So sorry about your friend, Dove. Big hugs ((( )))
Chicky, if I can get to visit the Savill garden in Windsor I will be happy. We will stay a few days there as it's cheaper than London and we got a good deal on the hotel.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Morning everyone, a bit blustery and overcast here but dry so far. I need to do things in the GH today so don't mind a bit of rain.....it might encourage me to get some bits done indoors too!!
Dove, so sorry about your friend, as you said she will be free from pain now, that doesn't make your pain any easier though. ((Hugs)).
MrsGarden, it was a privet bush, we took most of them down a couple of years ago but couldn't shift that so I out up with it, until the end of last summer when I decided it was going.....to sentiment where privet is concerned!! We have tried everything and eventually it came out!
Hugs to all those with naff jobs and working today, it will soon be long weekend
Dave - really sorry to hear about your friend. But as you say she's in the best place now and no doubt will be keeping an eye on you all!
Mrs G - sorry about that! The weather report said fine all day (heavy rain on Sunday). Now I'm just in the office by Rother Valley trying to mentally convince the clouds to go South and miss the washing! I can't remember if I opened the greenhouse or not either Two of my tomato plants were looking a little less than peppy yesterday so I'm hoping they'll be okay. I watered them well but the leafs seemed wilted. Surely they don't need a feed already?
KEF - ha has auto correct on my phone isn't a fan of cakes it seems! Grandma always makes the hot cross buns so this is my contribution to the party.
No Clari, don't feed your tomatoes until they get the first flowers otherwise they might not flower (I like it when I know something!! I learned that the other day on another thread )
These are Easter presents for my 3 boys, you can't see it very well but in the middle of each pot is a baby Monkey Puzzle Tree......I'm not very artistic so don't focus on the post too much
I'll put a photo up of the toms some time over the weekend - they've grown massively - way bigger than others I planted just a few days later but the leafs were all wilted like I'd abandoned them to dry out. Could they be getting too hot in the conservatory? I was sure I read about not feeding them til they flower and generally treating them keen but I'm not sure they look like they'll last much longer!
Mrs G - you're more than welcome to the join in the party. Be warned with this family to expect arguing, fussing, tantrums over the tiniest of things, the dogs getting higher priority on the sofa than grandfather... my family positively sit in a darkened room eating nothing but bread and water in comparison!
Thanks Verdun - she was so young and full of energy- only retired a couple of years - and she had so many things she wanted to do - she was 3/4 of the way through writing a book on plums (she lived in Pershore). Her much loved OH and family will miss her dreadfully.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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So sorry about your friend, Dove. Big hugs ((( )))
Chicky, if I can get to visit the Savill garden in Windsor I will be happy. We will stay a few days there as it's cheaper than London and we got a good deal on the hotel.
Lizzie - most of the English schools go back on Tuesday ( they seem to have been off for most of April) - so things shouldn't be too busy here
Morning everyone, a bit blustery and overcast here but dry so far. I need to do things in the GH today so don't mind a bit of rain.....it might encourage me to get some bits done indoors too!!
Dove, so sorry about your friend, as you said she will be free from pain now, that doesn't make your pain any easier though. ((Hugs)).
MrsGarden, it was a privet bush, we took most of them down a couple of years ago but couldn't shift that so I out up with it, until the end of last summer when I decided it was going.....to sentiment where privet is concerned!! We have tried everything and eventually it came out!
Hugs to all those with naff jobs and working today, it will soon be long weekend
Dave - really sorry to hear about your friend. But as you say she's in the best place now and no doubt will be keeping an eye on you all!
Mrs G - sorry about that! The weather report said fine all day (heavy rain on Sunday). Now I'm just in the office by Rother Valley trying to mentally convince the clouds to go South and miss the washing! I can't remember if I opened the greenhouse or not either
Two of my tomato plants were looking a little less than peppy yesterday so I'm hoping they'll be okay. I watered them well but the leafs seemed wilted. Surely they don't need a feed already?
KEF - ha has auto correct on my phone isn't a fan of cakes it seems! Grandma always makes the hot cross buns so this is my contribution to the party.
Party Clari? ooo lovely. I'll be there!
Thanks folks
((hugs))
Clari - don't feed the toms yet! and keep the compost on the dry-ish side
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No Clari, don't feed your tomatoes until they get the first flowers otherwise they might not flower
(I like it when I know something!! I learned that the other day on another thread 
)
These are Easter presents for my 3 boys, you can't see it very well but in the middle of each pot is a baby Monkey Puzzle Tree......I'm not very artistic so don't focus on the post too much
I'll put a photo up of the toms some time over the weekend - they've grown massively - way bigger than others I planted just a few days later but the leafs were all wilted like I'd abandoned them to dry out. Could they be getting too hot in the conservatory? I was sure I read about not feeding them til they flower and generally treating them keen but I'm not sure they look like they'll last much longer!
Mrs G - you're more than welcome to the join in the party. Be warned with this family to expect arguing, fussing, tantrums over the tiniest of things, the dogs getting higher priority on the sofa than grandfather... my family positively sit in a darkened room eating nothing but bread and water in comparison!
Thanks Verdun
- she was so young and full of energy- only retired a couple of years - and she had so many things she wanted to do - she was 3/4 of the way through writing a book on plums (she lived in Pershore). Her much loved OH and family will miss her dreadfully. 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.