We've had new neighbours for about 6 months, after having the same people there from the time we moved in over 30 years ago. When we discovered it was a couple in their 20's with 2 young children we were a little concerned about how things would work out, but our concerns were groundless.
Just after Christmas he caught me at the front of the house to apologise about the noise on Boxing Day. All we had heard was people talking, and I think that's permitted. Today his wife said it could be noisy tomorrow afternoon as they are having a surprise party for her mum. They genuinely seem terrified at the thought of upsetting us, despite the fact that we have been invited round too! Our suspicion is that they had problems with a neighbour in their previous house, but so far they have been great.
Thats so lovely 😊 ... your former neighbours probably told them you’re lovely people and they’d be fools to upset you ... they don’t see you as potential babysitters do they? 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We've been enjoying an incredibly lovely weather these past 3 days. The garden is bursting with flowers, the 'Evereste' crab apple-tree is humming with bees. Perfik bliss!
And to share some of this bounty with potential visitors I've been busy taking cuttings from 2 of my perennials which produce lots of stolons. They are Aster 'Vasterival' and Physostegia virginiana ‘Bouquet rose’ (the obedient plant). About 15 specimens of each, duly potted and labelled, waiting for a new home/garden. I could have made 4 times more but ran out of courage ... and empty pots.
1. Hawthorn blossom. We will have to start calling it April instead of May. 2. The lily of the valley I planted three years ago has just popped up, when I thought it had run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. 3. Rescued some plants that had been dumped in a binbag on waste ground. Three pelargoniums and an unknown growing from a small bulb. TLC duly applied. 4. My lovely neighbour came along with a heavy duty power drill and broke up one of the lumps of concrete which I've been chipping at for weeks with a hammer and chisel. They had fence posts in them, and I am replacing the fence with stones and shrubs. He's coming back to tackle the other one in the morning.
Thats so lovely 😊 ... your former neighbours probably told them you’re lovely people and they’d be fools to upset you ... they don’t see you as potential babysitters do they? 😉
Sadly our former neighbours could only communicate with them via a seance. No we're not babysitter material, and her parents are currently living with them too.
Thats so lovely 😊 ... your former neighbours probably told them you’re lovely people and they’d be fools to upset you ... they don’t see you as potential babysitters do they? 😉
Sadly our former neighbours could only communicate with them via a seance. No we're not babysitter material, and her parents are currently living with them too.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
2. The lily of the valley I planted three years ago has just popped up, when I thought it had run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible.
3. Rescued some plants that had been dumped in a binbag on waste ground. Three pelargoniums and an unknown growing from a small bulb. TLC duly applied.
4. My lovely neighbour came along with a heavy duty power drill and broke up one of the lumps of concrete which I've been chipping at for weeks with a hammer and chisel. They had fence posts in them, and I am replacing the fence with stones and shrubs. He's coming back to tackle the other one in the morning.
https://www.gamekeeperstrust.org.uk/media/uploads/cat-264/st-slow-worms.pdf
And of course it’s coming up to the time of year for slow worm courtship ... usually May/June but with this warm weather the mood may strike early 💕
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.