A fine morning here too - but Citizens Advice means no gardening for me.
Have been doing quite well getting things potted on and hardened off. We are off to Seville next week so need to get as much in the ground as possible so its easier for Chicklet and co to keep on top of any watering needed. I am going to risk it that our last frost has been and gone.
We have Matt Pottage (Head Gardener at Wisley) coming to talk to Garden Club this evening- really looking forward to that one.
Littlest chicklet has been suffering with tonsillitis (whilst in Laos) - so a bit of parental angst has been occurring here 🙄. She is now on antibiotics, so 🤞🏻she will start to feel better soon. In response to your question many moons ago @tui34 she loved NZ for its spectacular scenery - particularly the west side of the south island. Her highlights were doing the Tongariro crossing hiking trail in the North Island, and seeing the Southern lights in a dark sky reserve near Lake Tekapo.
The talk with Matt Pottage should be interesting @chicky. Lucky gardening club.
I went to our gardening club rose group tea yesterday. There were 12 of us. Everyone brought a sample of beautiful roses from their gardens, but mine aren't out yet. It is always at a member's house. This time a lovely old French manor house with a beautiful garden. Our hostess had made sandwiches and 3 cakes. After tea we strolled around her garden.
Today we are going to lunch with a friend.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Good morning everyone, a lovely bright start here too. Very wet overnight here as well. Similar to Chicky we are trying to get things hardened off and out into the ground, especially at the plots.
Afternoon all, it's actually warm, dry and sunny here so very frustrated at not being able to garden today. Had to have an emergency shoulder/neck massage this morning as I've been suffering from a very stiff neck and shoulders. Been told if that doesn't help, I ought to try seeing an osteopath. Luckily we have one living a few houses down who's a Professor and teaches osteopathy in London. He holds clinics here as well. Do I want to strip off for a neighbour though - that is the question!
NDN's digger chappie is still going strong and driving us bonkers today as he will insist on very loud music he can hear over the digger noise. He's the NDN's son though so it's a bit tricky.
Your rose group lunch sounds lovely @Busy-Lizzie. Hope you enjoy lunch as well.
Trust Chicklet is getting better @chicky. Not a nice thing to suffer from at the best of times.
Hope @Ergates has been let out today and is resting at home. The floods in Devon/Somerset sound horrendous. We got off comparatively lightly.
Flamin echium!!! Just rushed out to rescue the tom and courgette plants … I got soaked … now we have heavy hail and thunder rattling the windows and doors!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We had the thunder and heavy rain this time yesterday @Dovefromabove. I’d left some Cosmos seedlings out but think they are ok.
A mixed bag of weather today - uniforms had a little extra rinse on the line but it brightened up after 2pm. I’ve been doing one of those garden jobs that has taken ages, filled a bin and nobody will probably notice. It was effectively dissecting a Hydrangea out of a Lonicera plus clearing the ivy beneath - took me ages! I think the official advice would be to retire the leggy Hydrangea but I’m going with “see what happens”.
Back home by lunchtime, napped all afternoon, but still looking forward to a decent nights sleep in my own bed! I thought OH was kidding when he said that everything in the garden had doubled in size after yesterday’s rain, but he might actually be right! Otherwise all ok here, unlike a neighbouring village, ( google Tipton St John ) which was very badly hit by the torrential rain. One of the roads we regularly use looked more like the Colorado River, complete with rapids. Sounds like the local community spirit has kicked in, working groups with shovels, out clearing the village hall car park. A local farmer with his tractor and trailer brought home the secondary school children, after the school bus dumped them on the other side of the flood water. I hope some heads will roll for that act of sheer irresponsibility! There are going to be some very unhappy gardeners, and I felt particularly sorry for the poor lady hoping someone might spot the two milk churns washed away from her front door. She had only just planted them up too.
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ Glad you’re home @Ergates and hopefully still snoozing. Sorry to hear about about the floods … at times like that village communities really come into their own don’t they? We’ve got an early start today as I’m taking son down to his workplace for a meeting with his boss and a company director who is also a rehab specialist… to talk about planning for a very phased return to work.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Morning all, lovely and sunny here, may manage some gentle pottering.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Have been doing quite well getting things potted on and hardened off. We are off to Seville next week so need to get as much in the ground as possible so its easier for Chicklet and co to keep on top of any watering needed. I am going to risk it that our last frost has been and gone.
We have Matt Pottage (Head Gardener at Wisley) coming to talk to Garden Club this evening- really looking forward to that one.
The talk with Matt Pottage should be interesting @chicky. Lucky gardening club.
I went to our gardening club rose group tea yesterday. There were 12 of us. Everyone brought a sample of beautiful roses from their gardens, but mine aren't out yet. It is always at a member's house. This time a lovely old French manor house with a beautiful garden. Our hostess had made sandwiches and 3 cakes. After tea we strolled around her garden.
Today we are going to lunch with a friend.
NDN's digger chappie is still going strong and driving us bonkers today as he will insist on very loud music he can hear over the digger noise. He's the NDN's son though so it's a bit tricky.
Your rose group lunch sounds lovely @Busy-Lizzie. Hope you enjoy lunch as well.
Trust Chicklet is getting better @chicky. Not a nice thing to suffer from at the best of times.
Hope @Ergates has been let out today and is resting at home. The floods in Devon/Somerset sound horrendous. We got off comparatively lightly.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We had the thunder and heavy rain this time yesterday @Dovefromabove. I’d left some Cosmos seedlings out but think they are ok.
A mixed bag of weather today - uniforms had a little extra rinse on the line but it brightened up after 2pm. I’ve been doing one of those garden jobs that has taken ages, filled a bin and nobody will probably notice. It was effectively dissecting a Hydrangea out of a Lonicera plus clearing the ivy beneath - took me ages! I think the official advice would be to retire the leggy Hydrangea but I’m going with “see what happens”.
Otherwise all ok here, unlike a neighbouring village, ( google Tipton St John ) which was very badly hit by the torrential rain. One of the roads we regularly use looked more like the Colorado River, complete with rapids. Sounds like the local community spirit has kicked in, working groups with shovels, out clearing the village hall car park. A local farmer with his tractor and trailer brought home the secondary school children, after the school bus dumped them on the other side of the flood water. I hope some heads will roll for that act of sheer irresponsibility!
There are going to be some very unhappy gardeners, and I felt particularly sorry for the poor lady hoping someone might spot the two milk churns washed away from her front door. She had only just planted them up too.
Glad you’re home @Ergates and hopefully still snoozing. Sorry to hear about about the floods … at times like that village communities really come into their own don’t they?
We’ve got an early start today as I’m taking son down to his workplace for a meeting with his boss and a company director who is also a rehab specialist… to talk about planning for a very phased return to work.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.