I've been digging up more bits of plants for daughters and me. I dug up all of the Spirea and the Perovskia that I brought back from England. The Spirea came from Beth Chatto. I was able to take a piece off it for daughter 1. The Perovskia is of a neater habit with brighter blue flowers than the ones I've bought here.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
That's good news @Dovefromabove. Hopefully, the treatment will continue to go well Managed a bit of shrub shifting this afternoon. That's easy for me to say... Nice to have a dry day - and with no wind. Makes a huge difference! Roast on. Lovely jubbly.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks folks 🙏... but .... just heard that a favourite cousin has pain and lost a great deal of weight and is having tests for pancreatic cancer ... 🙄... one of those years eh?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope the weather was kind to you, WW. Lovely day here - fine and sunny and still. Cold, but it's never as bad when it isn't windy or raining. I always end up with injured animals, too. I have Mum's hamster cage, a range of stout cardboard boxes and a small selection of fountain pen fillers on permanent stand-by for respite care of stray cats, rabbits, hedgehogs, birds, mice and voles that somehow find their way here. The only ones I don't attempt are bats - they go straight to the bat line people.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Just catching up on the thread , been feeling a little under the weather today having slept badly for a few nights....hope everyone is well. Good news re your brother @Dovefromabove and best wishes to your cousin. Loved the red squirrel story.
I hope that's your share done now @Dovefromabove. Roast eaten and now for Bake Off. Daughter has been working nights so this is the first chance for us to see it together. It's such a lovely show, and been even more needed this year I feel.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sounds like between us we have quite a collection of injured creatures to nurture @raisingirl, glad I'm not the only soft touch. Found a sparrowhawk killing a pigeon on my doorstep today when coming home for lunch. Hawk flew off, pigeon dead, left it so the hawk could cool me back. This is in the centre of Ipswich! Second time that's happened this year! Been a horrid day emotionally so I'm off to bed with an audio book and cup of darjeeling. Night all
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That's better news about your brother, Dove.
I've been digging up more bits of plants for daughters and me. I dug up all of the Spirea and the Perovskia that I brought back from England. The Spirea came from Beth Chatto. I was able to take a piece off it for daughter 1. The Perovskia is of a neater habit with brighter blue flowers than the ones I've bought here.
Managed a bit of shrub shifting this afternoon. That's easy for me to say...
Nice to have a dry day - and with no wind. Makes a huge difference!
Roast on. Lovely jubbly.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
just heard that a favourite cousin has pain and lost a great deal of weight and is having tests for pancreatic cancer ... 🙄... one of those years eh?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I always end up with injured animals, too. I have Mum's hamster cage, a range of stout cardboard boxes and a small selection of fountain pen fillers on permanent stand-by for respite care of stray cats, rabbits, hedgehogs, birds, mice and voles that somehow find their way here. The only ones I don't attempt are bats - they go straight to the bat line people.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Putting ourselves outside a herby beef cobbler ... comfort food. 😋
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Roast eaten and now for Bake Off. Daughter has been working nights so this is the first chance for us to see it together. It's such a lovely show, and been even more needed this year I feel.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Found a sparrowhawk killing a pigeon on my doorstep today when coming home for lunch. Hawk flew off, pigeon dead, left it so the hawk could cool me back. This is in the centre of Ipswich!
Second time that's happened this year!
Been a horrid day emotionally so I'm off to bed with an audio book and cup of darjeeling.
Night all