There's a daffodil in my garden!

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A poet could not but be gay
in such a jocund company

Ironically it looks like a pseudonarcissus to me.

Actually yeah, you're probably right, but I couldn't be arsed looking it up - all the bulbs in my garden are wild, I didn't plant any of them, I just look after them wherever they come up.

Did anyone else not see the 'in my garden' bit of the title and think it was going to say something like 'in my arse'?

:eek:

I would guess you were the only one, pup. Wishful thinking won't get you everywhere!

Oooh, I dunno about that... :rolleyes:
 

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Daffodils haven't survived the winter at my place, I had crocus in the lawn for several years, but they died out. The Narcissus Poeticus I planted in 1990 has made a large clump, and has bloomed extremely well. I divided them last year. They will bloom in May.
 

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The wasps and hornets :mad: have been around for a week or so - little sods. Them I could do without.
You have something against W.A.S.P.s? For shame! For shame! (or is that supposed to be Fore-skin! Fore-skin!?)



Each year now for the past 3 years-which in the course of more than 20 years really isn't that bad-I have dealt with the most annoyingly stupid bumble bees. It all began one year when the vines outside began to cover the back of the building. Soon they clung to the building (they damage the buildings you know even while looking so nice) and they headed across the window. At first it seemed nice. Friendly even. Then the heavy rains came and the damned things directed the rain right at the window with their angled leaves. Water poured in through the smallest slits. Then winter came, the leaves turned and fell off. Springtime arrived and they began to return- and then the bees.

With a closed window how the hell do those fucking dumb ass bees get in


It has happened three years running and I dread year number four of it. You see, I am deathly frightened of bees-I hear they will sting and then its curtains for those who are allergic to them-this is the same reason I refuse to eat lobster. Am I being to worried?
 

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Actually - if you are genuinely concerned you may be allergic to bee stings you can ask your Doctor to test you (skin test or blood test). The results are a little hit and miss but if you are likely to have a dangerous reaction then you will almost certainly test positive.

Last summer I heard a strange buzzing upstairs and moved some stuff only to find a queen hornet building a fucking nest. I had no kind of Raid or whatever but there was a can of Silver car spray paint nearby - so I turned the bitch bright silver, clogging up her wings so she couldn't fly then beat her to death with a high heeled shoe. I read that other hornets can 'smell' a dead queen and get a bit 'upset' about it so I scraped up the pieces and chucked em out about 300 meters from the house.

She was a big fucker - I don't mind admitting I was a bit fucking scared - those things sting worse than the snakes around here.
 

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I always resort to hairspray MB, as it sets they get slower and slower until finally their wings won't move - then as hairspray is inflammable they go up with a nice whoosh.
 

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Hairspray has many uses - sometimes including fixing one's hair :biggrin: - but I haven't used it in a while so I didn't have any to hand - the paint seemed to do the trick for stopping her flying - as I had no means of igniting said insect the 'whoosh' effect would have been somewhat academic. But don't worry SP - I assure you no shoes were harmed in the bludgeoning of the mini-beast. :rolleyes:

I neglected to mention that I was ever so slightly stoned when this occured (more residually so from the night before really) - so having a bright silver queen hornet attempting to fly a me is a memory that has stuck with me somewhat.