Yay! There you are @Pat E 👋 ☕️ That looks amazing ... glad we have a means of recording such things before the bad weather blasts in. Keep warm tonight. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Wind getting up here, expecting 50-60mph later, worrying with all the trees in full leaf. Looking forward to Moira returning from Aberdeen some time today, better make a vague attempt at tidying up.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Hi everyone we were away for a couple of nights, we took the GC's down to their (great) aunty Jan at Burnham on sea. We didn't see the sea though as it rained most of the time we were there but it was a change of scene and a rest for us. We did get one walk. Hope you are all ok have not had chance to read back.
OH is outside cleaning both cars, inside and out, so that Sally Zafira is ready for her trip to Namur next week. She's a bit long in the tooth now for such long journeys but the new Harry just isn't big enough for all the stuff he'll need to bring back and store here for Possum.
I am about to get my 3rd coffee and then go and attach a bedhead to a wall - Gyproc panels so I've had to buy a stud detector and fancy rawl plugs to take the weight. After that, sewing OH's new golf shorts which is a challenge as it's a tailored pattern with more pieces for one pair of shorts than I need for a suit! Humph!
Morning all. I slept much better, despite the heat.
I used my new Karcher window cleaner for the first time yesterday, very pleased with it, easier on my arthritic fingers. It has 2 sizes of blade, essential for this house which has a lots of small paned glass doors and windows.
More sorting and chucking today. Storms forecast later.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Glad you slept better, @Busy-Lizzie. Must be lovely having OH back too, and planning for the new house.
Great news about Flatters, @WonkyWomble. Hope he appreciates your tender loving care and doesn't start eating mice and drinking from muddy puddles, instead of sticking to his gourmet diet...
Still stormy here so I won't be doing any remedial work around the fallen tree just yet. Yesterday I rescued a couple of plants which had been uprooted and fallen into the "stump hole", and picked some sugar peas, covered in mud but just about accessible under the branches. I can see the flowers which were on the top of the runner bean net, and are now resting in the hedge, and they haven't wilted yet so perhaps some roots are still in the ground... when I can I'll go out with the loppers and see if I can take the weight off them. A near neighbour is a tree surgeon, which sounds a bit OTT for chopping up an already-fallen tree, but we need someone to remove the logs and chip the branches (and hopefully leave us the chippings...).
Hope the storm is kind to you and your gardens.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I've been out there watering and picking tomatoes before they get blown off the vines. 💨 At least watering the toms will weigh the pots down a bit. It feels and looks like autumn ... the grapes are colouring up really quickly.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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That looks amazing ... glad we have a means of recording such things before the bad weather blasts in. Keep warm tonight. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Wind getting up here, expecting 50-60mph later, worrying with all the trees in full leaf.
Looking forward to Moira returning from Aberdeen some time today, better make a vague attempt at tidying up.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Hope you are all ok have not had chance to read back.
OH is outside cleaning both cars, inside and out, so that Sally Zafira is ready for her trip to Namur next week. She's a bit long in the tooth now for such long journeys but the new Harry just isn't big enough for all the stuff he'll need to bring back and store here for Possum.
I am about to get my 3rd coffee and then go and attach a bedhead to a wall - Gyproc panels so I've had to buy a stud detector and fancy rawl plugs to take the weight. After that, sewing OH's new golf shorts which is a challenge as it's a tailored pattern with more pieces for one pair of shorts than I need for a suit! Humph!
Pleased for you and Flatters @WonkyWomble.
Planting opportunity @Liriodendron but I feel for you for the loss of your veggies and anyone else being blasted by strong winds.
It has been sunny so far but has suddenly clouded over and we're having an unscheduled shower. Fine by me.
I slept much better, despite the heat.
I used my new Karcher window cleaner for the first time yesterday, very pleased with it, easier on my arthritic fingers. It has 2 sizes of blade, essential for this house which has a lots of small paned glass doors and windows.
More sorting and chucking today.
Storms forecast later.
Glad you slept better, @Busy-Lizzie. Must be lovely having OH back too, and planning for the new house.
Great news about Flatters, @WonkyWomble. Hope he appreciates your tender loving care and doesn't start eating mice and drinking from muddy puddles, instead of sticking to his gourmet diet...
Still stormy here so I won't be doing any remedial work around the fallen tree just yet. Yesterday I rescued a couple of plants which had been uprooted and fallen into the "stump hole", and picked some sugar peas, covered in mud but just about accessible under the branches. I can see the flowers which were on the top of the runner bean net, and are now resting in the hedge, and they haven't wilted yet so perhaps some roots are still in the ground... when I can I'll go out with the loppers and see if I can take the weight off them. A near neighbour is a tree surgeon, which sounds a bit OTT for chopping up an already-fallen tree, but we need someone to remove the logs and chip the branches (and hopefully leave us the chippings...).
Hope the storm is kind to you and your gardens.
At least watering the toms will weigh the pots down a bit. It feels and looks like autumn ... the grapes are colouring up really quickly.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.