Frost here too, but expected, so all treasures were put out of harms way.
Welcome back Liri - sounds like you had a busy time 😀. Glad that sheep are one form of wildlife I don’t have to contend with 🐏🐑🐏🐑
Talk last night was good - inspired me to get back to Savill Gardens sometime very soon. Sobering how much of the head gardener’s job is now taken up dealing with the effects of a changing climate, the stresses it is putting on our trees (particularly oaks, that are not coping well with winters getting shorter and summers getting drier), and the pests and diseases that are flourishing ☹️. Our Govt really needs to think about taking some serious action urgently.....instead of devoting all its energy to a self inflicted crisis. Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic is an apt comparison.
Still poorly but better than I was. Rehydration fluid is being taken and I’ve tried a very little plain yoghurt just now ... we shall see what happens. I still feel very fragile so probably won’t be about much today ... I’m being very well taken care of
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Weekly trip to the SM, Leclerc. Gloomy day today, rain forecast, 6° at 8am. Will also buy more wood for the last raised bed as the purple sprouting broccoli is nearly finished and I need the bed for tomatoes and courgettes. Will also make a small central bed or herbs.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Ice on the car this morning, haven’t been up to the GH,s dread to look, had a stomach bug since Sunday, may venture out later, good way to lose weight though😀
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Tummy bugs galore! Horrible things, hope everyone suffering feels much better very soon
Welcome back Liri - and congratulations on an epic read-back! Impressive dedication to the cause. Glad all went well (toaster notwithstanding) and you got lots of jobs done.
I'm getting lots done in the garden here too - am gratifyingly achey each evening. Unfortunately I'm sleeping badly at the moment which is annoying when I could really do with a good sleep. The big end-of-garden reclaim is underway, but is having to go slowly as the green bin is only collected every two weeks and I filled it straight after the last collection. No matter - there's plenty else to do. Washed some more gravel to try to finish my veg patch path yesterday.
Bow got another offer - from last Friday's audition - yesterday . Just Thursday's to hear from now, but the choice is really between two of the three she's already got. It's not going to be an easy decision. Yes, I'm incredibly proud, and more than anything pleased she has some validation as she's always so down on herself. Trying to hold your own in a world of child prodigies is hard work.
Chicky, as ever, your garden club sounds enviably interesting. I've never been to the Savill Garden...
Right, a bit more life admin then out in the garden this afternoon I think. Have a good day all.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Now why is there a photo of a racing car on a gardening site? See those daffodils in the background? They are a feature of the Goodwood race circuit planted specially for the first meeting of the year in Spring. They originally planted a range of varieties to cover a reasonably long flowering period and range of weather conditions but this year the meeting is later than previous years and most of the exisiting daffodils had gone over.
So an enterprising Dutchman was brought in with his special bulb planting machine to bring some colour to the circuit. Single handed he planted 750,000 bulbs overnight! That machine must fire them into the ground like a machine gun.
One area he couldn't do was the sloping sides of a tunnel under the circuit which had to be done the old fashioned way by hand. That took two men a full week and only covered a small fraction of the machine planted daffies.
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Welcome back Liri - sounds like you had a busy time 😀. Glad that sheep are one form of wildlife I don’t have to contend with 🐏🐑🐏🐑
Talk last night was good - inspired me to get back to Savill Gardens sometime very soon. Sobering how much of the head gardener’s job is now taken up dealing with the effects of a changing climate, the stresses it is putting on our trees (particularly oaks, that are not coping well with winters getting shorter and summers getting drier), and the pests and diseases that are flourishing ☹️. Our Govt really needs to think about taking some serious action urgently.....instead of devoting all its energy to a self inflicted crisis. Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic is an apt comparison.
Still poorly but better than I was. Rehydration fluid is being taken and I’ve tried a very little plain yoghurt just now ... we shall see what happens. I still feel very fragile so probably won’t be about much today ... I’m being very well taken care of
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all. Glad you're on the mend, Dove.
Weekly trip to the SM, Leclerc. Gloomy day today, rain forecast, 6° at 8am. Will also buy more wood for the last raised bed as the purple sprouting broccoli is nearly finished and I need the bed for tomatoes and courgettes. Will also make a small central bed or herbs.
Glad you are feeling a bit better @Dovefromabove
Hope you got back safely from your holiday @Lily Pilly
Glad they have done the right thing.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Welcome back Liri - and congratulations on an epic read-back! Impressive dedication to the cause. Glad all went well (toaster notwithstanding) and you got lots of jobs done.
I'm getting lots done in the garden here too - am gratifyingly achey each evening. Unfortunately I'm sleeping badly at the moment which is annoying when I could really do with a good sleep. The big end-of-garden reclaim is underway, but is having to go slowly as the green bin is only collected every two weeks and I filled it straight after the last collection. No matter - there's plenty else to do. Washed some more gravel to try to finish my veg patch path yesterday.
Bow got another offer - from last Friday's audition - yesterday
Chicky, as ever, your garden club sounds enviably interesting. I've never been to the Savill Garden...
Right, a bit more life admin then out in the garden this afternoon I think. Have a good day all.