Georgina Barratt

One of the most wonderful smelling orchids…

Rang a peal this morning and put on my roomy trousers so that I’d be comfy… Too roomy, I had to ring the whole peal with my knees together to stop them from falling down! Not comfortable after all.

A quick google says it is actually diving or plunging. I’m going to have to google the Latin for peeing next…

A blue and yellow flower collage. The top 2 rows are photos of blue flowers, and the bottom 2 rows are photos of yellow flowers in honor of the Ukrainian flag.

I stand with Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine #Zelenskyy

I always used to plant them on the top of banks, so that you could look up at them.

@flemingo42.bsky.social I found you!

I would also go for roasted. I use light olive oil, salt and pepper, and lots of thyme

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Life gets busier…

I can't believe it's been nearly three weeks since my last post, so much has happened. I have been out and about, and attended two events in person, and joined in several on-line webinars. I am now a member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulturalists, I get to put letters…

I don’t like them. The berries are very toxic to wild birds. They get desperate in bad winters and eat them because there is nothing else. :-( I dug up all the ones in my VA garden and replaced them with mahonia instead.

Puff has historically been more at risk from flame-emitting ignition sources himself. I suspect JV and I are thinking of the same incident.

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Continued Professional Development…

The start of the year is a funny time. Normally, (apart from the last five years), I would have been spending my time procrastinating and avoiding doing my tax return. This year there has been no tax return. but I have procrastinated just the same. I've tried to…

It is tiny, but it’s there. There is a saying “when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras.” I think your Belding’s Savannah Sparrow would be a zebra in Oregon.

It’s a Song Sparrow. The splodge on the breast is the giveaway.

The internet tells me that 90% of newspapers are printed with soy based inks now, so I feel it’s ok. It’s not massive quantities of paper being used, and anything that is heavily printed gets chucked anyway. (And by chucked, I mean put in the recycling bin)

Yes, I have a wooden form for making pots out of newspaper. It’s ideal for growing seedlings, the paper starts breaking down straight away, so it’s pretty much just a rootball when you plant it out. You can fit loads in a tray so they support each other. Any that don’t germinate go in the compost

Hmm. I don’t think you have much experience with epiphytic orchids, they naturally grow up on the bark of trees and absorb nutrients and water through air roots. If you put them in the ground, the roots rot off and they die.

My Dendrobium nobile orchid, I’ve owned it for a week and all its buds have opened up 🌱 #orchids #bloomscrolling

I don’t think it’s cheating, I used to work with an orchid collection, and one of my favourites was Rhyncholaelia (once Brassavola) digbyana. We used to call it by our pet name, Mr Whiskers.

I have blogged again!

The extreme cold weather in the eastern USA at the moment is all a sign that hell is freezing over IMO

I have other helpful Norwich tips, but they escape me right now.

If you are ringing bobs, don’t try to count to 7. Count to 3, make a dodge for the bob, and make sure you know which place bell you are at backstroke, then do another 3 dodges for the start of the next lead.

All your up dodges on the back are with the same bell, as are your down dodges, you always dodge 3 times on the back unless you’re with the treble.
I always remember which way the lead/double dodges on the front are by mentally attaching the dodges to the 3/4 places.

I’ve rediscovered my seed collection. I’m going to have a thorough sort out, decide what I want to grow… then have a more realistic sort as I haven’t got acres of heated greenhouse space and an automatic watering system

It’s been quite a while… So, about 10 years ago, I decided that I wanted to blog… I set up this site, and I did it – I blogged once! Now, I’m feeling the urge again, to write down some of what’s goi…

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It’s been quite a while…

So, about 10 years ago, I decided that I wanted to blog... I set up this site, and I did it - I blogged once! Now, I'm feeling the urge again, to write down some of what's going on in my life. My old blog page is still here, my profile is still mostly relevant, so I don't…

Beautiful Song Thrush in my suburban garden this morning. It spent quite a while rummaging under the laurel hedge. Hopefully it will return, one of my favourite garden birds. #addBirder

Sugar lumps :-)

Fun evening out ringing at the nearest tower to my house, it’s only taken me 3 months to get round to it! Lots of old friends, and some new faces.