Morning all. This is our forth morning of thick fog, it doesn't look as if it is going to lift anytime soon and I have so much to do in the garden. Yesterday was spent trying to teach OH how to prune the roses and Salvias as this is a job that is getting more and more difficult for me, but I fear it is a lost cause, I guess it's case of if your not that interested then you don't remember! He loves to see a pretty garden but not do the fiddly bits to make it look that way, I should have put this on the other thread i think! Have a good day all whatever you are up and take care of those swollen fingers and hands.
Perfect blue skies here. The full moon was so bright it woke me at 5a.m. it was like a huge searchlight on the house which was casting a massive shadow over the garden behind. Must get out there and take advantage of this lovely weather.
@floralies .... when incapacitated (dodgy knee etc) I find it best to have a portable camping chair (the sort with a holder for a glass of wine or a mug of coffee) ... I sit and point with a tomato cane while the Under Gardener wields the shears/secateurs etc
Right, I've been online and booked a British Gas engineer for Thursday morning between 8 and 1 ... we still have heating and hot water so it's not an emergency so that's absolutely fine by us. The engineer will phone or text when he's on his way. Last time we had one he lived locally and when he'd finished he was able to pop up the rise to the school and join his wife meet his little one from school ... the first time he'd ever been able to do that ... his daughter looked beside herself with excitement as we saw them go past That was a couple of years back ... wonder if we'll get the same chap this time?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We heard it on Sunday and again today @Allotment Boy ... fascinating and a really interesting selection of records ... and if she's taking a pizza oven then we'll go and live on her island please 🏝 and it was certainly one in the eye for those naysayers who claim that Desert Island Discs doesn't feature real celebrities any more 😂
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all, Still feeling sick with a nasty headache after my jab yesterday. No more aches and pains than usual though. It's a lovely day here, so if I feel better later I'll get out into the garden.
The trouble is @Dovefromabove he doesn't remember what he did the last time - a year ago and doesn't remember the names of the plants except for the roses! I have just come in from a foggy garden, not very pleasant out there today, so a nice cup of coffee is on the go.
We've been for OH's Covid test this morning, just had the result, negative. He needs it for taking the ferry. If it weren't for Brexit he could have just stayed here, like I stayed in Norfolk for the lockdown last year. Then we could have gone back together when travelling was safer.
Was foggy, drizzly and colder this morning, better now.
A man came earlier this morning about cutting the Leylandii hedge back to controllable proportions, hope it won't be very expensive, he said about a day's work.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Headache has subsided after taking tablets so I've been out and sorted out the second bed for the raspberry canes and planted rose Chandos Beauty. Hopefully I'll be back to normal tomorrow as I have 10 bags of manure to spread across the borders.
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Have a good day all whatever you are up and take care of those swollen fingers and hands.
Right, I've been online and booked a British Gas engineer for Thursday morning between 8 and 1 ... we still have heating and hot water so it's not an emergency so that's absolutely fine by us. The engineer will phone or text when he's on his way. Last time we had one he lived locally and when he'd finished he was able to pop up the rise to the school and join his wife meet his little one from school ... the first time he'd ever been able to do that ... his daughter looked beside herself with excitement as we saw them go past
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We've been for OH's Covid test this morning, just had the result, negative. He needs it for taking the ferry. If it weren't for Brexit he could have just stayed here, like I stayed in Norfolk for the lockdown last year. Then we could have gone back together when travelling was safer.
Was foggy, drizzly and colder this morning, better now.
A man came earlier this morning about cutting the Leylandii hedge back to controllable proportions, hope it won't be very expensive, he said about a day's work.