There is a forum on Facebook for Gardening Hints and Tips which specifically forbids posting questions about plant identification. That must be the strangest exclusion I've seen on a gardening related site.
There is a forum on Facebook for Gardening Hints and Tips which specifically forbids posting questions about plant identification. That must be the strangest exclusion I've seen on a gardening related site.
I just came home and took a stroll around the hill garden. All of the raised beds are now snow free, but there is still snow on the ground between them. Behind the house my little pond, which was still under snow yesterday with only a few rocks on one side showing, is nearly 100% visible but still iced over. It's all sooooooo close! And the crocus are in bloom; last year the deer ate them all before they could flower. It's mad windy but I'm still walking around the property with a massive smile on my face.
New England, USA
Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
We've had family from England staying for 10 days - a RTBC in itself. However, this incident caused some amusement... We all went to the park in Mountshannon, a village 15 mins drive away, to play in the excellent playground, look at the boats on the loch, and explore (for which, read "get lost in") the victorian labyrinth. It's a well built and extensive area with bridges, dead ends, and nooks and crannies to explore. (It was a Catholic enterprise and incorporates the 12 stations of the Cross.) While waiting for the rest of the family to find us, OH and I sat on a bench in a sheltered spot near the centre. Eventually we all met up and we grandparents left to go home and make lunch.
It wasn't until I took off my coat that I realised I hadn't got my mobile... and hadn't seen it since having our coffee break... so I got the lunch while Grandpa drove back to the park. It wasn't until he got there that he realised he wasn't quite sure how to get to our coffee spot... however, he eventually managed to find it (and my phone, hooray!). Then he had to remember the way out.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Lots of RTBC here - the wild bluebells are out in the hedgerows and the cowslips are still there so it looks stunning and on the sunnier banks the wild asphodèles are bursting forth - dark brown buds turning to white flowers with apricot centres.
Garden club plant fair on Saturday with 60+ nurserymen and women and other stalls selling goodies. Loads of punters. My job is the cake stand and lots sold plus lots of recipes requested. Have just finished translating and sending them off - Obxx bid to convert the French to the joys of assorted carrot cakes, with and without gluten, plus spicy Coconut Chai and flapjacks.
One of my patchwork ladies won first prize in the tombola - garden table and chairs - so another RTBC.
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)."
I thought I'd just give a final update on my recovery from hip replacement. I saw the Consultant last week and he gave the all clear to get back to all normal activity. He will see me again in February next year just to get a final x-ray. I continue to do my physio exercises at least once a day.
To be honest, recovery has been far faster, and the difference far greater, than I could ever have hoped. I started driving after between 4 and 5 weeks but kept distances down initially. I'll now happily drive any distance I need to but would probably take breaks a little more often than in the past as the hip can get a bit still when sitting for extended periods. Just a short walk and stretch is enough to get it back to normal. The most walking I have done in one day is about 3 miles, it 2 sessions. The hip was fine but my nackered knees wondered what was going on :-) Hip flexibility is better than it has been for years. I can bend down from a chair to tie shoelaces with my foot on the floor. I haven't been able to do that for years. Before the operation I could just bend far enough by putting my foot on the second stair and leaning in hard to tie it.
To anybody currently in pain and concerned about getting a hip replacement I would certainly say to go for it.
I'm sure my OH would echo everything you've said. He will probably have to have his other hip done within the next 18 months and I rather think I might be next!
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It wasn't until I took off my coat that I realised I hadn't got my mobile... and hadn't seen it since having our coffee break... so I got the lunch while Grandpa drove back to the park. It wasn't until he got there that he realised he wasn't quite sure how to get to our coffee spot... however, he eventually managed to find it (and my phone, hooray!). Then he had to remember the way out.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Garden club plant fair on Saturday with 60+ nurserymen and women and other stalls selling goodies. Loads of punters. My job is the cake stand and lots sold plus lots of recipes requested. Have just finished translating and sending them off - Obxx bid to convert the French to the joys of assorted carrot cakes, with and without gluten, plus spicy Coconut Chai and flapjacks.
One of my patchwork ladies won first prize in the tombola - garden table and chairs - so another RTBC.
I'm sure my OH would echo everything you've said. He will probably have to have his other hip done within the next 18 months and I rather think I might be next!