I wish you could shove the weather down the country a bit, Punkdoc.
Very humid and cloudy this morning. Blue skies and sunshine now. I have been tying dahlias to sticks as they seem to want to lie down. I also filled up all the slug pubs. Still not a spot of rain here.
Gosh, that was bigger than I'd expected. ( and we'll have no tittering from you @Fairygirl)
Moi? As if...... It's going off again Joyce - but there's a right load forecast for through the night so maybe it'll get as far down, and over to the west, as you
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi everyone. Been gorgeous weather here so spent most of the day in the garden. Sounds like people have been busy. Visited a new project garden at an old local hospital -it’s a Victorian walled garden which had become overgrown and full of rubble. The plans for it are fabulous and eventually it will become a haven for staff and relatives once the new hospital is built on the grounds. It is a charity-run project and they are looking for volunteers (very tempting).
Our storms forecast for tomorrow has disappeared and morphed into sunshine. All very well but I need to be doing indoor stuff tomorrow and wanted rain to resist temptation.
Have started planting the new ruin bed. It is full of stones despite OH going over it - but I'm not convinced he's read the under gardener manual thoroughly - so I dug out another barrow load of stones just making holes for a clematis "I am happy - dreadful name but good clem I think - and the offspring of our Kiftsgate in the Belgian garden plus a couple of transplanted hydrangea paniculata - one surprise and one Candlelight, also brought from Belgium - and a sangusiorbia to shade the clem roots. Trying to keep to whites and dusky reds in this one.
Nigella's smelly lamb belly for dinner with naughty sweet potatoes and bean salad. Planning to have plenty of red wine and then another go at the thumb. This thorn has to go.
Have you dried up yet Pdoc? Love that colour Hosta. Done something similar inside our annex cos the previous people put down blue, orange and floor yellow tiles............. I hope you've all had the rain you need or get some soon. I'm off to look at Yvie's pics unless they take two hours to download.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's going off again Joyce - but there's a right load forecast for through the night so maybe it'll get as far down, and over to the west, as you
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Visited a new project garden at an old local hospital -it’s a Victorian walled garden which had become overgrown and full of rubble. The plans for it are fabulous and eventually it will become a haven for staff and relatives once the new hospital is built on the grounds. It is a charity-run project and they are looking for volunteers (very tempting).
Have started planting the new ruin bed. It is full of stones despite OH going over it - but I'm not convinced he's read the under gardener manual thoroughly - so I dug out another barrow load of stones just making holes for a clematis "I am happy - dreadful name but good clem I think - and the offspring of our Kiftsgate in the Belgian garden plus a couple of transplanted hydrangea paniculata - one surprise and one Candlelight, also brought from Belgium - and a sangusiorbia to shade the clem roots. Trying to keep to whites and dusky reds in this one.
Nigella's smelly lamb belly for dinner with naughty sweet potatoes and bean salad. Planning to have plenty of red wine and then another go at the thumb. This thorn has to go.
Have you dried up yet Pdoc? Love that colour Hosta. Done something similar inside our annex cos the previous people put down blue, orange and floor yellow tiles.............
I hope you've all had the rain you need or get some soon. I'm off to look at Yvie's pics unless they take two hours to download.
Chess was amazing - Michael Ball can still belt out a tune 😛
Glorious evening here in London. On my train 🚂 heading home now.
off to check out Yvie’s pics .....