Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

She is moonlighting again, this time from ITV. 

She’s a jobbing gardening presenter 

She's tasty

Saint posted:

She's tasty

Saint posted:

Whoah (with two 'h') we have a rain storm out of nowhere !!!!

 . . . and now she can't get on her patio  LOL

Baz posted:

Saint posted:

Whoah (with two 'h') we have a rain storm out of nowhere !!!!

Saint posted:

She's tasty

Apparently this is Monty Don's Longmeadow from the air.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

Apparently this is Monty Don's Longmeadow from the air.

 

 

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

Apparently this is Monty Don's Longmeadow from the air.

 

 

Wow!

I grew cucumbers once ....well I say cucumbers ...think more gherkins 

That looks like a lot of hard work

Monty you i'm sure Monty has carrots for fingers

Baz posted:

I grew cucumbers once ....well I say cucumbers ...think more gherkins 

My Dad grows them - like bloomin' torpedos

My dad used to make a black feed sludge from composting plant material. Looked very similar in colour to that Monty used. 

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

I grew cucumbers once ....well I say cucumbers ...think more gherkins 

My Dad grows them - like bloomin' torpedos

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

My dad used to make a black feed sludge from composting plant material. Looked very similar in colour to that Monty used. 

 

thought it was Guinness

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

My dad used to make a black feed sludge from composting plant material. Looked very similar in colour to that Monty used. 

 

Is it dark where you are?

It's pitch black here - not joking

Lime grove, very nice and looks cooling.

Saint posted:

Is it dark where you are?

It's pitch black here - not joking

Dark ish but not pitch black. 

LIGHTNING !!!!

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

I grew cucumbers once ....well I say cucumbers ...think more gherkins 

My Dad grows them - like bloomin' torpedos

I used to grow them

Saint posted:

Is it dark where you are?

It's pitch black here - not joking

Yes , it’s gone quite dark here too ...but no rain so far 

I want to go to Long Meadow

Saint posted:

LIGHTNING !!!!

Saint posted:

I want to go to Long Meadow

And me 

Saint posted:

LIGHTNING !!!!

Stay away from the windows - that’s what my mum always told us as kids 

Never heard of liquid seaweed

Saint posted:

Never heard of liquid seaweed

I have 

Baz posted:

Saint posted:

I want to go to Long Meadow

And me 

Me too 

Nell 

Saint posted:

Never heard of liquid seaweed

I have.

I love Monty and his dogs

That was great 

Thanks for the company ...see you in the caravan 

lol Nellie is on his knee 

Thanks for the company, I’m off caravanning on plus 1

Winning entries in an international photo competition of close up of garden images:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-45032352

These are amazing and beautiful. I have to give a warning that one of them is of a spider but only people who are clinically arachnophobic rather than just a dislike would need to avoid it.

@El Loro

  Thanks for posting the link El. There are some stunning images in that selection.

El Loro posted:

Winning entries in an international photo competition of close up of garden images:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-45032352

These are amazing and beautiful. I have to give a warning that one of them is of a spider but only people who are clinically arachnophobic rather than just a dislike would need to avoid it.

Wow ....some great photos ...thanks El 

Baz, I'm glad you found my link to those pictures, I thought they were beautiful and the way they were taken were as if sunlight was shining through them

@Baz @Enthusiastic Contrafibularities and all those interested. I've found the website for that competition. It's definitely worth exploring.
Here's a link to the summary page of the competion winners (it was competition 12).
https://igpoty.com/igpoty-competition-12-winners/
Click on the Macro Art see the results table to see the photos - there are a few more besides the ones shown on the BBC site.

But on the same page at the right you'll see links to the previous 3 competitions and there are various categories so a lot more photos to look at.

There's another page on the same site which may be of interest.
https://igpoty.com/photography-exhibitions/
There are exhibitions of some of the photos from previous competitions, some of these are in the UK, some further away. And if you are near York that one closes in 4 days time.