Much changing of plans going on here as MIL has requested our help this coming weekend ... she wants to clear out the shed on the end of the house (large and mainly full of rubbish but with some 'good stuff' too - the shed that is, not the house) ... a builder is coming to convert it into a 'garden/sun room sort of a thing). He has a time slot available immediately (not always a good thing but this chap is known to her and the neighbours and has done very good work for them). OH has suggested that she organises a skip and lets us know when it's arriving ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As I said, more of an arch than a pergola, but it was described as a pergola in the catalogue and will serve our purpose ... we just need to find the perfect bench to fit between the uprights.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We'd not used it before but bought it because we were having problems getting something to 'stick' to the Cuprinol 'Ducksback' paint that had been used for the ex-display garden shed we bought the other year. It was so 'ducksback' and waxy that most paint just wouldn't 'take' ... but the chap in Homebase said that this Ronseal would, and it did
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It looks very smart and that colour will set off the plants beautifully.
I have potted on 5 wee clems, tidied, de-snailed, fed and top dressed 3 more and now have part of my brain busy with where they will all go and what they need and who they can planted with for best effect. I also have 5 more big jobs brought from Belgium and in 60cm pots waiting for homes.
Off to play with fuchsias now. All pots or 2 baskets for the smaller ones or maybe a trough? That's another bit of brain busy cos baskets mean drilling.
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I've just been repairing the fence in the end paddock before letting Hannah and DeeDee in. 3 small rotten trees had fallen on the fence breaking the electric ribbon and pulling out the insulators. Horses were so excited knowing they were going in to a new paddock with fresh grazing.
It's very wet up there, there is a pond, fenced off to prevent accidents and disease from water snails, which is full. It's usually half full by mid June and in recent years with drought it's often empty.
Come it to watch Escape to the Country then going out to weed the greengage tree bed and plant some annuals where the daffodils were.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As I said, more of an arch than a pergola, but it was described as a pergola in the catalogue and will serve our purpose ... we just need to find the perfect bench to fit between the uprights.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I can imagine sitting there, with a drink in hand.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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The fence looks a bit shabby against it ... repainting it to match is 'on the list'.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hard to tell from the photo, is it a very dark blue or dark grey?
https://www.diy.com/departments/ronseal-garden-black-bird-matt-garden-paint-2-5l/935214_BQ.prd
We'd not used it before but bought it because we were having problems getting something to 'stick' to the Cuprinol 'Ducksback' paint that had been used for the ex-display garden shed we bought the other year. It was so 'ducksback' and waxy that most paint just wouldn't 'take' ... but the chap in Homebase said that this Ronseal would, and it did
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have potted on 5 wee clems, tidied, de-snailed, fed and top dressed 3 more and now have part of my brain busy with where they will all go and what they need and who they can planted with for best effect. I also have 5 more big jobs brought from Belgium and in 60cm pots waiting for homes.
Off to play with fuchsias now. All pots or 2 baskets for the smaller ones or maybe a trough? That's another bit of brain busy cos baskets mean drilling.
It looks great, Dove.
I've just been repairing the fence in the end paddock before letting Hannah and DeeDee in. 3 small rotten trees had fallen on the fence breaking the electric ribbon and pulling out the insulators. Horses were so excited knowing they were going in to a new paddock with fresh grazing.
It's very wet up there, there is a pond, fenced off to prevent accidents and disease from water snails, which is full. It's usually half full by mid June and in recent years with drought it's often empty.
Come it to watch Escape to the Country then going out to weed the greengage tree bed and plant some annuals where the daffodils were.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.