Good morning all - lovely sunshine and blue skies here - hopefully your fog will disappear soon!
A few little jobs to be done today and then .......... gardening but firstI shall have to pop up to the GC to get some bags of manure for the new border at the front as I've some plants ready to go in there.
Our trip to MIL's was lovely, and I managed a trip to the GC in the next vllage which always has good climbers - I've been unable to find a Lonicera Serotina (for the trellis next to the seat by the back fence) around here, but I got one there - and a Clematis cirrhosa Freckles for the front border, and a Campsis Radicans to go in a large pot on the terrace and grow up the fence by the studio windows. Oh, and a Pulmonaria Opal and another carex
Then we visited Nut and her OH. We sat by the pond and drank coffee and nattered, then had a lovely lunch of delicious home made quiches and salads, before walking around the gardens with Nut who dug up plants and filled every nook and cranny of our car with native hellebores, iris foetida, hazels, ramsons, white comfrey, arum maculatum .......... think there was something else ..........
Some were planted immediately on our arrival home, before I even got into our house, others have been popped into pots or wrapped in damp newspaper and put in cool dark corners until later on today. Very generous Nut - thank you so much
Another coffee needed here ........ anyone got the kettle on or shall I make it?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all, early start for me too t's morning although didn't come on here straight away OH was out at 6.10 so I took the hounds their morning walk at 6.15, I love the peacefulness of a early morning walks and the birds singing.
It's nice and sunny here at the moment but a bit damp, however I'm off up the M74 shortly to Scotland so not sure what the weather holds there....be assured though Clari I will have headlights/fog lights on, whatever is needed
OH away tonight so might have to have some planting time in the GH if it's raining, if not I have bulbs to plant in the borders.
Lovely here, sun out and shining. If only I was any good at getting up! Shoes and socks time fast approaches. I have envy of those who can enjoy their gardens today
Glad you had a great time Dove. What a star Nut is
Dentist again for me at mid-day.
Lizzie, all our G.P's, nurses are in one health centre but the dedicated nurse who does the checks was off and others don't do her job. Got another appointment for a few weeks hence.
mmmm. That looks nice Dove. I'll have to put the kettle on too
OL - nasturtiums are really easy and will self-seed once they get going. They're tender - first frost will kill them - but till then they'll provide masses of foiliage (which makes a reasonable ground cover or can be trained over things) and loads of bright flowers. The leaves are edible as well as the flowers, but try to avoid eating the aphids.
Morning, mind if I share a coffee with you too? Mmmm, thanks that's better.
Dove, glad you had a lovely time.
Have a good day early starters and workers.
I'm going to look at a new (second hand) aquarium today, downsizing on the last one (which we will then sell) smaller size needed so I can spend on plants instead of buying fish. Only got 12 fish now, used to have 40+.
Sheffield Botanical Gardens have a national collection of weigela so I will pop along (hopefully this week) to see size, shape and what goes well with them before I plant my new one. PM me if anyone wants to meet up there. I haven't been for years and years, maybe even when mum took me as a child, and it's only on my doorstep!
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Good morning all - lovely sunshine and blue skies here - hopefully your fog will disappear soon!
A few little jobs to be done today and then .......... gardening
but firstI shall have to pop up to the GC to get some bags of manure for the new border at the front as I've some plants ready to go in there.
Our trip to MIL's was lovely, and I managed a trip to the GC in the next vllage which always has good climbers - I've been unable to find a Lonicera Serotina (for the trellis next to the seat by the back fence) around here, but I got one there - and a Clematis cirrhosa Freckles for the front border, and a Campsis Radicans to go in a large pot on the terrace and grow up the fence by the studio windows. Oh, and a Pulmonaria Opal and another carex
Then we visited Nut and her OH. We sat by the pond and drank coffee and nattered, then had a lovely lunch of delicious home made quiches and salads, before walking around the gardens with Nut who dug up plants and filled every nook and cranny of our car with native hellebores, iris foetida, hazels, ramsons, white comfrey, arum maculatum .......... think there was something else ..........
Some were planted immediately on our arrival home, before I even got into our house, others have been popped into pots or wrapped in damp newspaper and put in cool dark corners until later on today. Very generous Nut - thank you so much
Another coffee needed here ........ anyone got the kettle on or shall I make it?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all, early start for me too t's morning although didn't come on here straight away
OH was out at 6.10 so I took the hounds their morning walk at 6.15, I love the peacefulness of a early morning walks and the birds singing.
It's nice and sunny here at the moment but a bit damp, however I'm off up the M74 shortly to Scotland so not sure what the weather holds there....be assured though Clari I will have headlights/fog lights on, whatever is needed
OH away tonight so might have to have some planting time in the GH if it's raining, if not I have bulbs to plant in the borders.
See you all later x
Morning all
Lovely here, sun out and shining. If only I was any good at getting up! Shoes and socks time fast approaches. I have envy of those who can enjoy their gardens today
Have a good one folks.
Morning all...... That's all I got at the mo!!!!
Here you are Stacey - this'll help
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good Morning. Dull & damp here 9C.
Glad you had a great time Dove. What a star Nut is
Dentist again for me at mid-day.
Lizzie, all our G.P's, nurses are in one health centre but the dedicated nurse who does the checks was off and others don't do her job. Got another appointment for a few weeks hence.
Off for nosey around the forum BFN.
mmmm. That looks nice Dove. I'll have to put the kettle on too
OL - nasturtiums are really easy and will self-seed once they get going. They're tender - first frost will kill them - but till then they'll provide masses of foiliage (which makes a reasonable ground cover or can be trained over things) and loads of bright flowers. The leaves are edible as well as the flowers, but try to avoid eating the aphids.
Morning, mind if I share a coffee with you too? Mmmm, thanks that's better.
Dove, glad you had a lovely time.
Have a good day early starters and workers.
I'm going to look at a new (second hand) aquarium today, downsizing on the last one (which we will then sell) smaller size needed so I can spend on plants instead of buying fish
. Only got 12 fish now, used to have 40+.
Sheffield Botanical Gardens have a national collection of weigela so I will pop along (hopefully this week) to see size, shape and what goes well with them before I plant my new one. PM me if anyone wants to meet up there. I haven't been for years and years, maybe even when mum took me as a child, and it's only on my doorstep!