Fed birds and have taken new propagator out of box - much tutting and sighing from OH about doing it.
Also fed birds - OH has been doing it but I just felt the need to be outside
I'm all for people planting Prunus Amanogowa - said before I have planted one in every house I have owned. Mind you the one here is a bit pathetic, moved it last year so hopefully will decide to grow this year - if not will replace it
That choco cake looked delish - hope it went down OK
Sorry mind blanked back later, hopefully after I've managed to get away with sowing some seeds in new propagator.
Icy wind here. Tigger ate his breakfast this morning of rice and fish, still won't eat dogfood. Took his cortisone tablets. Walk was short because of the cold, he has a shaven tummy because of his ultrasound scan.
Feels like the sort of day to sit in front of the woodburner and watch TV. Don't do that very often in the day time, apart from Escape to the Country. I like that because of the scenes of beautiful English countryside and as I'm nosy I like looking in people's houses.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Woke up really late! George had me up at 4, but slept until i got up at 11ish (embarassed smiley!)
Havent stopped since i got up, tided up as it looked like there had been an explosion in a breakfast factory...ready break gone hard dripped all over the place! Took george out, then the shopping came, then OH wanted food...steak and spuds duly made (not burned this time! More luck than judgement!;) ), spuds and veggies peeled, dinner cooking, dishwasher on and bird feeders filled up....phew, just had one of those protien shake thingys as i hadnt had chance to eat!
Thats the trouble with having pets, they dont live for very long and then we are heartbroken when they go. So sorry Lizzie for your loss, he had a lovely life with you.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
"Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all" said Tennyson. How true.
Ryan, hi! I'm newish on here too... I just read your profile with admiration and envy. I didn't start my horticultural training until I was in my 40s (having stupidly believed the folk who said I should do something more academic) so my life is full of "might-have-beens". I'm sure you'll reach your goal. There's nothing like being paid for doing what you love, & most of us don't discover that until it's too late. Good luck to you!
Philosophy over...
Lesley, thanks - I had a very relaxing evening! We had a long power cut, so I went to sleep by candlelight, trying to read a book.
Cold and sunny again this morning, but things are finally appearing from under the snow in the garden. Went down to empty the veg rubbish into the compost heap this morning and had a lovely sniff around at the winter flowerers - lonicera purpusii, hamamelis and sarcococca are particularly fragrant. (Actually I had to kneel in the snow on my steps to get my nose into the sarcococca, and then felt obliged to explain my eccentric behaviour to a dog-walking lady who'd stopped to admire the view, and was treated to the sight of a small, soggy, semi-prostrate gardener in the foreground... )
Now it's foggy. Not been above 3C since I got back from Ireland nearly a fortnight ago... Roll on Spring!
PS re plant porn: thought I was almost immune, since my small garden is already stuffed to bursting. However, all this clematis talk has got me thinking... perhaps I could grow more things up the 10ft retaining wall? Faces NE, which is why there's only a winter jasmine and a morello cherry on it so far. Cherry is going, because it never fruits. So more space. (Or maybe I could just use the cherry as a trellis for growing climbers up?? Hmmm...)
Any thoughts anyone? Acid soil, NE facing, 10ft high x around 20ft long (including cherry bit), plenty of rain, 600ft a.s.l, Pennines. All ideas gratefully considered!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I was pleasently supprised how warm it was in the back garden when i went out to fill up the feeders, i could have quite easily taken my coat off , thats the bit where the agave are tho, so its fairly sheltered!
Liri, isnt it funny how we always manage to squeeze one more plant in! Using the tree as a trellis is a great idea, but as you will already be digging a hole, why not put a few things in to extend the season? A winter clematis (armandii or jingle bells?), a montana for spring and a rose for summer? If you get smallish ones to start with they will all fit in a fairly small space
Have run out of steam now, need to load the dishwasher again, but cant seem to prise myself off the sofa!
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Chatty lot
Can't remember half of it
Lovely day here, still not seen any snow!
Fed birds and have taken new propagator out of box - much tutting and sighing from OH about doing it.
