Morning all. Hi Pat - very best wishes to you both.
A gorgeous morning again here, clear and cool. I'm busy until 3pm but should manage an hour in the garden after that... difficult to know what not to do because it's bound to be cold again in a bit... but there's no excuse for not turning the compost, I think.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
All day in the garden for me today, so difficult to prioritise. I should probably get on with making the path I've been putting off due to not having long enough stretches to work on it, but there are so many other things to do too. And Liri, I've now added 'turning the compost'to that list! Nice problem to have.
Ouch, Hosta.
'Electric rake thingy' sounds interesting, Dove. I assume you don't mean a full-on scarifier? My lawn is definitely the worse for last summer's drought. I'll think about that another time or the list is going to get even longer...
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Good morning everyone - just. Been busy finishing a book and then sanding a wall for painting prep and making a big bowl of coleslaw with horseradish sauce in the dressing as it's to have with smoked herring fillets - not kippers.
OH has been weeding and tidying in the veg plot and says he'll start cleaning up the new rose bed this pm. About time. They need planting!
Hope all goes well Pat and you have time for some distraction too. I seem to remember Canberra having a very good market with Chinese and Vietnamese ladies selling amazing shellfish and seafood - when they weren't doing Tai Chi and the lake is lovely just to sit and rest.
Have a lovely sunny day everyone.
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)."
'Electric rake thingy' sounds interesting, Dove. I assume you don't mean a full-on scarifier? My lawn is definitely the worse for last summer's drought. I'll think about that another time or the list is going to get even longer...
Its a Titan and has interchangeable ‘heads’ ... a roller with long metal tines for removing moss and thatch and that’s what we used today. It also has a scarifying roller with lots of ‘blades’ around it for cutting into the turf to aerate and improve drainage.
OH has finished ... a wheelie in full of moss has been removed ... he was amazed.
He deserves a good lunch 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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A gorgeous morning again here, clear and cool. I'm busy until 3pm but should manage an hour in the garden after that... difficult to know what not to do because it's bound to be cold again in a bit... but there's no excuse for not turning the compost, I think.
All day in the garden for me today, so difficult to prioritise. I should probably get on with making the path I've been putting off due to not having long enough stretches to work on it, but there are so many other things to do too. And Liri, I've now added 'turning the compost'to that list! Nice problem to have.
Ouch, Hosta.
'Electric rake thingy' sounds interesting, Dove. I assume you don't mean a full-on scarifier? My lawn is definitely the worse for last summer's drought. I'll think about that another time or the list is going to get even longer...
OH has been weeding and tidying in the veg plot and says he'll start cleaning up the new rose bed this pm. About time. They need planting!
Hope all goes well Pat and you have time for some distraction too. I seem to remember Canberra having a very good market with Chinese and Vietnamese ladies selling amazing shellfish and seafood - when they weren't doing Tai Chi and the lake is lovely just to sit and rest.
Have a lovely sunny day everyone.
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When you don't even know who's in the team
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It also has a scarifying roller with lots of ‘blades’ around it for cutting into the turf to aerate and improve drainage.
OH has finished ... a wheelie in full of moss has been removed ... he was amazed.
He deserves a good lunch 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border