Glad you have a furry friend or two to keep you company @Pat E. Given a choice I have always preferred dogs but life lately has dictated owning cats as they are more convenient to my busy working lifestyle. I have been pleasantly surprised how loving and comforting they are.
Gardening this morning for me, I am slowly getting my new bed planted up. Hard work as I am adding compost and then topsoil as I go, large overgrown shrubs and a gigantic climbing rose that have been removed had taken their toll on the soil. Looking forward to seeing the changes, but I know this year it won't be that great.
Later I have to get scrubbed up and go to a committee meeting, it's a tourist board initiated group, they are trying to stay positive and come up with ideas how to make the most of our obvious lack of tourists. Then early evening I have to deliver a fish and chip supper to an elderly housebound couple. Far too long to be away from the garden at this moment in time.
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Morning all ... sounds like hard work @D0rdogne_Damsel...and we seem to have opposite weather to you @tuikowhai34 ....sun was out this morning just long enough while i put my bin out.. now seems to have disappeared again. Tea and toast beckons
Morning all, the sun is just poking it's nose through the mist here. I have collared OH to dig up a large shrubby aster plant divide it and plant again i know not where! I have a buddleia "Miss Ruby" that has now outgrown the container it was in to plant in it's place. Our address has been given a road name and house number, drat now we have to inform loads of businesses etc, lots of fun not. Our neighbour's cat spends quite alot of time with us @Pat E especially when they are out for the day and it's raining! It's rather nice not having the food and vet bills. The washing is ready to go outside now so best do that next. Have a good day everyone.
Another bad night here. Why does the stupid knee start to throb when I lie down to sleep? Twinges all day now and the odd hurty but not this constant throbbing. And when I do finally drop off I get a cuddly cat seeking warmth as we're going down to zero in the coldest part of the night. Never had that in March in the previous 4 winters here.
The sun is finally peering through the clouds and I've realised I need some proper potting compost, not just seed stuff, and it's too late to get there before lunchtime closing so that's me and OH busy after lunch doing a raid. Trailing fuchsias and the 3 citrus plants all need potting on and some fuchsia cuttings taken too.
Plenty of half-term tourists here at the coast @D0rdogne_Damsel and the locals are complaining about the sea fronts being so crowded they're not comfy going for their usual walks in places like Les Sables d'Olonne. Not such a problem on the undeveloped beaches we got to for walkies. Still no cafés, bars, restaurants, tourist sites, museums, etc open so they're all second homers or gîte and chalet renters just for a change of scene and sharing their bugs with the locals.
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)."
Morning all! Struggling with my hands the past couple of days but that's from them actually getting some use now so just going to ignore it today and get on with things. I've got to go and spray my poor senecio angel wings (this is how it looked the other day and now it's worse again) down as it's still covered in little black things and then I might pop it in another pot with some new compost in the hope of keeping them away then I'm going to give all the new pots a wash down (found them on freecycle) then possibly start some digging up the top of the garden depending on how my hands are feeling. Keep reading the weather is going to get bad soon so want to be outside while I can!
Hi all, I'm very excited today as we had a builder come last night to do a quote for a combi shed/greenhouse. I was expecting it top be quite a big job but his exact words were "that's nice and easy, nice little weekend job"!
I was so pleased, just awaiting the quote as he is getting a price for the glass but they are hopeful that it can be done quickly so in April it could all be complete!!! How exciting!!
I am starting off seeds this weekend too so lots to look forward to. All seems rather hopeful doesn't it (if a bit nippy out there!)
That sounds like a good excuse to play @rholden_82.
It is perishing outside here. OH and I have been to stock up on composts as some are on offer in France Rurale so a bag for the citrus plants that need potting on, 5 bags for the fuchsias that need potting on and to start the dahlias and some other stuff for mulching the new veggie bed OH is going to mark out. Also bought some beetroot plugs and a baby rhubarb and some fat blocks with insects for the birds and some tubing and insect netting to keep both chooks and butterflies off the new veggies.
By the time we got that lot all home and unloaded the wind had turned round to the north and feels freezing and very unpleasant so not going out to play after all. Going to mess about with a Roman blind instead. Brrr! March is usually t-shirt weather, not jumpers and jackets.
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)."
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Glad you have a furry friend or two to keep you company @Pat E. Given a choice I have always preferred dogs but life lately has dictated owning cats as they are more convenient to my busy working lifestyle. I have been pleasantly surprised how loving and comforting they are.
Gardening this morning for me, I am slowly getting my new bed planted up. Hard work as I am adding compost and then topsoil as I go, large overgrown shrubs and a gigantic climbing rose that have been removed had taken their toll on the soil. Looking forward to seeing the changes, but I know this year it won't be that great.
Later I have to get scrubbed up and go to a committee meeting, it's a tourist board initiated group, they are trying to stay positive and come up with ideas how to make the most of our obvious lack of tourists. Then early evening I have to deliver a fish and chip supper to an elderly housebound couple. Far too long to be away from the garden at this moment in time.
Our address has been given a road name and house number, drat now we have to inform loads of businesses etc, lots of fun not.
Our neighbour's cat spends quite alot of time with us @Pat E especially when they are out for the day and it's raining! It's rather nice not having the food and vet bills.
The washing is ready to go outside now so best do that next. Have a good day everyone.
The sun is finally peering through the clouds and I've realised I need some proper potting compost, not just seed stuff, and it's too late to get there before lunchtime closing so that's me and OH busy after lunch doing a raid. Trailing fuchsias and the 3 citrus plants all need potting on and some fuchsia cuttings taken too.
Plenty of half-term tourists here at the coast @D0rdogne_Damsel and the locals are complaining about the sea fronts being so crowded they're not comfy going for their usual walks in places like Les Sables d'Olonne. Not such a problem on the undeveloped beaches we got to for walkies. Still no cafés, bars, restaurants, tourist sites, museums, etc open so they're all second homers or gîte and chalet renters just for a change of scene and sharing their bugs with the locals.
I'm very excited today as we had a builder come last night to do a quote for a combi shed/greenhouse. I was expecting it top be quite a big job but his exact words were "that's nice and easy, nice little weekend job"!
I was so pleased, just awaiting the quote as he is getting a price for the glass but they are hopeful that it can be done quickly so in April it could all be complete!!! How exciting!!
I am starting off seeds this weekend too so lots to look forward to. All seems rather hopeful doesn't it (if a bit nippy out there!)
It is perishing outside here. OH and I have been to stock up on composts as some are on offer in France Rurale so a bag for the citrus plants that need potting on, 5 bags for the fuchsias that need potting on and to start the dahlias and some other stuff for mulching the new veggie bed OH is going to mark out. Also bought some beetroot plugs and a baby rhubarb and some fat blocks with insects for the birds and some tubing and insect netting to keep both chooks and butterflies off the new veggies.
By the time we got that lot all home and unloaded the wind had turned round to the north and feels freezing and very unpleasant so not going out to play after all. Going to mess about with a Roman blind instead. Brrr! March is usually t-shirt weather, not jumpers and jackets.