Well done on the new job @sam bevington .....when do you start?
Feeling more like myself this morning after an iffy day yesterday. Planning a day in the greenhouse sowing - some flower seeds, my tomatoes and cucumbers, and pricking out some seedlings that are already on the go. Happy Days 😀😀😀
Morning all, Happy Friday! Showery down here but ever hopeful they will pass. The sun is trying to break through as we speak but still lots of angry looking clouds about!
I have got some grape hyacinths poking their heads through in the borders so that has made me smile and my bleeding heart is poking its head through. I don't think it likes it where it is at the moment so if it isn't a great year for it I will be thinking about moving it for next year. We have a couple of self seeded fox gloves from last year that are waking up so will be great if they make a show.
Seedlings are poking their heads out of the trays, the tomatoes have flopped so a second sowing required.
Is now the right time to start off my dahlia tuba that I have wrapped up in the garage?
Morning all. Looking after the boys today so no gardening for me. @Dovefromabove@WonkyWomble glad the patient is doing ok. Raised bed coming tomorrow (I’ll believe it when I see it). Have a good day folks
Morning everyone, late on parade today, but it's grey and damp again here, so I am not in a rush to get going. @dovefromabove Glad to hear your son is doing ok let's hope this is the final fix to the problem.
Thanks @chicky. Start in a couple of weeks or straight after Easter which would suit as it's my birthday on 3rd. Give me a chance to show seeds and pot on all those plugs coming soon. Off to get the jab now🤢😒😒
Hello all! Good news about the job @sam bevington, I'm sure your son is being well looked after @Dovefromabove lets hope it is good news. We had rain overnight but it is dry now with a gusty wind. Promesse de Fleurs have said my plug plants are coming this weekend instead of April so now have to find the compost. Neighbours have a problem with their water supply and we have a fault on the phone line, technicien coming to look tomorrow or Monday.
@rholden_82, about your dahlia, you can start it off in a pot of compost now but when it has young shoots don't plant outside until the risk of frost is over. Slugs are very partial to dahlias so if you can keep it somewhere protected from them until it's a decent size plant all the better.
I've bought more compost. After lunch I'm going to clean out the old chicken shed, roof is a bit leaky but some is dry. Then I can put gardening stuff in it and make more room in the garage for the builders.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
We need more compost too @Busy-Lizzie and OH has taken the compost carrier to play golf. We can pop out when he gets back. Handy to have an old chicken shed for garden gear. We have a new sit-on mower due in the next week or two and are wondering where to house it now the barns have lost their roof. The old one is currently in the log store at the back of the house and it's open to the north so not ideal. No space in the garage once the cars are in.
Forgot to congratulate you on no 1 son's success.
I have been out to LIDL as they're supposed to have some Oz wine on offer, amongst any others, and also trolleys for rolling up hose pipes. Not at Luçon!
Still windy and showery here but warmer. I shall go and see the chooks and make sure they're not wreaking havoc in my dahlia pots then maybe some weeding after a compost hunt.
Hope son is doing well today @Dovefromabove and hugs to all others recovering from surgery, treatment or illness.
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Sunny now but showers are forecast. The weather forecast for the next week doesn't look as bad as it did a couple of days ago.
I'm going out to buy more compost. I'm hoping to cover another patch with cardboard and compost, when I've finished the shrub bed, to plant next year.
Feeling more like myself this morning after an iffy day yesterday. Planning a day in the greenhouse sowing - some flower seeds, my tomatoes and cucumbers, and pricking out some seedlings that are already on the go. Happy Days 😀😀😀
Happy Friday!
Showery down here but ever hopeful they will pass. The sun is trying to break through as we speak but still lots of angry looking clouds about!
I have got some grape hyacinths poking their heads through in the borders so that has made me smile and my bleeding heart is poking its head through. I don't think it likes it where it is at the moment so if it isn't a great year for it I will be thinking about moving it for next year. We have a couple of self seeded fox gloves from last year that are waking up so will be great if they make a show.
Seedlings are poking their heads out of the trays, the tomatoes have flopped so a second sowing required.
Is now the right time to start off my dahlia tuba that I have wrapped up in the garage?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We had rain overnight but it is dry now with a gusty wind. Promesse de Fleurs have said my plug plants are coming this weekend instead of April so now have to find the compost. Neighbours have a problem with their water supply and we have a fault on the phone line, technicien coming to look tomorrow or Monday.
I've bought more compost.
After lunch I'm going to clean out the old chicken shed, roof is a bit leaky but some is dry. Then I can put gardening stuff in it and make more room in the garage for the builders.
Forgot to congratulate you on no 1 son's success.
I have been out to LIDL as they're supposed to have some Oz wine on offer, amongst any others, and also trolleys for rolling up hose pipes. Not at Luçon!
Still windy and showery here but warmer. I shall go and see the chooks and make sure they're not wreaking havoc in my dahlia pots then maybe some weeding after a compost hunt.
Hope son is doing well today @Dovefromabove and hugs to all others recovering from surgery, treatment or illness.