There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's
been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's
been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO
relaxed on holiday! ;-)
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's
been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO
relaxed on holiday! ;-)

As relaxed as a newt? (kidding)

Baz

On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's
been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO
relaxed on holiday! ;-)

As relaxed as a newt? (kidding)

Baz

Not *quite* but ..... ;-)
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha wrote:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been
growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/

May I remind you that this is a family newsgroup? There can be no excuse
for using the G-word before the watershed.

Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's
been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO
relaxed on holiday! ;-)

As relaxed as a newt? (kidding)

Baz

Not *quite* but ..... ;-)

After a few pints of Randalls.....
.....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed.

Baz

On 2013-09-26 10:29:06 +0100, Derek Turner said:

On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha wrote:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been
growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/

May I remind you that this is a family newsgroup? There can be no excuse
for using the G-word before the watershed.

We did wave at you! Jerssey was as clear as a bell on Monday,
particularly and my mother's house looks directly across to it. It
didn't rain, though. ;-) Sadly we weren't there for long enough to
zoom over in the brother's boat, though we did tootle off to Herm and
Sark for brief visits and passed the "semi-detached" castle on
Brecqhou. The gardens in our hotel and in Mother's place were looking
terrific. There was a lot still flowering and on Herm we saw agaves in
flower, down near the shoreline. It certainly reminded us of how much
'easier' gardening can be over there. For years, I had the bedding
plant Ballota growing in a little paving pocket on a terrace and it
grew up and through a very mature Camellia. Pelargoniums were never
brought in but were just cut back to flower again next year and a
friend has Bougainvillea happily growing round her front door. Sighs
of envy...!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's
been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little TOO
relaxed on holiday! ;-)

As relaxed as a newt? (kidding)

Baz

Not *quite* but ..... ;-)

After a few pints of Randalls.....
....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed.

Baz

Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the Liberation Ale!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-09-26 11:34:01 +0100, Martin said:

On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:25:21 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 2013-09-26 10:29:06 +0100, Derek Turner said:

On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha wrote:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been
growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/

May I remind you that this is a family newsgroup? There can be no excuse
for using the G-word before the watershed.

We did wave at you! Jerssey was as clear as a bell on Monday,
particularly and my mother's house looks directly across to it. It
didn't rain, though. ;-) Sadly we weren't there for long enough to
zoom over in the brother's boat, though we did tootle off to Herm and
Sark for brief visits and passed the "semi-detached" castle on
Brecqhou. The gardens in our hotel and in Mother's place were looking
terrific. There was a lot still flowering and on Herm we saw agaves in
flower, down near the shoreline. It certainly reminded us of how much
'easier' gardening can be over there. For years, I had the bedding
plant Ballota growing in a little paving pocket on a terrace and it
grew up and through a very mature Camellia. Pelargoniums were never
brought in but were just cut back to flower again next year and a
friend has Bougainvillea happily growing round her front door. Sighs
of envy...!

I noticed that the large motorboat used to control America's Cup races
in San Francisco has a red ensign and is registered in Alderney.

Did it weave about a lot? ;-)
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Sacha wrote in
:

On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo
was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia
insignis, it's been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little
TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-)

As relaxed as a newt? (kidding)

Baz

Not *quite* but ..... ;-)

After a few pints of Randalls.....
....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed.

Baz

Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the
Liberation Ale!

Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew.
Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation?
I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and St.Saviours
road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond street, Wolf's caves
in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole too.

All memories now.
Baz

Baz wrote in :

Sacha wrote in
:

On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This
photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia
insignis, it's been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little
TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-)

As relaxed as a newt? (kidding)

Baz

Not *quite* but ..... ;-)

After a few pints of Randalls.....
....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed.

Baz

Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the
Liberation Ale!

Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew.
Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation?
I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and
St.Saviours road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond
street, Wolf's caves in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole
too.

All memories now.
Baz

ps:
I forgot La Moye in St. Brealdes.

On 2013-09-26 16:57:59 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in
:

On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo
was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia
insignis, it's been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little
TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-)

As relaxed as a newt? (kidding)

Baz

Not *quite* but ..... ;-)

After a few pints of Randalls.....
....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed.

Baz

Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the
Liberation Ale!

Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew.
Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation?
I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and St.Saviours
road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond street, Wolf's caves
in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole too.

