Moan, Moan, Moan - 2012

[Paul T]

Ah, Anthony.  I hadn't picked up that meaning.  I stopped looking when I found out it was a rough sort of broom.

Now I understand your previous posting. 

[Brian Ellis]

I shall certainly have to cobble together another handle as the magnolia hasn't finished shedding petals by far.  They are lovely things, but like prunus at this time of year they can be a bit messy

[Lesley Cox]

Besom is also used as a derogatory term for a women you are not happy with.

I thought that was what Brian meant. Wondered which part he was using as the handle.

[Brian Ellis]

 

[Menai]

Something ate all the buds off my Allium karataviensein the night - about 20 of them all neatly clipped 5cm off the ground. Probably the same pest that grazed the corydalis and pulsatilla in the same bed. Very disheartening as the patch has built up really well over the years.

Erle
Anglesey - a clear sunny morning!

[mark smyth]

This evening I'm giving a lecture in County Westmeath in Ireland. Despite several emails I'm still waiting for directions for the venue or an address where I can meet someone. Right now I'm thinking about not going.

[Anthony Darby]

My brother in Doune, Perthshire has been Googling walking directions. Firstly to visit my sister, who lives near Maldon in Essex. Then from the Shire to Mordor. N.B. One does not simply walk into Mordor.

[ronm]

Maybe along a similar vein, when I was looking for F. purdyi sites North of  San Francisco, all I could find was Weeds.!!

[Anthony Darby]

I hope you abstained.

[Michael J Campbell]

I went to B & Q on the 2 nd of March and bought some horticultural grit and few bags of superfine bark. When I returned today to replenish my supplies the cost of each  had doubled. when I inquired at the checkout why the cost had doubled since my last visit I was told that it was because the gardening season had started, but they were giving 20% of everything in the gardening dept for the Bank holiday weekend.    Big deal.

€11 -09 for 25 kls of Verve  horticultural grit
€ 10-92 for 50 ltrs of Verve superfine  bark, and the only bag they had left was torn at both ends and the contents spilling out.

I am not happy today.

[angie]

After a few weeks of a tummy bug and then a week of rain I finally got out to do she weeding, twenty minutes in I turned to pick up my bucket and my back went click. It took me all ages to get up and I felt sick. I am so annoyed as there is so much to do in the garden. We have had such horrible weather lately and now this I am so fed up.
I need a new body and a new brain, and some sunny weather. Still its good to have a moan here.

Angie 

[Darren]

After a few weeks of a tummy bug and then a week of rain I finally got out to do she weeding, twenty minutes in I turned to pick up my bucket and my back went click. It took me all ages to get up and I felt sick. I am so annoyed as there is so much to do in the garden. We have had such horrible weather lately and now this I am so fed up.
I need a new body and a new brain, and some sunny weather. Still its good to have a moan here.

Angie 

Oh dear! I hope you recover soon Angie!

[Maren]

Oh Angie, I know just what you are suffering. You need a good physiotherapist and some gentle exercises. I often find myself with this predicament and what helps me is this:

Lie flat on your back (in bed???)
Pull up your knees, feet on the ground(bed)
Swing your knees gently (legs together) to the left, then up, then to the right, then up.
Do this several times and your back will thank you.

Here are a few more exercises which I have found beneficial  http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/lifestyle/health-a-wellness/29759-get-your-daily-15-minute-back-exercise

Good luck and get well soon.

[Maggi Young]

Oh crikey, Angela, this is not good.....  try Maren's exercises..... I need you in good shape to make dozens of sandwiches on Saturday! The team is not big enough to lose a key member!

I've got a cold... still... it will not shift. I'm trying to get the house cleared for the weekend and make room for the show "stuff" to get it sorted and my nose and my eyes are running so fast I've qualified three times for the Olympics 

On the off -chance it is something I'm allergic to  (surely I cannot have developed a reaction to the vast quantities of dust in my house this late in the game  ?)... I'm off to take an anti-histamine tablet.....

[angie]

Thanks folks, I will try these exercises Maren, thanks for those. I think because it's such a long winter and I sit on my bum for to long. I need to do more exercise through the winter and not get so stiff.

Maggi I will be fine for Saturday. I have my list and ready to do my shopping. I am really looking forward to seeing everyone. I hope you will be better yourself. This weather doesn't help, its been so cold lately but today its nice outside. Even my plants aren't doing well. Last year I had 23 flowers on my Molly the Witch this year I think I have 6.

I wonder why when you have a moan you feel better. Its great this forum.

Angie