We got pretty bad storms last night and I slept through it all. Lancaster got at least an inch of rain. So it's been coolerYikes….another HOT one in store. I’m sitting watching USA vs Morocco in men’s “football”.
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We got pretty bad storms last night and I slept through it all. Lancaster got at least an inch of rain. So it's been coolerYikes….another HOT one in store. I’m sitting watching USA vs Morocco in men’s “football”.
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I bought my hibiscus about 4 years ago and until this year all it's managed to produce is 1 or 2 measly blooms. This year it's covered in buds and when they flower they are quite big. All I did was move the pot to a sunnier spot, it obviously didn't like where it was before even though that was also in the sun.Our fancy hibiscus plant finally decided to bloom! Last year it ran out of time.
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Mr Fre has some like that but his favorite game is retrieving a tossed ball. And he takes turns with the people present. He makes us all workTilly and Alfie like the ball with a rope attached or just a rope with a knot on the end so they can shake and throw it about themselves and enjoy a tug of war.
I hadn't heard about that but just saw that a Sunderland police station was set alight during some sort of riot. We live in a scary world with too many louts with too much time on their hands just looking for trouble.Good evening everyone!
On Tuesday Jacky and I saw an air ambulance trying to land and then we saw a police helicopter hovering for a couple of hours. I later found out that someone had placed an advert on social media saying that there will be a party on Southend Seafront bring your drink and drugs. A massive gang turned up and several groups were fighting with machetes. It spread from the seafront to the high street and all I can say is that I was glad that the shop where I work was within walking distance of my flat and that I didn't have to go near the town centre!
Natrah
It is horrible what we are doing to this planet in all aspects. I try not to get myself all stressed out about where this world is headed. But it's hard not to worry what this world will be for generations to come.The lady I spoke to is able to give antibiotics from a vet if needed, but vets wouldn't test for lungworm if I took a poop sample there - I don't know why. If it was injured I could probably take it for treatment but it would then go to a trained rehabilitator for care.
Hedgehogs are an endangered species here, and numbers have plummeted over the years, from loss of habitat, cars, chemicals, bonfires etc, they need all the help they can get and we have the British Hedgehog Preservation Society trying to educate people, but the odds are stacked against them.![]()
I saw some hibiscus that the flowers were huge. I kept the website but now have to find it. I thought to produce the large flowers. You would need to fertilize. So I wasn't so interested.I bought my hibiscus about 4 years ago and until this year all it's managed to produce is 1 or 2 measly blooms. This year it's covered in buds and when they flower they are quite big. All I did was move the pot to a sunnier spot, it obviously didn't like where it was before even though that was also in the sun.
I'm going to see if Lola enjoys a flower or two.
Yes, the Southend nonsense was all over Twitter. Terrible.Try googling News In Southend UK to see what happened in my town on Tuesday. The dispersal order finished today at 2.00 pm.
Natrah
We actually ordered this as a bare root plant from QVC last Spring. Very slow start & never bloomed last year.I saw some hibiscus that the flowers were huge. I kept the website but now have to find it. I thought to produce the large flowers. You would need to fertilize. So I wasn't so interested.
Dear Cathie,Dear Sapphire,
Try playing spot the tortoise! I had to put Jacky in the enclosure before going out and with the UV strip and temperatures at 27 degrees Celsius. Here is what she thoughtView attachment 376326
I'm not sure which of the two spots I can see is Jackie. I kinda think on the left side of the picture. Sapphire is so good at hide and seek that I'm on my hands and knees praying he didn't escape by the time I find himDear Cathie,
I thought this was supposed to be the ideal temperature for tortoises!
Natrah
She is on the left under the green carpet stripI'm not sure which of the two spots I can see is Jackie. I kinda think on the left side of the picture. Sapphire is so good at hide and seek that I'm on my hands and knees praying he didn't escape by the time I find himand I know he can't. He loves to soak up the sunshine but under his umbrella
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Much calmer nowYes, the Southend nonsense was all over Twitter. Terrible.
I bought my hibiscus about 4 years ago and until this year all it's managed to produce is 1 or 2 measly blooms. This year it's covered in buds and when they flower they are quite big. All I did was move the pot to a sunnier spot, it obviously didn't like where it was before even though that was also in the sun.
I'm going to see if Lola enjoys a flower or two.
No worries for are house. We are still in Michigan. If we were to get hit by a hurricane. Since we are not home. My brother would come over and close all the shutters for us. We have the accordian type shutters. So it is easy and quick to button up the house.
Is that hibiscus the type where the flower is 9" to 12" in diameter?The bare root plant that I bought & planted looked terrible. I planted & watered. And watered. And watered. And watered.
Nothing for a long, long time. I put the pot in my “another dead plant”. A few weeks go by. Lo and below i spot a tiny sprig of green emerging. Viola! Hibiscus is alive & growing.
I moved from shady to protected & it grew & grew. By late September buds appeared! BUT, temps & sunshine faded. We were so close last year.
This year started warmer, hibiscus growing earlier and we have buds & flowers.
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