Hi @dannyjlowe, with your fuchsia try the scratch test. Find a place that won't show too much and (gently) scratch the bark, if there is green underneath it's alive, if brown & dry it's probably dead, but it might be worth hanging on longer it may sprout from the base.
Spent the morning plumbing again, finally managed to get some 0 rings for the bathroom and shower room taps. They were both leaking from where the spout goes into the body of the tap. Last time I tried, neither of the shops I went to had the right size, this time the second one came up trumps. This seems to have become my main job after the Allotment & garden since I retired.
Up early to greet the guy coming to fix our downpipe. But the wind and the rain that has kept him away has kept me out of the garden as well. So I've spent a very pleasant couple hours reading lots of posts on here! OH busy rattling pots and pans in the kitchen, nice cup of tea and a sourdough sarnie with Baron Bigod cheese (which is lovely - local dairy; I can sometimes see the cows from my bedroom window). And if The Repair Shop is on this afternoon I shall be in heaven. (What ironing? Can't see any ironing!).
I'm so, so pleased. Just heard from son that both he and DIL had their jabs this morning. It appears that Bournemouth are now doing the 45-49 yr olds. That should mean that most of the parents in that area who have kids at secondary school will be protected. They're extremely lucky to have been done before the jabs slow down next month.
It dried up here about mid-day so have done a quick project which didn't involve too much bending. I had some left over trellis panels which I've wired to a lower panel at the back of our old garage - I wanted to raise the height to give a bit more shade when sat on the bench in front. I'm hoping the existing clematis will hide all the joins if it survives. It has got colder and more windy now so I'm in for a cuppa. Sirloin steak and chips for dinner tonight then GW to look forward to.
Went out to buy compost today and it felt really strange driving, realised it was only about the third time I had driven in the last 6 months. Garden centre was rammed, made me feel very uncomfortable.
Did anyone watch the cricket, totally extraordinary?
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
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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.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It dried up here about mid-day so have done a quick project which didn't involve too much bending. I had some left over trellis panels which I've wired to a lower panel at the back of our old garage - I wanted to raise the height to give a bit more shade when sat on the bench in front. I'm hoping the existing clematis will hide all the joins if it survives. It has got colder and more windy now so I'm in for a cuppa. Sirloin steak and chips for dinner tonight then GW to look forward to.
Garden centre was rammed, made me feel very uncomfortable.
Did anyone watch the cricket, totally extraordinary?
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56500210
Looks like Stokes might’ve been a big lucky ... but so often in cricket ‘fortune favours the brave’ 😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.