Oh KEF! Just read about crown and the bacon sarnie! I once lost a large filling due to a bacon sarnie - the dentist blames our mothers for making us eat our crusts - he said that more fillings and crowns are damaged by being wrenched crooked on breadcrusts than almost anything else he's come across!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
right now my projects look a mess, if i get this weeding tackled i might take some photo's mostly everything has died back apart from grass so i need to tackle that and maybe not let poppies take over like last year.
And I've pulled some more rhubarb (shall make a rhubarb and custard cake tomorrow morning) and do you remember the Purple Sprouting Brocc I planted very late last year - we've got enough to go with our roast pork today
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just been inspecting and the grit around my fav' tulips protected them last night. In GH Cosmos purity has germinated, and all but one Gerbera have survived and are growing. Cuttings from Agastache are growing and the reduced/bargain Caryopteris heavenly blue & Cistus unknown that I rescued in October are now growing great.
Reading GW mag it reminded me that I had some Ligularia but didn't see them last year, they are in the fern bed and looking good, they must have enjoyed all the rain we had. Will take photo of them when they flower, a pale cream / salmon, I think.
Tulips look lovely Dove.
This is my first year for yellow / cream tulips, can't tell quite what they will be as yet, these are the ones I got for free along with loads of Polyanthus from the roadside when the council changed it's bedding display on a big roundabout.
Good tip folks keep your eye on when council displays get changed. The tulips were put into some buckets of compost and leaves fed & then left to die down & stored. Polys were fed & planted and haven't stopped flowering.
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Why does it always rain on me?????????
As for tulips - remember the free ones we got with GW mag? The first of mine are out
Tulipa Ancilla free with a GW voucher last autumn
Sorry, not brilliant photo - using my phone in the rain
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh KEF! Just read about crown and the bacon sarnie!
I once lost a large filling due to a bacon sarnie - the dentist blames our mothers for making us eat our crusts - he said that more fillings and crowns are damaged by being wrenched crooked on breadcrusts than almost anything else he's come across!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
right now my projects look a mess, if i get this weeding tackled i might take some photo's mostly everything has died back apart from grass so i need to tackle that and maybe not let poppies take over like last year.
Those are lovely Tulips, they are like fried eggs
Kef, oops re crown. Do you still have it? They might be able to stick it back on
Blackest, feel your pain re the grass invading. My new bed from last year needs a grassy weeding
Lovely tulips Dove, can you remember thier name?
Lily - they're called Ancilla
I've just been out between the showers and sown some Sorrel 'Blood Veined' - they're the sort you cut for salad leaves. Now it's wet out there again.
On a brighter note the beetroot I sowed direct into the veg patch on the 10th March are just peeking through - that's not bad going
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
And I've pulled some more rhubarb (shall make a rhubarb and custard cake tomorrow morning) and do you remember the Purple Sprouting Brocc I planted very late last year - we've got enough to go with our roast pork today
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Blackest, nice to see you again
Just been inspecting and the grit around my fav' tulips protected them last night. In GH Cosmos purity has germinated, and all but one Gerbera have survived and are growing. Cuttings from Agastache are growing and the reduced/bargain Caryopteris heavenly blue & Cistus unknown that I rescued in October are now growing great.
Reading GW mag it reminded me that I had some Ligularia but didn't see them last year, they are in the fern bed and looking good, they must have enjoyed all the rain we had. Will take photo of them when they flower, a pale cream / salmon, I think.
Tulips look lovely Dove.
This is my first year for yellow / cream tulips, can't tell quite what they will be as yet, these are the ones I got for free along with loads of Polyanthus from the roadside when the council changed it's bedding display on a big roundabout.
Good tip folks keep your eye on when council displays get changed. The tulips were put into some buckets of compost and leaves fed & then left to die down & stored. Polys were fed & planted and haven't stopped flowering.
BFN
Thanks Dove, they are now on my list.
Just come back from local nursery and got these 5 plants for £8.50 yay!
Its now chucking it down