Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[KentGardener]

By the way, what is a CDIP ? 

I meant CIDP = Canary Island Date Palm.

P.S.  I meant by Canary Island Date Palm = Phoenix canariensis   

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, John.


You can get pot anchors, if you have some ground to affix the pot to and not just hard standing.... would that protect it in future, do you think?

[angie]

Now, John, you know you should have sympathy for the miscreant, who likely comes from a broken home and was only trying to take the plant as a belated Mothering Sunday gift to his sick old mum.......   

By the way, what is a CDIP ? 

Maggi you always see the best in people.
My mum got all her bonsai's stolen from her back garden the local paper did a article and funnily enough she got them all back someone had spotted them in there neighbours garden. The lady that had them said her six year old son found them. Funny thing was i could hardly lift them, that six year old must have been really strong.


Mark and Lesley that's for the advice, the leaves of my Boophane are starting to turn green, cant believe that
Angie

[Maggi Young]

Funny thing was I could hardly lift them, that six year old must have been really strong.

Yeah, it's the National Health Orange Juice that builds the little blighters up! 

[David Nicholson]

National Health Orange Juice? That's going back a bit I remember it well. Didn't think you would Maggi

[Michael J Campbell]

Maggi,you forgot about the Cod liver oil. 

[Maggi Young]

David wrote: National Health Orange Juice? That's going back a bit I remember it well. Didn't think you would Maggi

My great grannie told me about it, David! 

Maggi,you forgot about the Cod liver oil. 

No, Michael, if the toe-rag who tried to pinch John's plant had had cod liver oil he'd have succeeded in getting further than 100 yards with it!

[David Nicholson]

David wrote: National Health Orange Juice? That's going back a bit I remember it well. Didn't think you would Maggi

My great grannie told me about it, David! 

 

[Lesley Cox]

Have you thought of growing Aciphyllas John? A. aurea would be the best to start with, in a thick band round the base of the palm.

[Lori S.]

I fantasize about land mines for this purpose.

[Anthony Darby]

Now, John, you know you should have sympathy for the miscreant, who likely comes from a broken home and was only trying to take the plant as a belated Mothering Sunday gift to his sick old mum.......  

Aye right!>

[Darren]

I took today off work to get plants ready for Hexham tomorrow but have been stuck indoors all day because the blokes installing the new gas main have needed access on and off all day so I can't go down the garden! So this is my revenge - picture taken a few moments ago from the window next to the computer (note his right hand...):

[Martinr]

As Basil Brush would say Boom! Boom!


My moan is my plants are ready for Hexham but my back has chosen this week to tell me it needs a rest and some TLC so I'm not going to make it. Big pots of Sempervivum and bad backs are not a happy combination

[Maggi Young]

Bad news Guys! 
I hear Stan da Prato can't make it to Hexham either because he is running the spring show of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society this weekend at the RBGEdinburgh. ( Caley Show)


I hope that photo is only needed to send to the Gas Board for revenge, Darren, for the foolishness of smoking near a gas main and not for evidence in the court case when your street gets blown to smithereens! 

[David Shaw]

He must be the guy they send to test for leaks, Darren.