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🌹 HELLO FORKERS 🍓 June ‘23 🌹 🍓 🌹

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
edited June 2023 in The potting shed
And now it’s June … the month of roses, strawberries and … Wimbledon 🎾 
It should be safe to put those tender plants out now … 🤞 and then there’ll be all that watering … but we’ll all make time to pop in here and say hello … share triumphs and tribulations … hold a hand and give a hug when needed … the kettle’s always on for a cuppa … so find a comfy chair, hand around the cake tin and chat about this and that with friends old and new … all are welcome here … 😃 


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





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  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Good morning everyone !!

    Thank you @Dovefromabove  for the lovely introduction.

    For today the expression is pertinent:
                    A la Saint Fortuné, grand hannetonnée.



    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Good morning all 😊 ☕️ and thank you @tui34    … am i right, is that Cockchafers?

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





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Hello Forkers, thanks Dove for everything. We’d be lost without you.  

     I’m putting the finishing touches to Hubby’s wrist /arm warmers. Should be finished tonight.  
    S. E. NSW
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Yes, I believe so @Dovefromabove  At this time of year the wheat farmers release ladybirds which translate as being coléoptèra or the beetle family.  Busy little things!!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • AnnaBAnnaB Posts: 524
    Thank you Dove for the lovely welcome to the month of flaming June.
    Another lovely day here by the looks of it and the wind seems a little less chilly than of late. Off for my second cuppa.
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Finished his set, now just mine to finish off. I don’t enjoy sewing up the fingers, so they’ve been left fro tomorrow. I’ve generally to be early - fed up with watching certain programs. We watched a full episode about Putin. I assume there’s more episodes to follow next week.
    S. E. NSW
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    Hello Forkers,

    and thank you Dove. Well another scorcho here, too hot to be in the garden, and no sight of rain yet. Water butt empty. I just hope that it isn't going to be like last year, the back garden faces south-west so it can be very hot, but with judicious use of water I managed to keep the garden going. Back to buckets in the kitchen and the bathroom. Hey ho, the sun is lovely too.

    Happy June all.

    Luxembourg
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    edited June 2023
    Afternoon all, welcome to June and thanks @Dovefromabove for starting it off again.
    After a chilly start the sun appeared at midday and it's now 22c. Seems to be the pattern this week.
    I cancelled my appointment with the osteopath this morning because of my cold and will see him next week instead.

    After lunch I completely cleared the courtyard and applied the patio cleaner stuff. That's three sides of the house done so far.

    Will have to water the pots again tonight I think, no sign of rain here either @coccinella.

    We haven't heard from @D0rdogne_Damsel yet have we? Do hope her meeting with the Bank yesterday wasn't traumatic.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    Hello all,

    Very quick pop in, so busy. Charlie has left for Berlin so feeling a bit worried, but he'll be fine, glad I'm busy. 

    Some, ( dare I say) progress at the bank, they're trying to arrange a 0% loan to get the work done. Yet again, I'm waiting to hear.... Trying not to think about it, thank goodness we're busy. Frustratingly, the bank manager came in for lunch today, but we were so busy I couldn't even find time to say hello, ( I was on kitchen duty). I was just hoping he realised what a safe bet he on lending me money. 🙄 People waiting at the gate for a table, and it's only just June.....

    Right, have 20 Cupcakes to decorate for a birthday party tomorrow. 

    Hugs and best wishes to all, I'll try and catch up again later.  
    • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @D0rdogne_Damsel, thanks for letting us know, fingers crossed all round and I'm sure Charlie will be fine.

    I'd love a cupcake right now!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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