Chicky, here too winter went on until May, but , for me, it meant I got beds mulched before made new growth took over and I got the grass cut down to a shorter length before it too got into a mad growth spurt. I got the roses on the pergola pruned in time too. Another few days and they should be a picture. The allotment doesn't look too bad either. There's lots I had planned to get done, but , on balance I'm a happy bunny .
Morning. Hope everyone has sunshine today. We are on a roll here. Appreciating every moment, as soon as the schools stop, (end of the month) it traditionally rains have a good day
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
Grey this morning, but no rain forecast. Rain had been forecast every day this week but now it's changed, the next 3 days should be dry. So at last I may be able to tackle the weeding. It has been the wettest spring since records began in Dordogne, floods all over France and damage from lightning.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
BL that does sound horrid Fingers crossed that it picks up now
We're off to get some of these in a minute https://www.diy.com/departments/blooma-steel-soil-spike-post-support-l-90mm-w-90mm/1628482_BQ.prd having discovered that the probably reason for the pergola being 'not very expensive' is that it has insufficient post length at the bottom to sink very far into the ground so concreting it in won't be possible. As we bought it last year just before I broke my foot I may already have known this ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Spring has been long and slow here too with twice the average annual rainfall coming in the last 6 months. It has made an enormous difference to the ailing magnolia, unstoppable weed levels and fabulous spring flowers in the hedgerows but has also meant that we've gone from having rock hard soil in places to mud baths we still can't work to make new beds. We'll get there tho and, after a late start, the birds are very active mating and breeding and rearing. Still no nightingales tho.
Today's sunshine has been postponed till later and it is wet, on and off. That's OK as I had a Hosta night too and am having a quiet morning catching up on the June issue of The Garden.
Glad you've caught up Chicky. I don't think I ever have in any garden. Always have plans and projects and cuttings or divisions growing on. Hope the pergola goes up easily Dove and you get your dahlias in Pdoc. Happy weeding Busy.
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)."
Dove, you’ve got something to answer for.😏😜 Hubby looked up a recipe for Pasties and found an excuse to use up some excess pastry he’d stored in the freezer. He substituted beef mince for our favourite- lamb mince. Yummy, yummy, very tasty.
Well, we're back from Homebase via B&Q ... neither of them had quite what we needed ... well B&Q had one, but only one ........ so OH is being creative and found something that he can adapt to do the job ... I also found some compost and some bedding plants ... just geraniums, petunias and trailing lobelias ... but they'll be pretty in some tubs dotted about the place
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope OH's fix works. In our experience those metpost things don't work well in stony soil - get sent off true vertical - and, when it's wet, they'll blow over in strong winds. Mind you, we then took to using 60cm deep concreted feet in our Belgian garden and even they didn't hold up in gales when the soil is wet. We ended up buttressing our rear fence posts! Don't expect you'll have the same bovver tho unless you too find unexpected stones from ex farm buildings buried below the surface.
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)."
There are some tree roots somewhere under there, but when we ordered the pergola we did some measuring and OH stuck canes into the ground to check for clearance in the right places and he said it would be ok, so .......... fingers crossed ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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The allotment doesn't look too bad either.
There's lots I had planned to get done, but , on balance I'm a happy bunny .
have a good day
A A Milne
Morning all.
Sad about your baby great tits, BD.
Grey this morning, but no rain forecast. Rain had been forecast every day this week but now it's changed, the next 3 days should be dry. So at last I may be able to tackle the weeding. It has been the wettest spring since records began in Dordogne, floods all over France and damage from lightning.
We're off to get some of these in a minute https://www.diy.com/departments/blooma-steel-soil-spike-post-support-l-90mm-w-90mm/1628482_BQ.prd
having discovered that the probably reason for the pergola being 'not very expensive' is that it has insufficient post length at the bottom to sink very far into the ground so concreting it in won't be possible. As we bought it last year just before I broke my foot I may already have known this ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Still way behind here, but am getting there slowly. Hopefully today I shall plant out some of the Dahlias.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Today's sunshine has been postponed till later and it is wet, on and off. That's OK as I had a Hosta night too and am having a quiet morning catching up on the June issue of The Garden.
Glad you've caught up Chicky. I don't think I ever have in any garden. Always have plans and projects and cuttings or divisions growing on. Hope the pergola goes up easily Dove and you get your dahlias in Pdoc. Happy weeding Busy.
Hubby looked up a recipe for Pasties and found an excuse to use up some excess pastry he’d stored in the freezer. He substituted beef mince for our favourite- lamb mince.
Yummy, yummy, very tasty.
Well, we're back from Homebase via B&Q ... neither of them had quite what we needed ... well B&Q had one, but only one ........ so OH is being creative and found something that he can adapt to do the job ... I also found some compost and some bedding plants ... just geraniums, petunias and trailing lobelias ... but they'll be pretty in some tubs dotted about the place
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.