Hot here too. Been manning the cake stand all morning and started off chilly because someone had planted an old chateau in between the sun and the stand. Hot now tho and lovely with it altho the local powers are already talking of drought management.
Cannas can do a bit of cold can't they? Maybe have a bit of fleece or some such handy if they reckon it's to get down to 0C?
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)."
Seems very early to put out Cannas. I know you are in tropical Devon, but up here, I would not risk it until the end of May. Mine are still in the lounge, irritating the hell out of Moira.
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How thoughtless of someone with their Chateau planting @Obelixx 😉
phew it’s hot out there 🥵
weird to be noticing the the frost damage from last Tuesday at the same time as things are wilting 🥀😱
mulching is is being done in bite sized chunks - think I’ll finish one of the borders today. The other is less densely planted, so is a less fiddly job
I’m going to finish the mulching tomorrow as OH will be at home. The mulch is in bags and my shoulders are a bit temperamental today ... don’t want to irritate ghem when I’m driving to MIL’s on Monday. Besides I’ve been lying on my tum by the pond, watching frogs and tadpoles and smooth newts bedecked in their mating finery 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I’ve got a splinter, a bruise and an aching back but had an excellent day gardening and chilling out in the garden. Hope you all having a lovely weeeknd.
We've had a good day at daughter 2's with all the family. It was warm and sunny so we ate outside, oysters, paté, roast chicken, butternut squash puree, Pavlova, chocolate mousse and a big bowl of strawberries. There was also a raspberry birthday cake for daughter's OH (tomorrow) and son who will be 8 on Monday.
Then in the afternoon there was an Easter Egg hunt in the garden. There were loads of eggs as everyone had brought some. OH and I went for a walk after that to help it all down, leaving the families to chatter in French.
We arrived home this evening and it has just rained, big black clouds arrived.
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Sounds like you both had great days Lizzie and AuntyRach 😀. Easter egg hunt here tomorrow 😉
Great day in the garden here. Lots of planting as well as mulching. And gave the hammock a serious lie-ing in too 😜. Watched a little wren singing its heart out, and a couple of squirrels playing tag in the branches above me. Lovely 😊
Just caught up with GW .....so pleased to see Rachel back, looking pretty darn good after her ordeal. Long may it continue.
Chicky - this is the chateau - been a fortress/stronghold/chateau on the site in one form or another since 1092 yet now it's abandoned and empty and in need of much love. Its park gets used for public activities nearly all year and our garden club gets it on the Saturday nearest 20th of April for its annual plant fair. Huge crowds today so good for us and all the nurserymen and women I hope.
Since the fair ended I have watered the PT and all the pots and done a roast dinner cos Poss and I will be on the road from the Vendée to Namur tomorrow. 800kms. Yikes!
Good luck with the rest of the mulching then. Hope you're OK to drive Dove. Sounds like a lovely day BL. Rest your back well AR. You only have one.
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)."
Mammoth road trip @Obelixx 😮. Hope you have podcasts lined up. Beautiful chateau - shame its now empty. Makes you realise just what the “escape to the chateau” peeps accomplished
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Cannas can do a bit of cold can't they? Maybe have a bit of fleece or some such handy if they reckon it's to get down to 0C?
I know you are in tropical Devon, but up here, I would not risk it until the end of May.
Mine are still in the lounge, irritating the hell out of Moira.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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phew it’s hot out there 🥵
weird to be noticing the the frost damage from last Tuesday at the same time as things are wilting 🥀😱
mulching is is being done in bite sized chunks - think I’ll finish one of the borders today. The other is less densely planted, so is a less fiddly job
when I’m driving to MIL’s on Monday. Besides I’ve been lying on my tum by the pond, watching frogs and tadpoles and smooth newts bedecked in their mating finery 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope you all having a lovely weeeknd.
Then in the afternoon there was an Easter Egg hunt in the garden. There were loads of eggs as everyone had brought some. OH and I went for a walk after that to help it all down, leaving the families to chatter in French.
We arrived home this evening and it has just rained, big black clouds arrived.
Great day in the garden here. Lots of planting as well as mulching. And gave the hammock a serious lie-ing in too 😜. Watched a little wren singing its heart out, and a couple of squirrels playing tag in the branches above me. Lovely 😊
Just caught up with GW .....so pleased to see Rachel back, looking pretty darn good after her ordeal. Long may it continue.
Since the fair ended I have watered the PT and all the pots and done a roast dinner cos Poss and I will be on the road from the Vendée to Namur tomorrow. 800kms. Yikes!
Good luck with the rest of the mulching then. Hope you're OK to drive Dove. Sounds like a lovely day BL. Rest your back well AR. You only have one.
Sleep time here 💤. More mulching tomoz 👍🏻