..., I've hardly looked at my long border, but there are snowdrops in it. It's still full of last year's growth for winter wildlife to hide in. Can't do anything until it dries out a bit and warms up.
..., I've hardly looked at my long border, but there are snowdrops in it. It's still full of last year's growth for winter wildlife to hide in. Can't do anything until it dries out a bit and warms up.
Blue skies and sunshine here. No gardening apart forma quick tour tho as it's cold and everything is sodden plus my back is still a bit tender.
I am parked on a sofa facing east with a view over our hedge of a field of freshly sown grass waiting for the cows to arrive. Beyond and all around, except for a few houses in the hamlet round the corner, are more fields and woods.
Nearest equivalent to a Waitrose is at La Roche-s-Y at 18kms but we prefer the one at Luçon, 21kms away or the one at Olonne if we've been to the fish market 24kms away. Each has different products and layout for their particular catchment. We have a small local SM in the next vlllage where I can go for emergency supplies of wine, Tonic, organic Parmesan and, oddly, fresh ginger and lemon grass.
DL - I make chilli jam too with garlic and ginger and sometimes star anise added. Love it.
Quiet pottering day for me. Certainly no ironing! Have spatchcocked and slashed a chuck and slathered it with curry paste to soak for dinner tonight. Might go and sort out my patchwork homework and fabrics.
Anyone got exciting plans for the weekend? Have a lovely day everyone.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
..., I've hardly looked at my long border, but there are snowdrops in it. It's still full of last year's growth for winter wildlife to hide in. Can't do anything until it dries out a bit and warms up.
Rugby 6N. starts this weekend, so I shall be busy: sofa, beer, television, with an occasional stroll, to avoid pressure sores.
Weekend after, we are off to Raby Hunt and then to Edinburgh, I have managed to get tickets for Scotland vs. France. Moira has never seen Scotland play at Murrayfield and is very excited, she is planning on some face painting. I am planning on pretending she is not with me.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I only have 3 borders here - 1 existed but needed total clearing, another small one cleared and expanded and a third we made. I put my Belgian snowdrops in there along with my hostas and some Japanese maples which I later had to lift and rescue into pots cos of drought. Very pleased to see the snowdrops finally showing thru as I feared they had shriveled up but the last few weeks of rain jave done them proud.
Surprisingly enough, it's too wet to get in there and sort out the weeds but maybe in a day or so it'll be OK to start round the edges at least as we're expecting no more rain next week except for a dribble tomorrow. I know it's frustrating and everyone's itching to get out but beware of really bad weather wrecking your efforts. Feb can be a treacherous month.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Houses to the front of me, garden to the back. I would prefer not to be quite so overlooked by my neighbours but other than that I love it here. The most beautiful, exciting, rich and varied city on my doorstep (I know most here wouldn't agree, but I genuinely and passionately love my home town) and my own little bit of it to live in - with parks and art and a sense of place and history... plus a Waitrose - not sure I'll ever leave.
My exciting plans for the weekend, Obelixx? Getting to grips with Latin names for weeds, pest lifecycles and which time of year to do which methods of propagation! These are the main bits that won't stick in my head. Oh yes, and revising everything else too. Also making sure Bow has everything she needs for an imminent school trip to Berlin. Not 'exciting' so much as busy, but it's all good .
How long are your daughters with you, Hosta? I'm not surprised you're excited. Have a wonderful time .
BL, I'm with you on night time temperatures. Ours are set to 15 or 16. I do like a warm bed though - lots of blankets and thick pyjamas. It's the room temperature that has to be cool.
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'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I love it here. The most beautiful, exciting, rich and varied city on my doorstep (I know most here wouldn't agree, but I genuinely and passionately love my home town)
Good for you . As long as you love where you live, it doesn't matter where or what it is.
London is a place I visit regularly but never want to stay. Lots of people would feel the same about my isolated corner of the country. Each to our own.
Good luck with the Latin names
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
We keep the radiators off in our bedrooms unless it's really cold and they go on just long enough to take off the chill. We have a summer weight duvet on the bed and if it get cold we have a patchwork quilt too.
Good luck with all that studying LG. I'm hopeless on pests, mostly cos I haven't had problems with many - touch wood. They'd be different here anyway I expect.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The problem I'm having in learning about pests and diseases is that I'm seeing them and their potential everywhere! A bit like if you watch a horror film or thriller and start being scared to go out / thinking everyone is out to get you.
