Good morning all 😊 ☕️ we’ve had overnight rain … I heard it …. quite a bit of it … a good downpour!!!! Hurrah!!!
And now we have sunshine and blue sky, the children are walking up the rise on their way back to school … and I’ve ordered 5l of cider vinegar … chutneys and pickles are us!!! 👩🍳 🫙 🫙 🫙
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good morning all and apologies for prolonged absence.
It took me a long time to read back, it's all a blur but good news for Moira @punkdoc, glad to hear you are able to go back to work @Hostafan1, fingers crossed for C's operation @Busy-Lizzie, glad to hear you're over the tummy bug @Dovefromabove and hopefully tooth will last a bit longer. Veranda looks good so far @Pat E
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
I won't bore you all with how the last two weeks have gone, but we've had a really busy time and a bit of an emotional rollercoaster too. The son of one of my best waitresses had a very serious accident, he's been in intensive care for a week, just been released to the children's ward this morning, in a terrible state, he's only 13 and tbh it was touch and go for the first 24 hours after the accident. Of course we have all been in a terrible state. We are hoping for a full recovery now, although we know it's going to be slow progress.
That left us very short staffed, Charlotte had been working 40 odd hours a week, her husband helps too and of course JX her son had been helping with the washing, so the last week of August, our busiest time we were staff down and all walking around like zombies. The students all left on the 29th and the tourists didn't, so it was very tough time.
Charlie has left for school too, in all honesty it was good I was busy and didn't have time to fret, he's loving it, made new friends straightway and I am getting a good morning and good night message and not much else, although this morning he phoned to say he needed a new coat because it's raining... in other words 'send funds'. I am very happy for him.
A day off today, I have paperwork to do, but not in CdeG so a bit of a relief. And I have ordered lots and lots of spring bulbs and intend to spend a day at the end of the month planting those. Can anyone suggest what soil/compost/bulb fibre I should put down in the flowerbed because I think the soil is looking very tired and I have lost a lot of depth, it's a very big raised bed?
Anyway, good day to all, I will try and be a more regular attendee from now on.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Oh how very sad … many kind thoughts and wishes to the poor lad and his family … fingers very crossed for a good recovery.
Lovely that Charlie is enjoying himself and making friends. Sounds as if he’s in his element.
As for the flowerbeds … Id top up with some well rotted manure or garden compost if you have it, but mainly some good topsoil with a bit of grit. Bulbs and perennials will be happy with that, and it’ll last and not turn to dust like bought compost does.
Heading for the shower ….
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely to hear from you DD and to see Charlie looking so happy in his new accommodation. That poor young lad who had the awful accident, what a worry for his Mum and family, Hope he makes a full recovery in the not too distant future. I wouldn't worry about your bulbs, they already 'contain' all the goodness they need built up from this year when they were flowering. You would need to feed your soil next year at the right time (at/soon after flowering) for them to once again build themselves up for the following year if this makes sense. Think I am right about this?? Once again we had heavy rain all night but lovely and sunny now.
Well it's a bit like Camelot here, rain storms but at night time only. Went to a big GC yesterday, the pile it high sell cheap one in Enfield. Got some cyclamen and small ferns to refresh the green wall. Another case of plants "cooking " in the heat in spite of keeping them well watered. Sorry to hear about the troubles DD.
Loved Camelot @Allotment Boy … my Gardening Granny took me to see it on stage in London when I was twelve. I fell deeply in love with Laurence Harvey 😍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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we’ve had overnight rain … I heard it …. quite a bit of it … a good downpour!!!! Hurrah!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It took me a long time to read back, it's all a blur but good news for Moira @punkdoc, glad to hear you are able to go back to work @Hostafan1, fingers crossed for C's operation @Busy-Lizzie, glad to hear you're over the tummy bug @Dovefromabove and hopefully tooth will last a bit longer. Veranda looks good so far @Pat E
… we assume you've been busy.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good to see you @D0rdogne_Damsel.
We have had rain too, the bay window is leaking again, never been right in 26 years.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
That left us very short staffed, Charlotte had been working 40 odd hours a week, her husband helps too and of course JX her son had been helping with the washing, so the last week of August, our busiest time we were staff down and all walking around like zombies. The students all left on the 29th and the tourists didn't, so it was very tough time.
Charlie has left for school too, in all honesty it was good I was busy and didn't have time to fret, he's loving it, made new friends straightway and I am getting a good morning and good night message and not much else, although this morning he phoned to say he needed a new coat because it's raining... in other words 'send funds'. I am very happy for him.
A day off today, I have paperwork to do, but not in CdeG so a bit of a relief. And I have ordered lots and lots of spring bulbs and intend to spend a day at the end of the month planting those. Can anyone suggest what soil/compost/bulb fibre I should put down in the flowerbed because I think the soil is looking very tired and I have lost a lot of depth, it's a very big raised bed?
Anyway, good day to all, I will try and be a more regular attendee from now on.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I wouldn't worry about your bulbs, they already 'contain' all the goodness they need built up from this year when they were flowering. You would need to feed your soil next year at the right time (at/soon after flowering) for them to once again build themselves up for the following year if this makes sense. Think I am right about this??
Once again we had heavy rain all night but lovely and sunny now.
Sorry to hear about the troubles DD.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've just gone to the local travel agents ( Old school ) and asked them to find me a holiday .