Morning all. Although I love England best and get periods of homesickness, it is great living in France. Houses and land are so much cheaper. There is so much more land. So I'm very lucky having some land for horses. That means a horse is cheaper to keep than a dog! Riding lessons are cheaper that in the UK too. I was amazed when my sister told me the price at how expensive they are in England. I had a private lesson for well over an hour for about £20.
Dove, cantering figures of 8 is not easy, horse has to do flying change of leg in the middle so has to be perfectly balanced.
Enough of that! This is a gardening forum Will be spreading manure (free, horse!) on veggie garden today. May sow tomato seeds.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I know, it's a Saturday and I'm 'up' before 10! Not sure what happened there
It's a bit breezy sounding outside, looks like we're getting the wind that you Northern lot had yest
Am pleased to see my forsythia is flowering again. It was very overgrown so last year a friend and I hacked at it to reduce it somewhat in size. I did worry for a bit that we'd killed it but am happy to report new growth and flowers We need to do the same to the Japanese Quince (I think that's what it is, it has red blossom like Chicky's) but I've probably missed my chance now it's flowering too.
It's a claw decorating day for me, just in time for the party Mrs G (hope it goes well!) And then I'm meeting Ma Panda in town for a spot of lunch and shopping
Panda - once the flowers are over the japanese quince responds well to a good bit of hacking. Ours was a tree when we arrived here, but it was in the way of ladder access to our chimney (don't ask, long story) so OH felled it. It has come back beautifully as a multi stemmed shrub.
the prunings take well as cuttings too (someone in Flooded Gardens might like one)
Chicky, on Thursday OH bought a new mower and i manage to sneek in some plants 2 foxgloves, 3 pots of snake head whatsits (each pot has about8) a bleeding heart (with 2 good size plants in) and 2 (outdoor) cyclamen
May have to again this weekend!!!
Ooh chicky, not really flooded, but we got very wet.........
Morning all..... I too used to ride. Long story short 3 day eventing I bought a foal and it was her I had my success on we qualified for windsor horse show and the chanve to get In front of Olympic selectors!!! 3 days b4 I had to have bee put down I have never ridden since.....
Well been busy already, as per Monty's instructions planted sweet peas and evening primrose seeds already!! Now shower and get dressed got to buy lo bday pressie!!!
Morning all, the sun is shining yipppppeeeeeeee There is a bit of a breez but we'll manage. Just off out to paint the other size of the shed and the back fences before putting the GH up, I should have done them yesterday or Thursday stag ally but it was too damp, they have had one coat though on Monday so not too bad.
So excited, my head is buzzing with this to sow
BFN, catch you all later, if I haven't done a runner when OH starts getting stressed with it!!!
Oh Stacey, how heart breaking. I have a friend whose horse went lame when she qualified to ride at the Burghley Horse Trials, but that's nothing like as bad. I wasn't brave enough for eventing.
I'm in the middle of muck spreading, but came in for a wee!
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hello all, sun starting to show here may do something in the garden, feel knackered think it was all the bashing of the pallet yesterday, just watching QVC gardening on TV
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Morning all. Although I love England best and get periods of homesickness, it is great living in France. Houses and land are so much cheaper. There is so much more land. So I'm very lucky having some land for horses. That means a horse is cheaper to keep than a dog! Riding lessons are cheaper that in the UK too. I was amazed when my sister told me the price at how expensive they are in England. I had a private lesson for well over an hour for about £20.
Dove, cantering figures of 8 is not easy, horse has to do flying change of leg in the middle so has to be perfectly balanced.
Enough of that! This is a gardening forum
Will be spreading manure (free, horse!) on veggie garden today. May sow tomato seeds.
Morning all
I know, it's a Saturday and I'm 'up' before 10! Not sure what happened there
It's a bit breezy sounding outside, looks like we're getting the wind that you Northern lot had yest
Am pleased to see my forsythia is flowering again. It was very overgrown so last year a friend and I hacked at it to reduce it somewhat in size. I did worry for a bit that we'd killed it but am happy to report new growth and flowers
We need to do the same to the Japanese Quince (I think that's what it is, it has red blossom like Chicky's) but I've probably missed my chance now it's flowering too.
It's a claw decorating day for me, just in time for the party Mrs G
(hope it goes well!) And then I'm meeting Ma Panda in town for a spot of lunch and shopping 
Panda - once the flowers are over the japanese quince responds well to a good bit of hacking. Ours was a tree when we arrived here, but it was in the way of ladder access to our chimney (don't ask, long story
) so OH felled it. It has come back beautifully as a multi stemmed shrub.
the prunings take well as cuttings too (someone in Flooded Gardens might like one
)
He he, made me laugh too, Verdun
Chicky, on Thursday OH bought a new mower and i manage to sneek in some plants
2 foxgloves, 3 pots of snake head whatsits (each pot has about8) a bleeding heart (with 2 good size plants in) and 2 (outdoor) cyclamen
May have to again this weekend!!!
Ooh chicky, not really flooded, but we got very wet.........
Morning all..... I too used to ride. Long story short 3 day eventing I bought a foal and it was her I had my success on we qualified for windsor horse show and the chanve to get In front of Olympic selectors!!! 3 days b4 I had to have bee put down
I have never ridden since.....
Well been busy already, as per Monty's instructions planted sweet peas and evening primrose seeds already!! Now shower and get dressed got to buy lo bday pressie!!!
Morning all, the sun is shining yipppppeeeeeeee
There is a bit of a breez but we'll manage. Just off out to paint the other size of the shed and the back fences before putting the GH up, I should have done them yesterday or Thursday stag ally but it was too damp, they have had one coat though on Monday so not too bad.
So excited, my head is buzzing with this to sow
BFN, catch you all later, if I haven't done a runner when OH starts getting stressed with it!!!
Oh Stacey, how heart breaking. I have a friend whose horse went lame when she qualified to ride at the Burghley Horse Trials, but that's nothing like as bad. I wasn't brave enough for eventing.
I'm in the middle of muck spreading, but came in for a wee!
Watch this space
Hello all, sun starting to show here may do something in the garden, feel knackered think it was all the bashing of the pallet yesterday, just watching QVC gardening on TV
good luck Tracey