Dar ran Dar ran said:
A apple a day 😋

I thought Cumbria was wild but even the biggest weeds don’t take cars/garages
Hostage it sounds like trifids
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We have a few different Apple trees, and its wonderful to have the variety, although the dog eats more of them than we do. After she's pinched all the Raspberries then hoovered up all the Peaches that fall or she can reach.

Funny you mention Trifids. There is a big broad leaf plant that blights our section that we call Trifids. It grows like its on steroids and you can't get rid of it, it just carries on growing under ground and sprouts up again. I took this pic this evening of the 'wild' corner of our section - its about 8m x 4m. The 'Trifids' are shown in the foreground...

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You can see a couple of 'flowers' poking up in the pic. If we don't hack them back in time, in a couple of weeks you'll be out in the garden and you can hear the pods exploding and sending out another 1,000 of the buggers.
 
GrumpyGel said:
We have a few different Apple trees, and its wonderful to have the variety, although the dog eats more of them than we do. After she's pinched all the Raspberries then hoovered up all the Peaches that fall or she can reach.

Funny you mention Trifids. There is a big broad leaf plant that blights our section that we call Trifids. It grows like its on steroids and you can't get rid of it, it just carries on growing under ground and sprouts up again. I took this pic this evening of the 'wild' corner of our section - its about 8m x 4m. The 'Trifids' are shown in the foreground...

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You can see a couple of 'flowers' poking up in the pic. If we don't hack them back in time, in a couple of weeks you'll be out in the garden and you can hear the pods exploding and sending out another 1,000 of the buggers.
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It all looks extremely hard work that my friend
My soft border collies would probably just sniff and bark at that kind of foliage 🙄🤣
Lovely picture though always nice to see how the colony’s do things 😮🤣
 
GrumpyGel said:
We have a few different Apple trees, and its wonderful to have the variety, although the dog eats more of them than we do. After she's pinched all the Raspberries then hoovered up all the Peaches that fall or she can reach.

Funny you mention Trifids. There is a big broad leaf plant that blights our section that we call Trifids. It grows like its on steroids and you can't get rid of it, it just carries on growing under ground and sprouts up again. I took this pic this evening of the 'wild' corner of our section - its about 8m x 4m. The 'Trifids' are shown in the foreground...

View attachment 303260

You can see a couple of 'flowers' poking up in the pic. If we don't hack them back in time, in a couple of weeks you'll be out in the garden and you can hear the pods exploding and sending out another 1,000 of the buggers.
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I'd not be allowed to have a wild area of my garden, so I've built wooden structures over them to minimise gardening and maximise utility.

That's in interesting looking plant.
Here's some information about it.
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Alibro said:
Sorry mate, I know you love your Hippo but you can't grow a new one by planting it in the ground. :rolleyes:
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lol

Its just as well anorl. I get enough grief keeping the 1 wreck in the garden. After the initial expense though, it has come in very useful and saved a lot of cash over the years. And I still have its IRD sitting in the garage waiting to go in the road car (one of the main reasons for getting it).
 
Nodge68 said:
I'd not be allowed to have a wild area of my garden, so I've built wooden structures over them to minimise gardening and maximise utility.

That's in interesting looking plant.
Here's some information about it.
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We have long since given up calling it "interesting" :oops:

The description makes it sound wonderful. What they don't say is how rapidly invasive it is.
 
GrumpyGel said:
We have long since given up calling it "interesting" :oops:

The description makes it sound wonderful. What they don't say is how rapidly invasive it is.
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That's often the case.
At work I have a problem with Buddleia, which while beautiful when flowing and very good for butterfly's (it's often called a butterfly bush), is very invasive. It will take root absolutely anywhere it can, and the seeds being tiny blow into gaps in walls, on roofs, chimney pots, in gutters and pretty much anywhere else where they're not wanted. Once it's taken root in a wall, it keeps re-growing if the tiniest piece of root is left behind. It a real pain to get rid of.
 
Random question I know but would any one know if the spacing between mounting points of a freelander 2 front crash bar is the same as a discovery 3, I am trying to find a steel lower bumper section that will bolt on and that’s the closest I can find (I’m aware bumper will need to be cut and radiator etc will need to be possibly relocated)
Any input would be much appreciated thanks
 
Danielh4ll said:
Random question I know but would any one know if the spacing between mounting points of a freelander 2 front crash bar is the same as a discovery 3, I am trying to find a steel lower bumper section that will bolt on and that’s the closest I can find (I’m aware bumper will need to be cut and radiator etc will need to be possibly relocated)
Any input would be much appreciated thanks
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Start a thread about it.
 
