No matter how comfy the cottage is (and it is, very) there’s something special about waking up in our own bed on the first morning after a holiday 🥱
The view from our bed has changed … not only does there appear to have been an in continent seagull or pigeon sitting on the gutter and whitewashing the window (can’t be long before the window cleaner is due again) but our neighbour across the rise has had the top of his huge Robinia taken out.
He re-pollards it himself every autumn with one of those extending ratchet pruners and a pole saw (he’s getting on a bit now - a retired engineering lecturer at the UEA) but it’s still a huge bushy beast …. now it still has a lot of leafy ‘poles’ of this year’s growth around the sides of the crown … it’s rather the shape of a huge green leafy ring doughnut!
I wonder how it happened? Did he do it himself or did he get a tree man in? I’d have thought a tree man would’ve done the whole lot, not just taken the centre/top out. We’ll be able to see more when the leaves fall … but they’ve not started to change colour yet … 🍂
@Simone_in_Wiltshire 😊 that’s fascinating … I’ve only been to Germany a few times and mainly only quick visits when staying in Belgium or France, or passing through on our way to Italy. My OH has exhibited in Karlsruhe and Wilhelmshaven but I wasn’t able to get to those shows. However I have a longstanding friend on another forum who lives in Wuppertal and she tells us lots about that area. She and her IH were very lucky not to have been badly affected by the recent floods.
My OH’s late father had a long term penfriend who lived in Mittweide which I think is the roughly the area you’re talking about …. he and MIL visited there several times as soon as travel to the east became possible and they came to visit England too. I remember MIL saying how hospitable they and their neighbours were, and they were treated like VIPs in Mittweide when they visited. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning folks.rain and heavy wind has stopped, went to go out to the bins, recycling is taking over the conservatory after 3 days,and a couple of packages. I can't get to them,we have a big Sparmania in a pot it's blown over, between the conservatory and fence,I haven't got long enough arms to be reach the main stem. We went for a picnic a few weeks back, got to the Country park were walking to the sea,it's quite a long walk,there was water for the dogs,hubby drove home for it. Even better,must have been about 15 years ago,we were going to Madeira, Saturday morning. Friday I'm ironing,want to pack as late as possible so that the clothes aren't creased. Was going to work that night. Phone rang hubbies mate asking if he's there, said he was at work. Nope, he'd collapsed at work,taken to hospital, course no one thought to ring me! They were just about to close,wondered what to do about his tool box,keys and car which would have been locked in the pound. Turned out he had heat stroke.very hot day,plastic garage roof.. discharged,Dr said he was fit to fly. Got to the airport,I hadn't packed any clothes for me!!!
Torrential rain here too @punkdoc. Yippee! Much needed, but set to stay dry for th rest of the day and even get sunny again for our garden visit. Picnic packed after a battle getting the marmalade and walnut flapjacks out of the tin - all that hot butter and syrup turned to caramel and stuck the bottom to the side.
We have cool bags and a plug in cool box for our picnics and food transport @Ergates so no accidental binning.
Just grey here this morning after a very wet and windy afternoon yesterday. Sun due later, hurrah! I can't believe I'm complaining when a month ago I was very grumpy about the heat 😂
Dove, I feel we need a pic of this robinia, I can't picture a doughnut tree!
@CharlotteF … when I say doughnut, I’m envisaging it from a buzzard’s eye view above … all the thin leafy branches (not much thicker than a withy) radiating out from the trunk at the centre but no ‘crown’. Does that make sense? I can’t really post a photo 😆 … it’s right in front of his house! 😉
A doughnut tree does sound appealing tho’ 😋
Wheres @punkdoc this morning? Hope his rain has stopped. We had stair rods too yesterday early evening.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The Pasty went down very well. 🤪. Relaxing in front of the Tele now.
Our clocks went forward an hour last night. 😡 grrr. It really irritates me, but there’s not much I can do about it. It’s hard to judge when the washing will dry.
Ah, I see Dove! Sounds like it's been properly butchered 😬
It’s pollarded every year shoots out pretty quickly each spring so it’ll be fine again next summer … it’s just that the crown is now half the height that it was when we last looked at it ten days ago 😲
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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No matter how comfy the cottage is (and it is, very) there’s something special about waking up in our own bed on the first morning after a holiday 🥱
The view from our bed has changed … not only does there appear to have been an in continent seagull or pigeon sitting on the gutter and whitewashing the window (can’t be long before the window cleaner is due again) but our neighbour across the rise has had the top of his huge Robinia taken out.
I wonder how it happened? Did he do it himself or did he get a tree man in? I’d have thought a tree man would’ve done the whole lot, not just taken the centre/top out. We’ll be able to see more when the leaves fall … but they’ve not started to change colour yet … 🍂
@Simone_in_Wiltshire 😊 that’s fascinating … I’ve only been to Germany a few times and mainly only quick visits when staying in Belgium or France, or passing through on our way to Italy. My OH has exhibited in Karlsruhe and Wilhelmshaven but I wasn’t able to get to those shows. However I have a longstanding friend on another forum who lives in Wuppertal and she tells us lots about that area. She and her IH were very lucky not to have been badly affected by the recent floods.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Stormy weather. Humid, warming very windy. Still no rain.
Have a pleasant Sunday all.
We have cool bags and a plug in cool box for our picnics and food transport @Ergates so no accidental binning.
Good looking pasties @Pat E. Enjoy.
Dove, I feel we need a pic of this robinia, I can't picture a doughnut tree!
A doughnut tree does sound appealing tho’ 😋
Wheres @punkdoc this morning? Hope his rain has stopped. We had stair rods too yesterday early evening.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
it’s just that the crown is now half the height that it was when we last looked at it ten days ago 😲
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Tipping with rain and windy too at Son 1's.
Thank you @Simone_in_Wiltshire, that was interesting.