Sorry about your roof and GH, puncdoc, must be worrying.
Have been reading through and it seems the tone of this thread is changing, seeds are being sown, gardens are being talked about more, could spring be coming after all?
Lily, I saw your lovely photos on the camera thread of Wakehurst Place. I must go there, we have a flat in Eastbourne where we go when we visit the UK so it's not too far. I found this on Google, full of lovely photos. http://www.invectis.co.uk/wakeh/whg1.html
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Sorry to hear about your roof PD, hope it gets sorted.
We've just had a 10 mile bike ride along the prom and it was lovely although a little breezy, blew the cobwebs away though!! My youngest son (12) has just said that it is like summer.....not quite son but nearer than it was this time last week.
Turning jolly chilly now that the sun's over the other side of the house so I've come indoors, but it's been lovely outside. Lots of jobs done and lots of bedlinen dry on the line too.
I've sprinkled a little potash around the sprouting broccoli - I didn''t dissolve it in water and water it on - nothing needs more water than it's already had and it'll get well watered in if the forecast this week is anything to go by, but I thought a little potash might remind the broccoli what it's supposed to be doing!
The Shady Bank is much tidier and has had a sprinkling of Fish, Blood & Bone which will also get watered in this week. Lots of perennials peeking through and I've layered some clematis and will do the same with honeysuckles soon.
The herb bed has had a bit of spring clean, but the area where the dill and lovage are needs digging over - the lovage has outgrown that spot so it can co
me out - it'll give the grape vine a bit more room to do it's thing.
I really must decide which rose I want for this end of the Shady Bank - I've got a long list of possibles - can't make up my mind - and I also need another clematis to go behind whatever rose I choose - choosing is so much fun isn't it
Oh, and glorious news - I lifted the top of the rhubarb forcing pot for a peep, and there's enough rhubarb for a crumble later this week - how's that for a result?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely day here and made the most of it. Pruned the last of the clematis, cut the buddleia back hard, removed a lot of flowers stems which had carried seeds for the birds over winter, cut back the herbaceous peony leaves, moved a few young aquilegia from their nursery bed and did a bit of weeding. Also did some pottering at last and noticed the delphiniums are through and about 2-4" tall - no sign of them last weekend so put some slug pellets down under raised slates near them. Lots of snowdrops out, some daff about to bloom and zillions of other bulbs poking their little noses through.
Also did a bit of planning - accidentally bought too many raspberry canes which came last week so decided they would replace the lavender by the path to the GH. That lavender is looking very, very sad - not a good winter for them in my clay soil.
The path to the GH is now almost completely bordered by soft fruit, so the journey will no doubt be a rather interrupted one later this year!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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Punkdoc, glad you managed to keep the water away from your door, shame the roof didn't do it's part
Fidget, can I have a sausage sandwich too please? And some soup Dove
(am a greedy Panda today!)
Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for the PM
Panda, nope they were slate chippings.
I'm sure they would have pushed their way through eventually
Hello all, Internet seems better now.
Sorry about your roof and GH, puncdoc, must be worrying.
Have been reading through and it seems the tone of this thread is changing, seeds are being sown, gardens are being talked about more, could spring be coming after all?
Lily, I saw your lovely photos on the camera thread of Wakehurst Place. I must go there, we have a flat in Eastbourne where we go when we visit the UK so it's not too far. I found this on Google, full of lovely photos. http://www.invectis.co.uk/wakeh/whg1.html
Back out into the garden now ....... see you later folks
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry to hear about your roof PD, hope it gets sorted.
We've just had a 10 mile bike ride along the prom and it was lovely although a little breezy, blew the cobwebs away though!! My youngest son (12) has just said that it is like summer.....not quite son but nearer than it was this time last week.
Its very spring like here, busy lizzie, Just what we need after the recent weather.
Sausage sandwich eaten, back to the garden for me too. Must put the hot water on, I'm going to need a long bath afterwards.
Not that spring like here. Alternating heavy showers with sunny periods. As soon as you go out you get wet, so you come in and the sun's out.
Turning jolly chilly now that the sun's over the other side of the house so I've come indoors, but it's been lovely outside. Lots of jobs done and lots of bedlinen dry on the line too.
I've sprinkled a little potash around the sprouting broccoli - I didn''t dissolve it in water and water it on - nothing needs more water than it's already had and it'll get well watered in if the forecast this week is anything to go by, but I thought a little potash might remind the broccoli what it's supposed to be doing!
The Shady Bank is much tidier and has had a sprinkling of Fish, Blood & Bone which will also get watered in this week. Lots of perennials peeking through and I've layered some clematis and will do the same with honeysuckles soon.
The herb bed has had a bit of spring clean, but the area where the dill and lovage are needs digging over - the lovage has outgrown that spot so it can co
me out - it'll give the grape vine a bit more room to do it's thing.
I really must decide which rose I want for this end of the Shady Bank - I've got a long list of possibles - can't make up my mind - and I also need another clematis to go behind whatever rose I choose - choosing is so much fun isn't it
Oh, and glorious news - I lifted the top of the rhubarb forcing pot for a peep, and there's enough rhubarb for a crumble later this week - how's that for a result?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely day here and made the most of it. Pruned the last of the clematis, cut the buddleia back hard, removed a lot of flowers stems which had carried seeds for the birds over winter, cut back the herbaceous peony leaves, moved a few young aquilegia from their nursery bed and did a bit of weeding. Also did some pottering at last and noticed the delphiniums are through and about 2-4" tall - no sign of them last weekend so put some slug pellets down under raised slates near them. Lots of snowdrops out, some daff about to bloom and zillions of other bulbs poking their little noses through.
Also did a bit of planning - accidentally bought too many raspberry canes which came last week so decided they would replace the lavender by the path to the GH. That lavender is looking very, very sad - not a good winter for them in my clay soil.
The path to the GH is now almost completely bordered by soft fruit, so the journey will no doubt be a rather interrupted one later this year!