All memories now.
Baz

Ah, that's Jersey. I've also lived there as an adult and was born
there. But this time we were visiting Guernsey for a few days, where
my mother and stepfather bought a house in 1956. I grew up mainly in
that island. Devil's Hole itself is still there but I have no idea if
there's a pub near it. I've never tasted the Liberation Ale, so I can't
comment. ;-) It was moving back to Jersey in my early 30s that
really got me interested in gardening. My former in-laws had an
enormous garden which they'd made from fields surrounding their
property and they were extremely knowledgeable hands-on gardeners, too.
Pa in law was a member of the International Camellia Society and he
made a wonderful Camellia Walk in his garden and planted many more all
over the place. It gave me a lifelong love of Camellias and recently,
when I was asking Jennifer Trehane about one we have here, she said
that she remembered very well a trip she made to China with my in-laws
and other Camellia enthusiasts. He also got quite heavily involved with
the original planting at Jersey Zoo when Gerald Durrell started that up
and he was one of the first Trustees. Gardening in the CIs can induce
serious envy in others because the climate is (mostly) so benign and
things can be grown outside which are hovered and fussed over even in a
conservatory in UK! I remember that one wall was absolutely smothered
in Mandevilla suaveolens for years, until a rare bad winter carried it
off.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-09-26 17:03:36 +0100, Baz said:

Baz wrote in :

Sacha wrote in
:

On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This
photo was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia
insignis, it's been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little
TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-)

As relaxed as a newt? (kidding)

Baz

Not *quite* but ..... ;-)

After a few pints of Randalls.....
....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed.

Baz

Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the
Liberation Ale!

Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew.
Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation?
I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and
St.Saviours road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond
street, Wolf's caves in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole
too.

All memories now.
Baz

ps:
I forgot La Moye in St. Brealdes.

I think the Portelet Inn is still there but Derek will know better than
I do. It sounds as if you know Jersey really well Baz, or at least the
pubs! ;-)
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-09-26 15:28:42 +0100, Martin said:

On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:13:31 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 2013-09-26 11:34:01 +0100, Martin said:

On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:25:21 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 2013-09-26 10:29:06 +0100, Derek Turner said:

On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha wrote:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo was
taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia insignis, it's been
growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/

May I remind you that this is a family newsgroup? There can be no excuse
for using the G-word before the watershed.

We did wave at you! Jerssey was as clear as a bell on Monday,
particularly and my mother's house looks directly across to it. It
didn't rain, though. ;-) Sadly we weren't there for long enough to
zoom over in the brother's boat, though we did tootle off to Herm and
Sark for brief visits and passed the "semi-detached" castle on
Brecqhou. The gardens in our hotel and in Mother's place were looking
terrific. There was a lot still flowering and on Herm we saw agaves in
flower, down near the shoreline. It certainly reminded us of how much
'easier' gardening can be over there. For years, I had the bedding
plant Ballota growing in a little paving pocket on a terrace and it
grew up and through a very mature Camellia. Pelargoniums were never
brought in but were just cut back to flower again next year and a
friend has Bougainvillea happily growing round her front door. Sighs
of envy...!

I noticed that the large motorboat used to control America's Cup races
in San Francisco has a red ensign and is registered in Alderney.

Did it weave about a lot? ;-)

No, but the crew did. :-)

Figures!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

My parents very nearly bought an hotel in Guernsey but bought one in the
Isle of Wight instead.

Mike


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On 2013-09-26 16:57:59 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in
:

On 2013-09-26 11:19:44 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:baia20F9keiU1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-26 00:24:27 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in news:bag9d2Frac1U1
@mid.individual.net:

On 2013-09-25 13:17:55 +0100, Sacha said:

There's something to be said for gardening in the CIs. This photo
was taken on Monday and from the size of that Brugmansia
insignis, it's been growing there for some time!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9932237875/


Ahem, that should be Brugmansia sanguinea. Probably got a little
TOO relaxed on holiday! ;-)

As relaxed as a newt? (kidding)

Baz

Not *quite* but ..... ;-)

After a few pints of Randalls.....
....a person is entitled to feel *quite* relaxed.

Baz

Ah, good old Randalls! I think I should have got Ray to try the
Liberation Ale!

Sorry to say this, but that Liberation Ale tastes like winkle dew.
Le Mesurier houses were taken over by Liberation?
I remember La Motte pub on the corner of La Motte street and St.Saviours
road. The Devonshire on first tower. The Bond on Bond street, Wolf's caves
in St.John. All gone now. I think Devils Hole too.

All memories now.
Baz

Ah, that's Jersey. I've also lived there as an adult and was born
there. But this time we were visiting Guernsey for a few days, where
my mother and stepfather bought a house in 1956. I grew up mainly in
that island. Devil's Hole itself is still there but I have no idea if
there's a pub near it. I've never tasted the Liberation Ale, so I can't
comment. ;-) It was moving back to Jersey in my early 30s that
really got me interested in gardening. My former in-laws had an
enormous garden which they'd made from fields surrounding their
property and they were extremely knowledgeable hands-on gardeners, too.
Pa in law was a member of the International Camellia Society and he
made a wonderful Camellia Walk in his garden and planted many more all
over the place. It gave me a lifelong love of Camellias and recently,
when I was asking Jennifer Trehane about one we have here, she said
that she remembered very well a trip she made to China with my in-laws
and other Camellia enthusiasts. He also got quite heavily involved with
the original planting at Jersey Zoo when Gerald Durrell started that up
and he was one of the first Trustees. Gardening in the CIs can induce
serious envy in others because the climate is (mostly) so benign and
things can be grown outside which are hovered and fussed over even in a
conservatory in UK! I remember that one wall was absolutely smothered
in Mandevilla suaveolens for years, until a rare bad winter carried it
off.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk