Evening folks. Everybody seems to have been very busy. I"ve had a lovely day out at a big GC with a friend - very busy but well organised with a coffee shop outside (but nowhere to sit of course) and a one way system inside. Spent over 2 hours there! Slightly annoyed that the special offer on Patio Magic had been sold out but I expect I can get it elsewhere. Resisted all the plants as I'm trying to simplify my borders but my friend had two trollies full of stuff. Shame I missed a nice sunny day in the garden again but friends are more important.
Plan B for me this pm. Was planning to weed in the rose beds but ended up helping OH move large beams from barn disaster to potager - seriously heavy despite not being the biggest so we need bodies or machines for the rest. It was cold and windy so I then ended up potting up all the dahlia tubers that have been over wintering in the PT.
I took a couple of rose cuttings last year and put them in the PT too. One has grown into a bonny wee plant with a good root system but the chooks have dug out the label so who knows which it will be.
Ouch @Allotment Boy, I hope it heals better than Hostafan's.
After the TV man went it was a little too early for lunch so I went to the SM, Leclerc for a food shop.
The Leclerc here has a separate garden supplies shop next door. I bought a load more compost and bark chippings and a hose pipe. I only took one from the old place, wish I'd taken a couple more.
Came home for a late lunch and P rang wanting to see his donkey. He has to ring as the electric gate needs opening. I'd meant to get on with the new shrub bed, edging it and putting on cardboard and compost. He talked and talked. He was very interested in what I'm doing to the garden, he used to work in a plant nursery. When he went I got on with the shrub bed, just over half done, but I'm running out of compost again. I've covered over half the new shrub bed with cardboard, then compost then bark chips. Stiff cardboard is not very easy to manage. I've watered it to soften it up.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Thanks for the offer @Obelixx, I've managed to get the diagram online. I'm trying to find appropriate wood, watch this space....😊
Good day in the garden today, starting to feel I'm getting where I need to be, as in I can sit in several spots now and not feel an overwhelmingly need to 'fix' something.... My new bench seat has arrived too, despite only being a Tuesday I christened it with a sherry. 😁
Good news regarding the vaccine too, my doctor says as long as his expected delivery arrives Monday I can have the jab next week. I didn't expect that. 😁
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
😨🤕⚠️ Well, having read back here and elsewhere, and given my propensity for injuring myself at the beginning of the gardening season, it’s just as well I’m spending a lot of time on the sofa knitting woolly hats ... I have done a bit of sorting out and shuffling of pots, and taken some cuttings and made some plans ... taken delivery of the veg seeds and ordered some flower seeds ... and knitted another hat ... this one’s a blue balaclava.
Now it’s time for Book at Bedtime ... Kazuo Ishiguro this week ... so good night all ... sleep tight 😴
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lots done outside in the last few days; to do lists are getting longer! Rockery nearly finished...as a novice gardener , I have appreciated the concept of evergreen shrubs;, structure and form. Two acres is s lot, so borders are greedy. At last I've made a stock list of what I've got/coming. Just realised I must of had fat fingers on the clicks, got 58 aqualegias plugs arriving end of March and just totted up the number of pots I'll need for my other treats, perennial plugs - 380 pots!! I need treatment for plant addiction/feeling sorry for myself. Have second interview with Wolverhampton Uni on Thursday to stop me, hopefully.....
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I"ve had a lovely day out at a big GC with a friend - very busy but well organised with a coffee shop outside (but nowhere to sit of course) and a one way system inside. Spent over 2 hours there! Slightly annoyed that the special offer on Patio Magic had been sold out but I expect I can get it elsewhere. Resisted all the plants as I'm trying to simplify my borders but my friend had two trollies full of stuff. Shame I missed a nice sunny day in the garden again but friends are more important.
I took a couple of rose cuttings last year and put them in the PT too. One has grown into a bonny wee plant with a good root system but the chooks have dug out the label so who knows which it will be.
@Allotment Boy - hope it's clean and not too painful.
After the TV man went it was a little too early for lunch so I went to the SM, Leclerc for a food shop.
The Leclerc here has a separate garden supplies shop next door. I bought a load more compost and bark chippings and a hose pipe. I only took one from the old place, wish I'd taken a couple more.
Came home for a late lunch and P rang wanting to see his donkey. He has to ring as the electric gate needs opening. I'd meant to get on with the new shrub bed, edging it and putting on cardboard and compost. He talked and talked. He was very interested in what I'm doing to the garden, he used to work in a plant nursery. When he went I got on with the shrub bed, just over half done, but I'm running out of compost again. I've covered over half the new shrub bed with cardboard, then compost then bark chips. Stiff cardboard is not very easy to manage. I've watered it to soften it up.
Good day in the garden today, starting to feel I'm getting where I need to be, as in I can sit in several spots now and not feel an overwhelmingly need to 'fix' something.... My new bench seat has arrived too, despite only being a Tuesday I christened it with a sherry. 😁
Good news regarding the vaccine too, my doctor says as long as his expected delivery arrives Monday I can have the jab next week. I didn't expect that. 😁
I did a bit in the garden but it was chilly once it clouded over so didn’t stay out for long after that. Great to hear what you are all up too.
By the way... this forum is like the shift report in A&E lately! 😂
Night all.
Well, having read back here and elsewhere, and given my propensity for injuring myself at the beginning of the gardening season, it’s just as well I’m spending a lot of time on the sofa knitting woolly hats ... I have done a bit of sorting out and shuffling of pots, and taken some cuttings and made some plans ... taken delivery of the veg seeds and ordered some flower seeds ... and knitted another hat ... this one’s a blue balaclava.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.