That's a shame @Dovefromabove. I know conifers, for want of a better word, get a bad press, but the one at the back of my garden is a haven for all the little birds. I watched a pair of sparrows having a right 'set to' in it yesterday. It was really funny. Maybe not when that fat pigeon's bouncing up and down in there....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Managed to get all the compost I needed yesterday from our local independent GC (I’ve PM’d you the details @steephill , if you are still short) so can spare you a bucketful @Fairygirl 😀😀😀
I’m putting the toms into their final pots ... but I need more compost ... the Undergardener got the smaller bags ... but I’m not complaining. He didn’t really want to go to the GC at all, but he did it for me 😘 so we’ll just have to get some more later in the week ... unless @chicky can lob a couple of bags over ... 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We have a decent GC near where I used to work [remember that @chicky? ] but I'm not going near it for a while. It'll be hoaching. It's supposed to be wet here during the week - I'll maybe go then That really would be a shame @Dovefromabove. Perhaps they're removing everything and putting in plastic grass and a hot tub....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I feel quite safe in our GC - it’s mostly outside, the aisles inside are good and wide, and the customers are all very respectful of each other. I wear a mask and do a hand sanitise before I start and before I get back in the car ......much better experience than Sainsbugs 😷.
Hello. No compost shortages here. Au contraire - our local shop has been doing a 3 for 2 offer on 70 litre bags. Rude not to take advantage.
I think you are wise to be cautious @Pat E and @Liriodendron and everyone else staying at home till it's safer. I have only been doing SM raids because there isn't a delivery system here and so far haven't had problems with people being stupid about distancing or hoarding. Good discipline too and wearing a mask is widespread - obligatory in DIY and pharmacies and requested in GCs.
Visits and celebrations will be all the better for waiting.
I really don't like most conifers. Had to leave a lovely picea abies "Rydal" behind - bought at Tatton in 2007 - and a couple of others with interesting creamy streaks on the new growth. We inherited a strip of chamaecyparis hedge which the sparrows used for shelter and conferences so we left it but were very pleased when the dwarf conifers planted in weed fabric on a slope in this garden succumbed to 15 months of drought. That just leaves one big one I have yet to identify and which can stay. Hedges here are a mix of natives and full of activity.
Hot again here but dry and there's a breeze. I'm not good at muggy heat. Nevertheless, at 14:10 the sun is at its zenith here and very strong so weeding in the shade for me till about 5pm.
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)."
The conifer was always full of birds ... especially goldfinches. There's lots more around so they’ll be ok, but we could watch them popping in and out of that one from our bed when we had our morning cuppas.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The tomato plants had done so well but I had intended to take some to Wonky for her and some friends but as that’s not happened I put a dozen+ in the wheelbarrow at the end of the drive with a notice asking people to help themselves and enjoy them.
Several families out for walks have taken some and last time I looked there was only one left 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Maybe not when that fat pigeon's bouncing up and down in there....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's supposed to be wet here during the week - I'll maybe go then
That really would be a shame @Dovefromabove. Perhaps they're removing everything and putting in plastic grass and a hot tub....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think you are wise to be cautious @Pat E and @Liriodendron and everyone else staying at home till it's safer. I have only been doing SM raids because there isn't a delivery system here and so far haven't had problems with people being stupid about distancing or hoarding. Good discipline too and wearing a mask is widespread - obligatory in DIY and pharmacies and requested in GCs.
Visits and celebrations will be all the better for waiting.
I really don't like most conifers. Had to leave a lovely picea abies "Rydal" behind - bought at Tatton in 2007 - and a couple of others with interesting creamy streaks on the new growth. We inherited a strip of chamaecyparis hedge which the sparrows used for shelter and conferences so we left it but were very pleased when the dwarf conifers planted in weed fabric on a slope in this garden succumbed to 15 months of drought. That just leaves one big one I have yet to identify and which can stay. Hedges here are a mix of natives and full of activity.
Hot again here but dry and there's a breeze. I'm not good at muggy heat. Nevertheless, at 14:10 the sun is at its zenith here and very strong so weeding in the shade for me till about 5pm.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm not keen on conifers either, but some are OK.
Lovely day, we had lunch in the garden, but the wind is getting up.
The tomato plants had done so well but I had intended to take some to Wonky for her and some friends but as that’s not happened I put a dozen+ in the wheelbarrow at the end of the drive with a notice asking people to help themselves and enjoy them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.