tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107112365381397932.post4738258759741208154..comments2023-05-03T17:01:59.716+01:00Comments on Great Grandma's Hotchpotch: GARDEN MIXTURE, August, still.Sylvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181210810835897800noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107112365381397932.post-14929763675021914852011-08-25T08:44:14.119+01:002011-08-25T08:44:14.119+01:00Thanks Bernard, I'll be in touch about backing...Thanks Bernard, I'll be in touch about backing up blogs - you're my source of all technical information!<br />Hallo Johnson, thanks for trying to help about the plant. I've copied a pic which Kath sent but although the flower clusters look the same as Verbena hastata the stems aren't square(as one site said) and the leaves are not so deeply indented. It's very odd!I'll have to wait until the flowers emerge, perhaps. Thanks for your suggestion, though.<br />I wonder whereabouts you used to live. I'd rather be in the Chilterns than here but that's life, too expensive to move back and I'm used to more open scenery now.Sylvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181210810835897800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107112365381397932.post-91355615069631600812011-08-23T19:06:56.308+01:002011-08-23T19:06:56.308+01:00Hello Sylve. Kath has asked me to pay you a visit...Hello Sylve. Kath has asked me to pay you a visit to try to identify the mystery plant.<br /><br />I think it is (no guarantees!) Verbena hastata. It is a short lived perennial garden plant that sometimes self seeds. Perhaps a bird brought it in from a neighbours garden.<br /><br />Incidentally, I used to live not too far from the area that you are bloggingg about. I shall keep an eye on you and visit the blog for nostalgias sake!<br /><br />JohnsonJOHN SHORTLAND, Cotswold Hills, England.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11702000270961029986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107112365381397932.post-16958249284786523662011-08-23T11:08:17.340+01:002011-08-23T11:08:17.340+01:00I can see your followers OK Sylve. If they do not ...I can see your followers OK Sylve. If they do not appear it is only the link to where blogger stores them that has gone down. It happens all the time.<br />Did you know that you can backup your blog text? I do mine once a month. If you want to know how, just mention it by email.<br />That plant has French Marigold leaves don't you think? Very similar to Cannabis? <br />Only joking.Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024557597864373705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107112365381397932.post-91949130003958351372011-08-23T09:43:20.918+01:002011-08-23T09:43:20.918+01:00Lucky you - wasps! I had lots on the compost heap ...Lucky you - wasps! I had lots on the compost heap because tasty items I'd put on there were attracting them. That took a week or so to clear. Luckily I haven't had a nest this year, famous last words!Sylvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181210810835897800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107112365381397932.post-84186514021548446342011-08-22T17:04:58.372+01:002011-08-22T17:04:58.372+01:00Tha plant looks almost like lupins. Its not some k...Tha plant looks almost like lupins. Its not some kind of tree-lupin is it?<br /><br />Oh wasps, they have taken up residence in one or our apple trees, in the hollow trunk. Its put paid to any more clearing down there for now.<br /><br />Don't worry the followers are back now :-DKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.com