Good thinking Wonky on pergola and buckets. Last year I had some roses arrive and wanted to pot them on but couldn't even find ordinary plant pots in the size I wanted and the fancy ones for terraces were ridiculously expensive so I went to a local Woollies type store and bought 5 plastic cleaning buckets with floral or sea/fish decs for a princely 2€99 each. Drilled holes in the bottom and planted my roses. The carry handle is a bonus for moving them.
Glad you're OK Pat. Busy - our chap did photos inside as scheduled but we had to wait a week or two for decent weather for the drone. Once launched I then had to keep the house clean - rather be gardening - but at least visits were scheduled with 24 hours notice and 2 or 3 at a time. We were told to stay out of the way and not answer any questions so I'd just head off outside again. Wish I'd taken more cuttings and divisions but it all happened a bit fast after that. Hope yours goes well.
FG - have the op and fix what you can while you can and get years of good use out of it rather than wish you'd doe it later on. Pdoc - great to have a cottage booked but do the journey in easy stages. Stop and savour.
Hosta - that bloody banana again!!! and his own perishing compost mix which everyone with a job and a normal suburban garden has time and space to do.......
Hi to all I've missed. Enjoy your day. I'm off to dig up more bindweed from the PT. Only got a barrowful from under the 1.5 square metres I cleared yesterday and that was from under cardboard!
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Hi all. Nice to see you WW. Congratulations to Monty on his OBE, much deserved [ sorry Hosta ] Received a letter this morning with an interesting post mark, I have been invited to a reception at 10 Downing Street. Politically a bit strange, but I have to admit to being a bit excited. Being horribly boastful, I will say, that this will be the second time I will have been there.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Bad news about the shoulder Fairy, but good that its something they can fix. I broke my arm a few years ago (fell off a horse 🐎) and the not driving was the worst bit. Luckily we lived within easy walking distance of schools and town, but getting to work was an ordeal - i ended up with a taxi ride in once a week, and lots of working from home and telephone calls.
Enjoy Number 10 pdoc ....went there once - walking up the stairs with all those portrait/photos was surreal.
Hello everyone. Just checking in. Good to hear about hols and outings and planting and best wishes to those with aches / ops / weeds and worries. Welcome back from exile, Pat!
My general absence has been due to alternating revision and paralysing migraines, what joy. Not long to the exams now and SO much to do. The garden is taking a back seat - ideally I'd do an hour for a break a couple of times a day, but I daren't because I would just stay out there! Delighted to report that my waterlily has a flower bud.
I thought GW was much more informative last night. I think they've been listening... Not that I've really had any complaints anyway.
Right, back to learning sowing depths and spacings for veg.
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Glad you're OK Pat. Busy - our chap did photos inside as scheduled but we had to wait a week or two for decent weather for the drone. Once launched I then had to keep the house clean - rather be gardening - but at least visits were scheduled with 24 hours notice and 2 or 3 at a time. We were told to stay out of the way and not answer any questions so I'd just head off outside again. Wish I'd taken more cuttings and divisions but it all happened a bit fast after that. Hope yours goes well.
FG - have the op and fix what you can while you can and get years of good use out of it rather than wish you'd doe it later on. Pdoc - great to have a cottage booked but do the journey in easy stages. Stop and savour.
Hosta - that bloody banana again!!! and his own perishing compost mix which everyone with a job and a normal suburban garden has time and space to do.......
Hi to all I've missed. Enjoy your day. I'm off to dig up more bindweed from the PT. Only got a barrowful from under the 1.5 square metres I cleared yesterday and that was from under cardboard!
Since changing the settings on my camera to fit the forum's requirements, now it won't let me change my avatar, for some reason. GRRRR
Nice to see you WW.
Congratulations to Monty on his OBE, much deserved [ sorry Hosta ]
Received a letter this morning with an interesting post mark, I have been invited to a reception at 10 Downing Street. Politically a bit strange, but I have to admit to being a bit excited.
Being horribly boastful, I will say, that this will be the second time I will have been there.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove.
Enjoy Number 10 pdoc ....went there once - walking up the stairs with all those portrait/photos was surreal.
Delighted to hear about Monty’s gong 🎖🎖🎖
Sausage sandwich calls, then the garden beckons
My general absence has been due to alternating revision and paralysing migraines, what joy. Not long to the exams now and SO much to do. The garden is taking a back seat - ideally I'd do an hour for a break a couple of times a day, but I daren't because I would just stay out there! Delighted to report that my waterlily has a flower bud.
I thought GW was much more informative last night. I think they've been listening... Not that I've really had any complaints anyway.
Right, back to learning sowing depths and spacings for veg.