Aargh! My tiny new rose bush is infested with aphids!
I thought everything was going well and only by chance decided to look closer. I’ve taken about fifty off one stem alone and I can see the ants bringing more to attach!
It looks like we have had a frost here. The garage roof is white. As it looks like good weather today, we are going for a bluebell walk at Felley Priory. (Gardeners World 2 for 1 card, 1st use. )
The priory looks a lovley place in notts. I went to the largest bluebell (English) display in western Europe yesterday. The bells there last year did not peak untill around mid july. This year, due to very low winter temps. They are peaking out early, 5wks or more early. Westwoods, in Wiltshire. Under young (1920's) ash, birch and chestnut plantations.
Evening just come on and have only skimmed back but oh Joyce! You poor thing, hope you not too sore. Have you any arnica? I think a wee dram is required purely for medicinal purposes I have a wee drop of my 16yearold Bunnahabhain left, I dont drink whisky but I do enjoy this. Dove do you realise how cold we are up here! Not that I am envious or anything Hi Punk hope you feeling better right away to read back
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
Evening all. No heating on here, but I'm very tempted. Woolly Pully on instead. Well, it's weeing down here so my new plantings will be watered in well.
Evening all, first day of annual leave spent at dentist extracting front upper, want looking forward to it but had gone dead and wobbly since I was a career worker for a young man with epilepsy and I got on the wrong side of an elbow during a seizure so excuse me if I'm joining Joyce with a medicinal one! Cheers Joyce and big hugs and well wishes to you!!! Xx I've got a Dove flying over with all her young tender seedlings that need babysitting while she's on holiday 😊 I'll catch up tomorrow, night night all 😴
Oh you all make me laugh. Sorry to hear about your fall though, Joyce. once again, I’ve had trouble getting onto the site. Hubby eventually said oh you might to re-boot. Thanks a lot. We have stormy (wet) weather predicted for the next few days, so we are flopping inside. Im still working on my son’s jumper. Sleeves done, and almost finished the back. The worst part will be doing the neck of the front. Son doesn’t fancy the neck on the pattern. So I’ve to think of a way to sort that out. Typically I’m leaving the hard part until last.🙄 The flu and pneumonia injections have affected us both. Very lethargic. Just as well the weather is stopping me doing any gardening. Not sure how I’ll go with Ukelele practice though. I haven’t tried yet. 😄
Good morning all . g'day Pat . Hmmm fiddling around with necklines isn't easy. ... good luck with that. Still dry here ... think the chance of rain has passed us by for today. I sowed our runner beans direct yesterday, thinking that the soil being nice and warm and some showers being forecast they should be fine to get going while we're away. I did water them in, but I may have to give them a good hosing or two before we go. Oooh ... just heard a woodpecker drumming ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I thought everything was going well and only by chance decided to look closer. I’ve taken about fifty off one stem alone and I can see the ants bringing more to attach!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I took plate of them down to where the birds usually attack the things I dig up - will they eat them..or am I just spreading the infestation?
I usually find that the families of fledgling bluetits hoover them up from the rose bushes before the infestation gets too bad.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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just come on and have only skimmed back but oh Joyce! You poor thing, hope you not too sore. Have you any arnica? I think a wee dram is required purely for medicinal purposes
I have a wee drop of my 16yearold Bunnahabhain left, I dont drink whisky but I do enjoy this.
Dove do you realise how cold we are up here! Not that I am envious or anything
Hi Punk hope you feeling better
right away to read back
A A Milne
No heating on here, but I'm very tempted. Woolly Pully on instead.
Well, it's weeing down here so my new plantings will be watered in well.
I've got a Dove flying over with all her young tender seedlings that need babysitting while she's on holiday 😊 I'll catch up tomorrow, night night all 😴
once again, I’ve had trouble getting onto the site. Hubby eventually said oh you might to re-boot. Thanks a lot.
We have stormy (wet) weather predicted for the next few days, so we are flopping inside. Im still working on my son’s jumper. Sleeves done, and almost finished the back. The worst part will be doing the neck of the front. Son doesn’t fancy the neck on the pattern. So I’ve to think of a way to sort that out. Typically I’m leaving the hard part until last.🙄
The flu and pneumonia injections have affected us both. Very lethargic. Just as well the weather is stopping me doing any gardening. Not sure how I’ll go with Ukelele practice though. I haven’t tried yet. 😄
Still dry here ... think the chance of rain has passed us by for today. I sowed our runner beans direct yesterday, thinking that the soil being nice and warm and some showers being forecast they should be fine to get going while we're away. I did water them in, but I may have to give them a good hosing or two before we go.
Oooh ... just heard a woodpecker drumming ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.