I took OH out for dinner last night, pub grub but nice.
The middle lawn is very patchy, some grass has come back after the drought but a lot looks well dead. I hope my back allows me to deal with it today, will have to re-seed.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Thanks for the good wishes @Busy-Lizzie, @didyw, @punkdoc. We had a nice day out - weather was pants but never mind - we spent some time together. Back to work today.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Our last day 😢 … time flies when we’re having fun … planning on mooching and lounging in the sunshine, a bit of shopping and a nice lunch … have a good day folks 😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What is it that God does while we are making plans? Went to bed relatively early as planned on making an early start today to drive about delivering leaflets and going to the bank in the next town. I was still awake at 6am! So that was today written off. Plenty of laptop work to do though still and will just have to do tomorrow what I was going to do today. Enjoy your last day @Dovefromabove - and I hope you get a good night's sleep tonight as it's a long old drive tomorrow. The middle of my front lawn is still very patchy too @Busy-Lizzie - needs a good raking. But not today. I echo @AuntyRach's sentiment - hope all poorly people are recovering well, travelling people travel safely and the busy people get everything done that they want to get done!
Waiting for roofing scaffolders to turn up. What started as a relatively minor repair job this morning is now a full blown all tiles off, new battens and membrane job as they discovered hidden horrors. A very painful £20k's worth but it has to be done.
It’s a glorious last day … mooching and shopping was followed by a few pints outside The Sloop and then a huge bowl of Fowey mussels and crusty bread. An amble along the harbour until we got to Porthgwidden beach … then an amble back here to put the kettle on.
We always break the journey back @didyw … otherwise the holiday does us mo good at all … we’re booked in at a hotel near Woburn Abbey … it’s close to the farm where I was born so we’ll call at their farm shop to set us up with provisions for when we get home. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Your holiday sounds wonderful @Dovefromabove. Sea looks beautiful.
Here is my lawn. 2nd pic shows untouched bit. 1st pic shows bit where dead grass had been raked off, soil worked with 3 prong thingy, seeded, raked in and watered. They are 2 different areas.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Afternoon all, much nicer weather than yesterday thank goodness. Warm up to 17c and sunny. Spent the afternoon pottering, potting up the Iris bulbs I bought yesterday and weeding the second main border. Upended one pot and found TnT bulbs trying to grow so hastily put them back again - I still haven't labelled them!
Sea looks gorgeous @Dovefromabove, glad the weather was okay. Hope you have a good trip home tomorrow. Belated congrats to @raisingirl, sorry I missed your news. It's my son's anniversary tomorrow although I thought it was today and had texted them this morning. Must concentrate!
Our back lawn looked very much like yours @Busy-Lizzie, absolutely dead but has now sprung into life again and looks good enough for us. We have had quite a lot of rain though which you probably haven't in Norfolk.
Builders came today, to tackle one of our leaking valley gutters. We have had several attempts at fixing it before, so now the whole of the lower half of that roof is coming off. Unfortunately they managed to dislodge a pool of water that had accumulated, which promptly poured into our upstairs landing. What a mess.
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I took OH out for dinner last night, pub grub but nice.
The middle lawn is very patchy, some grass has come back after the drought but a lot looks well dead. I hope my back allows me to deal with it today, will have to re-seed.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Our last day 😢 … time flies when we’re having fun … planning on mooching and lounging in the sunshine, a bit of shopping and a nice lunch … have a good day folks 😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Plenty of laptop work to do though still and will just have to do tomorrow what I was going to do today.
Enjoy your last day @Dovefromabove - and I hope you get a good night's sleep tonight as it's a long old drive tomorrow.
The middle of my front lawn is still very patchy too @Busy-Lizzie - needs a good raking. But not today.
I echo @AuntyRach's sentiment - hope all poorly people are recovering well, travelling people travel safely and the busy people get everything done that they want to get done!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Here is my lawn. 2nd pic shows untouched bit. 1st pic shows bit where dead grass had been raked off, soil worked with 3 prong thingy, seeded, raked in and watered. They are 2 different areas.
Sea looks gorgeous @Dovefromabove, glad the weather was okay. Hope you have a good trip home tomorrow.
Belated congrats to @raisingirl, sorry I missed your news. It's my son's anniversary tomorrow although I thought it was today and had texted them this morning. Must concentrate!
Hope @Pat E and her OH are okay.
Our back lawn looked very much like yours @Busy-Lizzie, absolutely dead but has now sprung into life again and looks good enough for us. We have had quite a lot of rain though which you probably haven't in Norfolk.
Unfortunately they managed to dislodge a pool of water that had accumulated, which promptly poured into our upstairs landing. What a mess.
Hope @Pat E and hubby are ok.
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