Has there been a revolution in the daffodil world?
We have become particularly interested in them, as we have been told that they are vegetables of which the deer not bites. (Quotation, sort of; look it up.) But when I went to the Peter Nyssen website I was surprised and perturbed to discover that they do not sell bulbs for autumn planting. Surely that used to be what one did? Have I read the information wrongly? If it is true, we have missed a whole season. Grinding of teeth, flashing of eyes, general appearance of samurai in frightening 19th century Japanese print. Ah - no. Thank you, Janet. I have misread it. But now I am perturbed because Nyssens don't have the exact daffodils I want. So there may be some transplanting of the ones we have in St Andrews.
When we manage to get some, I rather favour the wild sorts, and also jonquils, which we have flowering at St Andrews now. They smell gorgeous.
I am off to check whether there are other plants disliked by deer. I think there is a list of reasonably deer proof plants in the Glendoick book.
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I don't know which part of the website you were looking at, but they are there. From home site, click on autumn bulbs. They are classified by when they are planted rather than by when they bloom. Not despatched until September.
Oh. How kind. And how odd of them. I thought autumn bulbs were bulbs that flower in the autumn. When in doubt, click everything, I suppose. Shall I take down this posting, then?
I don't think you need to. This could solve someone else's problem.
My daffodils are just about over now. I haven't touched them for years, and they just keep coming up, though the ones in the shadier positions are not so good and probably need moving.
No deer in our garden. Just cats, squirrels and the occasional fox. Also some very fat pigeons.
Esther's new Scottish photos finally now on Picasa - I hope
More captions, please, Esther.
Mysteriously, the Cuillins got transplanted into Lochaber. They are good pictures, even if leaning slightly to the depiction of mist and louring clouds, which was not necessarily the only weather on offer. I like the picture of me with my boots in the Allt na'h'Eiric.
Like the statue of " Man looking for Contact Lense".
Dunvegan Castle - built by lapsed vegetarian?
The Dunvegan joke is VERY VERY VERY old. WHICH picture has the man looking for contact lens? I cannae be fashed to look through all 500 of them, nice though they are. The only one that came to mind was me and Roy standing on a rock looking for something invisible, and I don't think you mean that one.
By the way, has everyone now seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o
The music is as good as the amazing video. I would be grateful for help with the lyrics, from the young and even more cool than me.
Lyrics:
http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/band_of_horses_lyrics_8209/everything_all_the_time_lyrics_27386/funeral_lyrics_299473.html
man looking for contact lens: photos 85-85. :)
The bike video is both horrifying and impressive- especially the railings bit. Watched it with Isaac and stressed that he obviously practices a lot and must have started off with much easier stuff. Was it filmed in Edinburgh?
Yes it's all filmed in Edinburgh. He practises lots and lots and lots. (Like gave-up-his-job lots). It's rather disturbing now to walk or cycle round the city and recognise bits that Danny was filmed jumping over or off. Eek that's high!
He was brought up on Skye. Not a lot to do in remote parts of the west Highlands apart from practising how to avoid death when crashing from great heights. There was something about him on the BBC news website. He apparently takes big doses of ibuprofen because the stunts are so painful to his wrists.
I do hope he's not damaging the highway infrastructure. I note that at one point he removes a sign post!!
;-)
I am sure he put it back. Didn't you notice how careful he was with the barrier he rode up? Apparently the police tolerate him as he is a good role model in relation to alcohol.
Isaac ought to be told that there are special bikes for doing this sort of thing on. I think they have fixed rear wheels or something. Definitely do not do this at home, children.
One should perhaps be worried that the pole comes out of the ground so easily.
It's obviously one he's prepared earlier!!!
Isaac has a very healthy sense of self preservation but would like to be able to do wheelies. I shall do some research .
I used to do them accidentally on my motorbike when I was first learning. Just let the clutch out too quick.
Andrew was describing how to do bunny hops, and the advice on how to get your front wheel off the ground is to be in a low gear, with your weight back. http://www.ehow.com/how_2647_wheelie-bike.html
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