Pleasant morning pottering, weeding, chopping back perennials and PLANNING.
It is lovely to see some perennials appearing above the soil, when you chop last years growth down.
Off to walk to garage and collect car. I love it to bits, especially with the roof down, but it is starting to cost me a lot of money. I suppose it is showing its age, a bit like me really.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Right, the alarm finally went quiet at 3.00p.m. Had a couple of small burst since but not much. Hope it stays off for tonight.
Went back in the garden and removed grass around the bench ready for plants to be planted once they are delivered. Had two David Austin roses delivered today (Pat Austin) and have planted them to grow up two obelisks and moved a few plants around, including a hydrangea that has been move 4 times so far, hopefully it will be able to stay put now otherwise it might just grow legs and walk itself.
Plants ordered to go round bench include
two Philadelphus 'Manteau d'Hermine
two Corydalis 'Saphire'
Thalyctrum 'black stockings'
Can't walk at the moment but I'm sure I'll be fine after a nice hot shower.
The legs joke made me laugh Yvie, I know exactly what you mean. I normally walk a new plant around my garden and it tells me where its best and sometimes I immediately know and don't have to ask and I always always leave it in its pot a few weeks to be sure...but there are just a few plants in my garden (mainly shrubs) that I've failed every year so far. Wherever I place them just seems so...uninspiring
Hi all Had a couple, well three hours outside cutting things back, maybe taken a few risks but if they live they live if not room for others.
Yvie & Panda that is a lovely bench
Winter loads of pockets in your new rucksack wonder what might come home in those Age my fingers wouldn't work properly today they only like warm weather.
Liri sounds like your birds are like mine and eating into plant funds
Lesley glad AP's okay and that Dad's pooter is working
Pdoc, your turn flog the car buy a moped and a rucksack for the shopping Winter knows where to get a good one and spend it on a GH I was thinking (gawd help us) about your GH base why not build it up level rather than digging out? That might be unsuitable but just and idea.
Verdun glad your crown appointment has been okay ..the fitting is the worst Heck did I really tell you that x
Only about 20 years ago a chap in our village used one of these to take water up to his allotment for his pig, chickens and his veg, and then he'd bring his potatoes and veg back in the same way. That's what non-driving gardeners need to take to the GC with them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Afternoon all.
Pleasant morning pottering, weeding, chopping back perennials and PLANNING.
It is lovely to see some perennials appearing above the soil, when you chop last years growth down.
Off to walk to garage and collect car. I love it to bits, especially with the roof down, but it is starting to cost me a lot of money. I suppose it is showing its age, a bit like me really.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I'm starting to show my age too punkdoc although Verdun is the forum's young whipper-snapper
Right, the alarm finally went quiet at 3.00p.m. Had a couple of small burst since but not much. Hope it stays off for tonight.
Went back in the garden and removed grass around the bench ready for plants to be planted once they are delivered. Had two David Austin roses delivered today (Pat Austin) and have planted them to grow up two obelisks and moved a few plants around, including a hydrangea that has been move 4 times so far, hopefully it will be able to stay put now otherwise it might just grow legs and walk itself.
Plants ordered to go round bench include
two Philadelphus 'Manteau d'Hermine
two Corydalis 'Saphire'
Thalyctrum 'black stockings'
Can't walk at the moment but I'm sure I'll be fine after a nice hot shower.
The legs joke made me laugh Yvie, I know exactly what you mean. I normally walk a new plant around my garden and it tells me where its best and sometimes I immediately know and don't have to ask and I always always leave it in its pot a few weeks to be sure...but there are just a few plants in my garden (mainly shrubs) that I've failed every year so far. Wherever I place them just seems so...uninspiring
Hi all
Had a couple, well three hours outside cutting things back, maybe taken a few risks but if they live they live if not room for others.
Yvie & Panda that is a lovely bench
Winter loads of pockets in your new rucksack
wonder what might come home in those 
Age 
my fingers wouldn't work properly today they only like warm weather.
Liri sounds like your birds are like mine and eating into plant funds
Lesley glad AP's okay and that Dad's pooter is working
Pdoc, your turn
flog the car buy a moped and a rucksack for the shopping Winter knows where to get a good one and spend it on a GH 
I was thinking (gawd help us) about your GH base why not build it up level rather than digging out? That might be unsuitable but just and idea.
Verdun glad your crown appointment has been okay ..the fitting is the worst
Heck did I really tell you that 
x
Lily pleased you enjoyed your walk
HW 
GW mag arrived today
One day I'll see my name in print 
Only about 20 years ago a chap in our village used one of these to take water up to his allotment for his pig, chickens and his veg, and then he'd bring his potatoes and veg back in the same way. That's what non-driving gardeners need to take to the GC with them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove
Panda write your name on the front of the mag
you have a PM.
Lol KEF
Dove, can't see me getting on the bus carrying that
What a brilliant idea Dove! Perhaps I can borrow Panda's rollerskates to make it half the journey