Well GC came up trumps with 3 packs of pansies in exactly the right colours to complement tulips, and they had nice shallower than normal terracotta pots - couple of them fell into trolley as well
Also bought me garlic - one of them Early Purple wight I haven't tried before
Good news for dog lovers - they are now allowing dogs into the GC. as long as they are well behaved
So I went outside about 10 mins ago to start the planting - - rain coming down too heavily to work in.
Funny how things fall into baskets/trollies etc. Glad you found what you wanted Matty but shame about the weather. Bright but very, very cold here(shivery face).
Well Pdoc, tulips don't have to be planted before November but wine has to be drunk whenever. Problem solved.
Evening all, Throwing it down here in Worcester. I did manage to take the baby to the park this morning before the rained started. Haven't had a car today so very restricted in what I could do. Really missing getting into the garden. Never mind only 2 days to go and then I'm free for the weekend.
DD I did a similar thing once. I thought I had overslept and got the kids up quick raced around and ran all the way to school thinking I was really late because there was no one about. When I got to the school it was deserted, I then realised I had got up an hour early, not late at all.
Good to hear from you Bekkie.
Fidget sounds like you are having a very educational holiday in more ways than one
Our little van is still not fixed, but firstborn has got her car back today so I will be mobile for the rest of the week.
Hope everyone else is OK. Off for a browse. Catch you all later.
OH has gone to choir practice so shall watch TV, but nothing I want to watch before The Apprentice. It was on last night too, recorded it as OH doesn't like it, so shall watch that first.
Sorry, boring post, but nothing interesting to report. Stacked a load of logs this afternoon.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I was going out to the car with a jug of water to top up the washer bottle, the phone rang so I put the jug down on a stool and it wasn't standing straight and 4 pints of water went all over the parquet
Duh!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Not caught up yet but half way hung tv ( think its called trust me im a doctor) and the best ( healthiest" way to eat pasta is if its gone cold and reheated - though KEF would like that one....Ooops sorry .
Had a good couple of days, met with sons teachers, better at school than home (thank goodness) so mum to pull finger out!!! Town hall meetings all day today with nice work( boss advising on disabilty issues). Sons swimming going well - gala on Sunday.Some good chats with friends. Learnt a bit about how children store vocab. Not been in garden
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Well GC came up trumps with 3 packs of pansies in exactly the right colours to complement tulips, and they had nice shallower than normal terracotta pots - couple of them fell into trolley as well
Also bought me garlic - one of them Early Purple wight I haven't tried before
Good news for dog lovers - they are now allowing dogs into the GC. as long as they are well behaved
So I went outside about 10 mins ago to start the planting -
- rain coming down too heavily to work in.
No worse than the Countryfile one Woody
Funny how things fall into baskets/trollies etc. Glad you found what you wanted Matty but shame about the weather. Bright but very, very cold here(shivery face)
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Well Pdoc, tulips don't have to be planted before November but wine has to be drunk whenever. Problem solved.
Hello all
Was out in garden a small bit clearing rubbish, moving bale of straw which is nice and wet - still need to add it to the horse poo yet.
Calendar sounds good Woody
Matty2 glad you got the plants you wanted shame it started raining - did here too
I filled up empty plastic bottles with water butt water - to get extra water as butts over full
Verdun your grass sounds lovely
Quite a lot of the bulbs are going into pots but lots in ground too, just need the weather to be better
Evening all, Throwing it down here in Worcester. I did manage to take the baby to the park this morning before the rained started. Haven't had a car today so very restricted in what I could do. Really missing getting into the garden. Never mind only 2 days to go and then I'm free for the weekend.
DD I did a similar thing once. I thought I had overslept and got the kids up quick raced around and ran all the way to school thinking I was really late because there was no one about. When I got to the school it was deserted, I then realised I had got up an hour early, not late at all.
Good to hear from you Bekkie.
Fidget sounds like you are having a very educational holiday in more ways than one
Our little van is still not fixed, but firstborn has got her car back today so I will be mobile for the rest of the week.
Hope everyone else is OK. Off for a browse. Catch you all later.
OH has gone to choir practice so shall watch TV, but nothing I want to watch before The Apprentice. It was on last night too, recorded it as OH doesn't like it, so shall watch that first.
Sorry, boring post, but nothing interesting to report. Stacked a load of logs this afternoon.
evening
well im still alive, am too sore to be dead!
the roses were 2x iceberg and mme alfred carrier or something like that, they look good and were fresh as one had a live spider in the packet!
DD why do you think there will be problems with the DA roses? all the ones i have remembered to water have been great! im going again next week
you all seem to have had busy days, the most ive done in the garden is feed the stray cat!
I was going out to the car with a jug of water to top up the washer bottle, the phone rang so I put the jug down on a stool and it wasn't standing straight and 4 pints of water went all over the parquet
Duh!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Spent the afternoon knitting (too wet for anything else), will spend evening watching TV but nothing on before 9
trying to avoid too much internet as well hoping to get head totally well
Had a good couple of days, met with sons teachers, better at school than home (thank goodness) so mum to pull finger out!!! Town hall meetings all day today with nice work( boss advising on disabilty issues). Sons swimming going well - gala on Sunday.Some good chats with friends. Learnt a bit about how children store vocab. Not been in garden
Have a good evening all .
uh oh Dove, but at least you didnt take the worst of this accident!
hi Yvie, sounds like nanna needs some nanna time! are you still sore?
Mrs G, sounds like you had a busy day, dont think i could manage a kid!
Matty, what cha knitting?its very trendy to knit now you know
as soon as i have fed OH im off to bed, night all x