Also fed birds - OH has been doing it but I just felt the need to be outside
I'm all for people planting Prunus Amanogowa - said before I have planted one in every house I have owned. Mind you the one here is a bit pathetic, moved it last year so hopefully will decide to grow this year - if not will replace it
That choco cake looked delish - hope it went down OK
Sorry mind blanked back later, hopefully after I've managed to get away with sowing some seeds in new propagator.
Afternoon all.
Very sunny here, although probably not as warm as with you Verdun.
Been out removing all the damaged branches from various shrubs, although most of garden still snow covered.
I think I am going to have lots of spaces....... and spaces mean, new plants.
Still buzzing after the rugby, and Spur's great performance.
Enjoy your afternoons.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Afternoon all.
Icy wind here. Tigger ate his breakfast this morning of rice and fish, still won't eat dogfood. Took his cortisone tablets. Walk was short because of the cold, he has a shaven tummy because of his ultrasound scan.
Feels like the sort of day to sit in front of the woodburner and watch TV. Don't do that very often in the day time, apart from Escape to the Country. I like that because of the scenes of beautiful English countryside and as I'm nosy I like looking in people's houses.
Woke up really late! George had me up at 4, but slept until i got up at 11ish (embarassed smiley!)
Havent stopped since i got up, tided up as it looked like there had been an explosion in a breakfast factory...ready break gone hard dripped all over the place! Took george out, then the shopping came, then OH wanted food...steak and spuds duly made (not burned this time! More luck than judgement!;) ), spuds and veggies peeled, dinner cooking, dishwasher on and bird feeders filled up....phew, just had one of those protien shake thingys as i hadnt had chance to eat!
Oh RB - thank you for sharing those photos and memories.
Thats the trouble with having pets, they dont live for very long and then we are heartbroken when they go. So sorry Lizzie for your loss, he had a lovely life with you.
Runny I think Mr.Goose was a handsome chap and Molly looked so deserving of a big rub around the ears and a hug. Thank for sharing.
"Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all" said Tennyson. How true.
Ryan, hi! I'm newish on here too... I just read your profile with admiration and envy. I didn't start my horticultural training until I was in my 40s (having stupidly believed the folk who said I should do something more academic) so my life is full of "might-have-beens". I'm sure you'll reach your goal. There's nothing like being paid for doing what you love, & most of us don't discover that until it's too late. Good luck to you!
Philosophy over...
Lesley, thanks - I had a very relaxing evening! We had a long power cut, so I went to sleep by candlelight, trying to read a book.
Cold and sunny again this morning, but things are finally appearing from under the snow in the garden. Went down to empty the veg rubbish into the compost heap this morning and had a lovely sniff around at the winter flowerers - lonicera purpusii, hamamelis and sarcococca are particularly fragrant. (Actually I had to kneel in the snow on my steps to get my nose into the sarcococca, and then felt obliged to explain my eccentric behaviour to a dog-walking lady who'd stopped to admire the view, and was treated to the sight of a small, soggy, semi-prostrate gardener in the foreground...
)
Now it's foggy. Not been above 3C since I got back from Ireland nearly a fortnight ago... Roll on Spring!
PS re plant porn: thought I was almost immune, since my small garden is already stuffed to bursting. However, all this clematis talk has got me thinking... perhaps I could grow more things up the 10ft retaining wall? Faces NE, which is why there's only a winter jasmine and a morello cherry on it so far. Cherry is going, because it never fruits. So more space.
(Or maybe I could just use the cherry as a trellis for growing climbers up?? Hmmm...)
Any thoughts anyone? Acid soil, NE facing, 10ft high x around 20ft long (including cherry bit), plenty of rain, 600ft a.s.l, Pennines. All ideas gratefully considered!
Liri, isnt it funny how we always manage to squeeze one more plant in! Using the tree as a trellis is a great idea, but as you will already be digging a hole, why not put a few things in to extend the season? A winter clematis (armandii or jingle bells?), a montana for spring and a rose for summer? If you get smallish ones to start with they will all fit in a fairly small space
Have run out of steam now, need to load the dishwasher again, but cant seem to prise myself off the sofa!