Morning all. Sounds like a lot has been going on again, enjoy your ventures
Two replacement fence panels installed yesterday, had to cut back a substantial part of NDNs cotoneaster to be able to get to the post.
Decided to pack all the garden rubbish (including yesterdays stuff) in the car and head off for the tip today....just got myself organised and the heavens opened! A right old downpour! So that jobs not getting done! Should have planned better - it was dry while I watched GW earlier, even had a walk to the shops in just a t.shirt, Oh well, I'll have to wait for it to dry out again.
Eucalyptus and other new trees are struggling to stay upright in all this wind. The ash (a few years old) is top heavy, it's trunk not upto much yet. The amelanchier is concentrating her energies (hopefully) on the roots - well there's not much going on up top anyway! Poppies and hordeum jubatum (grass) are no longer majestic, just a flattened washout. Just loving this 'flaming June'
No cuppa outside here. Our temp has reached a dizzying 10c. Hope Fairy put her semmit on this morning.
Wonky it's a shame you live so far away as I quite fancy a roast that someone else has cooked.
Must get my eyes tested soon as, although I've had a reminder, it was Verdon's post mentioning geranium onion that made me look twice. Must look up the Orion and hocus pocus
Lizzie I'm glad that the concert went so well. Wow - a standing ovation. Was the gala dinner as swish as it sounds?
Vine weevils Rb. Happymarion is a smart lady and I'll certainly try to remember that tip. Jo - I'm a bit the same about veg. All I have is some chives because I like the flowers.
I found a mint beetle in the garden on Friday. I only knew what it was because of a question in GW mag. They are tiny but very pretty and I wonder what else they eat because we don't grow mint.
I saw the site ok too Jo. We don't have pennyroyal either. Rb is your garden turning into a bug haven? At least you got rid of the vine weevils. That reminds me - must check the lilies. It's the first time I've tried growing them but I've seen what the lily beetles did to my Dad's last year.
I have had a major argument with the new Henry Vac it is never going to be used upstairs again! It is going to live in the garage and be used for spilt compost, sawdust and the sort of things Henrys were originally designed for before they tried to become clever - never again will it knock down the blinds in the bedroom which hit me on the head, get tangled around my feet and cause mayhem spilling orchid compost across the carpet, necessitating my rescue by OH who finished cleaning the bedroom while I went downstairs to calm down.
I was using the Henry 'cos the all singing all dancing Dyson Animal is soooooooooo irritating and just isn't efficient and is so annoying to empty and clean.
In a fit of pique (major understatement) I have just ordered a bog-standard Panasonic upright like the one I always used to have
Wonky is going to have the annoying all singing all dancing Dyson Animal that I hate. She says her hubby will love it (cos it's the vac equivalent of an Applemac, apparently ) so they'll be happy and when my Panasonic arrives I'll be able to 'hoover' again without getting into a tizz ............. and breathe
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Aww Dove - hope your head isn't too sore. h....w..k is a very dangerous occupation and should be left to the men and we'll cheer them on from the sidelines. Lucky Wonky's OH getting the vac of his dreams. Henry will be useful for all you mentioned and the car.
Rb you can show me the way to Specsavers - a case of the blind leading the blind.
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Morning all. Sounds like a lot has been going on again, enjoy your ventures
Two replacement fence panels installed yesterday, had to cut back a substantial part of NDNs cotoneaster to be able to get to the post.
Decided to pack all the garden rubbish (including yesterdays stuff) in the car and head off for the tip today....just got myself organised and the heavens opened! A right old downpour!
So that jobs not getting done! Should have planned better - it was dry while I watched GW earlier, even had a walk to the shops in just a t.shirt, 
Oh well, I'll have to wait for it to dry out again.
Eucalyptus and other new trees are struggling to stay upright in all this wind. The ash (a few years old) is top heavy, it's trunk not upto much yet. The amelanchier is concentrating her energies (hopefully) on the roots - well there's not much going on up top anyway! Poppies and hordeum jubatum (grass) are no longer majestic, just a flattened washout. Just loving this 'flaming June'
No cuppa outside here. Our temp has reached a dizzying 10c. Hope Fairy put her semmit on this morning
.
Wonky it's a shame you live so far away as I quite fancy a roast that someone else has cooked
.
Must get my eyes tested soon as, although I've had a reminder, it was Verdon's post mentioning geranium onion that made me look twice. Must look up the Orion and hocus pocus
Lizzie I'm glad that the concert went so well. Wow - a standing ovation
. Was the gala dinner as swish as it sounds?
Vine weevils Rb
. Happymarion is a smart lady and I'll certainly try to remember that tip. Jo - I'm a bit the same about veg. All I have is some chives because I like the flowers
.
I found a mint beetle in the garden on Friday. I only knew what it was because of a question in GW mag. They are tiny but very pretty and I wonder what else they eat because we don't grow mint
.
Thanks Edd but they only want the blue mint beetle and mine was the green one. Much prettier
.
I saw the site ok too Jo. We don't have pennyroyal either
. Rb is your garden turning into a bug haven? At least you got rid of the vine weevils
. That reminds me - must check the lilies. It's the first time I've tried growing them but I've seen what the lily beetles did to my Dad's last year
.
I have had a major argument with the new Henry Vac
it is never going to be used upstairs again! 
It is going to live in the garage and be used for spilt compost, sawdust and the sort of things Henrys were originally designed for before they tried to become clever - never again will it knock down the blinds in the bedroom which hit me on the head, get tangled around my feet and cause mayhem spilling orchid compost across the carpet, necessitating my rescue by OH who finished cleaning the bedroom while I went downstairs to calm down.
) so they'll be happy and when my Panasonic arrives I'll be able to 'hoover' again without getting into a tizz ............. and breathe 
I was using the Henry 'cos the all singing all dancing Dyson Animal is soooooooooo irritating and just isn't efficient and is so annoying to empty and clean.
In a fit of pique (major understatement) I have just ordered a bog-standard Panasonic upright like the one I always used to have
Wonky is going to have the annoying all singing all dancing Dyson Animal that I hate. She says her hubby will love it (cos it's the vac equivalent of an Applemac, apparently
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Aww Dove - hope your head isn't too sore. h....w..k is a very dangerous occupation and should be left to the men and we'll cheer them on from the sidelines
. Lucky Wonky's OH getting the vac of his dreams
. Henry will be useful for all you mentioned and the car
.
Rb you can show me the way to Specsavers - a case of the blind leading the blind
.