InstantForum.NET v4.1.4Bonsai Garden Forumshttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/forums@instantasp.co.ukTue, 06 Jan 2009 19:43:53 GMT20http://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxWhat will they think of next!<br><br>That was interesting. :) Wonder if it really works.Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:58:53 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxYou all know that I talk to the trees. How would you like an opportunity for them to talk back?</P><P><A href="http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/botanicalls-kit-helps-you-communicate-with-your-plants-better/">http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/botanicalls-kit-helps-you-communicate-with-your-plants-better/</A>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:48:46 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxI planted the night-scented stock and sunflowers into the garden today but have kept back the marigolds and will sow them later.<br><br>My potatoes have little sprouts so will be planting them soon. I saw that some people don't bother with chitting them. <br><br>I will put the fuschia, the geranium and the sweet-peas seedlings to harden off at the weekend as I want to plant them - or do you think it's still too early?<br><br>Cold here this evening after a fairly mild but overcast day. (Wednesda).Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:28:12 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxYes, Keith, I thought I'd train a couple as bonsai and put the others in pots. :)Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:48:42 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxHi</P><P>That looks to be a very pretty one, if it will split do you intend to train them as bonsai?Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:46:15 GMTkeithmarthttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxI was given this lovely azalea as an Easter present from the whippets I have to stay. :) It looks as though it's four plants in one pot. Hope to grow them on individually later.<br><br>:)Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:23:48 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxOK, Stymie. Thanks for the reminder. I was watching the Italian episode this afternoon on the computer. Half of it left to view. <br><br>We've had rain since yesterday afternoon. Just drying up now. <br><br>Is it wet there? Hope the goats aren't washed away, if it is. :)Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:40:14 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxDon't miss Monty Don in South Africa tonight 9.00 PM.Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:15:11 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxIt's Friday and I've just seen blackthorn blossom open on bushes alongside the railway line. Beautiful flowers. Have been watching a bee buzzing around the pulmonaria in the front garden. It's been a damp and drizzly day, but mild. I spent a couple of hours tidying pansies at the garden centre this morning and have just walked a neighbour's JRT, as he (the neighbour) is laid up with a bad back. <br><br>:)Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:37:16 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspx:) Thanks, Stymie. I'm watching the Paris to Nice cycling on Eurosport. Looks very wet over there, too. I've just come in dripping with very wet dogs from walking in hail and heavy rain. Had to go out to deliver a birthday card. I use newspaper to blot the dogs in the first instance and then towel them dry! The wind is gusting strongly and blowing wheelie bins around.<br><br>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:24:43 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxGudonya Billy, keep woofing.Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:28:35 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxHello, Stymie.<br><br>Billy is doing very well, thank you. The difference in her demeanour is noticeable. She's bright again and wanting to go for walks, whereas before she was depressed and in pain. I'm very pleased the operation went so well. Like most dogs, not knowing what happened, she was back to normal behavour very quickly. Half the sutures came out after 10 days and the remaining ones four days after that. She's resting now after breakfast - time for me to have a cup of tea. Hope the weather isn't extreme in your part of the world. Not looking forward to the gales that are forecast. <br><br>:)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:21:14 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxPenny.</P><P>How is Billy the bitch doing? You haven't mentioned her for a while.Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:51:55 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspx[quote][b]Stymie (3/3/2008)[/b][hr] The Chinese mountain scenery took my breath. [/quote]<P>Me too! It just showed so clearly where the inspiration for some bonsai styles come from. I thought the Lion Grove was fascinating too</P><P>DarylMon, 03 Mar 2008 22:56:30 GMTdarylhttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxI missed that one, Stymie, but will watch it on the computer, using the BBC iPlayer. By coincidence, I watched the American one yesterday as I'd missed that, too. <br><br>The China and Japan visit sounds very good. Look forward to seeing it.