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HELLO FORKERS! ... JUNE 2019

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  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    edited June 2019
    Its great to see independents doing well AuntyRach 😀

    Not much to photograph yet this year @Obelixx, but hopefully they will fill out soon and end up looking something like this (last year’s efforts) .....all things deer don’t like 🦌 





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Beautiful Chicky.  I love all the old containers.

    A friend of mine in Belgium spent one spring moaning and muttering about bloody squirrels and deer riiping her pots of tulips and other bulbs to shreds - until she was up early one morning and found it was peacocks from the small-holding behind her.....
    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)."
    Plato
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    edited June 2019
    Afternoon all. Lovely owl, LP. I would be so happy to see that!

    Rather dozy today to say the least. I didn't wear my pyjamas to the party, though I took my scarf. Far far too hot to even get it out of my bag, so I just had a tartan hanky in the end. It was an excellent and extremely energetic ceilidh and a very late night so although I didn't touch a drop I feel very hungover today. Dragged myself out with Bow to visit an NGS open garden - well, 46 of them - which was on GW last year. We won some banana chutney on the tombola and were entertained by a cabaret including drag act. I do love London :smile: I'll try to post some pics on the garden visits thread tomorrow (got to go out this evening). Here's one:

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    We had a lovely day out but OH was quieter than usual, says his leg still hurts. Tendons take some time though.

    We had a lovely lunch sitting on the terrace of an old farmhouse run as a restaurant and a B & B by a couple of English ladies. We had 5 courses of delicious well presented food. It had been on a TV programme, A New Life in the Sun, 1st series a few years ago.

    Then we set out a bit late for the 2 Open Gardens. Couldn't find the first one but found the second one, buried up a drive in the countryside. It was lovely, lots of roses. We met our friend from the village and another friend, which we hadn't expected as the garden is over an hour's drive away. They said the first garden wasn't very good, not really worth looking for. We drove through some beautiful countryside. I had my camera but I forgot to take any photos
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    In my experience damaged tendons can take a long time to fix. Your OH has my sympathy @Busy-Lizzie

    The wind  has got up and clouds are rolling in ... it looks like rain but the forecast says it’s not coming until midweek. 🌧 

    sleep tight everyone ... sweet dreams 🛌 😴 🐑 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Good morning everyone. We looked as though we’d get rain this morning, but still nothing at 2.20pm. 😏

    S. E. NSW
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Good morning all  😊 ☕️ 
    gday @Pat E 😊 that’s a beautiful photo 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Hi Dove. Can’t you sleep for the heat? It took a while to bet the fire going this morning.

    S. E. NSW
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s half past five @Pat E ... I usually wake up around now ... the sun is shining again ... looks lovely out there ☀️ 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    Morning peeps.  Overcast here, but no matter as I’ll be stuck in an office anyway 🙄

    Great pic Pat - you have huge skies 💙
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