Glad you liked the Roos. They watch us from the hill but jump away if I wander near them. I’d rather that than someone hurting them. We have a young male somewhere along our road who is obviously deliberately running over them on the road. Testosterone poisoning age I guess.
Good morning all, I missed the cake but probably too sweet for me anyway ( so my Doc tells me) I have just made an important phone call and I am happy to say we finally have our refund from the cancelled Japan Holiday. Its only taken 6 Months. Can't celebrate too much yet I'll wait till the money is actually in my account another 2-3 days they say, let's see. I know this should be on the RTBC thread but I thought I would share it with you all first.
What is it with some folk eh @Pat E ? Going around happily causing pain and suffering to wild animals yet in a few years’ time doubtless he’ll be responsible for the welfare of a brood of children ... 😡
I know sometimes numbers of some creatures have to be controlled .... I’m not saying which, but ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had chelone in Belgium in a damp, shady bed on the north side of the house so little direct sun but mots of light. They'd only be starting to flower now and into September. Haven't got any here but I do love them.
Had an interesting afternoon yesterday? The garden club I joined covers the Vendée and organises visits, lectures and trips plus an annual plant fair. Earlier this year it bought one each of a collection of 187 dahlias from "le Potager Extraordinaire" which is going bankrupt. They are now being grown on a smallholding run by a woman who supplies edible flowers, foliage and herbs to Michelin * chefs in the region and as far as Paris.
Dahlias are edible from scattering petals in salads (vitamins D and E), using the leaves like spinach and the roots like fartichokes but without the flatulence. She said the paler petals are sweet and the darker ones more earthy, like beetroot. I liked the medium red best. Then we went on to how to propagate etc so we can share, increase and extend the collection....
Finally a tour of the other beds - begonia flowers, tansy, nasturtiums, hemerocallis, thunbergia, pinks, cosmos (no flavour but lots of colour and vitamins), a rare sage whose flower tastes of blackcurrants, fuchsia berries..........
Hope the car stuff goes well @Busy-Lizzie and yours too @Fairygirl . Need to get ours booked in for between OH's trip to Belgium and mine. Sally needs new brake pads so kind of important.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I’d rather that than someone hurting them. We have a young male somewhere along our road who is obviously deliberately running over them on the road.
Testosterone poisoning age I guess.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have just made an important phone call and I am happy to say we finally have our refund from the cancelled Japan Holiday. Its only taken 6 Months. Can't celebrate too much yet I'll wait till the money is actually in my account another 2-3 days they say, let's see. I know this should be on the RTBC thread but I thought I would share it with you all first.
I know sometimes numbers of some creatures have to be controlled .... I’m not saying which, but ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Haven't got any here but I do love them.
I thought the same about the roo camouflage @Liriodendron . Great pics @Pat E Lovely story @steephill
Had an interesting afternoon yesterday? The garden club I joined covers the Vendée and organises visits, lectures and trips plus an annual plant fair. Earlier this year it bought one each of a collection of 187 dahlias from "le Potager Extraordinaire" which is going bankrupt. They are now being grown on a smallholding run by a woman who supplies edible flowers, foliage and herbs to Michelin * chefs in the region and as far as Paris.
Dahlias are edible from scattering petals in salads (vitamins D and E), using the leaves like spinach and the roots like fartichokes but without the flatulence. She said the paler petals are sweet and the darker ones more earthy, like beetroot. I liked the medium red best. Then we went on to how to propagate etc so we can share, increase and extend the collection....
Finally a tour of the other beds - begonia flowers, tansy, nasturtiums, hemerocallis, thunbergia, pinks, cosmos (no flavour but lots of colour and vitamins), a rare sage whose flower tastes of blackcurrants, fuchsia berries..........
Hope the car stuff goes well @Busy-Lizzie and yours too @Fairygirl . Need to get ours booked in for between OH's trip to Belgium and mine. Sally needs new brake pads so kind of important.