@Fairygirl I/we took out the golden hop 'cos it was invading NDN's garage and he worries about such things ... particularly now he's not mobile and can't see, only hear what's happening via his anxious daughter ... so as we loved the splash of bright foliage in that corner we've put C. alpina 'Stolwijk Gold' in it's place and on the other side of the pergola is C. texensis 'Queen Mother'. I've also put a cutting of Lon. Belgica on the fence to the right of the Q. Mum.
It's so funny, you know the Clem Daniel Deronda that I've been nurturing for years, trying to persuade him that he could do better if he tried? Well, when he heard that the Queen Mum was going to live at the opposite end of the bed, DD just turned up his toes and withered away into a crumpled heap virtually overnight. I've pulled him up and am hoping to replace him with C. vit. Betty Corning. He's just a wuss and I have no patience with him.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Love that primula. Tried it in several places in the old garden but it never came thru winter. Bought 3 for this one and 2 have come thru winter. Pleased.
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)."
Another quick check in - hello. Hope everyone is OK and didn't get too battered by the storms. Nothing here except a bit of a breeze. And no rain. We need rain.
Am surrounded by notes, coloured pencils, plant lists, highlighter pens and panicky scribbles. Revision is not going too well . As I said to my daughter, I'm old enough and wise enough to know that this exam malarky is no big deal, especially as I'm doing this for me rather than as a stepping stone to anything else. But I still want to do well and at current levels of knowledge / recall I'm not going to, dammit. Nothing's going in. I can't even remember stuff I knew before I did the course!
Ho hum. Back to it.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
LG ... smuggle a few of us in with you in your pocket and pencil case ...some of the clever ones might be of some use ... not me tho' ... I hate exams and anyway, we're heading off to clear out MIL's garage .........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
LG, when I was a mature student in my 30s I walked home from an English literature exam in tears, sure I had messed up......I got an A. You have done the work so relax and it will come back to you.
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It's so funny, you know the Clem Daniel Deronda that I've been nurturing for years, trying to persuade him that he could do better if he tried? Well, when he heard that the Queen Mum was going to live at the opposite end of the bed, DD just turned up his toes and withered away into a crumpled heap virtually overnight. I've pulled him up and am hoping to replace him with C. vit. Betty Corning. He's just a wuss and I have no patience with him.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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All right ... we'll go to the big nursery near MIL's and see if they've got one ... we might also keep our eyes open for a C. vit. Betty Corning
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Am surrounded by notes, coloured pencils, plant lists, highlighter pens and panicky scribbles. Revision is not going too well
Ho hum. Back to it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You have done the work so relax and it will come back to you.