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  • #1

    sods law

    i've spent the last few days slaving away in the wind and rain building a raised bed and filling it with a trailer load of topsoil then planting everything out, i got cold and wet and it wasn't much fun

    so how come when i've done everything we get a lovely day like today?? i could be out there doing everything in the warm sunshine, getting a lovely tan but i've got nothing left to do!!
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    Lucky you! Its chucking it down here Can't you be doing some weeding? lol

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    • #3
      most things are either in pots or the raised bed so i've not got any weeds.. might go and plant some just so i can dig them up again

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      • #4
        I've got a fair few you can have, don't want you feeling left out now ;¬)

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        • #5
          errr no it's ok, i think i can cope without them.. anyone else got nice weather or is it just here in manchester?

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          • #6
            It's lovely here - got the 2nd of 3 loads of washing in.....

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            • #7
              Grotty weather here. Well done on getting your raised bed built and all though. Don't worry, with the warm and rain you will soon have plenty weeding to do
              Happy Gardening,
              Shirley

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              • #8
                Nice weather here too!

                All though the weather doesn't make much difference when shovelling sh*t, which is the job I've got to look forward to this evening and weekend!
                My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                Diversify & prosper


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View Post
                  Don't worry, with the warm and rain you will soon have plenty weeding to do
                  lol thanks for that shirl, i suppose i could go and pick all the little stones out of the raised bed but it's not really a fun thing to do

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by ckfe View Post
                    lol thanks for that shirl, i suppose i could go and pick all the little stones out of the raised bed but it's not really a fun thing to do
                    Why not relax and watch it grow? Wish I could. I was born to garden and forced to work. The weather is beautiful here, but I am in my lunch hour at work thinking what I could be doing in the garden at home!
                    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                    • #11
                      yeah i'm always like that at work too flo! what's worse is i sit right next to the window with the sun beating in and i just want to get out in the garden and do something.. although i wished i hadn't bothered yesterday, i transplanted some swedes into the raised bed and they've just sprawled out and died

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by ckfe View Post
                        i transplanted some swedes into the raised bed and they've just sprawled out and died
                        Died?

                        If they have just flopped, they are likely to recover. Once the roots find themselves, they usually perk up again.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by ckfe View Post
                          yeah i'm always like that at work too flo! what's worse is i sit right next to the window with the sun beating in and i just want to get out in the garden and do something.. although i wished i hadn't bothered yesterday, i transplanted some swedes into the raised bed and they've just sprawled out and died
                          I'm really sorry to hear that the swedes have died. Are you sure they're not just recuperating from the move? I always sow swede direct, so have no experience of transplant. I went out to fetch a sarnie just now and passed a pile of waste cardboard in a corridor. In one of the boxes was a small wooden pallet, just big enough to stand the cukes on so they get some air under the buckets. Needless to say it's now in my office waiting for transport home. Funny how you're still tuned in to the garden even when you're not there.
                          Flo
                          Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                            Died?

                            If they have just flopped, they are likely to recover. Once the roots find themselves, they usually perk up again.
                            they're just sprawled everywhere though, not just a bit floppy but totally laid out on the soil like they've totally given up the ghost

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by ckfe View Post
                              they're just sprawled everywhere though, not just a bit floppy but totally laid out on the soil like they've totally given up the ghost
                              Yeah, they will probably recover! It might take a few days/weeks but just leave them be. Trust me!!!

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