Alfie has been fed and watered and had his treats. Some sorting and a walk. I’ve had lunch and enjoying some tea. Hazel you made me smile trying to FaceTime at the hairdressers. Rosie
Afties all. Red Maple, wish ai could have had a rest in this morning, Imcould have done with it but woke very early so was up and about at the crack of dawn🤭....for men, anyway😂 Rosie, it would have taken some doing 😂🥴 if I'd managed to facetime whilst leaning my head down. OH and I have spent the morning clearing out the greenhouse and then cleaning it out. Missed doing it last year, so it's had a good do.. It all smells nice now and it's ready for new inhabitants in the Spring.
OH is now watching the footy. Think I may potter after dinner, in the garden as th suns come out and it's quite warm.
OH is singing in a small concert in a village church today, part of a local arts festival. He's being picked by friends for the rehearsal after lunch and I will go and watch later.
I've been planting daffodils in the village grass verges. The soil was very dry. Someone has a little honesty stall selling books, garden produce, jam etc. They have spent the money on bags of daffodils to make the village prettier. The village council has taken over the mowing of the verges etc as they thought they'd do a better job than the county council. The verges aren't good for wildlife anyway, being between the road and the pavement.
Now I'm off to garden in our own garden before going to watch OH.
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Busy, that's a great idea to plant out daffs in the grass verges and for the village to take over keeping it all cut and looking nice. The display will be lovely come Spring, I can't wait for ours to come through next year, I love them. Hope your OH sang well and that he enjoyed it. Both of you are soaking up getting involved with the community. So nice.
Ive been pottering about the garden this afternoon. It's a bit breezy but warm so have taken the crocosmia's down as they were dying off, mulched a pot of Lavender and dug the soil over and did a little weeding. We don't tend to get many weeds here but a few herb Roberts were coming through so nipped them out.
Moved nearly all our foxgloves out into the shaded plastic greenhouse, too hot in the greenhouse for them even now. Snapdragons seeds are all through and growing. I harvested some seeds from a Physostegia ( Crystal Peak White) so may sow them tomorrow. Have just found somewhere on line selling these plants at £24.99 for one 2 Litre pot! I have hundreds growing......
Hazel, you were a busy bee today. Lovely collection of plants.
Today is quite warm, but whole September, and October till today, were unpleasantly warm. I was resting whole day, and now expecting one friend to arrive in short visit. I also booked a plane ticket for my short vacation on the end of November. I'll just say that I'm going to visit one city with beautiful tropical weather 😂. You can guess which one. One tip, this time I need passport.
Oh @Ante1 , that's something nice to look forward to next month. Good on you. Now, I'll have have to have a think where this place with beautiful tropical weather may be 🧐🤔🙂 Glad you've caught up on some rest too. I'm doing that now.....
Excuse me whilst I retire to a dark room and put a wet cloth on my head! England squeaked a win by one point but they were a shambles! Steve Borthwick needs strong words.
On a nicer note, Busy, I love the idea of planting daffs on the verges. They do it all round here and it is so nice to see them massed in the spring. They tend to go for the smaller type - probably tête-à-tête and they look just like cloths of gold.
Hazel, you have had a lovely day too. You could sell some of your seedlings but that might be a bit of a faff.
Ante, I think you should give us a bit of a clue. Otherwise I might have to go to my dark room again! Tropical makes me think the West Indies or somewhere in Asia.
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Came of the golf course cream crackered and with shins that looked like they belonged to the Elephant Man. I got eaten alive for the first hour or so and every hole was up and down. I hadn't played there for about 20 years and I reckon I might leave it another 20
I've got another stash of council letters to deliver so I want to make the most of the weather tomorrow. I've only got 380 but they're much more spread out. With 4 weeks to do them and weekdays unavailable, tomorrow might be the only fine day I get. At least 100, ideally 150 would be good.
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Rosie, it would have taken some doing 😂🥴 if I'd managed to facetime whilst leaning my head down.
OH and I have spent the morning clearing out the greenhouse and then cleaning it out. Missed doing it last year, so it's had a good do.. It all smells nice now and it's ready for new inhabitants in the Spring.
I posted photos of Blickling https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1071445/gardens-to-visit-in-2023#latest
OH is singing in a small concert in a village church today, part of a local arts festival. He's being picked by friends for the rehearsal after lunch and I will go and watch later.
I've been planting daffodils in the village grass verges. The soil was very dry. Someone has a little honesty stall selling books, garden produce, jam etc. They have spent the money on bags of daffodils to make the village prettier. The village council has taken over the mowing of the verges etc as they thought they'd do a better job than the county council. The verges aren't good for wildlife anyway, being between the road and the pavement.
Now I'm off to garden in our own garden before going to watch OH.
Ive been pottering about the garden this afternoon. It's a bit breezy but warm so have taken the crocosmia's down as they were dying off, mulched a pot of Lavender and dug the soil over and did a little weeding. We don't tend to get many weeds here but a few herb Roberts were coming through so nipped them out.
Moved nearly all our foxgloves out into the shaded plastic greenhouse, too hot in the greenhouse for them even now. Snapdragons seeds are all through and growing. I harvested some seeds from a Physostegia ( Crystal Peak White) so may sow them tomorrow. Have just found somewhere on line selling these plants at £24.99 for one 2 Litre pot! I have hundreds growing......
Hazel, you were a busy bee today. Lovely collection of plants.
Today is quite warm, but whole September, and October till today, were unpleasantly warm. I was resting whole day, and now expecting one friend to arrive in short visit. I also booked a plane ticket for my short vacation on the end of November. I'll just say that I'm going to visit one city with beautiful tropical weather 😂. You can guess which one. One tip, this time I need passport.
Came of the golf course cream crackered and with shins that looked like they belonged to the Elephant Man. I got eaten alive for the first hour or so and every hole was up and down. I hadn't played there for about 20 years and I reckon I might leave it another 20
I've got another stash of council letters to deliver so I want to make the most of the weather tomorrow. I've only got 380 but they're much more spread out. With 4 weeks to do them and weekdays unavailable, tomorrow might be the only fine day I get. At least 100, ideally 150 would be good.