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šŸžHELLO FORKERS 🌷🌷🌷May ā€˜22

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  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Morning all. Ā Another cold morning here - no surprise. Our son returned home this morning. He has work early tomorrow. It was good to see him for a change. Ā 

    Pixel spent last night with him, but when she tried to move to the side with the electric blanket she got moved. šŸ™„ He obviously doesn’t realise that we allow those close snuggles.😁😁
    S. E. NSW
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Good morning all 😊 ā˜•ļøĀ 
    A fairly bright and dry morning … but the soil is still soft after the rain … OH is going to help me in my battle with the Geum urbanum 😔 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Hooray! Ā We won the vote.A new Prime Minister.

    interesting cloud formation across the valley.Ā 


    S. E. NSW
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Great photo @Pat E 😊 

    It seems that politics is changing in many places and perhaps not before time  … it’ll be interesting to see what happens next and whether the old structures and powerbases are able or even willing to adapt or whether revolution of one sort or another (hopefully ā€˜soft’) is on the cards … 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    HiDove. Good luck with the Geum. Ā I think I’ve lost mine. Haven’t seen it for some time. That garden bed is above the house and I haven’t weeded there for ages. 🤭
    S. E. NSW
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We have lovely geums that we’ve planted @Pat E … but the problem is the flippin’ Geum urbanum which is a pernicious weed … and it’s hard to tell them apart until they flower … so we have to dug them out before the blighters set seed 😔 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    I’ve not heard of that one, Dove. Don’t know if it’s around here or not.Ā 
    S. E. NSW
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2022
    It's this one @Pat EĀ https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=11973Ā  also known as Wood AvensĀ 

    Not a problem on the scale of Japanese Knotweed or Equisetum etc, but still a nuisance, especially because until it flowers it looks very like its more desirable cousins, especially Water Avens, which is much prettier and grows around our pondĀ 
    Ā https://www.hettysherbs.co.uk/product/water-avens/?attribute_pa_amount=1-x-10-5cm-potted-plant&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI353b--Py9wIVa49oCR1daw2VEAQYAiABEgJ9NvD_BwE


    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Hi all
    Completed wiped out today and have developed a nasty cold, think I have been doing too much.
    Very important day, @Dovefromabove, will probably know why.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Hi folks,Ā  I'm with you @Dovefromabove it drives me mad.Ā  It's so hard to tell the difference.Ā  I'm sure in the past I've pulled out lovely geums in my efforts to the weed under control.
    Sorry about your cold @punkdoc Hope it clears up quickly for you.
    Spending the day with the family today at Firstborn's.Ā  Its lovely to see the grandchildren all together.
    Enjoy your day everyone.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
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