That's a cracking sunset, Steephill - and a gorgeous photo.
Afternoon folks. Spent the morning with the park volunteers, clearing more cobbles in the coach yard of the former mansion. We've made an interesting discovery - that under a flagged area about 20 x 5m is a 1.5m deep cistern, the water supply for the original house (on the site before the cotton magnate built his Victorian monstrosity). Not sure how we didn't know it was there, except that the manhole cover was buried under many years' accumulation of leaf mould. The flagstones are absolutely enormous, around 2.5 x 1.5m each.
Now I'm trying to pack for our holiday. Keep getting distracted though... OH is trying to build a cupboard round the new fuse box and needs things held...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I was chatting with the Store Manager just as I was leaving and a lovely "old girl" 80 if she's a day came down with her trolley. I moved to let her past and as she did , she turned round and said to me " OOOOOHHHH, I do like your topknot" I patter her arm and said " yes, us trendy types need to stick together" .She laughed and turned to my boss. " Why don't you grow one too?" Bless 'er. She quite made my day.
You charmer you @Hostafan1 Isn't it lovely when people recognise us as the kind helpful people we really are
Great photo Steephill
We're back from the seaside ... met up with brother and SIL for coffee ... they have a bolthole there and it's very handy to be able to use their driveway ... parking in Southwold in the summer is horrendous. We were going to The Harbour Inn for lunch but as we arrived a family were coming out, the parents explaining to the children the meaning of the word 'claustrophbia' .... we travelled inland a bit and had a very nice lunch at the Shadingfield Fox. It's been raining solidly for four hours now ... there are large deep puddles on the roads ... but the garden is drinking it in.
Brother was saying there will definitely be a shortage of UK produced onions this winter ... his crop is 50% down on last year, and he's not sure that Holland's crop has fared any better.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I do like a crepuscular ray, steephill! That is a truly stunning photo. What's the Countryfile calendar subject thingy this year? You should enter it anyway. Liri - what a lot of work you do - and great to discover things as you go along. Why do men always want to start 'a project' at a very unfortunate time.... I noticed some of the cyclamen starting to unfurl the other day too. It was certainly autumnal this morning. I quite fancied one of those dark penstemons r'girl - but I never know if they would be hardy here. I can't really be bothered with taking cuttings....I'm too lazy... Glad you had a nice day out GWRS. There's meant to be an exhibition in Edinburgh this year [the castle] marking the 100 years.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've had cyclamens in flower for a couple of weeks and others going mad on leaf production whilst others are doing nothing. I also have a hamamelis Jelena in full flower, in a pot so not suffering from ground drought.
I grew Red Baron onions over winter and the crop was poor but I shall grow some more as they are actually very tasty. No point trying to grow summer onions here I think. Last winter I discovered pink Roscoff onions from Brittany in the SM when red onions were not available and they have great flavour so I'll be trying to source some seeds. Heritage variety apparently.
Forgot to add I too really like that photo. Too busy muttering about Sahara sand.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Afternoon folks. Spent the morning with the park volunteers, clearing more cobbles in the coach yard of the former mansion. We've made an interesting discovery - that under a flagged area about 20 x 5m is a 1.5m deep cistern, the water supply for the original house (on the site before the cotton magnate built his Victorian monstrosity). Not sure how we didn't know it was there, except that the manhole cover was buried under many years' accumulation of leaf mould. The flagstones are absolutely enormous, around 2.5 x 1.5m each.
Now I'm trying to pack for our holiday. Keep getting distracted though... OH is trying to build a cupboard round the new fuse box and needs things held...
Bless 'er. She quite made my day.
Great photo Steephill
We're back from the seaside ... met up with brother and SIL for coffee ... they have a bolthole there and it's very handy to be able to use their driveway ... parking in Southwold in the summer is horrendous. We were going to The Harbour Inn for lunch but as we arrived a family were coming out, the parents explaining to the children the meaning of the word 'claustrophbia' .... we travelled inland a bit and had a very nice lunch at the Shadingfield Fox. It's been raining solidly for four hours now ... there are large deep puddles on the roads ... but the garden is drinking it in.
Brother was saying there will definitely be a shortage of UK produced onions this winter ... his crop is 50% down on last year, and he's not sure that Holland's crop has fared any better.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Liri - what a lot of work you do - and great to discover things as you go along. Why do men always want to start 'a project' at a very unfortunate time....
I noticed some of the cyclamen starting to unfurl the other day too. It was certainly autumnal this morning.
I quite fancied one of those dark penstemons r'girl - but I never know if they would be hardy here. I can't really be bothered with taking cuttings....I'm too lazy...
Glad you had a nice day out GWRS. There's meant to be an exhibition in Edinburgh this year [the castle] marking the 100 years.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I grew Red Baron onions over winter and the crop was poor but I shall grow some more as they are actually very tasty. No point trying to grow summer onions here I think. Last winter I discovered pink Roscoff onions from Brittany in the SM when red onions were not available and they have great flavour so I'll be trying to source some seeds. Heritage variety apparently.
Forgot to add I too really like that photo. Too busy muttering about Sahara sand.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.