garden centre there for a while.



#61 Thanks Shona :) My back is still very achy, but I think it's due to a build up of stress, rather than any physical strain. I haven't been up to the mister's allotment, but he was full of pride for his brassicas today! :D



#68 Welcome back Andy :)



#70 Coffeebuzz - Sounds lovely, and I do hope you'll get more than a glimpse of sunshine on your big day :)



#75 Thanks John :)

#81 - Alex - I plant my chilli seeds indoors and put them on a shelf over the fridge and freezer so they keep warm all the time and when they have grown a few leaves pot them up into bigger pots and put outside when there is no frost about at all.



I do plant tomatoes outside in the shed but haven't done so yet as it is still cold at night - I usually plant them end of April/beginning May.



JW

#82 Rostronposkett - I don't think Jilly chose one, she just thanked everyone for their contributions, and said that she would ponder over which one was most suitable for her brother.

#57

So good to read that the Mister's brassicas are a sight to behold.

I'm now of the age where a hardy perennial is preferable to a tender bedding plant ..



Alex and Jennie #81, #86

.. seriously though, and on the subject of gardens, seedling, plantlings, indoors/outdoors, etc etc. - I will be hosting a my annual Seedling Swap within a month where my friends and I get together and exchange our surplus.



Am hoping to give away some rather fine sweet pea pots [currently on my windowledge] for some dwarf beans which I haven't seeded this year. Tomatoes, capsicums and chillis I have already.



All windowledge-grown, Alex - I have neither a greenhouse nor a garage and my city garden is mainly containerised.



:^)

#88 Best result I had for tomatoes was those grown in glass porch at my old house, just right combination of heat and light, not been able to reproduce it since I moved.



Plant swaps are great, we have ad hoc ones on the allotment, makes you try and grow stuff you probably wouldn't try ordinarily.



A

#86. Are you aware of the part our own illustrious leader,Simon, played in the history of The Herbs? A bit of homework for you, right there.

#90, for #86, read #80.

afternoon all...mixed day weather wise here heavy rain winds then sunshine?



*trampled in the rush for a peep at THE brassica*



I planted my potatoes yesterday sick of seeing them 'chitting' on the windowsill, trying Charlottes this year and I have my broad beans in and started an asparagas bed which may be ready for 2014!



PSL

#91.......................Paul................didn't Simon and Sybil Ruscoe front the videos for the Herbs...............from their Radio 1 days.................



Dougal x......................................................................................

#91 #93 https://theherbs.homestead.com/MayoandRuscoe.html



;o)

#92 Chuckling at 'chitting' potatoes



#90 Oooh PoS- what be that then?

Ah - I've just spotted Dougal's contribution ...







From around midday I've had Radio2 on 'in the background' whilst I've been working - many tracks we suggested for gardening theme have been played ... coincidence?

I think not.



:^)

As this is National Gardening Week, how about Blogpoppets planting some sunflower seeds this week and see whose grows to be the tallest... or is this a silly idea?

Once they take off, we could post progress pics now and again!



:o)

Got to go now.....................date with a plumber.........................have a lovely evening Deebee.......................................................good luck with menches everyone..........................................................................



Dougal x.......................................................................................

#94 Deebs - I clicked on that



..which I will usually do if I know what I'm clicking on - just a thought for those who post links without actually saying what they are ...



Anyway - I digress.



Have you got those videos, Debeedeebs?

;^)

#96 It's actually a lovely idea, Flo.

However, I am unlikely to join in as I don't have any spare bedding space in garden proper.

I do also have a roof garden but would have to use a container and am not sure I get the the strength and height required for championship growth!

#87 Thanks Zoe. I hope it went as well as can be hoped for anyway.