I moved one from under the holly to under the bamboo. The long grass retains a lot of moisture this time of year and it is now a lot nearer the ponds in the gardens behind.
Bus error - passengers dumped.
Dator
Plans actions and ideas. Inside and out at the midden. Gadgets and computers. Life with the Unicorn.
2004/09/30
Another batch
Another eve another two turves both with recycled daffs to the north and I split a10 crocus yellow size 8/9 flowering 10cm from cultivated stock for 89/100ths from Wilko between them. These look a pretty yellow on the packaging but don't seem to have a particular name, however some of these were beginning to sprout.
The unicorn had suggested putting chives in the crocus pot so I have emptied that and planted the very light and dry but beginning to sprout bulbs under a small but thick turf near next-door's drive under the kitchen window.
The chives cost 20/100ths for a small pot with strict instructions:-
Place in bright conditions avoiding cold draughts. Can be kept in full sun if watering is carefully monitored. Water sparingly but do not allow to dry out. Avoid splashing water on the leaves.
Dator
The unicorn had suggested putting chives in the crocus pot so I have emptied that and planted the very light and dry but beginning to sprout bulbs under a small but thick turf near next-door's drive under the kitchen window.
The chives cost 20/100ths for a small pot with strict instructions:-
Place in bright conditions avoiding cold draughts. Can be kept in full sun if watering is carefully monitored. Water sparingly but do not allow to dry out. Avoid splashing water on the leaves.
DO NOT OVERWATER
To prolong the life of the plants cut leaves 2cm above level of compost.
I thank you Tesco for making it seem so off-putting.
I need a low fat sugar free no salt sauce to make my cookery more interesting - I'm already bored with Quark with or without chives.
I thank you Tesco for making it seem so off-putting.
I need a low fat sugar free no salt sauce to make my cookery more interesting - I'm already bored with Quark with or without chives.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Albert Einstein, 1921
Dator
2004/09/28
Plantings
It was daylight when I returned and fine.
For about an hour I lifted a couple of turfs (turves is obsolete like elves and rooves).
Three spade widths by two starting one foot from the front boundary and one foot from the drive towards the neighbours pampas grass. In each space I have planted crocuses (croci would be silly) near to the road and daffodils to the rear.
Next to the drive are cream beauty, 79/100ths of a monetary unit, distributed by Wilkinson and labelled 10 crocus specie Cream Beauty bulb size 6/7 flowering height 10cm grown from cultivated stock. The others from the same source are 10 crocus Purpureus Grandiflorus bulb size 8/9 flowering height 10cm grown from cultivated stock. Not only are these slightly larger, as advertised, but have already started to sprout.
The daffodils are from the pots of last year.
Unicorn has read the hire purchase agreement for her car and feels robbed. She has been but will she do anything about it?
Dator
For about an hour I lifted a couple of turfs (turves is obsolete like elves and rooves).
Three spade widths by two starting one foot from the front boundary and one foot from the drive towards the neighbours pampas grass. In each space I have planted crocuses (croci would be silly) near to the road and daffodils to the rear.
Next to the drive are cream beauty, 79/100ths of a monetary unit, distributed by Wilkinson and labelled 10 crocus specie Cream Beauty bulb size 6/7 flowering height 10cm grown from cultivated stock. The others from the same source are 10 crocus Purpureus Grandiflorus bulb size 8/9 flowering height 10cm grown from cultivated stock. Not only are these slightly larger, as advertised, but have already started to sprout.
The daffodils are from the pots of last year.
Unicorn has read the hire purchase agreement for her car and feels robbed. She has been but will she do anything about it?
Dator
Diabetes is an illness of the underdog
Weather seems to have deteriorated to so that the figs no longer ripen.
Action for next year: thin them brutally.
Action for this week: the first evening its daylight plant bulbs (and the second and ...).
When its dark, compile the seed database.
Work on the relationship images.
Find out more about the report on diabetes in Archives of Internal medecine.
Dotar
Action for next year: thin them brutally.
Action for this week: the first evening its daylight plant bulbs (and the second and ...).
When its dark, compile the seed database.
Work on the relationship images.
Find out more about the report on diabetes in Archives of Internal medecine.
Dotar
2004/09/13
The great e-mail war
ComputerWorld sold us a Packard Bell computer. Its supposed to provide independent facilities for the household. It does this about as well as the Microsoft rubbish package that came with it can organise an invitation to the local brewery for a party.
The spam prevention was non existent so we adopted the bt/yahoo package which is very efficient at blocking most of the junk. However this only works for one account. No problem we set up another person, the postman. No problem until I want to move an incoming message to my own desktop and then because the postman is a separate user I find I cannot copy across.
Internet explorer has all sorts of snags so I install Mozilla Firefox which is fantastic in comparison.
Everyone should try Firefox.
Web browsing is fun again. I find sites to send to friends but I can't because I don't have an e-mail package. Go with Mozilla and install Thunderbird.
Until I say I want to make it the default it does not automatically pick up from Firefox. When I do it makes itself the default for all the other users including the postman.
Microsoft and Packard Bell, you have made a package which does not have any of the features for which we bought it.
Moan over, this is a positive blog. The dragon has offered me a router, I have a spare tower, The Ralph has expressed an interest in building hardware. I think the Linux age is rapidly approaching.
Now I'm going to set up the Newsgroup facilities on the Thunderbird.
No progress indoors. Outside is under control. Onward.
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Dotar
Don't fake it. We'd rather be ineffective than deceived.
The spam prevention was non existent so we adopted the bt/yahoo package which is very efficient at blocking most of the junk. However this only works for one account. No problem we set up another person, the postman. No problem until I want to move an incoming message to my own desktop and then because the postman is a separate user I find I cannot copy across.
Internet explorer has all sorts of snags so I install Mozilla Firefox which is fantastic in comparison.
Everyone should try Firefox.
Web browsing is fun again. I find sites to send to friends but I can't because I don't have an e-mail package. Go with Mozilla and install Thunderbird.
Until I say I want to make it the default it does not automatically pick up from Firefox. When I do it makes itself the default for all the other users including the postman.
Microsoft and Packard Bell, you have made a package which does not have any of the features for which we bought it.
Moan over, this is a positive blog. The dragon has offered me a router, I have a spare tower, The Ralph has expressed an interest in building hardware. I think the Linux age is rapidly approaching.
Now I'm going to set up the Newsgroup facilities on the Thunderbird.
No progress indoors. Outside is under control. Onward.
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Dotar
Don't fake it. We'd rather be ineffective than deceived.
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