Hope all goes well @Hostafan1 😊 Up early here too ... well, earlier than of late ... OH is back to work in the shop today ... the house and studio will seem empty after having company every day for all this time. He has homemade minestrone for his lunch flask.
We have bright sunshine but it’s been cold overnight ... there’s a sprinkling of frozen snow on the garage roof which is on the north side of the house.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sounds like a big project @SamBevington, I am doing a much smaller thing with a flowerbed, the graph paper/list etc. has worked well so far, despite being a bit daunting to start with. I would imaging the glads would need quite a deep pot and staking of course. I have lots of stuff in pots, very impatient to get them in the ground, but holding off because of the chance of frost, another month yet here I think. I did have mice or something eating their way through some the other night, so keep an eye out for that with all those pots.
Weeding today, all the little annual weeds are sneaking in, time to get the hoe out. Tricky when there are still so many plants hiding beneath the surface, don't want to kill anything before they even get going. Might split some large clumps of daffodils too, spread them around a bit ready for next year, plants for free as it were.
Charlie home schooling now for a month, he is a bit upset about it, he loves school so much and he's worried he won't be given enough work. He interacts a lot with the teachers and other students (probably drives the teachers mad with all his questions) and this is what he will miss most. We are going to go on bike rides (10k limit). I think the exercise and fresh air will do us good but also fill some time in his day. He's working out a circular route that means we're never more than 10k away from home but get some distance in. At least the weather is better at this time of the year.
He is also very excited this morning because his first monthly allowance from me arrived in his bank account. He has been checking the balance everyday, the bank manager warned him about fraud and he has been extremely vigilant, well at 7am this morning after he checked his balance he woke me to tell me it had arrived. He has been calculating how much he will have if he saved all of his allowance for a year along with his 'earnings' from his gardening job, he doesn't plan on spending very much it seems. We'll see how long this lasts.
Anyway, time to get dressed and out there, have a good day all.
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Yes, DD. I was hoping to get started over Easter but need to hire a mini digger and dumper and wasn't ready to book them. Need to relocate the chickens 🐔. The area is 50% chicken pen (bare soil ) and 50% overgrown parterre with box hedges that will be ripped out. The plan is for 50% lawn, 25 pond and 25 beds. Hence all the plants in the GHs, used 30cm deep pots for glads. Hope to get the digging/ripping out done in May now 🙏
Ouch @Pat E rest and make sure there is someone to take care of you x Sorry to hear your Mum's had another fall @punkdoc, I hope she feels better soon x Morning everyone, very chilly but bright here, have a good day all.
Sorry to hear that @punkdoc. @Pat E for goodness sake, that looks nasty
Hope you find some company in the quiet, Dove.
Snow on the ground here @Hostafan1. Not much, just a dusting. It's cold but less windy today so actually not too bad out there - just been to get a jam jar of flowers. Hope the hospital appointment goes OK.
@sam bevington yes I've got glads in pots pending the bed being ready. Not tried it before but they look happy enough. These are the small type. I've got a few of the big showy ones which I heeled in in a veg bed because I didn't think they'd cope in a pot. Just as well, as they're still there 3 years later. Work gets in the way of the big projects.
Belated Happy Birthday to Wonky Womble - sorry I missed the party.
Hope you can enjoy have Charlie at home, DD, even if he's not so keen.
Hope everyone has a good week and can someone bubble wrap PatE to keep her safe?
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Hope all goes well @Hostafan1 😊
Up early here too ... well, earlier than of late ... OH is back to work in the shop today ... the house and studio will seem
empty after having company every day for all this time. He has homemade minestrone for his lunch flask.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Cooler here today, frost tonight apparently.
Sounds like a big project @SamBevington, I am doing a much smaller thing with a flowerbed, the graph paper/list etc. has worked well so far, despite being a bit daunting to start with. I would imaging the glads would need quite a deep pot and staking of course. I have lots of stuff in pots, very impatient to get them in the ground, but holding off because of the chance of frost, another month yet here I think. I did have mice or something eating their way through some the other night, so keep an eye out for that with all those pots.
Weeding today, all the little annual weeds are sneaking in, time to get the hoe out. Tricky when there are still so many plants hiding beneath the surface, don't want to kill anything before they even get going. Might split some large clumps of daffodils too, spread them around a bit ready for next year, plants for free as it were.
Charlie home schooling now for a month, he is a bit upset about it, he loves school so much and he's worried he won't be given enough work. He interacts a lot with the teachers and other students (probably drives the teachers mad with all his questions) and this is what he will miss most. We are going to go on bike rides (10k limit). I think the exercise and fresh air will do us good but also fill some time in his day. He's working out a circular route that means we're never more than 10k away from home but get some distance in. At least the weather is better at this time of the year.
He is also very excited this morning because his first monthly allowance from me arrived in his bank account. He has been checking the balance everyday, the bank manager warned him about fraud and he has been extremely vigilant, well at 7am this morning after he checked his balance he woke me to tell me it had arrived. He has been calculating how much he will have if he saved all of his allowance for a year along with his 'earnings' from his gardening job, he doesn't plan on spending very much it seems. We'll see how long this lasts.
Anyway, time to get dressed and out there, have a good day all.
Hopefully no typing/auto correct gaffs today!!
Have a good gardening day everyone.
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Mum was admitted to hospital again yesterday after another fall, don't know when this nightmare is going to end.
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Sorry to hear your Mum's had another fall @punkdoc, I hope she feels better soon x
Morning everyone, very chilly but bright here, have a good day all.
@Pat E
Hope you find some company in the quiet, Dove.
Snow on the ground here @Hostafan1. Not much, just a dusting. It's cold but less windy today so actually not too bad out there - just been to get a jam jar of flowers. Hope the hospital appointment goes OK.
@sam bevington yes I've got glads in pots pending the bed being ready. Not tried it before but they look happy enough. These are the small type. I've got a few of the big showy ones which I heeled in in a veg bed because I didn't think they'd cope in a pot. Just as well, as they're still there 3 years later. Work gets in the way of the big projects.
Belated Happy Birthday to Wonky Womble - sorry I missed the party.
Hope you can enjoy have Charlie at home, DD, even if he's not so keen.
Hope everyone has a good week and can someone bubble wrap PatE to keep her safe?
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”