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HELLO FORKERS 🌼 May 2020

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Just letting you know I’ve had a phone call and a lovely chat with @Busy-Lizzie 😊 

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





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Thanks for letting us know Dove. 😃
    S. E. NSW
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Good stuff @Dovefromabove. Hope she and hubby are ok.Ā 
    So sorry @punkdoc. The only positive thing I can think of is the fact that @Yviestevie's mum has done well despite her diagnosis. Sending some fairy dust...x
    Peony stillĀ  in tight-ish bud here too @AuntyRach. Hopefully she will make an appearance before too long. They're beautiful, but so fleeting, and so vulnerable to the wet windy stuff.Ā  Ā 
    I might go and take a look now that it's been mentioned. It's a bit drier and milder now. Already warmer at 10am than it was all day yesterday, and not so windy. Got some bark yesterday courtesy of my 'lackey' so I shall possibly put some of that down before I have to collect her.Ā 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Hi folks,Ā  Sorry to hear the news re your mum @punkdoc. Keeping my fingers crossed the next 14 days are going to be stressful for you.
    I've been busy in the garden this morning planting out more annuals, nearly done now and any remaining plants will go to my bestie.

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @punkdoc, really sorry to hear that news, not what you needed at all. Best wishes to all.

    I've just had a call from my GP, because I'd asked for another prescription inhaler. Turns out I've been using the wrong one incorrectly (every day instead occasionally) for breathlessness and persistent dry cough (definately not the virus) but as she prescribed it in the first place, I'm a trifle confused now. After more questioning she's now asked me to try an anti-histamine nasal spray instead of the pills I've been taking, so I'll see if that helps.Ā  It was good of her to call I thought.


    @Dovefromabove , thought of you when I read this article in my Benenden Health mag, "the human head weighs around 10-12lb. However when the neck bends forward the weight on the cervical spine can be as much as 60 lb. That's the equivalent of a sack of potatoes."Ā  Ouch! perhaps we've both got the new syndrome of 'tech neck'.

    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Hi just caught up again been online and on phone 1/2 the day sorting very dull things like house insurance, internet contracts etc. Still need to tackle holiday co for our failed Japan trip now saying they will issue credit vouchers which we do not want.
    Sorry about your mum @punkdoc hope she pulls through ok.
    Great little gem @Dovefromabove your'e ahead of me though we do have lots of rocket leaves, radish, and we are still getting asparagus. The only drawback of things being early is they are over so much quickerĀ  :(
    AB Still learning

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Fingers crossed for your Mum punkdoc. Spent 2 days trying to get on here.
  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    Evening all.Ā 

    @punkdoc, sorry to hear your news, best wishes and hugs.Ā 

    I was thinking today how important hugs are & yet normally we don't even think a
    It. My plumber came today ( of all people) and I was desperate to hug him. He's a nice chap and I've known him a while, but seriously...

    Dykes... @Hostafan1, I couldn't help butĀ  feel there was a joke in there somewhere. šŸ˜†

    My friends have been sharing lawnmower jokes with me today to make me feel better, shouldn't laugh but they were funny.Ā  'I just saw a man slumped over a lawn mower crying his eyes out.
    he's just going through a rough patch!'

    G
    • ā€œCoffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?ā€ —Betsy CaƱas Garmon
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @D0rdogne_Damsel ... a joke? Ā In what I said to @Hostafan1? Really ?!?!?!

    Whatever can you mean??? šŸ˜‡

    🤣 🤣 🤣 

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





  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    Evening folks.Ā 

    I’m nursing a rash all up my arms (mainly right side) from holding a ladder against a conifer tree whilst OH chopped a branch off the top. It must be the oils in the leaves which get into the skin from little scratches - I’ve had the same from pruning a juniper.Ā 
    It’s small fry in terms of problems but it’s a tad uncomfortable even after an antihistamine tablet and cream.Ā 

    Might watch some some of the Chelsea programmes that are on instead of the actual Chelsea Flower Show now.Ā 
    Take care all.Ā 
    My garden and I live in South Wales.Ā 
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