Afternoon folks, glad you had a good journey over @Busy-Lizzie, guess you'll be nearly home by now unless the M25 is as horrendous as usual. OH will be pleased to see you back.
We just have noisy pigeons rather than ducks Punkdoc, but those look a lot prettier.
@Allotment Boy, Compton Acres would be a lot nearer to Christchurch, has more to see (but lots of steps/narrow paths on a hillside, beautiful Japanese garden, smashing cafe and a small nursery) so well worth a visit. If not now, then next time.
Although it's dull, it's warmer out than in, so after doing yet more washing I decided I had to prune back the cornus as it's sprouting quickly. I hate cutting off all the nice red stems and new growth but it was so much better over the winter, I steeled myself to get cracking. Then I needed a quick sit down. Might go back outside and do another half an hour tidying up, we really need to plant the second earlies within days.
My sympathies about the sinusitis @Dovefromabove, mine's a legacy from covid I think but getting better. I find a hayfever tablet helps.
It's not me who mentioned having sinusitis @Lizzie27, it was @tui34 .... I am a bit congested tho', but don't think it's infected ... just snotty. Hope Tui is feeling better soon.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you @Dovefromabove I took a paracetemol at breakfast. It dulls the headache. I have prepared all my bits and pieces of paper for my tax declaration which we need to do online. Then I had a long rest after which I decided to sand down the next shutter (OH unhinges them and take off the hinges). Why is it when we rest, we think about what needs to be done? Then I walked the dog - not too long and on coming back decided to give the sanded down shutter a first coat of paint! So much for a sofa day!!
Been warm and mostly sunny but it has clouded over in the last couple of hours and we've had thunder but no visible lightning or rain which is all happening to the west.
OH has emptied all the remaining pots of treasures out of the polytunnel so he can weed the left hand bed, install beams to hold back the soil and then level it. Scruffy and Bess helped. Now it's ready for me to set up the twirly metal supports for the rest of the tomatoes and then wind round the seep hose ready for planting them.
Meanwhile I organised all said pots plus all the others in the veggie plot into a "nursery" on the part that's still covered in black plastic so I can water them all at once but leisurely fashion with the sprinkler. Got so hot I've had to change intoa strappy top and shorts. Very fetching with wellies.
Hope all sinussy and other health problems clear up soon. Lovely ducks @punkdoc. we don't get any here but I have finally heard my first cuckoo. OH says they've been around about 10 days but I've only heard the coo coo of doves.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Hi folks, Had a busy day today, a bit of housework this morning followed by a trip to Merry Hill to pay in a cheque and pick up a few T shirts from M&S. Nothing else planned, still a bit tired but much better since the antibiotics kicked in. Hope everyone is OK.
Sorry @tui34, got my posters mixed! Hope you feel better soon.
I've not only chopped the cornus back but stripped the winter covering off the middle raised veg bed, lightly forked it over and planted the 2nd earlies 'Kestrel'. Then I threw 2 bags of manure over the top. That will have to do this year as it's usually OH who does the heavy gardening but can't this year. The tatties will have to sink or swim. It got quite warm here Obelixx but I kept my jumper on.
I am back in Norfolk. Journey was longer than Tom Tom said, queues at the Dartford Tunnel, followed a tractor for miles and Tunbridge Wells was full of roadworks and traffic lights. So good to have a cuddle from OH.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Easter hols trip with sis, niece and woof to Painswick Rococo Gardens today. All the Spring favourites like Daffodils, Tulips and Hellebores were out. There was an Easter Trail to keep the little people entertained and we “did” the maze! Zoom in to see a beekeeper.
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We just have noisy pigeons rather than ducks Punkdoc, but those look a lot prettier.
@Allotment Boy, Compton Acres would be a lot nearer to Christchurch, has more to see (but lots of steps/narrow paths on a hillside, beautiful Japanese garden, smashing cafe and a small nursery) so well worth a visit. If not now, then next time.
Although it's dull, it's warmer out than in, so after doing yet more washing I decided I had to prune back the cornus as it's sprouting quickly. I hate cutting off all the nice red stems and new growth but it was so much better over the winter, I steeled myself to get cracking. Then I needed a quick sit down. Might go back outside and do another half an hour tidying up, we really need to plant the second earlies within days.
My sympathies about the sinusitis @Dovefromabove, mine's a legacy from covid I think but getting better. I find a hayfever tablet helps.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
OH has emptied all the remaining pots of treasures out of the polytunnel so he can weed the left hand bed, install beams to hold back the soil and then level it. Scruffy and Bess helped. Now it's ready for me to set up the twirly metal supports for the rest of the tomatoes and then wind round the seep hose ready for planting them.
Meanwhile I organised all said pots plus all the others in the veggie plot into a "nursery" on the part that's still covered in black plastic so I can water them all at once but leisurely fashion with the sprinkler. Got so hot I've had to change intoa strappy top and shorts. Very fetching with wellies.
Hope all sinussy and other health problems clear up soon. Lovely ducks @punkdoc. we don't get any here but I have finally heard my first cuckoo. OH says they've been around about 10 days but I've only heard the coo coo of doves.
Nothing else planned, still a bit tired but much better since the antibiotics kicked in. Hope everyone is OK.
I've not only chopped the cornus back but stripped the winter covering off the middle raised veg bed, lightly forked it over and planted the 2nd earlies 'Kestrel'. Then I threw 2 bags of manure over the top. That will have to do this year as it's usually OH who does the heavy gardening but can't this year. The tatties will have to sink or swim. It got quite warm here Obelixx but I kept my jumper on.
Evergreen agapanthus are out of the tunnel. Summer is coming