<br><br>:)Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:33:16 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxI watched Monty Don last night as he visited more gardens. This time in China and Japan. The Chinese mountain scenery took my breath. I hope that more of you enjoyed it half as much as I did.Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:14:17 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxOK. Thanks. :) I'll take a look.Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:08:25 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxIts already in the 'Show us your bonsai trees' forum Penny.Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:59:06 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxCoo. Will be get to see the pots? Sounds good. Hope the "Paul's Scarlet" is happy in it new pot.<br><br>:)Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:16:09 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxMy new pots arrived by carrier this afternoon. I wasted no time because the Crataegus 'Paul's scarlet' was on the point of breaking leaf and time was of the essence. Its potted up already in the pot that I had visualised it in. I'm trusting that the May blossom will not be impaired.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:15:55 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxUpdate on Billy - Billy is doing very well. She doesn't seem to know she has sutures. Not having a bandage helped. She would have fussed with that. She has a strip of "Primapore" adhesive dressing stick along the incision and it's doing very well. The vet was pleased with her progress and she has her sutures out on Friday. :)<br><br>A hard frost overnight but beautiful sunshine now, at 10.45 a.m. <br><br>Hope you all have good weather to get out in your gardens. :)Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:45:28 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxAh, how sweet! The dear little thing. :) I'm just out for an hour at the Credit Union session we hold once a week on the estate, so I'll put the collar on Billy. It's a"see-through" design, so one up on the opaque ones they've worn before. She doesn't have a bandage but a long strip of "Primapore" dressing stuck to the incision and she's taken an interest in that once or twice.<br><br>Another lovely sunny afternoon. I've just dug some more of the vegetable patch and tied string to the canes for beans, etc. Hope you are all having a good day and can get into your gardens.Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:38:21 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxNo doubt Billy will appreciate your company and TLC.</P><P>Some years ago, we had a little Boston terrier named Panda. She also required abdominal surgery. She recovered quickly, but for at least 6 months afterwards, if she was reprimanded for some naughtiness, she'd immediately roll onto her back, with one paw just resting on the scar, and the most sorrowful expression! It was almost as if she was saying "Just look at what I've been through, and now you're scolding me!! How could you?!?!"</P><P>Cheers</P><P>CarolWed, 13 Feb 2008 13:57:14 GMTCarolhttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxThank you, Carole. Very good of you to wish Billy all the best. She had a restless night, in pain, I think, so I've just given her a dose of "Metacam" painkiller I had for one of the other dogs. She doesn't like wearing the plastic "Elizabethan" collar, so I've taken it off while I sit with her. She was hungry just now (6 a.m.) and has had a meal and is quiet in her basket, covered up with a blanket. :)Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:11:14 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxVery happy to hear Billy has come through the surgery OK. Animals are so much more resilient than we humans - no doubt she'll be feeling much better over the next couple of days. Pats and hugs from the other end of the world!;)</P><P>Cheers</P><P>CarolWed, 13 Feb 2008 00:24:21 GMTCarolhttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxThanks very much, Don and Kath. She's quiet and still very sleepy. Looking forward to her being brighter in the morning, when the anaesthetic really wears off.<br><br>Kind of you to think of us. <br><br>:)<br><br><br><br>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:23:17 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxWell done Billy, you're such a brave girl. There's nothing better than to be at home with mum and resting in your own basket. Get better soon, a big hug from us all.Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:28:10 GMTKathhttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxThe pain is bad but if the results are good its worth it. Claws crossed Billy. At least you're eating.Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:29:41 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxHello, everyone. I've just collected Billy from the veterinary surgery. She did have tumours on her spleen so it was removed. She also had a cracked tooth, and that was taken out. So she's got a sore mouth and a sore tum! She's such a good dog. She's in her basket after having something to eat. She sees the vet. again on Friday.<br><br>:)Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:05:12 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxYes, Kath. Water in the Mogul gardens would be beautiful. <br><br>A very nice, sunny day, after a cold night which froze the ponds again, and the birds' water. It's just become dark and I've come in from the garden. I turned over the bed where I planted potatoes last year - got the fork out and started on it. I also filled a wheelie-bin with twigs and branches that I had in a pile from last year. A lot more of that to clear. I spread the contents of some grow-bags on a hard dry patch of soil - with gravel in it - and I might plant some poppies there, at the side of the back garden path. It's a messy area and badly needs something to brighten it up. Just been along to shut in my neighbour's chickens for the night, as they're away.<br><br>:)<br><br>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:43:20 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxAmazing, also a lot of labour in the days when the Monsoon gardens were full of water, must have looked beautifulMon, 11 Feb 2008 09:59:47 GMTKathhttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxYes, a lot of labour needed to tend the tea, but perhaps the job picking it is all that is available - i.e. they wouldn't have jobs without it. :)<br><br>A frost this morning, here. Birds' water and ponds frozen again, but it looks like a clear, bright day is in the offing.<br><br>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:06:21 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxMary was taken by the tea plantations too. I could see all the cheap labour which keeps them going.</P><P>Yeah South America will be nice.Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:11:36 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxWhat a garden! Not my "cup of tea", though. Monty was certainly "taken" by it. An amazing way to deal with rubbish. Only in India would it be left standing, and even taken up by the local government. Can you imagine someone doing that here in a public space, and getting away with it?<br><br>Weren't the tea gardens amazing. I hadn't expected them to look so "patterned". And all those "old" plants in the railway garden!<br><br>The Mogul gardens were very interesting. Such a pity that they couldn't contain the water they were built for. <br><br>Looking forward to the programme from South America. :)<br><br>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:40:47 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxI've been watching Monty Don in India tonight. I thought that I'd be sharing it with you Penny because you watch the series. What about the garden constructed from rubbish eh?Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:27:25 GMTStymiehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxA lovely, sunny day after a frost overnight. The birds' water outside was frozen. Saw two thrushes in the garden this morning - quite a sight. If I'd looked out of the window a minute later, I would have missed them.<br><br>I did some work at the nursery today, removing moss and weeds from potted climbing roses, taking off the top inch of soil and replacing it, adding a feed pellet. <br><br>Then watched the rugby and didn't get anything done in my own garden. :)<br><br>I did plant spring onion and spinach seeds in trays at the nursery and have them in one of the big polytunnels. Once they're grown, I'll transplant them to my garden.<br><br>I walked to look at the buckthorn I planted a few months ago over my little dog's grave. It's settled well and has buds. The new twigs are dark and the buds almost black - a very dark brown.<br><br>I went to U3A Gardening Group on Wednesday. We had a talk by the assistant head gardener from Stourhead. Very interesting. They're the only National Trust Garden to have their own tree surgeions, the gardeners having trained as such. Only six gardeners for the huge estate - with approximately 16 volunteers who help as they can. The Group has varioius trips arranged for the coming season, one to Bristol University Botanical Gardens, which sounds interesting.<br><br>Hope you were able to get out and enjoy your gardens. <br><br>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:21:46 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxI wouldn't worry about it, Kath. What's the time matter when you're having fun!:D</P><P>Cheers</P><P>CarolThu, 07 Feb 2008 01:44:34 GMTCarolhttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxOooooooooooooh crumbs, I know very little about these things Carol :) If I look here in UK atm it is 02/06/2008 - 8.34 pm<P>If I look at your profile it says - Local Time 02/07/2008 - 6.34 am</P><P> Is this incorrect then? :)Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:38:01 GMTKathhttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxThanks, Carole and Stymie. I'll tell Billy you'll be thinking of her. :)<br><br>The haemangioma is, in basic terms, a pocket of blood formed from broken blood vessels and could be dealt with relatively easiy, so, yes, lets hope that's what it is. The cytoma would mean removal of the spleen and hoping that there aren't tumours anywhere else, e.g. in her liver. She's in good health, otherwise, eating and exercising, so she has that in her favour.<br><br>I'll be able to walk her to the surgery, which is on the outskirts of town and a friend will bring us home in the evening.<br><br>I took this photo of her the other evening. <br><br>:)Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:05:36 GMTTuppencehttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic290-13-1.aspxSo sorry to hear about Billy's illness, Penny. Will be thinking of both of you on Tuesday.</P><P>Cheers</P><P>CarolWed, 06 Feb 2008 01:52:32 GMTCarol