Good morning and happy Mothers' Day to those concerned.
Windy here and not warm so indoor pottering for me till lunch and then, maybe, some weeding this pm and some more planting. Still can't kneel on the battered, bruised knees. That's 3 weeks now!
I trust all are well.
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Morning all, afternoon Pat and Glenys, Haven't had time to explore the forum but I'll get round to it eventually. Weekends are spent, cooking, cleaning, and preparing to go back to work! Please leave the help posts up Nora!! Managed to get in the garden yesterday and sow a few seeds. Some larkspur, novella and some night scented stocks. Found that my sweetpea seeds that I sowed before the big freeze are poking their heads through Happy mothers day to all that fit the brief! Off to start my day! Itching to get in the garden now I don't garden for a living! Have a lovely day all
Hello Amberspy and Wonky and everyone else ... happy Mothering Sunday (Ma insisted on the traditional name), Step-mothering Sunday, Borrowed Mothering Sunday and Not Mothering Sunday and every permutation you can think of to all of us
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi all, I prefer to stick with Mothering Sunday too. I was reminded on the radio again that it's supposed to be about going back to your mother church as part of the build up to Easter. I can cope with it being Mothers day but apparently now there are cards with MOM on them the Americanisation of our language continues unabated. Still suffering Man flu here but took a Hydrangea out that had got too big for it's space and brought some of the pots of flowering bulbs up from their hiding place behind the greenhouse. I bring them up gradually to keep a display on the patio & top of garden as long as possible.
Been pruning and feeding roses this morning, also tidied up a very old honeysuckle. It's raining now so I suspect that gardening is over for the day. Had a delivery from Amazon a pruning saw for cutting up my canna and a hand rake for getting round the roses to remove the dead leaves. Now I'll spend an hour or two removed thorns from my hands.
Its been a rainy but mild day here today and I'd promised myself I'd get in the garden so I had to settle for a greenhouse tidy and some seed sowing. Some spinach beet and some Sweetpeas, Lilac Ripple, Chatsworth, Percy Thrower and Mollie Rilestone. Far too many but I've done some spares as Dove has requested plugs and I'll send some down with her to you Hosta if you would like them?
Cut back some shrubs and grasses and had a bit of a tidy, filled bird feeders and general walking round hugging a steaming mug and planning where to put things in an already over crowded garden! There will be a sweetpea bed alongside the greenhouse this year I've decided. Now indoors with a chicken roasting, time for a doze oin the sofa with an Agatha Christie audio book hope everyone is having a lovely day.
Oh and I made ourselves come in from the garden, we know how we will feel tomorrow!
masses of tidying up and it felt very warm, lots of things showing signs of life I also took months advice and sowed my chilli seed. I got 8 in the packet, seemed a bit mean! wonky I have cleared and prepared my sweet pea bed but we darent plant out till at least the end of April. When do you get your first flower?
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
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think I may get up and going, would like to rake over the borders and tidy a bit. My family all in London so no lunch for me! Lovely cards arrived tho
have a lovely day all those going to be “spoilt”
A A Milne
A A Milne
Windy here and not warm so indoor pottering for me till lunch and then, maybe, some weeding this pm and some more planting. Still can't kneel on the battered, bruised knees. That's 3 weeks now!
I trust all are well.
Haven't had time to explore the forum but I'll get round to it eventually. Weekends are spent, cooking, cleaning, and preparing to go back to work! Please leave the help posts up Nora!!
Managed to get in the garden yesterday and sow a few seeds. Some larkspur, novella and some night scented stocks. Found that my sweetpea seeds that I sowed before the big freeze are poking their heads through
Happy mothers day to all that fit the brief!
Off to start my day! Itching to get in the garden now I don't garden for a living!
Have a lovely day all
I’m back it’s been a long time too long and rareing to go again
oh and happy Mother’s day to you all 👌👌
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Still suffering Man flu here but took a Hydrangea out that had got too big for it's space and brought some of the pots of flowering bulbs up from their hiding place behind the greenhouse. I bring them up gradually to keep a display on the patio & top of garden as long as possible.
Cut back some shrubs and grasses and had a bit of a tidy, filled bird feeders and general walking round hugging a steaming mug and planning where to put things in an already over crowded garden! There will be a sweetpea bed alongside the greenhouse this year I've decided.
Now indoors with a chicken roasting, time for a doze oin the sofa with an Agatha Christie audio book
masses of tidying up and it felt very warm, lots of things showing signs of life I also took months advice and sowed my chilli seed. I got 8 in the packet, seemed a bit mean!
wonky I have cleared and prepared my sweet pea bed but we darent plant out till at least the end of April. When do you get your first flower?
A A Milne