Sounds fine to me Topbird ... besides, in Suffolk everyone 'cept the vicar, landed gentry and magistrates 'go round the back' don't they? They always did
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
TB wasps can be a bit scary. I don't mind them nesting in the garden , not keen near the house.
We once had a nest under the doorstep.We got a guy in to deal with them. He was more scared of them than we were. He dressed like a spaceman before he went out to them.
We had a wasp's nest above the bedroom window last year. We just left it - on the basis that wasps do more good than harm - and it appears to be abandoned this year.
Do you have a back door, Topbird, for yourselves and invited guests?
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Just had some cheese and biscuits for lunch. I bought the cheese about 3 months ago as it was out of date ( from Deli counter ) and I also found a packet of biscuits at the back of the shelf " best before Dec 1st 2016. What a rebel I am eh?
Beds on " allotment " all made, just need to mulch paths and add compost to them. V Happy with them.
For those that asked - yes we do have a back door - but it's a bit hidden & no one uses it except me to get to the bins and the cat to use the cat flap. Our front door is very much at the front of the property.
At the moment the wasps are at the side of the porch & not actually hanging around the front door itself. I'd prefer it if they weren't there but, for now, they don't look as though they will sting anybody. They didn't even attack me when I was busy brushing cobwebs from around the area where they seem to be getting in. Yesterday I didn't know they were there - now I do.
I'll leave them be for now. If they become a nuisance I'll deal with the problem. I was unsure whether an occupied or a deserted nest might eventually start to smell which would drive me nuts if I couldn't get in to remove the source. Does anybody know if that might happen?
Wotcha gonna grow in your allotments Hosta?
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Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Pat as I scrubbed the lounge floor on my hands and knees with my galvanised bucket and wooden scrubbing brush I thought about times of old and how easy we have it. Thank goodness I only do this monthly and use a steam mop the rest of the time; it took an age!
" the allotment" is a fenced off bit of ground where the previous owners grew stuff. Since we came here we refenced it but " the knee" stopped all progress so it was abandoned for over a year.
We've been creating little raised beds and mulching between with woodchip ( very heavy clay soil gets in a right mess otherwise).
I intend to use it for fruit and veg, but also as a "nursery" area and for growing flowers for cutting and using indoors.
I'll post some photos when it's done if anyone is interested.
I have a couple of nursery beds - they are incredibly useful when you're 'making' a garden. Now that I've stopped digging out new borders (for a season or two at least) it will be good to use them for cut flowers and herbs instead.
Congratulations on the sofas Clari!
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Tbird, we often have wasp nests under our eaves - never seem to bother anyone, and only last a year - they seem to avoid going back to the same place. Never noticed any smell with old nests either.
I have had a planting spree - lots of cosmos, zinnias and rudbeckias. More rudbeckias, cleomes, gaura and snapdragons tomorrow and then the greenhouse will be empty save for toms and cucs. Seem to be very behind this year
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Sounds fine to me Topbird ... besides, in Suffolk everyone 'cept the vicar, landed gentry and magistrates 'go round the back' don't they? They always did
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
TB wasps can be a bit scary. I don't mind them nesting in the garden , not keen near the house.
We once had a nest under the doorstep.We got a guy in to deal with them. He was more scared of them than we were. He dressed like a spaceman before he went out to them.
We had a wasp's nest above the bedroom window last year. We just left it - on the basis that wasps do more good than harm - and it appears to be abandoned this year.
Do you have a back door, Topbird, for yourselves and invited guests?
Afternoon all.
Just had some cheese and biscuits for lunch. I bought the cheese about 3 months ago as it was out of date ( from Deli counter ) and I also found a packet of biscuits at the back of the shelf " best before Dec 1st 2016. What a rebel I am eh?
Beds on " allotment " all made, just need to mulch paths and add compost to them. V Happy with them.
For those that asked - yes we do have a back door - but it's a bit hidden & no one uses it except me to get to the bins and the cat to use the cat flap. Our front door is very much at the front of the property.
At the moment the wasps are at the side of the porch & not actually hanging around the front door itself. I'd prefer it if they weren't there but, for now, they don't look as though they will sting anybody. They didn't even attack me when I was busy brushing cobwebs from around the area where they seem to be getting in. Yesterday I didn't know they were there - now I do.
I'll leave them be for now. If they become a nuisance I'll deal with the problem. I was unsure whether an occupied or a deserted nest might eventually start to smell which would drive me nuts if I couldn't get in to remove the source. Does anybody know if that might happen?
Wotcha gonna grow in your allotments Hosta?
Last edited: 01 July 2017 16:47:25
WE HAVE SOFAS!!!
Pat as I scrubbed the lounge floor on my hands and knees with my galvanised bucket and wooden scrubbing brush I thought about times of old and how easy we have it. Thank goodness I only do this monthly and use a steam mop the rest of the time; it took an age!
" the allotment" is a fenced off bit of ground where the previous owners grew stuff. Since we came here we refenced it but " the knee" stopped all progress so it was abandoned for over a year.
We've been creating little raised beds and mulching between with woodchip ( very heavy clay soil gets in a right mess otherwise).
I intend to use it for fruit and veg, but also as a "nursery" area and for growing flowers for cutting and using indoors.
I'll post some photos when it's done if anyone is interested.
Hosta, you know we are an interested ie nosy bunch so pics when ready please.
We always like to see garden photos Hosta
I have a couple of nursery beds - they are incredibly useful when you're 'making' a garden. Now that I've stopped digging out new borders (for a season or two at least) it will be good to use them for cut flowers and herbs instead.
Congratulations on the sofas Clari!
Yes please to pics Hosta
Tbird, we often have wasp nests under our eaves - never seem to bother anyone, and only last a year - they seem to avoid going back to the same place. Never noticed any smell with old nests either.
I have had a planting spree - lots of cosmos, zinnias and rudbeckias. More rudbeckias, cleomes, gaura and snapdragons tomorrow and then the greenhouse will be empty save for toms and cucs. Seem to be very behind this year