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Post by Moonlight on May 7, 2014 21:25:29 GMT
I have news!
Tel Dad has taken a cutting from Clearview Edie, just the one mind but he has got something at last.
Here are the Clearview Tubers that my Dad has been nurturing, from a few days ago. 
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Post by Moonlight on May 8, 2014 12:00:04 GMT
Seedlings Update
Yesterday I gave Dad another 6 Staleen Condessa seedlings - the plant pots of the dahlias Dad had brought round for me were the ones that I used to pot up the seedlings, so this time, there was no laughter generated by me using too large a pot.*
These are all my nonStaleen Condessa seedlings i.e. the ones that I am planning on growing.
I have 8 Red Balloons and 2 more that are ready for potting up.
4 Eastwood Moonlight
3 Downham Royal
2 Spanish Dancers.
Think that that is plenty for me 19 seedlings.
Which leads me back to the question.... where are they going to go???
*1 plant each of:
Eastwood Moonlight, Peach Delight, Weston Pirate, Weston Corsair, Nulands Josephine - (Large pom), Willo's Violet, Trooper Dan.
Mind you, I forgot to ask for a Red Balloon, I gave my tuber to Dad.
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Post by Tel on May 8, 2014 16:26:55 GMT
I have news!
Tel Dad has taken a cutting from Clearview Edie, just the one mind but he has got something at last.
Here are the Clearview Tubers that my Dad has been nurturing, from a few days ago.
View Attachment That is good news, Moonlight. Clearview Edie is still in its pot in the greenhouse, nothing showing so far. Not given up yet, on it. lol |
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Post by Moonlight on May 8, 2014 18:48:32 GMT
I have news!
Tel Dad has taken a cutting from Clearview Edie, just the one mind but he has got something at last.
Here are the Clearview Tubers that my Dad has been nurturing, from a few days ago.
That is good news, Moonlight. Clearview Edie is still in its pot in the greenhouse, nothing showing so far. Not given up yet, on it. lol No, definitely don't give up on it yet. |
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Post by Moonlight on May 9, 2014 10:02:05 GMT
Introducing a bit of Moonlight code. People who edit their posts a lot might get what I'm talking about and humour me and hopefully anyone that doesn't will just indulge me.
[  ] = I'm out to get something off my chest, might sound untentionally wingey but there is an end to it.... [/ ] ... I'm putting that up to show that I've finished with the down in the dumps bit. As I say at home, turn the page and move on.
ok, my logic explained... You have been warned. Feel free to skip a chunk.
[ ] Not been a fab time recently. Family life has been particularly stressful recently after Fairy Pink Wellies decided to give Pirate Yellow Wellies a piggy back, lost balance fell on her face and broke her front adult tooth. (Sunday evening) Dialed 111, we will ring you back... rung back by Nurse adviser - ring back at 7.30 tomorrow... rang at 7.30, told emergency dentist doesn't open till 10, so they will pass the message on and the Dentist surgery will get back to you... 11.30 rung back no appointments until Tuesday.........
No point in booking Tuesday appointment for 'Emergency' Dentist when our Dentist a couple of miles will be open.
So Mum takes her to the Dentist but she is in a lot of pain walking and the journey up the stairs is really steep and it hurts her. Tooth is given temp. fix and goes to school. p.m. temp fix falls out.
Poor Mum can't face going up the stairs again and I feel pretty helpless because I'm stuck at work. Dad takes her, school contacts me, wanting to know what she is having for dinner... I'm pretty helpless, well pretty much useless because I don't even have a clue if she is at the dentist or not...
Tooth fixed and she does stay for lunch. Feel guilty all round. Go down to the greenhouse, girls potato look okish but need a drink but then the plan was that they would get watered until we carried them up to the patio because don't need to be in the greenhouse now. Take potato up didn't look to see whose was whose. It's gusty. Why I never thought about gusty winds and a potato plant with big leaves, I don't know. Managed to put 3 canes in. All the time worrying that the canes are piercing through a potato. What if I don't time them up quick enough / properly... etc...
Thinking why don't I learn. Live and learn and I still do stupid mistakes. Haven't brought the other potato up. Worried that I might have killed one of the girls plants.