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Danielh4ll said:
Random question I know but would any one know if the spacing between mounting points of a freelander 2 front crash bar is the same as a discovery 3, I am trying to find a steel lower bumper section that will bolt on and that’s the closest I can find (I’m aware bumper will need to be cut and radiator etc will need to be possibly relocated)
Any input would be much appreciated thanks
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Nothing is the same between the Freelander 2 and D3, they are completely different vehicles with completely different construction techniques. The Freelander 2 is a monocoque body, the D3 is a body on frame design, so anything from one will be very unlikely to fit the other.

Start a new thread as suggested above. ;)
 
Nodge68 said:
That's often the case.
At work I have a problem with Buddleia, which while beautiful when flowing and very good for butterfly's (it's often called a butterfly bush), is very invasive. It will take root absolutely anywhere it can, and the seeds being tiny blow into gaps in walls, on roofs, chimney pots, in gutters and pretty much anywhere else where they're not wanted. Once it's taken root in a wall, it keeps re-growing if the tiniest piece of root is left behind. It a real pain to get rid of.
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I have 2 buddlieias - a globes which I really like - it struggles a bit with its very dry corner of the garden, and a butterfly tree. Later in the summer it is 'alive' with monarchs and red/brown admirals ...
 
htr said:
I have 2 buddlieias - a globes which I really like - it struggles a bit with its very dry corner of the garden, and a butterfly tree. Later in the summer it is 'alive' with monarchs and red/brown admirals ...
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Here in mid Cornwall, Buddleia pretty much grows out of control. It seems it's rather partial to our warm damp environment. It's not native, but can be found in random places all over the county, presumably after spreading from where it was initially planted as an ornamental plant.
 
Nodge68 said:
Mine went through a stage of putting petrol in her diesel vehicles. I'm hoping she doesn't repeat it with her Audi A5, as I could do without the hassle. That's one advantage to electric, there's only one type that fills the tank. ;)
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Yes, we had the petrol-in-the-diesel-tank saga a few cars back! Only the once though, so small wins…

Oh, and although fool-proof, she ‘wouldn’t know where to even start’ with the BMW and charger on our drive. It’s just a cable and a pin-code :rolleyes:
 
Nodge68 said:
Mine went through a stage of putting petrol in her diesel vehicles. I'm hoping she doesn't repeat it with her Audi A5, as I could do without the hassle. That's one advantage to electric, there's only one type that fills the tank. ;)
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We have a 1 year old van that has shat its engine. Lumps of metal in the sump (bearings?). Dealer says petrol was put in, hirer says not. Makes a big dufference cos an engine is being air freighten from China at a cost of $25k - so someone has to pay for it! Oil samples have been sent to scientist boffins.
 
GrumpyGel said:
We have a 1 year old van that has shat its engine. Lumps of metal in the sump (bearings?). Dealer says petrol was put in, hirer says not. Makes a big dufference cos an engine is being air freighten from China at a cost of $25k - so someone has to pay for it! Oil samples have been sent to scientist boffins.
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Ouch
 
GrumpyGel said:
We have a 1 year old van that has shat its engine. Lumps of metal in the sump (bearings?). Dealer says petrol was put in, hirer says not. Makes a big dufference cos an engine is being air freighten from China at a cost of $25k - so someone has to pay for it! Oil samples have been sent to scientist boffins.
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Double ouch.
The wife has put petrol in 3 different diesel vehicles over the last decade or so, which while thinking about it is every diesel he's had. She's never managed put diesel in her petrol vehicles because the nozzle doesn't fit.

I've been lucky, as the engines haven't run well enough for any serious damage to occur. I've simply pumped out the offending mix of fuels and refilled with fresh diesel with 500ml of 2 stroke oil mixed in for a bit of extra lubrication. Afterwards the engines seem to run better than ever, presumably because of the powerful cleaning effect of petrol through the system. It's not something I want her to repeat with every diesel she owns though.
 
It was time to swap the Falken Wildpeak A/TW3A's on 18" Sport wheels to my 16" studded winter tyres. We got 10 cm's of snow this week and it's now -10 celsius here in Finland.
 
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