It’s taken me quite a while to discover my absolute favourite single malt @punkdoc ... for years I drank Laphroaig with Pa ... but when I discovered Bowmore it was like coming home. I’ve not tried the Darkest ... one day ... I live in hope 🥃
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning everyone. Overcast morning here with a promise of rain later, so not doing much. (My usual thing lately). Missing having cat company, but I’ve poppy seedlings to plant out somewhere. Hubby was given some for me a couple of days ago. Might settle for a tub to start with and see how they go.
We’ve been out the back cutting more wood. I’ve a feeling that there might be a bit of rain moving closer. Clouds grey and low. 👏
When we got back to the house, we were both hungry, so left-over pickled pork sandwiches with my home-made pickled green tomatoes. And of course, a nice hot cuppa. 😜. Time to flop now.
Planting with animal helpers is a joy, not. I often feel like Monty when pottering about with my Cocker Spaniels and Labradors in tow. However the afternoon planting went t*** up....18 Aqualegias bare root goodies gratefully received from Hayloft; bagged up in threes labelled A to F. Placed the half opened bags in the dogs' paddling pool to soak for an hour. Went inside for a cuppa and opened a new pack of plant markers with a lovely sharp pencil to label up. Half way through the task went indoors for a Jimmy Riddle - naughty puppy Tula2 had scattered the remaining markers everywhere, the pencil was gone ..Argg!! Continued my planting ...retrieved bag D ...empty!! Tula2 strikes again, where the 3 Barlows are is a mystery maybe solved on poop patrol!! Dogs - who'd have 'em ? 🐕🐶🐕
Oh dear @sam bevington how very frustrating. I bet they looked up at you so innocently too.
After all the hard labour of prepping a flowerbed yesterday I get to do the pretty bit and plant it up today. Actually it is a downsizing of a flowerbed and I am making it more of a shrubbery than a flowerbed and 3/4s of it will be grassed over for ease of management. I am moving lots of stuff around but I do have new hostas arriving tomorrow to finish it off with.
I wish I had kept more of the mulch from the tree lopping now too, it looks so good where I have put it and now I have realised it would have worked well in other places too.
Off to school now, catch you all later.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The poppies are reputed to be opium poppies.hmmm! We’ll see.
When we got back to the house, we were both hungry, so left-over pickled pork sandwiches with my home-made pickled green tomatoes. And of course, a nice hot cuppa. 😜. Time to flop now.
Lovely photo @PPat E"
Oh dear @sam bevington how very frustrating. I bet they looked up at you so innocently too.
After all the hard labour of prepping a flowerbed yesterday I get to do the pretty bit and plant it up today.
I wish I had kept more of the mulch from the tree lopping now too, it looks so good where I have put it and now I have realised it would have worked well in other places too.
Off to school now, catch you all later.