Gorgeous @chicky. There was a managed beech wood near our old home in Belgium that had just such a carpet of blue in spring - started with wood anemones followed by wild little daffs then bluebells then bracken and blackberries. Fab.
Bluebells were beautiful.....here’s a pic for you @Busy-Lizzie
Our lily of the valley is actually a bit invasive here @didyw but it’s an invasion I put up with because of their gorgeous scent 🌸
That is beautiful, chicky, thank you. It isn't something you see in Dordogne but there was a bluebell wood near my daughter when she lived in northern France.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
We’re home after a lovely visit to MIL ... OH’s sisters popped over to see us as well. Now we’re collapsing on the sofa with a picnic of the food were were sent home with .., im sure she thinks I don’t feed him 😂Â
Hope you’ve all had a lovely day and plenty of rain .., we’ve only had a little ... the Norfolk farmers were irrigating wheat fields 😲 and the fens were like a dustbowl where tractors were working 😢Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's a gorgeous sight @Chicky. We're hoping to see something similar when we go to Oxfordshire tomorrow. Unfortunately there's nowhere to park and take a photo, probably why it remains pristine. I've been going past the same wood all my life on the way up to visit my grandparents. Glad you enjoyed your day Dove, I'm not surprised you're both exhausted, that's a fair old distance.
Some sunshine with a few showers today. More weeding done and more seedling compost purchased for more seeds and potting on. Bought a lovely Heuchera ‘Green Spice’, so just need to decide whether to pop it in the shady border, or semi-shade by the pond...
Ooh, thank you @Dovefromabove - we may well go for a run out to Foxley Wood! Glad you enjoyed your visit to your MIL. I still miss mine - she was a lovely lady.
Hosta, good old granny is actually quite young, and I became a granny at 42,insisted I was called "nanny",too old to be a granny. The postman here wear shorts all year round!
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We’re home after a lovely visit to MIL ... OH’s sisters popped over to see us as well. Now we’re collapsing on the sofa with a picnic of the food were were sent home with .., im sure she thinks I don’t feed him 😂Â
Hope you’ve all had a lovely day and plenty of rain .., we’ve only had a little ... the Norfolk farmers were irrigating wheat fields 😲 and the fens were like a dustbowl where tractors were working 😢Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad you enjoyed your day Dove, I'm not surprised you're both exhausted, that's a fair old distance.
Some sunshine with a few showers today. More weeding done and more seedling compost purchased for more seeds and potting on. Bought a lovely Heuchera ‘Green Spice’, so just need to decide whether to pop it in the shady border, or semi-shade by the pond...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.