@didyw that looks brilliant! So glad the weather was kind to you It was much drier than I expected here too, and given that the Under Gardener is back to work tomorrow and our friend arrives Thursday I just had to grab every moment he was available to do the garden 'stuff' that's difficult to do on my own. I've been to Beth Chatto's several times waaaaay back ... and @WonkyWomble and I went together in 2019? and I bought several plants back with me😱😎 ... but OH has never been .... we shall remedy that ... it's only just over 50 miles from here.
Pah, did I say we had heavy rain before bedtime last night? Well it did nothing, on plots this morning to put out Dahlias & Chrysanthemums, it was dry as a bone. 😡 Hope everything works out @Nanny Beach
Great picture, @didyw , looks really impressive. Hope everything improves, @Nanny Beach Spent the morning in the loft, tracking cables for OH. Horrid up there, low headroom, gaps in the walkway boarding, and loads of spiders. Now resting with a cup of coffee, and hoping my back won’t take long to recover. The sun has just come out, but it’s been drizzling all morning.
Hoping for the best for you @Nanny Beach had rain here off and on through yesterday and last night ( and drizzle today ) - definitely an uptick in my slug/snail count, and definitely a growth spurt for some things. Event looks great and super-well attended @didyw
I think i might have got a new type of Meconopsis. I grow 3 types form seed Hensol violet, Lingholm and Grandis, but this year i have one already flowering, a month early for me, which looks different from the others.
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I think i might have got a new type of Meconopsis. I grow 3 types form seed Hensol violet, Lingholm and Grandis, but this year i have one already flowering, a month early for me, which looks different from the others.
Well Mr Frog did not eat all the slugs last night…Hollyhocks severely munched 🤬 so wool around the base did not work. I have dug up the Hollyhocks and potted and they are in plant intensive care. Plus I pulled my back bending to dig them so double drat.
Sympathies @AuntyRach, backs can be the very devil at times.
I've had a good day, drove my friend to one of our favourite GC's. This one is an independent more like a nursery really, a bit ramshackle but absolutely stuffed with plants at reasonable prices. They also have a very busy cafe next door so we had lunch first then a browse. I just bought some bedding plants for terracotta pots on my windowsills, nemesia and a very pretty small plant which has individual different coloured flowers - very unusual but no idea of the name. I chose the pink/purple shades combination. I also bought a new bird nesting box in bright blue. I wasn't quite sure about it because it has a tin roof which I think is a no-no. I will have a find a shady place for it.
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I've been to Beth Chatto's several times waaaaay back ... and @WonkyWomble and I went together in 2019? and I bought several plants back with me😱😎 ... but OH has never been .... we shall remedy that ... it's only just over 50 miles from here.
Hope life brightens up @Nanny Beach ☕
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope everything works out @Nanny Beach
Hope everything improves, @Nanny Beach
Spent the morning in the loft, tracking cables for OH. Horrid up there, low headroom, gaps in the walkway boarding, and loads of spiders. Now resting with a cup of coffee, and hoping my back won’t take long to recover. The sun has just come out, but it’s been drizzling all morning.
had rain here off and on through yesterday and last night ( and drizzle today ) - definitely an uptick in my slug/snail count, and definitely a growth spurt for some things.
Event looks great and super-well attended @didyw
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Well Mr Frog did not eat all the slugs last night…Hollyhocks severely munched 🤬 so wool around the base did not work. I have dug up the Hollyhocks and potted and they are in plant intensive care. Plus I pulled my back bending to dig them so double drat.
I've had a good day, drove my friend to one of our favourite GC's. This one is an independent more like a nursery really, a bit ramshackle but absolutely stuffed with plants at reasonable prices. They also have a very busy cafe next door so we had lunch first then a browse. I just bought some bedding plants for terracotta pots on my windowsills, nemesia and a very pretty small plant which has individual different coloured flowers - very unusual but no idea of the name. I chose the pink/purple shades combination. I also bought a new bird nesting box in bright blue. I wasn't quite sure about it because it has a tin roof which I think is a no-no. I will have a find a shady place for it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.