Had a trip to see Terry Tasker of Southport which took 3 & half hours
some 220 miles. Well on arriving a nice cup of tea & toast made by
Shirley.
Refreshed it was time to see the begonias but first thing that
caught my eye was Shirley's sculptures, sorry didn't take a picture but
they were very interesting. The first picture is of the garden nice
straight lines on the lawn very well kept garden. On walking into the
first greenhouse we had a staged photo of Terry looking at a plant, he
looks a bit intellectual for once. The next couple of photos just to
make Terry the centre of attention, he likes that.(wink) Then we got a
picture without Terry his plants looked well on the left all single
stemmed plants in their final pots, on the right cuttings to the fore
with more plants at the rear. I was very impressed with the neatness &
the straight lines of all the plants, but if you look closely at this
picture of the cuttings the first one at the front is out of line, I had
to shake my head to myself, poor show Terry.
Next we came to the most important piece of kit in the greenhouse
the fridge, what a let down it's not a patch on Ronnie Welsh's no Gin &
only a few beers I expected more real poor show. Into the next
greenhouse & looking at Terry in this picture you would think he's had a
couple trying to steady himself on the plant stake. Again all the plants
looked in fantastic condition. So the next couple of photos are of the
greenhouse without Terry in the way. Next was the propagation area which
is between the two greenhouses. Finally you have to walk back through
the first greenhouse & in this final picture, well I'll let you all
decide what you think personally I think he had a hip flask somewhere.
Still it was a good day thank you Shirley for lunch & Terry for being a
good laugh as usual. See you soon.
Phil Champion
