The washing has been blown to such an extent that it’s bone dry. Already been brought back in. There are clouds building up again as they have been doing each afternoon for the past several days. Maybe more rain! We went for a drive to our back paddocks for a look and the dams are almost to the spillway on each. It’s been ages since they were full. Such a relief to know the ground has been soaked.
I hope youre all OK with the windy weather you’re having.
Good morning all Glad you got your washing dry @Pat E. Ours is still draped around radiators at this time of year. Its still pretty blustery here but there’s no sign of damage locally at least ... and the rain has stopped Looking forward to hearing about Prof Cox @punkdoc
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morninging Dove. Our wind has dropped now thank goodness we’re just settling in for evening viewing. Hoping the phone doesn’t ring - Regina wanting to come for her regular interruption to our evening.😡 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esEJBY07EEg
Morning all - hello Pat! Glad to hear your dams are full at last.
Chicky, lovely news about Chicklet - even if you have mixed feelings about her being so far away...
Glad to hear Moira's doing so well, Punkdoc. Hope last night's talk was as good as expected.
Blustery and wet here, Dove - and I have to go and meet someone in the park this morning, to look at the empty beds in the Memorial Garden and decide what we can afford to plant there. The council has run out of money for winter bedding for the foreseeable future...
Hope Talla is soon feeling more comfortable, LilyP.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Have just been to look at the nearest of the two new borders and there is no sign of any of the bulbs buta lot of weeds. Too wet to go and see the other bed in my slippers and definitely too wet to be getting down and dirty to weed. Should be better next week tho. Good luck with yours Chicky.
Hope the Talla nursing is easier today LP. It gets easier with practice and creates a bond too tho our boy cat always remembered and never forgave the vet for taking his leg.
Liri - sounds like you need to get your volunteers sowing pansies and violas for cheap bedding. Have you checked if you cat needs rabies jabs for Ireland? Ours have to have them to move between EU countries and the UK is very fussy about which vermifuge and flea and tick stuff is acceptable. They've turned people back at Calais and made them see a vet to get the right one.
Pdoc - was the talk good? I imagine so.
Greetings to everyone. Winds have calmed here today. Hope all is quiet where you are.
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)."
Hi all. Blowing a gale here, if this keeps up may not need the tree surgeons, except to remove the fallen debris. Talk is not until Sunday night. Today will be mostly spent watching the rugby, again. It is a good job Moira is well again, as next weekend is her Christmas present, a trip to Moor Hall restaurant, in Aughton, Lancs.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
@Obelixx - thanks for the tip re rabies vaccine. I had a good chat with the vet last week when the cat got her annual jab, and I think we're organised with what we need to have done - though we've still not decided whether to go or not... still weighing up the pros and cons. If we didn't have a grandchild in England, in addition to the two in Ireland, the decision would be easier.
Re the Memorial Garden: we've just had a good chat, and decided the way to go is to concentrate on the two beds either side of the War Memorial, planting them with colour for November. The 16 (!) small empty beds will almost certainly be sown with annual flower seeds for this year, and meanwhile we'll try to grow lots of perennials from seed, and also source some more funding, for permanent planting. We don't have the manpower among the volunteers for planting and replacing bedding, unfortunately. I think I'll have a look on the "seed swap" thread and see if anyone's offering anything which might help... one of our number is just getting an allotment, which she intends to use for growing plants for our use, apart from veggies for herself, so that will be very useful.
It all looks a bit sad and soggy in the Memorial Garden at present...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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I hope youre all OK with the windy weather you’re having.
Its still pretty blustery here but there’s no sign of damage locally at least ... and the rain has stopped
Looking forward to hearing about Prof Cox @punkdoc
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esEJBY07EEg
Chicky, lovely news about Chicklet - even if you have mixed feelings about her being so far away...
Glad to hear Moira's doing so well, Punkdoc. Hope last night's talk was as good as expected.
Blustery and wet here, Dove - and I have to go and meet someone in the park this morning, to look at the empty beds in the Memorial Garden and decide what we can afford to plant there. The council has run out of money for winter bedding for the foreseeable future...
Hope Talla is soon feeling more comfortable, LilyP.
Winds have dropped here. Think I might make a start on clearing my borders.....quite a big job, so have to make a start sometime soon.
But first, a bacon butty is required 🥓 🥪 😋
Hope the Talla nursing is easier today LP. It gets easier with practice and creates a bond too tho our boy cat always remembered and never forgave the vet for taking his leg.
Liri - sounds like you need to get your volunteers sowing pansies and violas for cheap bedding. Have you checked if you cat needs rabies jabs for Ireland? Ours have to have them to move between EU countries and the UK is very fussy about which vermifuge and flea and tick stuff is acceptable. They've turned people back at Calais and made them see a vet to get the right one.
Pdoc - was the talk good? I imagine so.
Greetings to everyone. Winds have calmed here today. Hope all is quiet where you are.
Blowing a gale here, if this keeps up may not need the tree surgeons, except to remove the fallen debris.
Talk is not until Sunday night.
Today will be mostly spent watching the rugby, again.
It is a good job Moira is well again, as next weekend is her Christmas present, a trip to Moor Hall restaurant, in Aughton, Lancs.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Re the Memorial Garden: we've just had a good chat, and decided the way to go is to concentrate on the two beds either side of the War Memorial, planting them with colour for November. The 16 (!) small empty beds will almost certainly be sown with annual flower seeds for this year, and meanwhile we'll try to grow lots of perennials from seed, and also source some more funding, for permanent planting. We don't have the manpower among the volunteers for planting and replacing bedding, unfortunately. I think I'll have a look on the "seed swap" thread and see if anyone's offering anything which might help... one of our number is just getting an allotment, which she intends to use for growing plants for our use, apart from veggies for herself, so that will be very useful.
It all looks a bit sad and soggy in the Memorial Garden at present...