Philippa; got back to the Fens; drove 600 miles, utterly appalling weather; massive traffic jams, but the worst problem was that Councils don't trim back foliage from in front of important road signs.
But forgetting all the agro; met the lovely man who is running the plant creche, beautifully situated on a farm. He says that a charity called Flag collect the plants every few days and do the distribution. Also he had good news; he reckons that the soil in formerly flooded gardens is not in that bad a condition.
Met up with an old friend in Bristol, we have arranged to do things later in the summer, so in total, a wonderful little adventure
Can I just say that one of the lovely things about this forum is the way everyone is pulling together? For example.... Artjak started this initiative; I did a little bit of research making contact with Andrew and the FLAG group on facebook; now everyone else is getting on with it and plants are zipping all over the country without any help from me or others, it is just HAPPENING!!!!
You are all wonderful, fantastic people. Big cheers!
Artjak, that sounds like quite a journey! Was also thinking of you over the weekend when the weather was so bad - it's horrid on a motorway in heavy rain.
So pleased to hear that plants are continuing to arrive and as you say, Andrew is a lovely man and so helpful as a collecting point.
Am keeping my fingers crossed for dry weather today as have to cut down a big clematis montana ready for new fences to go up next week. Didn't want to have to do it but needs must. Can't decide whether to dig it out or let it grow up the new fence - trouble is, it intertwines and eventually pulls the fence apart.
Just an update from me - plants growing away nicely - will try and meet up with the Camberley man in the next week or two to send them on their way..... Better write some labels for them first
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Good to hear from you again Gardenjeanie. Sounds like you've been very busy!!!!
Shame about the computer - isn't it funny how much we miss it when it's not working, I can't imagine life without one now.
Lovely selection of plants you've got there, so well done you.
Philippa; got back to the Fens; drove 600 miles, utterly appalling weather; massive traffic jams, but the worst problem was that Councils don't trim back foliage from in front of important road signs
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But forgetting all the agro; met the lovely man who is running the plant creche, beautifully situated on a farm. He says that a charity called Flag collect the plants every few days and do the distribution. Also he had good news; he reckons that the soil in formerly flooded gardens is not in that bad a condition.
Met up with an old friend in Bristol, we have arranged to do things later in the summer, so in total, a wonderful little adventure
Can I just say that one of the lovely things about this forum is the way everyone is pulling together? For example.... Artjak started this initiative; I did a little bit of research making contact with Andrew and the FLAG group on facebook; now everyone else is getting on with it and plants are zipping all over the country without any help from me or others, it is just HAPPENING!!!!
You are all wonderful, fantastic people. Big cheers!
Artjak, that sounds like quite a journey! Was also thinking of you over the weekend when the weather was so bad - it's horrid on a motorway in heavy rain.
So pleased to hear that plants are continuing to arrive and as you say, Andrew is a lovely man and so helpful as a collecting point.
Am keeping my fingers crossed for dry weather today as have to cut down a big clematis montana ready for new fences to go up next week. Didn't want to have to do it but needs must. Can't decide whether to dig it out or let it grow up the new fence - trouble is, it intertwines and eventually pulls the fence apart.
Rosie, you are so right; it has a life of it's own
Lizzie and philippa, thank you for your thoughts
Just an update from me - plants growing away nicely - will try and meet up with the Camberley man in the next week or two to send them on their way..... Better write some labels for them first
Clematis all gone
and shredded, so free mulch
Newsflash - Maureen has handed over 200 plants to Zena at Shaftesbury! Safely transferred and on their way to Somerset gardens now....
Great work Maureen!
How fantastic!
That's very impressive
In the sticks near Peterborough