CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

37 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Is that Peter?     Morning,, Albert!    

It's a hare.

Overall winner of The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) 2020.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/apr/29/2020-gdt-nature-photographer-of-the-year

[Marty]

22 minutes ago, clochette said:

Hi all,

Lazy Sunday here. I don't know how that happened but last night it was about 11pm when I went to my room and did some crochet like always but suddenly I needed to pee and checked the time and it was 4am!! :o So yeah I've just woke up from a post Sunday roast nap

Hi, clo

Sort of a lazy Sunday here for me, so far. Although I have dug up a load of old linoleum that was buried in the garden. I think it may have been put down as a path, because there was a layer of small pebbles on top of it. Had to remove it in sections, so it will go into the rubbish skip I intend renting sometime. 

I've also sown climbing runner bean seeds in deep individual seed pots. I managed to get the return of a lot of 8 foot canes I had left at the place I sold last year (the new owner has no use for them), so will use them to make a frame for the beans to grow up when I plant them out.

Edited May 3, 2020 by Marty
Removing another of my inevitable typos.

[Albert1434]

8 minutes ago, Marty said:

It's a hare.

Overall winner of The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) 2020.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/apr/29/2020-gdt-nature-photographer-of-the-year

Nice 

[Headstall]

20 minutes ago, Marty said:

It's a hare.

Overall winner of The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) 2020.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/apr/29/2020-gdt-nature-photographer-of-the-year

I know.  

[dughlas]

16 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Reno is 4505.6 feet (1373 m) and where we live is higher by 500 feet

 

16 hours ago, Marty said:

Where I live I am 92 m (302 ft) above sea level and, in a straight line, about 15 miles (24 kilometres) from the Atlantic.

Mum's house is 5 miles from the ocean and 14 ft above sea level. Part of her complex is only 9 ft above sea level. Guess that's why this area is considered part of the South Carolina low country.

[Headstall]

28 minutes ago, Marty said:

Hi, Gary!

Hope your neck's feeling at least a little bit better today.

It is a bit better, but still sore enough to keep me cautious.  

[Headstall]

25 minutes ago, clochette said:

Hi all,

Lazy Sunday here. I don't know how that happened but last night it was about 11pm when I went to my room and did some crochet like always but suddenly I needed to pee and checked the time and it was 4am!!  So yeah I've just woke up from a post Sunday roast nap

Someone is getting older...   Hi, Tink!  

[clochette]

8 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Someone is getting older...   Hi, Tink!  

Nope! I'm young, I'm not even 30! Anyway I'm like Peter Pan, I'll never grow old, Old Man 

Edited May 3, 2020 by clochette

[dughlas]

14 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Asparagus is another one that I thought about growing, and I've heard that planting onions and potatoes from your pantry will cause them to grow into a new plant.   

 

I've thought about growing different varieties of potatoes like those. I imagine they're much hardier than the Russets or reds I normally buy at the store.   

Years ago I've grew potatoes from the peels after paring potatoes for dinner. I used to add them to a small compost pile. Next thing I knew I had potato vines. I harvested them as small "new" potatoes and got about two pound.

Normally I would buy a pound of seed potatoes but I've also planted those from the bin that had sprouted. I prefer to grow my potatoes under a mulch layer of straw, leaf and grass clippings rather than in hills. It takes a bit more space but it's easy to lift the edge of the mulch to gather a few small potatoes from time to time. Since the reason I grew potatoes was to have those small potatoes it was the best solution for me. Storage potatoes are plentiful and relatively cheap wher I live so I didn't need a large harvest of keepers.

[dughlas]

13 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

So many potato questions 

I'm sure everyone will chip in with answers.

[clochette]

3 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Years ago I've grew potatoes from the peels after paring potatoes for dinner. I used to add them to a small compost pile. Next thing I knew I had potato vines. I harvested them as small "new" potatoes and got about two pound.

Wooow that's so cool! 

[Headstall]

8 minutes ago, clochette said:

Nope! I'm young, I'm not even 30! Anyway I'm like Peter Pan, I'll never grow old, Old Man 

Oh oh... confusion is already setting in. You're Tinkerbell, not Peter Pan.    

[dughlas]

14 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Someone is getting older...   Hi, Tink!  

Are you bragging or complaining ... 😯 ... you meant Clo. My bad 😆

[Headstall]

7 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I'm sure everyone will chip in with answers.

Dad joke alert!   Hey, bro and Mum.  

[Albert1434]

11 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Years ago I've grew potatoes from the peels after paring potatoes for dinner. I used to add them to a small compost pile. Next thing I knew I had potato vines. I harvested them as small "new" potatoes and got about two pound.

Normally I would buy a pound of seed potatoes but I've also planted those from the bin that had sprouted. I prefer to grow my potatoes under a mulch layer of straw, leaf and grass clippings rather than in hills. It takes a bit more space but it's easy to lift the edge of the mulch to gather a few small potatoes from time to time. Since the reason I grew potatoes was to have those small potatoes it was the best solution for me. Storage potatoes are plentiful and relatively cheap wher I live so I didn't need a large harvest of keepers.

Hmm Potatoes don't grow on vines  Sweet potatoes do 

Edited May 3, 2020 by Albert1434

[clochette]

7 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I'm sure everyone will chip in with answers.

The reactions will be crisp

[dughlas]

Just now, Headstall said:

Dad joke alert!   Hey, bro and Mum.  

👋

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, clochette said:

The reactions will be crisp

*groan*  

[dughlas]

Just now, Albert1434 said:

Hmm Potatoes don't grow on vine  Sweet potatoes do 

Having grown both types I know that but where I grew up potato plants were often referred to as vines. Particularly when grown under mulch as I did.

[Page Scrawler]

4 minutes ago, clochette said:

The reactions will be crisp

[Albert1434]

2 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Having grown both types I know that but where I grew up potato plants were often referred to as vines. Particularly when grown under mulch as I did.

hmmm never knew that one

[clochette]

5 minutes ago, Headstall said:

*groan*  

 

3 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

[Albert1434]

I hope your well today Dughlas

[Marty]

Good morning all!

Shaping up to be a beautiful day here in the northwest of Ireland.  

[dughlas]

G'day y'all. It bodes a hot muggy day here. Though my head aches the pup and I managed an early morning walk. Now for some brekkie, a shower then a bit of quiet. Blessed be.

...

Well I've had brekkie, toast with butter and cherry jam - two bites of which went to the pup. Taken that shower, the water cascading over my skin washing away the soap bubbles was comforting. Unfortunately none of that has done anything to ease the storm building in my brain. I've taken a bit of something, drawn the curtains and settled into the recliner in my room. There's a dozing pup curled up between my knees. Let us hope for better things.

Edited May 4, 2020 by dughlas