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Potting shed summer party

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Blackpuddingbertha · 26/07/2013 20:42

Following on from the Blooming into Flaming June thread and all others before it.

The potting shed is open for summer. Elderflower wine aplenty and room for all. Monty will be along later...

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RakeABedOfTyneFilth · 08/09/2013 20:47

Had a baby this morning, potting shed buddies! A 3.96kg Petunia.

haven't posted the astrantia seeds yet. Will sort it soon and dispatch DH to the post box.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/09/2013 20:48

Well done, TyneFilth!

::Very excited by the first Potting Shed Baby::

Now get some rest!

funnyperson · 08/09/2013 21:24

Congratulations!!!! tynefilth what a splendid weight! Flowers to you and Smile for the baby!

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Blackpuddingbertha · 08/09/2013 21:27

Thanks for TyneFilth! I love the way you say 'I had a baby this morning', in much the same way as I said I planted out spring cabbage! So casual. Congratulations, have some more Flowers, the rest of us will have some virtual Wine to celebrate the first potting shed baby. Grin

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Bumbez · 08/09/2013 21:48

tynefilth congratulations :)

Downpours here today and I got half way through cutting the grass when the mower broke, I'm hoping Dh can't fix it as I'd really like a petrol one. Any recommendations?

I'm going to harvest the apples and pears later in the week - the fallen ones are delicious.

MousyMouse · 08/09/2013 21:51

ohh tynefilth that is brilliant! congratulations!

didn't do any gardening this weekend, but lots of baking as I might enter a local produce show soon.
kitchen looked a bit like a flour bag exploded but my baking looked and tasted ok, hopefully my colleagues can give me an honest verdict tomorrow. Cake

Rhubarbgarden · 09/09/2013 07:37

Congratulations TyneFilth! Petunia - what a gorgeous name.

RakeABedOfTyneFilth · 09/09/2013 08:00

Eeek I was joking about 'petunia'! Today's codename is Brenda...! Could be going for a flower name though, we haven't actually given it much thought. Marguerite? (nn Daisy)

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 09/09/2013 10:27

Marguerite would be lovely!

Rhubarbgarden · 09/09/2013 14:15

I love Marguerite. It was on my shortlist for dd, along with Primrose and Fern.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 09/09/2013 14:21

Your dd has a lovely name, Rhubarb. Primrose seems to get the thumbs down on MN, but I think it's gorgeous.

Rhubarbgarden · 09/09/2013 14:23

Thanks Maud! I was a bit sad not to get a flower name in the end but had to take into account DH's opinions. Hmm

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 09/09/2013 14:31

Ah yes. I remember the endless brainstorming sessions we had, suggesting baby names! Fortunately there were two on which we could agree.

cantspel · 09/09/2013 16:23

tynefilth congratulations

I was lucky as i only had boys. It would have been a nightmare if i had a girl as i hated all the names oh liked and he wasn't that fond of the names i liked.

I would have like Neale for a girl but i got to many people telling me it was a boys name but then i had a boy and everyone expected me to call him Neil and couldn't get their heads around the fact that they were two different names for two different sexes.

Bearleigh · 09/09/2013 18:46

Congratulations Tynefilth. That is lovely news!

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Blackpuddingbertha · 09/09/2013 20:24

DD2 has a flower name for her middle name. I found naming them very stressful and we struggled to agree hence they have ended up with wacky names that they'll hate us for. If we'd had boys though they would probably still not have names we were that at odds!

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 09/09/2013 20:27

DD does not have a flower name, although my mother (with no encouragement on my part) was convinced I was going to call her Flora.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 09/09/2013 20:28

And I like wacky offbeat names.

HumphreyCobbler · 09/09/2013 20:29

ooh, a baby! Congratulations XXX

Lovely news

flower names rock

HumphreyCobbler · 09/09/2013 20:31

DH has vetoed Rosamund for this baby I may have moaned about this before

Rhubarbgarden · 09/09/2013 20:34

Rosamund is beautiful. I loved Anemone and Narcissa when I was pregnant with ds. It's probably fortunate he's a boy.

Rhubarbgarden · 09/09/2013 20:35

Oh, and Flora, yes that would have been in the running too if it hadn't been dead in the water by rhyming with my own name.

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Blackpuddingbertha · 09/09/2013 21:47

Anyway, names are over rated. Mine tend to get called Pumpkin, Sweetpea, Pickle. Even the dog gets this treatment which saves the embarrassment of people realising I have temporarily forgotten what their actual names are

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 09/09/2013 21:48

Oh yes, same here!

NotAnotherNewNappy · 10/09/2013 12:08

Congratulations Rake!!! I hope you and baby are recovering well x

DD1's middle name means flowering and DD2's first name is a variation on the quintessential English flower... I get self conscious when I holler at her in Garden centres (she's a bolster)as everyone must think I am a gardening nut. I didn't consciously choose them because they were flower names, both were actually my Grandmother's names.

We had DD2's b'day party on Saturday which was like my v own open garden event. Happily everything came together, I even managed a vase of cut cosmos, wallflower & verbena. It was nice to remind myself how much i have transformed the garden in the last year.

V cold here now. I've got weeding to do but just don't fancy getting out there in this weather. I popped to Lidl but there must be loads of m'ners round here as the tulips had all gone. Can anybody recommend a nifty tool for planting bulbs?