We didn't really plant the vine for the grapes - I wanted a vine because the farmhouse I grew up in had two vines growing all over the front of the house and I was desolate when my parents' builders took them down because the old bricks of the house had become porous and the wall needed rendering. I remembered leaning out of my bedroom window and picking sour grapes, and coming home from school on an autumn day, walking down the drive seeing the glorious reds, oranges and purples of the vine leaves against the house walls. I wanted something on a trellis wall at the side of the dining area on the terrace that would be like that.
We visited special friends who were just starting on making a garden for the dream home they'd been making out of a lovely old Suffolk barn - I mentioned that I was looking for something that would give me those autumn colours and Frank suddenly grabbed a magazine cutting about the vine Boskoop Glory - it seemed to be just what I wanted. I bought the vine and planted it three years ago.
Two years ago next June dear Frank died of the cancer he'd fought so bravely. The leaves of my Boskoop Glory are turning wonderful shades of purple, pink and orange and I see it every time I look out of the window or step out of the door, and I think of my dear friend, his dear wife and his lovely children who loved him and miss him so much.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello all , day at allottment , done in , just had dinner , o/h put it in slower cooker this morning as we never feel like cooking after a day's graft , however , lots done , very pleasing
big blank space ? Was it for pictures
Pleased to say glouruious sunny day , after an Autumn feel start to September , perhaps an Indian summer , that would be nice
Hope you are all well and had a good day yourselves
I am sitting here waiting for the punchline from YvieStevie!
Yes people, the real world exists. Today's escapades (apart from healing the sick) has been recruiting Himself to help lift the godawful flotex that has spent decades lurking in my waiting room. To be frank, I have never been able to work out what my ex-boss was smoking when he decided that carpet was the way forward in a room where nervous bladdered animals hung out...
My advancing years are weighing on me and I feel that a hot bath is likely to be imminent!
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Sorry meant to include you in the "you've been missed " Steve, t g v. x
We didn't really plant the vine for the grapes - I wanted a vine because the farmhouse I grew up in had two vines growing all over the front of the house and I was desolate when my parents' builders took them down because the old bricks of the house had become porous and the wall needed rendering. I remembered leaning out of my bedroom window and picking sour grapes, and coming home from school on an autumn day, walking down the drive seeing the glorious reds, oranges and purples of the vine leaves against the house walls. I wanted something on a trellis wall at the side of the dining area on the terrace that would be like that.
We visited special friends who were just starting on making a garden for the dream home they'd been making out of a lovely old Suffolk barn - I mentioned that I was looking for something that would give me those autumn colours and Frank suddenly grabbed a magazine cutting about the vine Boskoop Glory - it seemed to be just what I wanted. I bought the vine and planted it three years ago.
Two years ago next June dear Frank died of the cancer he'd fought so bravely. The leaves of my Boskoop Glory are turning wonderful shades of purple, pink and orange and I see it every time I look out of the window or step out of the door, and I think of my dear friend, his dear wife and his lovely children who loved him and miss him so much.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello all , day at allottment , done in , just had dinner , o/h put it in slower cooker this morning as we never feel like cooking after a day's graft , however , lots done , very pleasing
big blank space ? Was it for pictures
Pleased to say glouruious sunny day , after an Autumn feel start to September , perhaps an Indian summer , that would be nice
Hope you are all well and had a good day yourselves
I am sitting here waiting for the punchline from YvieStevie!
Yes people, the real world exists. Today's escapades (apart from healing the sick) has been recruiting Himself to help lift the godawful flotex that has spent decades lurking in my waiting room. To be frank, I have never been able to work out what my ex-boss was smoking when he decided that carpet was the way forward in a room where nervous bladdered animals hung out...
My advancing years are weighing on me and I feel that a hot bath is likely to be imminent!
I think that after spending time with that carpet a hot bath is imperative!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove, you have no idea... Years the nurses have struggled to keep it clean but up close...
Too much information Steve!!! ... and you're speaking to someone who spent the week before her wedding scrubbing out farrowing pens!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Awww how lovely Dove, nice to have a plant of some kind for memories. Any pics?
Its been a glorious day, really hot. Grass cut front and back, edges trimmed and a few plants cut back.
Lovely afternoon with sons dils and GD.
Good to see you Verdun
Maybe tomorrow SGL
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.