What a lovely day 😀. Did a tiny bit of shade gardening, then decided it was too warm to do anything other than sit in the sun with an ice cold water......not a phrase you often hear in April 😎. The rest of the mulching can wait til next weekend, when we will have had a few days of rain, and the temperatures are a bit more normal for the time of year.
in other news, our wisteria is about to flower, the first lily of the valley has opened and is pumping out scent, and all seems well with the world. Shame I will have to leave our driveway on Tuesday and discover that maybe its not 😖
Just got back from a weekend way to find the orchard next door and most of the wood has been fell cleared. It looks like a bunch of lunatics with chainsaws. No finesse whatsoever. Aside from a rowan laying across my Cornus kousa chinensis, and a hazel lying across my veg patch, narrowly missing the greenhouse, healthy damson tree has gone, and it is all just a flaming mess. There is going to be ructions when I get hold of someone in authority. According to the council website, no planning applications have gone in.
Sparrowhawk is flying around lost. I have got hold of the local councillor, Tuesday Morning there will be three councillors, the Tree people and the Health and safety people. Not to mention me throttling whoever is in charge.
That's appalling Fidget. The trouble is, once they're gone, no amount of 'oops, we're ever so sorry' makes the slightest difference. Someone going to prison might make you feel better though.
Lovely weekend here. No chocolate, celebrations or family, just peace and quiet, a long walk with the dogs and lots of time pootling in the garden. And hopefully the same again tomorrow
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Hope you are all ok. That is awful @fidgetbones - take pictures of the mess they left in your garden too.
Had a nice mix of quiet time in garden and time with family today. I don’t buy Easter eggs, for various reasons including the awful waste of packaging, but bought my Neice a craft set as a “Bank Holiday” present (yes I am ‘that’ Aunty who is a bit different!).
@WonkyWomble and her brother always had Lego instead of chocolate eggs from their dad and me ... their choice ... they still had plenty of choc from grandparents etc. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dreadful Fidget. May retributions on the perpetrators be swift and thorough.
Have survived our 800km trek in 27C temps. All went swimmingly till after the last Péage in France when we hit roadworks and more roadworks and then even more in Belgium. Lovely.
We have chocolate eggs, but the little Milka ones with no excess packaging, and a plug in car "fridge" to keep them from melting, along with our picnic lunch and tonight's supper. Good piece of kit! Comes in handy when we buy fresh fish or ice cream in summer too.
Off to bed soon. Hope everyone has enjoyed their day.
Only just heard about Sri Lanka. Horrifying and so stupid and wasteful.
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)."
Fidget, my sympathies about the tree destruction. Sometimes you wonder what some people are thinking.😡 I keep thinking about the bird you saw flying around. I suppose there was a nest in there somewhere.
Sri Lanka is very upsetting. I still can’t understand why people can’t let each other have their own beliefs without getting violent.
We are finding the never-ending days of sitting around a bit hard to take. We might go for a drive this afternoon if Hubby can stay awake.😏
There must have been a bit of rain overnight since the concrete paths are wet this morning. That is the first time this month. The night temps are dropping too.
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Just spotted a chocolate laden bunny sneaking round the garden. Best go see what he has left before it melts 🥵😳
in other news, our wisteria is about to flower, the first lily of the valley has opened and is pumping out scent, and all seems well with the world. Shame I will have to leave our driveway on Tuesday and discover that maybe its not 😖
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely weekend here. No chocolate, celebrations or family, just peace and quiet, a long walk with the dogs and lots of time pootling in the garden. And hopefully the same again tomorrow
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
That is awful @fidgetbones - take pictures of the mess they left in your garden too.
Had a nice mix of quiet time in garden and time with family today. I don’t buy Easter eggs, for various reasons including the awful waste of packaging, but bought my Neice a craft set as a “Bank Holiday” present (yes I am ‘that’ Aunty who is a bit different!).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Have survived our 800km trek in 27C temps. All went swimmingly till after the last Péage in France when we hit roadworks and more roadworks and then even more in Belgium. Lovely.
We have chocolate eggs, but the little Milka ones with no excess packaging, and a plug in car "fridge" to keep them from melting, along with our picnic lunch and tonight's supper. Good piece of kit! Comes in handy when we buy fresh fish or ice cream in summer too.
Off to bed soon. Hope everyone has enjoyed their day.
Only just heard about Sri Lanka. Horrifying and so stupid and wasteful.
Fidget, my sympathies about the tree destruction. Sometimes you wonder what some people are thinking.😡 I keep thinking about the bird you saw flying around. I suppose there was a nest in there somewhere.
Sri Lanka is very upsetting. I still can’t understand why people can’t let each other have their own beliefs without getting violent.
We are finding the never-ending days of sitting around a bit hard to take. We might go for a drive this afternoon if Hubby can stay awake.😏
There must have been a bit of rain overnight since the concrete paths are wet this morning. That is the first time this month. The night temps are dropping too.