@Dovefromabove, I had some men who do the Town Council work to lower the height of the hedge and cut down a couple of Leylandii trees in the spring. The hedge hadn't been done for 3 years, been allowed to grow too high and too wide. It's still pretty tall, but reachable with a long handled cutter and a platform. It needs trimming 2 or 3 times a year to keep it under control. It does make a good barrier from the road though, but it's only a country road.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It's the new autumn schedules @AuntyRach - after nothing but repeats and silly game shows all summer they suddenly hit us with a plethora of good programmes. Means later bedtimes for us - watch one thing, watch the other thing on at the same time as it on +1. Strictly's back on - which livens up what was dire Saturdays. Melbourne should count itself lucky @Pat E - the poor residents of La Palma are fleeing for their lives! So envious of your Chelsea visit @chicky. I went a couple of times when I lived down there and it is amazing. Haven't been since they got the new 'tent'. And remember it being exhausting. Please post more pics when you get a chance so we can live vicariously through you! (And all the BBC progs about it too of course!). @Hostafan1 - even though it's a long drive for you each day, you have less drama at the moment - that has to be a good thing. Your soil for your new bed looks in very good heart @Nanny Beach - looking forward to pics in the spring! I think I can tell you are looking forward to visiting Devon @Dovefromabove! My viburnum tinus and old tree stump are coming out today and also a spirea as that may have HF but best take it out as a preventative. That's reading more like a visit to the dentist! Had a bit of a tidy round as eagle eyed tree surgeon will spot other problems (already seen a bit of canker on one of the apple trees). He's an organic gardener so I trust him implicitly.
The tree surgeons have just removed the dead branches on the Scots Pine by the drive. A couple had broken and have been threatening to fall for months, so we thought we’d better get them trimmed off while the guys were here. Looks very neat and tidy, but I don’t know what the crows are going to think. Still, there are plenty of other places nearby for them to sit and wait for their breakfast of nuts and suet pellets.
Saw the pics @chicky - thank you. @Ergates - wow! My tree surgeon has removed the honey fungus infected viburnum. We worked out it would have got into the garden from the row of lilacs that used to run at 90 degrees on the other side of the fence. That got removed one by one by my elderly neighbour who only recently told me it was due to honey fungus. The stump that had it in another part of the garden was mainly rotted but did have a bit of the dreaded. However, it appears not to have spread and the neighbouring shrubs get to stay. We think the tree may have come with HF from the nursery. But - more bad news. The apple tree with a bit of canker appears to be dying from the base upwards. Not honey fungus but a very bad graft so it hasn't thrived since I planted it a few years ago. Both it and the tree that died suddenly whose stump has now been removed came from the same nursery - one that Paul thinks was a disgrace and which have now gone out of business. I will take that out and another apple, from a more reputable nursery, has now been ordered. And Paul reminded me - it is pointless being envious of the Chelsea gardens as the time, energy and money thrown at them means that, from an ecological point of view they are a nightmare. But I can't help sighing at the visions of monardas, echinaceas, astrantias, veronicastrum and thalictrum still in flower at Chelsea but long gone in my garden. The dahlias are still blooming though (at least the ones that weren't eaten up by the snails).
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ last minute loading to do … we’ll be leaving in an hour …. take care of each other … special hugs to @punkdoc in hospital … see you soon @Hostafan1 🚗🏄🏼♀️🏖
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm just having a cuppa to make sure you get off on time. Love to you both. Have a lovely journey and I'll see you tomorrow. Love to @punkdoc and Moira too. X
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Melbourne should count itself lucky @Pat E - the poor residents of La Palma are fleeing for their lives!
So envious of your Chelsea visit @chicky. I went a couple of times when I lived down there and it is amazing. Haven't been since they got the new 'tent'. And remember it being exhausting. Please post more pics when you get a chance so we can live vicariously through you! (And all the BBC progs about it too of course!).
@Hostafan1 - even though it's a long drive for you each day, you have less drama at the moment - that has to be a good thing.
Your soil for your new bed looks in very good heart @Nanny Beach - looking forward to pics in the spring!
I think I can tell you are looking forward to visiting Devon @Dovefromabove!
My viburnum tinus and old tree stump are coming out today and also a spirea as that may have HF but best take it out as a preventative. That's reading more like a visit to the dentist! Had a bit of a tidy round as eagle eyed tree surgeon will spot other problems (already seen a bit of canker on one of the apple trees). He's an organic gardener so I trust him implicitly.
How can you tell @didyw? 🤪
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
For those interested in Chelsea I have posted some pics on the RHS shows thread …..
https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1056917/rhs-flower-shows-2021#latest
My tree surgeon has removed the honey fungus infected viburnum. We worked out it would have got into the garden from the row of lilacs that used to run at 90 degrees on the other side of the fence. That got removed one by one by my elderly neighbour who only recently told me it was due to honey fungus.
The stump that had it in another part of the garden was mainly rotted but did have a bit of the dreaded. However, it appears not to have spread and the neighbouring shrubs get to stay. We think the tree may have come with HF from the nursery.
But - more bad news. The apple tree with a bit of canker appears to be dying from the base upwards. Not honey fungus but a very bad graft so it hasn't thrived since I planted it a few years ago. Both it and the tree that died suddenly whose stump has now been removed came from the same nursery - one that Paul thinks was a disgrace and which have now gone out of business. I will take that out and another apple, from a more reputable nursery, has now been ordered.
And Paul reminded me - it is pointless being envious of the Chelsea gardens as the time, energy and money thrown at them means that, from an ecological point of view they are a nightmare. But I can't help sighing at the visions of monardas, echinaceas, astrantias, veronicastrum and thalictrum still in flower at Chelsea but long gone in my garden. The dahlias are still blooming though (at least the ones that weren't eaten up by the snails).
Hello Forkers.
A clear blue sky this morning and a tad cool, but ok.
last minute loading to do … we’ll be leaving in an hour …. take care of each other … special hugs to @punkdoc in hospital … see you soon @Hostafan1 🚗🏄🏼♀️🏖
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Love to you both. Have a lovely journey and I'll see you tomorrow.
Love to @punkdoc and Moira too. X