Well done Wintersong, Verdun would be proud of you.
Sounds like everyone has been busy. I had to pop round the post office to collect a parcel. Apparently I wasn't in when it was delivered, funny that, I don't remember going out.
I spent the morning tidying up and weeding the borders and dead heading hydrangeas. Also found room for my Garrya by removing a passion flower I had fallen out of love with. More plants delivered but that will have to be a job for tomorrow as I'm shattered now.
Need to pop round and see mum, then it's feet up for the rest of the day.
BM, my little mare is Portuguese, Lusitano, but brought up in France, trained by me so speaks English. Present from my lovely late father. Her hooves are much better and ground is drying out now so hopefully she'll be OK.
Went to supermarket, lunched in the Chinese. Why do I feel so knackered now? I never used to catch bugs either.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Wintersong, I'm in awe of your negotiating skills... great to have such a lot of things sorted at once!
Bekkie, thanks - it was a great morning. I really love that sort of "gardening" (ie messing about in the woods!), and working with like-minded people was a bonus.
Dove & BL - I'm sure this year's "bugs" have been worse, and particularly, longer-lasting, than usual. The local cough keeps coming back, when you reckon you're over it, but do something a bit too tiring or strenuous. We need spring!
Got to do some shopping. Decided I probably shouldn't walk to the SM this morning trailing mud & brambles after me - I might have been banned...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
BL, glad mare's tootsies are picking up, so to speak
Wintersong - well done on the negotiating!!!
Coconut oil's very good for cracked skin apparently - just been reading up on it.
Windy here too - I've just got the washing in and had to rescue a pair of OH's undies from the grape-vine across the garden
I've been wading through piles and piles of filing - because we've been storing stuff in the study out of the way of the decorating, I've been unable to reach the files to put paperwork away - isn't it amazing how it mounts up? I've made a bit of a dent in it but still plenty to do. I suppose there's quite a bit because I have the Aged P's stuff as well as ours.
Son's car had a problem this morning so he borrowed a car to visit Pa for his birthday. I've just heard from my brother who visited this afternoon who said that neither Aged P remembers son visiting this morning - I won't tell him of course, but it's so sad
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's possible the pics wont show, I'm getting an error uploading them...or they will be the wrong way round. Its before and after shots of the Laurel pruned today. I'm hoping to keep it formally clipped from now on, with the bare stem so it pretends to be a tree
Thanks guys, always a wee bit scary to let someone loose on your plants even if they DO need it!
True true Verdun, was checking out your plant combo the other day, with the purple Berberis, blue geranium and that yellow grass???? or subshrub maybe, I forget its name as its a new one for me but lovely combo
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It's 10 degrees here and really beautiful. Proper spring (although I'm old-school and stay cautious until May)
Well done Wintersong, Verdun would be proud of you.
Sounds like everyone has been busy. I had to pop round the post office to collect a parcel. Apparently I wasn't in when it was delivered, funny that, I don't remember going out
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I spent the morning tidying up and weeding the borders and dead heading hydrangeas. Also found room for my Garrya by removing a passion flower I had fallen out of love with. More plants delivered but that will have to be a job for tomorrow as I'm shattered now.
Need to pop round and see mum, then it's feet up for the rest of the day.
BM, my little mare is Portuguese, Lusitano, but brought up in France, trained by me so speaks English. Present from my lovely late father. Her hooves are much better and ground is drying out now so hopefully she'll be OK.
Went to supermarket, lunched in the Chinese. Why do I feel so knackered now? I never used to catch bugs either.
Wintersong, I'm in awe of your negotiating skills... great to have such a lot of things sorted at once!
Bekkie, thanks - it was a great morning. I really love that sort of "gardening" (ie messing about in the woods!), and working with like-minded people was a bonus.
Dove & BL - I'm sure this year's "bugs" have been worse, and particularly, longer-lasting, than usual. The local cough keeps coming back, when you reckon you're over it, but do something a bit too tiring or strenuous. We need spring!
Got to do some shopping. Decided I probably shouldn't walk to the SM this morning trailing mud & brambles after me - I might have been banned...
BL, glad mare's tootsies are picking up, so to speak
Wintersong - well done on the negotiating!!!
Coconut oil's very good for cracked skin apparently - just been reading up on it.
Windy here too - I've just got the washing in and had to rescue a pair of OH's undies from the grape-vine across the garden
I've been wading through piles and piles of filing - because we've been storing stuff in the study out of the way of the decorating, I've been unable to reach the files to put paperwork away - isn't it amazing how it mounts up?
I've made a bit of a dent in it but still plenty to do. I suppose there's quite a bit because I have the Aged P's stuff as well as ours.
Son's car had a problem this morning so he borrowed a car to visit Pa for his birthday. I've just heard from my brother who visited this afternoon who said that neither Aged P remembers son visiting this morning - I won't tell him of course, but it's so sad
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's possible the pics wont show, I'm getting an error uploading them...or they will be the wrong way round. Its before and after shots of the Laurel pruned today. I'm hoping to keep it formally clipped from now on, with the bare stem so it pretends to be a tree
another shot from side view.
Looks good Wintersong. Plenty of room now for more GC purchases...
Thanks guys, always a wee bit scary to let someone loose on your plants even if they DO need it!
True true Verdun, was checking out your plant combo the other day, with the purple Berberis, blue geranium and that yellow grass???? or subshrub maybe, I forget its name as its a new one for me
but lovely combo