Chickweed, which used to be fairly inocuous, or even quite impressive in its ability to reproduce, has become for me an evil, overwintering host for virus-ridden aphids. And those aphids, formerly annoying blighters I could wipe off with my fingers are now the horrifying source of numerous diseases and ultimate death .
I'm looking forward to getting things back in perspective .
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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My whole garden is like that ..........
ditto
Blue skies and sunshine here. No gardening apart forma quick tour tho as it's cold and everything is sodden plus my back is still a bit tender.
I am parked on a sofa facing east with a view over our hedge of a field of freshly sown grass waiting for the cows to arrive. Beyond and all around, except for a few houses in the hamlet round the corner, are more fields and woods.
Nearest equivalent to a Waitrose is at La Roche-s-Y at 18kms but we prefer the one at Luçon, 21kms away or the one at Olonne if we've been to the fish market 24kms away. Each has different products and layout for their particular catchment. We have a small local SM in the next vlllage where I can go for emergency supplies of wine, Tonic, organic Parmesan and, oddly, fresh ginger and lemon grass.
DL - I make chilli jam too with garlic and ginger and sometimes star anise added. Love it.
Quiet pottering day for me. Certainly no ironing! Have spatchcocked and slashed a chuck and slathered it with curry paste to soak for dinner tonight. Might go and sort out my patchwork homework and fabrics.
Anyone got exciting plans for the weekend? Have a lovely day everyone.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Yeeeaaahhh. Ducks on the pond.
Rugby 6N. starts this weekend, so I shall be busy: sofa, beer, television, with an occasional stroll, to avoid pressure sores.
Weekend after, we are off to Raby Hunt and then to Edinburgh, I have managed to get tickets for Scotland vs. France. Moira has never seen Scotland play at Murrayfield and is very excited, she is planning on some face painting. I am planning on pretending she is not with me.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I only have 3 borders here - 1 existed but needed total clearing, another small one cleared and expanded and a third we made. I put my Belgian snowdrops in there along with my hostas and some Japanese maples which I later had to lift and rescue into pots cos of drought. Very pleased to see the snowdrops finally showing thru as I feared they had shriveled up but the last few weeks of rain jave done them proud.
Surprisingly enough, it's too wet to get in there and sort out the weeds but maybe in a day or so it'll be OK to start round the edges at least as we're expecting no more rain next week except for a dribble tomorrow. I know it's frustrating and everyone's itching to get out but beware of really bad weather wrecking your efforts. Feb can be a treacherous month.
Houses to the front of me, garden to the back. I would prefer not to be quite so overlooked by my neighbours but other than that I love it here. The most beautiful, exciting, rich and varied city on my doorstep (I know most here wouldn't agree, but I genuinely and passionately love my home town) and my own little bit of it to live in - with parks and art and a sense of place and history... plus a Waitrose
- not sure I'll ever leave.
My exciting plans for the weekend, Obelixx? Getting to grips with Latin names for weeds, pest lifecycles and which time of year to do which methods of propagation! These are the main bits that won't stick in my head. Oh yes, and revising everything else too. Also making sure Bow has everything she needs for an imminent school trip to Berlin. Not 'exciting' so much as busy, but it's all good
.
How long are your daughters with you, Hosta? I'm not surprised you're excited. Have a wonderful time
.
BL, I'm with you on night time temperatures. Ours are set to 15 or 16. I do like a warm bed though - lots of blankets and thick pyjamas. It's the room temperature that has to be cool.
Last edited: 02 February 2018 11:12:18
Good for you
. As long as you love where you live, it doesn't matter where or what it is.
London is a place I visit regularly but never want to stay. Lots of people would feel the same about my isolated corner of the country. Each to our own.
Good luck with the Latin names
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
We keep the radiators off in our bedrooms unless it's really cold and they go on just long enough to take off the chill. We have a summer weight duvet on the bed and if it get cold we have a patchwork quilt too.
Good luck with all that studying LG. I'm hopeless on pests, mostly cos I haven't had problems with many - touch wood. They'd be different here anyway I expect.
The problem I'm having in learning about pests and diseases is that I'm seeing them and their potential everywhere! A bit like if you watch a horror film or thriller and start being scared to go out / thinking everyone is out to get you.
Chickweed, which used to be fairly inocuous, or even quite impressive in its ability to reproduce, has become for me an evil, overwintering host for virus-ridden aphids. And those aphids, formerly annoying blighters I could wipe off with my fingers are now the horrifying source of numerous diseases and ultimate death
.
I'm looking forward to getting things back in perspective
.