I must be weird - I like painting timber. @Biglad -you missed a bit....
Highly likely @Fairygirl ! However, if you stand well back, squint a bit and imagine a gorgeous border of foliage in front of it, it'll do
The masonry paint turns out to be a lot lighter than it looked but OH is happy with it so I'll crack on with finishing that tomorrow (assuming the forecast is right )
I ended up picking up all the dead leaves on the rockery before watering in the vine weevil nematode stuff, then watering again, seems you have to keep the ground moist for 2 weeks after. Not sure if it will work as I've got a gravel topdressing on the rockery and there's more or less solid clay under that. I wonder where the blighters hide? It's quite an expensive experiment but I am hoping to save my hellebores.
Have done some gardening, mostly cutting back, pruning more lavender, deadheading and sweeping the steps from the balcony steps and the path from the tool room.
Went to the Mairie for more re-cycling yellow bags and was told they aren't using them anymore, plastic is bad. They gave me a large shopping bag and told me to take the re-cycling in them to the village bins and tip it in unbagged. More convenient, the yellow bags were too feeble to take many magazines. Got rid of the GW mags 2014 - 2017. There are such lovely photos, seems a shame to throw them away.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Good to catch up on here... been spending days and days on my knees wielding hand shears on the "wild flower meadow", aka overgrown grassy weedy patch, in the back garden. But I've finally managed to order a strimmer today, and Hubby will collect it for me tomorrow from Screwfix in a nearby town. I think the entire population of Ireland must have decided they needed a strimmer during lockdown, and I couldn't find a decent (but affordable) one anywhere.
Anybody else been overrun with butterflies recently? Yesterday a Speckled Wood kept returning to my tee shirt. Maybe it likes sunscreen... and today there were lots of these:
They like my African marigolds more than I do...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
In bed now listen to R4’s Start the week ... this week it’s a very eclectic discussion with a farmer, biologist and nature writer ... very interesting especially the bit on fungi and the wood wide web. Worth ‘listening again’ if you’ve not heard it already.
Hope everyone’s had a good day ... night night all, sleep tight 😴
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gorgeous tortoiseshell @Liriodendron ..... very jealous 😍
Glad you liked the wall @punkdoc@Busy-Lizzie@Pat E@Fairygirl. I’m thrilled with it ....even more so because Mr C (aka Hadrian) built it himself. It has transformed a grotty bank into something pretty special (much to the disgust of next doors moggie, who loved the previous bank as a mouse stalking ground. But Mr C uncovered 5 frogs 🐸 when he was working yesterday - so we have moved from one wildlife haven to another ). Looking forward to the planting bit that comes next 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Lovely bike ride tonight. But sad that nightfall now comes at 8 pm 😫. Good job my lights were fully charged 😜
@Pat E it will be flowers, not veg. Restricted in choices by the fact that it is prime deer territory.....so white hydrangeas, euphorbias, foxgloves, peaonies, viburnums etc
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The masonry paint turns out to be a lot lighter than it looked but OH is happy with it so I'll crack on with finishing that tomorrow (assuming the forecast is right
It's quite an expensive experiment but I am hoping to save my hellebores.
Went to the Mairie for more re-cycling yellow bags and was told they aren't using them anymore, plastic is bad. They gave me a large shopping bag and told me to take the re-cycling in them to the village bins and tip it in unbagged. More convenient, the yellow bags were too feeble to take many magazines. Got rid of the GW mags 2014 - 2017. There are such lovely photos, seems a shame to throw them away.
Good to catch up on here... been spending days and days on my knees wielding hand shears on the "wild flower meadow", aka overgrown grassy weedy patch, in the back garden. But I've finally managed to order a strimmer today, and Hubby will collect it for me tomorrow from Screwfix in a nearby town. I think the entire population of Ireland must have decided they needed a strimmer during lockdown, and I couldn't find a decent (but affordable) one anywhere.
Anybody else been overrun with butterflies recently? Yesterday a Speckled Wood kept returning to my tee shirt. Maybe it likes sunscreen... and today there were lots of these:
They like my African marigolds more than I do...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad you liked the wall @punkdoc @Busy-Lizzie @Pat E @Fairygirl. I’m thrilled with it ....even more so because Mr C (aka Hadrian) built it himself. It has transformed a grotty bank into something pretty special (much to the disgust of next doors moggie, who loved the previous bank as a mouse stalking ground. But Mr C uncovered 5 frogs 🐸 when he was working yesterday - so we have moved from one wildlife haven to another ). Looking forward to the planting bit that comes next 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