Yes, Obelixx - I think some of the money will be earmarked for permanent planting in the beds either side of the War Memorial wall. We'd like things like Hesperantha coccinea 'Major', which hopefully might still be flowering by November 11th... it's a difficult time of year to produce colour though, except for berries and evergreen foliage.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
You could also try acidanthera which flower very late on and the flowers attract any late bees that are around. I've grown it in pots and in the ground. https://www.sarahraven.com/flowers/plants/border_fillers_2/acidanthera_murielae.htmThis aster is the latest of the Michaelmas daisies starting late October so may be good for you - Aster trinervius var. harae
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Good morning all ☕️ As you say Obelixx, that’s a lot of gravel 🤭 This morning the plumber is coming to replace the electromagnetic scale reducer on the boiler pipe ... apparently they need replacing every 10 years ... we came here in 2011 and have no idea how long it had been in situ before that, so thought we’d better get it done while we thought about it.
Then the plan is to move the pots and plants that have been snuggling together in the sheltered corner of the terrace and tidy it up ... when that’s done we’re heading for the coast 🏖
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all. I might start planting up the new border today. Question is,do I hire a "tiller" to turn in the thick layer of mulch I've put on it, or just dig it in as I go?
Wednesday, we went to Coventry, looking for ancestors. There is an estate going in where the family used to live, but still some houses that were there around 1900. We had a nice pub lunch by the canal in a pub called the Greyhound. It would have been known to family even if they wouldn't drink in it, being Methodists.
Yesterday I spent at the Hospital with Mum. A five minute operation to stitch her eyelids basically took us all day. We had to go and fetch her, return to Nottingham, no traffic so early, then we sat around a lot while hubby went home with car as no parking and we had no idea how long we were going to be. First one nurse sorts out wrist bands, then a wait, then another does signed consent forms, then another wait. A couple who had been told it would be an hour before the operation as they checked in, disappeared to the restaurant, then they chuntered when they came back as the nurse hadn't been able to do the first two parts so they got put back. More waiting. An emergency came through who needed glass picking out of his eyes. Total lack of confidentiality as patient history was done in the waiting area. Someone who had forgotten about the appointment had been phoned and came in an hour late. Operations started, five minutes later, mum is in recovery, have a cup of tea and a biscuit. Hubby has to drive in to collect us and then we have to drive mum home through the rush hour. Well that was a day gone.
Grey day here.
Maybe they should get Noel Edmunds in to do the negotiating. Deal or No Deal.
I’d go with the dig-as-you-go option @Hostafan1 .......seems to be the recommended way these days. Pics of the new border as it develops please 😇
The border is about 200 square meters which is why I'm tempted to give it a quick going over. Last summer I cleared the turf, rotovated it, mulched it, then rotovated it again, but I've got another layer of mulch on it now.
Hi all. Sounds like it is already well prepared, @Hostafan1. I think I would just plant it up. My greenhouse is overflowing, so today I shall be moving some pots outside, to make room for more seedlings, otherwise I can't sow any more seeds.
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As you say Obelixx, that’s a lot of gravel 🤭
This morning the plumber is coming to replace the electromagnetic scale reducer on the boiler pipe ... apparently they need replacing every 10 years ... we came here in 2011 and have no idea how long it had been in situ before that, so thought we’d better get it done while we thought about it.
Then the plan is to move the pots and plants that have been snuggling together in the sheltered corner of the terrace and tidy it up ... when that’s done we’re heading for the coast 🏖
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I might start planting up the new border today.
Question is,do I hire a "tiller" to turn in the thick layer of mulch I've put on it, or just dig it in as I go?
Glad Mum’s op went well @fidgetbones, even if it was a bit of a faff
I’d go with the dig-as-you-go option @Hostafan1 .......seems to be the recommended way these days. Pics of the new border as it develops please 😇
Home day today, so about to do my commute (walk down the stairs) 😜
Last summer I cleared the turf, rotovated it, mulched it, then rotovated it again, but I've got another layer of mulch on it now.
Sounds like it is already well prepared, @Hostafan1.
I think I would just plant it up.
My greenhouse is overflowing, so today I shall be moving some pots outside, to make room for more seedlings, otherwise I can't sow any more seeds.
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