Yesterday was windy here, also bin day. Lots of bins overturned and contents spilled all over the road and also blown into our front gardens. I had to spend quite some time bagging all the plastic bottles and paper from in between my flower pots and depositing them in the blue bin. I have finished pruning all my roses and tying up all the climbing ones; took time off from work to do this. When is the right time to give the spring feed? Now or early March when the buds open? Usually I give the roses a handful of BFB; this year I am planning to add some farmyard manure too.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
I've escaped any damage from Dudley apart from trashing my earliest daffs which was quite a relief to find as my office block was getting battered on Wed. It's chucking it down now (snow was forecast) so I assume this is now Eunice (?).
I didn't know Beales brought out a catalogue every year so for fun I just had the old one delivered, see if there's anything I missed😊 Something to do on the weekend instead of watching my fence waving around😬
Beales used to do an extensive catalogue at one time, always a regular feature chez moi in those days.. I haven't had one in a long while though..
.. I wonder if somebody got rapped over the knuckles for releasing 'Elizabeth' a tad too soon.. I don't suppose many noticed, except for the most eagle eyed on 'ere, of which there seem to be quite a few..
Well it stopped raining, and even though the wind has got up we went out and planted the two Twice in a Blue Moon. Now just to see if they like their positions. 🙂
Well I hope everyone is ok out there, dreadful day.. we had upto 80 mph winds at midday and most of the afternoon.. just easing off a touch.. Nerves frayed... I've noticed some of the trees leafing out ever so early..
I just logged in to see how everyone was doing in the storm in the south. We seem to have had a reprieve up here or else it passed over very early. A bit gusty but no worse than it has been for the last 3 storms. Hope everyone is ok.
All ok here, we had really packed things away. The neighbours have branches down and some damage, it was wild for a while, the windows really flexed. Trees down on our road. Hope everyone, their things and their roses are fine.
This made me smile, I knew it was going to be small but this... a 9cm pot, Rosa Cutie Pie (Easy does It behind).
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I have finished pruning all my roses and tying up all the climbing ones; took time off from work to do this. When is the right time to give the spring feed? Now or early March when the buds open? Usually I give the roses a handful of BFB; this year I am planning to add some farmyard manure too.
"Edinburgh" - silly phone, won't let me go back and correct it now!
I didn't know Beales brought out a catalogue every year so for fun I just had the old one delivered, see if there's anything I missed😊 Something to do on the weekend instead of watching my fence waving around😬
.. I wonder if somebody got rapped over the knuckles for releasing 'Elizabeth' a tad too soon.. I don't suppose many noticed, except for the most eagle eyed on 'ere, of which there seem to be quite a few..
Nerves frayed... I've noticed some of the trees leafing out ever so early..
Hope everyone is ok.