Lovely clematis, have some here but think they got neglected last winter/spring, hope to get more out of them this year given some T.L.C.
Got all ironing done & cake made although was half gone before it even left the cooling rack, so much for my plan to have something 'in' to last the week.
Also managed an extended walk with Shadow as Charlie decided to follow a trail of icicles down the stream, crossing back & forth on every available fallen tree trunk.
Got back to discover some sheep had been in garden & eaten all but one of my winter cabbage, ended up having last one for dinner, didn't seem worth saving one, was tasty though.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
We had very tasty slow-roast lamb for dinner... It was English though, not French.
Thanks for the info and lovely photos, Dove. I have clem. alpina (the standard blue one) growing through an Acer 'Sango-kaku'. Looks lovely against the pinkish stems of the acer. Might try a different colour on the wall; and perhaps HFYoung as well - it looks really beautiful.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Seriously though, DD, I sympathise with you re hungry sheep. When we bought an old farmhouse in Northumberland (20-odd years ago) there was nothing in the garden except daffodils. I saved up & planted up the front garden using small plants, some from friends and some grown from seed/cuttings. Then we went away for a week - and returned to find that 2 of the neighbour's half-grown lambs had learnt to cross the cattle grid, and had been feasting in my front garden, nibbling all the plants down to stumps. But on the bright side, a year later almost everything had survived, and was beautifully bushy having been severely pruned at a young age... In addition, the lambs were very tasty, I believe.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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I love the alpinas too Bekkie - so pretty and no trouble at all. The other alpina on that fence that I'm particularly fond of is a pink Willy
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely clematis, have some here but think they got neglected last winter/spring, hope to get more out of them this year given some T.L.C.
Got all ironing done & cake made although was half gone before it even left the cooling rack, so much for my plan to have something 'in' to last the week.
Also managed an extended walk with Shadow as Charlie decided to follow a trail of icicles down the stream, crossing back & forth on every available fallen tree trunk.
Got back to discover some sheep had been in garden & eaten all but one of my winter cabbage, ended up having last one for dinner, didn't seem worth saving one, was tasty though.
Dd, not quite clear - was that the last cabbage or the last sheep that you had for dinner?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We had very tasty slow-roast lamb for dinner...
It was English though, not French. 
Thanks for the info and lovely photos, Dove. I have clem. alpina (the standard blue one) growing through an Acer 'Sango-kaku'. Looks lovely against the pinkish stems of the acer. Might try a different colour on the wall; and perhaps HFYoung as well - it looks really beautiful.
Seriously though, DD, I sympathise with you re hungry sheep. When we bought an old farmhouse in Northumberland (20-odd years ago) there was nothing in the garden except daffodils. I saved up & planted up the front garden using small plants, some from friends and some grown from seed/cuttings. Then we went away for a week - and returned to find that 2 of the neighbour's half-grown lambs had learnt to cross the cattle grid, and had been feasting in my front garden, nibbling all the plants down to stumps. But on the bright side, a year later almost everything had survived, and was beautifully bushy having been severely pruned at a young age...
In addition, the lambs were very tasty, I believe. 
Dove - those sheep had a lucky escape I can tell you - if I had caught them instead of OH there may well have been one in the pot!
Liri, a real Chelsea chop eh!
On the bright side DD, your cabbage patch is now clear and you can plant summat else
Evenin all
Had a lovely lunch with Ma and Pa, roast Pork
OH had a snooze this afternoon, but I was a good girl and stayed awake 
When I saw Charlie on the branch, then under the branch for a moment I thought he'd fallen in!
I really like fruit cake as well as carrot cake
Watched too much TV today, finishing with Mr. Selfridge, but I did do ironing while I watched, including two big duvet covers.