LP I did think that if the French lot can't come up with a technician I'd invite Rangemaster UK to send someone via here on their way south to their hols in southern France or Spain............ We make a handy stopover for driving south.
We buy local meat, fish, butter, salt, veggies etc too but I was amazed to find at Xmas that the only venison on sale was farmed in NZ. We're doing our best with French wines but apart from a couple of favourites we've known about for donkeys' years it's all a bit of a mystery and very much more miss than hit after being spoiled with reliable and decent OZ and Kiwi wines in Belgium.
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’m also one who uses my phone ALL the time, but never for talking. It’s like having an encyclopaedia, map, newspaper, music machine, and these days even money in your pocket - marvellous. Just going off to Garden Club to hear about Summer in the Garden - well we can dream can’t we !
No post work weeding yet this week- too soggy. Maybe tomorrow. Bought some new auriculas that are arriving tomorrow, so will have to pot them up come what may.
Gorgeous Chicky. Are you planning a theatre or growing them in the ground? My Belgian garden was too cold and wet for these and I suspect this one is going to be a bit hot but I've found an old shelf thingy in the ruin and it's having a niggle in the back of my mind about smartening it up. Might work in a shady spot with black paint and some flower pots.
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)."
Off to bed, but the auricula caught my eye... those little beauties in their neat terracotta pots remind me of my Grandma. I can't quite recall what exactly the memory is but I think she must have had them on her windowsills. I love the theatre idea - they look superb like that!
I've just looked back over several pages, have to say I don't like having fewer posts on the page, it takes much longer as with slow Internet it takes a little time for the page to pop up.
Rarely use my mobile phone, lack of phone signal.
Been to stay with daughter 1 for a couple of days.
Still have sciatica, leg is OK in car, it's when I get out I can hardly move. Loosens up a bit when walking but standing too long makes it really ache. Hurts in bed. Yesterday we all spent in the garden, Son-in-law was fencing the paddock, they are thinking of getting 2 donkeys. Daughter showed me what she'd done in the garden, her plants, roses and shrubs are looking so healthy. Today she and I went to her local family run GC, it's very good and very cheap. A rather grumpy, silent man owns it, he knows a lot about trees and shrubs and he always gives her a 10% discount. I bought her a Malus Coccinella, a crab apple with deep pink flowers and shiny crimson fruits. It was only 9€. She bought about 6 shrubs and a Prunus "Accolade", flowering cherry.
This afternoon we, including the 3 boys, went to visit the Abbey de la Reau www.abbayedelareau.com/en/home/ There was a treasure hunt with a clue in each room which led to the combination number on the lock of an old chest with the answer in it. They took about 2 hours doing it and got sweeties as a reward.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hi folks Things still not sorted. Magistrate not interested in anything we had to say. Told us to go away and make an offer to settle. We will have to give in as can't afford any legal representation. Just feel sick at the thought of giving in when I don't feel like we have done anything wrong. Haven't been able to sleep at all.
Such a horrible situation Yvie . The law often doesn’t seem to deal well with simple rights and wrongs. Hope you can now put it behind you, and move onwards and upwards.
Auriculas are kept in pots Obxx, and overwintered in my unheated greenhouse. Had the odd problem with vine weevils (hurray for nematodes 🎉) but apart from that they have been straightforward. At the moment they are displayed on an old wooden stepladder, but something with a roof would be better. Mr C likes a project
Excellent talk at Garden Group last night - picked up loads of clever practical tips, which will be great to put into practice if the garden ever dries out
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We buy local meat, fish, butter, salt, veggies etc too but I was amazed to find at Xmas that the only venison on sale was farmed in NZ. We're doing our best with French wines but apart from a couple of favourites we've known about for donkeys' years it's all a bit of a mystery and very much more miss than hit after being spoiled with reliable and decent OZ and Kiwi wines in Belgium.
No post work weeding yet this week- too soggy. Maybe tomorrow. Bought some new auriculas that are arriving tomorrow, so will have to pot them up come what may.
Been thinking of Yvie 💭
Trying to convince Mr C to knock me up a theatre 🎭
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope you are all ok - night folks.
Lovely auricula, Chicky.
I've just looked back over several pages, have to say I don't like having fewer posts on the page, it takes much longer as with slow Internet it takes a little time for the page to pop up.
Rarely use my mobile phone, lack of phone signal.
Been to stay with daughter 1 for a couple of days.
Still have sciatica, leg is OK in car, it's when I get out I can hardly move. Loosens up a bit when walking but standing too long makes it really ache. Hurts in bed.
Yesterday we all spent in the garden, Son-in-law was fencing the paddock, they are thinking of getting 2 donkeys. Daughter showed me what she'd done in the garden, her plants, roses and shrubs are looking so healthy. Today she and I went to her local family run GC, it's very good and very cheap. A rather grumpy, silent man owns it, he knows a lot about trees and shrubs and he always gives her a 10% discount. I bought her a Malus Coccinella, a crab apple with deep pink flowers and shiny crimson fruits. It was only 9€. She bought about 6 shrubs and a Prunus "Accolade", flowering cherry.
This afternoon we, including the 3 boys, went to visit the Abbey de la Reau www.abbayedelareau.com/en/home/ There was a treasure hunt with a clue in each room which led to the combination number on the lock of an old chest with the answer in it. They took about 2 hours doing it and got sweeties as a reward.
Mucho Excitemundo.
Auriculas are kept in pots Obxx, and overwintered in my unheated greenhouse. Had the odd problem with vine weevils (hurray for nematodes 🎉) but apart from that they have been straightforward. At the moment they are displayed on an old wooden stepladder, but something with a roof would be better. Mr C likes a project
Excellent talk at Garden Group last night - picked up loads of clever practical tips, which will be great to put into practice if the garden ever dries out