So sorry about your BIL, @floralies. Hope you get better news of him soon. x
No worries, @Fairygirl - this H.quercifolia is a 1-year-old rooted cutting, said to be 6" tall, and only cost €8. It'll be a year or two before it's big enough to put into the garden, but I've got lots of patience (just not a lot of dosh!)
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
If anyone is hankering after real kippers, cured herrings and other tasty treats, the wonderful Cley Smokehouse up on the North Norfolk coast has a sale on https://cleysmokehouse.com/kippers-and-herring @punkdoc ... are you aware? 🤤
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Those look lovely @Dovefromabove. When I lived in Holland, one of the local customs was to swallow a raw Herring, head first and to follow it down with a glass of Genever [ the Dutch gin ]
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Yes, @Dovefromabove we're missing our regular trips to the fish market at Les Sables d'Olonne but, when I sorted out the freezers I did find hake, both tails and whole, sardines and mullet I'd bought when prices were good so we are not fish deprived and have enough to keep us going till it's safe to go to market again. Pity Possum thinks she only likes salmon and prawns.
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 can't drink neat gin, even to chase a herring. Prefer those grilled anyway. We do all know the Dutch are not gourmet eaters or cooks by any means? Tho they do good cakes.
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)."
Love Nasi goreng 😋 and eating fantastic chips and mayo watching the fire-eaters in Dam Square are a blissful memory, and a Dutch friend’s Stampotten is legendary 😋 night night 🥱
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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No worries, @Fairygirl - this H.quercifolia is a 1-year-old rooted cutting, said to be 6" tall, and only cost €8. It'll be a year or two before it's big enough to put into the garden, but I've got lots of patience (just not a lot of dosh!)
https://cleysmokehouse.com/kippers-and-herring
@punkdoc ... are you aware? 🤤
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry to hear of sad news and difficult times.
Umm... I think I would need rather a generous gin in order to swallow a herring 🤢
Take care folks. Keep positive and keep safe.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
and eating fantastic chips and mayo watching the fire-eaters in Dam Square are a blissful memory, and a Dutch friend’s Stampotten is legendary 😋
night night 🥱
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.