Tried putting 2 of my dahlias in pots and broke roots...
etc. etc. etc. Going to stop moaning for a bit. [ / ]
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Post by Moonlight on May 9, 2014 12:40:44 GMT
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Post by Moonlight on May 9, 2014 23:05:17 GMT
Gotta say Bye Bye tomorrow...
...oops forgot to get me polish.
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Post by Tel on May 10, 2014 11:42:35 GMT
I have news!
Tel Dad has taken a cutting from Clearview Edie, just the one mind but he has got something at last.
Here are the Clearview Tubers that my Dad has been nurturing, from a few days ago.
View Attachment That is good news, Moonlight. Clearview Edie is still in its pot in the greenhouse, nothing showing so far. Not given up yet, on it. lol I can see green, I may get a cutting from it yet. |
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Post by Moonlight on May 10, 2014 13:37:48 GMT
All I can say is I love my husband very very very much.
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Post by Moonlight on May 10, 2014 19:54:58 GMT
All I can say is I love my husband very very very much.  Look what he chose for me.
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Post by Moonlight on May 10, 2014 20:12:21 GMT
Gotta say Bye Bye tomorrow...
...oops forgot to get me polish.
Didn't need it. No body else brought theirs. |
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Post by Moonlight on May 10, 2014 23:22:07 GMT
Before I head off to bed, just want to say.
I had a chat with a familiar face today. I asked if he had any seedlings this year and he told me that he had 2 this year. When I said that I had some seedlings this year, he asked what your Dad's? No, not my Dad's. Mine.
Cue look of surprise.
Admittedly I now enjoy the banter and he has always been good to my girls. Actually, I think they have grown on him. Anyone who likes my girls, is fine by me.
But
I would just like to say, Categorically, that I would never, ever pretend that any of my Father's seedlings were my own. I've loved squeezing the flower heads, hoping for a bit of luck and getting any seed. I've had seed heads drying on pieces of newspaper around the house. I've been storing seeds that I've been collecting up in pots that I've had in my lounge. Dad showed me how he lies the seeds on the soil and sprinkles the compost on top but I've done that to. I've been pricking them out and putting them in their cells. I've been potting them up.
I can't wait to see my seedlings grow and will be chuffed to bits if any flower.
I would never cheat and lay claim to my Father's seedlings. I don't want to and anyway, he'd never let me! 
I sincerely hope that he gets a beauty from 1 of his seedlings. I think he deserves it and his dahlias are his passion but bring on Class 89, I hope that I manage to grow 3 of something special, seedling, collerette or waterlilly. So bring on class 89. 
I like to think that anyone who has ever read my Diary would know that I would never, ever cheat. My garden might look like a bomb has hit it, last year's debris and lots of weeds but by golly today has made me want to reach for the weedkiller. I'm going to need a very big blank canvas to plant everything that I've got growing.
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Post by Moonlight on May 10, 2014 23:26:15 GMT
That is good news, Moonlight. Clearview Edie is still in its pot in the greenhouse, nothing showing so far. Not given up yet, on it. lol I can see green, I may get a cutting from it yet.  Fingers crossed that you get that cutting and That you both get cuttings that root. |
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Post by Moonlight on May 11, 2014 0:09:11 GMT
Been shopping today  , time for an update... I only went shopping for one plant, got a couple more on top... n.b. I didn't choose them, admittedly, I asked HH to pick something... especially excited about the Kenora Valentine... I never mentioned it to him, he's got good taste, even if he did say that he liked the spiky ones the most. So I got him to pick a spiky one as well. Last year he picked Willo's Violet and that was a good choice to.
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Post by Moonlight on May 11, 2014 21:40:19 GMT
Want to pick an emoticon to represent my Dad in my Update thread.
 but a bit too obvious and looks a bit slushy and not the sort of person he is.
 I am very tempted to use this one for lots of reasons but
I think that I am going to have to stick with this. as it more like a regular emoticon.
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] = I'm out to get something off my chest, might sound untentionally wingey but there is an end to it.... [/ 
, time for an update...
(Dead) but I very lucky because I've been given some replacements = 
(but have now.)
