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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,113

    Right - setting off to work - picking my car up from the menders on the way - see you all later folks - have a good day everyone image


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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    Morning all. Bye Dove!

    Dry here at last but I don't think it'll be that way all day.

    Wood's been delivered so I'll try and open it and bring it all round to back garden later image

    Not heard any owls here - we used to have one at last house. They're beautiful when you see them close up. I do seem to have a bat here though. He was a regular little visitor in the late summer. Did you decide on your pyracantha chicky? I love them and round here there are loads spilling out from gardens and at field edges just laden with berries.

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GillyLGillyL Posts: 1,077

    Morning all,

    Another wet grey dayimage,but it is still quite warm.

    Hoping to get outside and do some tidying up later,a few things need some attention,cutting down and tying up.Still have Cosmos Purity in flower,it has been out for such a long time,and still has plenty of buds.Nastursiums climbing around by the kitchen window are providing a real splash of colour.

    Have a good day all   image

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,038

    hello forkers. Hoeing down here again. The stream is getting very close to flooding but not much i can do about it.

    Have a good day everyone.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Morning all. Terrible nights sleep and now a bit behind today. Good job not going to work!!! Just started to rain here so looks like I won't be getting last few bits done in garden today. Grass needs raking of acorns AGAIN,  ive never seen so many either! ! Off to gc to grab a few last bits if poss. See you all later byeeeee!!!

    P.S

     still can't read my pms

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,038

    Verdun. the stream is great. Most of the year there is just a relaxing burbling sound. At the moment though it sounds like an aircraft is about to take off.

    In the summer we usually get a few small brook trout which i feed with the odd worm.

    The pond which is fed by the stream is very overgrown with reeds and bullrushes. I need to get in there before winter. It attracts a great variety of birds incudinf; a regularly visiting heron, mallards, moorhens and very rarely mandarin ducks. The first time I saw these I thought Id been on the magic mushrooms. They were just so unexpected. The best siteing yet was during the very cold winter 2 years ago when OH was looking out the bedroom window. She called out to say there was an odd bird in the pond. I got the binoculars and...... a Water Rail.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,613

    Does it just run through your garden , punkdoc, or do you divert some for a pond?

    I tried to have a little artificial stream with my pond, but the water loss in summer was huge.

  • Matty2Matty2 Posts: 4,817

    Morning

    Been to WW - I'm sorry just can't call iyt fat club as that is not what I want to be, good news thoughimage

    Tipping it down here, moving from light drizzle to sudden burst of torrenyali rain. Got soaked!

    No gardening while it's like this. Did buy the netting to make my leaf composter though

    Back later

    PS nearly left yesterday, pleased back to friendly chatimage

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