I'm half way through a major garden clear up. I've been brutal and got rid of loads of junk, sorted out all the plastic pots ready to try and rehome or recycle any I can bear to part with, I've got piles of things stacked up to sort out and find better homes for. Now I'm sat here listening to the wind outside reorganising my hard work for me I really don't want to go outside and see how bad it is
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@KT53, l was the same when l first retired. It took me quite a while to get used to the fact that l didn't have to try and cram everything into the weekend any more. After a few weeks she will get used to the change in routine. @wild edges look on it as a chance to double check that you're not getting rid of anything by mistake! Sorry, think l'm in the wrong thread - this is upbeat and too non curmudgeonly isn't it? I need more tea......
Well the pots are mostly still where I left them but a cold frame lid has been smashed and an expensive pot and the plant in it had a very lucky escape when a lid flipped off a waterbutt and the bricks that were holding it down landed on the pot. Must have been quite some gust of wind that one. Most of the noises seem to have been coming from the new neighbours' garden since they haven't quite got the message about the lively weather up here yet. I'm not sure if the pots in my flower beds are mine or theirs but they've been added to the keeper stack. the keeper stack is in the greenhouse so probably wasn't one of mine...
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I think the wind took a few things by surprise. I saw 6 herons snoozing in the middle of a football pitch today, I guess the wind in the trees was keeping them awake. There were trees down and broken branches, and lots of bins and rubbish blown around. I've cleared up the broken glass though and I'm sure I've got a big sheet of acrylic somewhere to reglaze it. It'll save the boys smashing it with a football in a few years time anyway...
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I'm just glad I picked late apple trees for the garden here or I'd have probably lost a lot of potential apples. I'm not sure how my small orchard at my parents' place has fared though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I've had some tree damage here too, and my lilo blew off the sunbed and ended up about 300m away wrapped round a tree after being speared on a barbed wire fence.Â
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@wild edges look on it as a chance to double check that you're not getting rid of anything by mistake!Â
Sorry, think l'm in the wrong thread - this is upbeat and too non curmudgeonly isn't it? I need more tea......
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.