Actually my under gardener has been brilliant, when I didn’t have any inclination to go out in the garden, he opened and closed the GH doors, kept the grass and edges cut, weeded out the never ending trailing buttercups, kept the compost bins stocked turned and stored, spread it on the beds, when I think about it, I was a very lazy person for a time and he kept everything going.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
No, and no reply to an email either. I shall try again.
@Lyn - OH has always been compost turner and turfer-outer and, since retiring, has taken over the grass cutting. His other jobs are shredding and doing the initial dig of new beds. Still teaching him the difference between weeds and treasures........
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)."
I am the under gardener at home, but I have learned a great tactic. If I prune a shrub I get moaned at for taking too much, so I let her do it & she takes more than me, but that's ok then!
Did actually have a little rain (dunno what 50cm looks like)
Well you know there's rain which is really just drizzle. And there's rain that's normal - makes the ground wet but you could shelter under a tree if you needed to and be reasonably dry. And then there's rain that runs off the roof in streams rather than just drips and even under trees is wet because it's dripping right through the leaves. And there's thunderstorms where you look like you've stood in a river after about 30 seconds outside? So we had the second last one, running off everything in streams, for a full 24 hours without a break. That's around 50mm of rain. The local farmer who has a measuring doobrey said it was 48mm.
Made some bread, shaved the tomato armpits (as Hosta would say), did the laundry, had to finish drying it inside though as it's been spittering all day. Feeling a bit low today for no particular reason so instead of doing something useful, I watched the first of the Salisbury programmes - very good, terrifying when you think how many people could have been affected.
Hope you're all having a good weekend.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Did actually have a little rain (dunno what 50cm looks like)
Well you know there's rain which is really just drizzle. And there's rain that's normal - makes the ground wet but you could shelter under a tree if you needed to and be reasonably dry. And then there's rain that runs off the roof in streams rather than just drips and even under trees is wet because it's dripping right through the leaves. And there's thunderstorms where you look like you've stood in a river after about 30 seconds outside? So we had the second last one, running off everything in streams, for a full 24 hours without a break. That's around 50mm of rain. The local farmer who has a measuring doobrey said it was 48mm.
Made some bread, shaved the tomato armpits (as Hosta would say), did the laundry, had to finish drying it inside though as it's been spittering all day. Feeling a bit low today for no particular reason so instead of doing something useful, I watched the first of the Salisbury programmes - very good, terrifying when you think how many people could have been affected.
Well yes, half a metre of rain is Amazon rainforest style but I thought I'd be kind to Nanny and assume that was a typo on her part It is Saturday, after all
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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@Lyn - OH has always been compost turner and turfer-outer and, since retiring, has taken over the grass cutting. His other jobs are shredding and doing the initial dig of new beds. Still teaching him the difference between weeds and treasures........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Made some bread, shaved the tomato armpits (as Hosta would say), did the laundry, had to finish drying it inside though as it's been spittering all day. Feeling a bit low today for no particular reason so instead of doing something useful, I watched the first of the Salisbury programmes - very good, terrifying when you think how many people could have been affected.
Hope you're all having a good weekend.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.