Thanks, Woo2, the sun came out today and so did some of my energy--attacked the monster ivy on the pergola. Got some sad news about the death of a friend's son--they finally found him after he had been missing for 6 months. Such a tragedy.
Just summoning up the energy to go out and plant something - I think it will be courgettes and the last of the sweet peas.
Kate it was an iced madeira type cake, although I've not had any yet! There is a large chunk missing but it wasn't me, honest.
OH has started the (long overdue) woodwork painting at the front of the house today - hope he remembered to put sun cream on as he's very fair skinned. I did remind him.....
Lottie- iced madeira cake sounds yummy I am already struggling to get a fork in the ground, I have some more sweet peas to go in but they will struggle in this sun. Will OH answer to Rudolf?
OH will more likely answer to lobster if he's forgotten that sun cream!
The ground was very dry and dusty but I planted the courgettes, with a good dollop of manure under each one to help them along. My first sowing of peas is going great guns but the second batch seems to be struggling - maybe because its a different variety of seed. The sweet peas will have to go in later as I ran out of time.
Inkadog sounds like you are in for a very satisfying day. I tend to get carried away when pruning things.
Gave up on the gardening as every time I heard something rustle in the borders I thought it was a rat, but each time only the blackbirds. Will try and be braver tomorrow.
Sad news, Inkadog, but at least your friend knows what happened to her son, even more tragic,if possible, if he was never found.
The sunshine has been lovely but even that has it's downside. There was no calling for food from the wren's nest in an outhouse and I thought they'd left the nest but they were all dead. then later this afternoon I saw a bluetit pulling a dead baby from the nestbox. Again no frantic calling from the nest and the parents have stopped visiting. The nestbox faced east but I can only put the failures of the two nests down to the heat.
thanks all for the advise...already stacked quite alot so don't fancy the idea of "face to face" tho' it makes sense, think I will continue to stack upside down and spray weedkiller round the edges where necessary...I'll let you all know the results next May/June...if I'm moaning that I have created an unwanted grassy mound you can tell me "i told you so"...ha ha
very hot weather today with a breeze, dug up some bulbs that only sprouted very sad looking 12 inch long...erm...like grass, so popped them in a pot to see what happens next year...something exciting is growing, just one 12 inch stem but with a 2 inch chubby "bud", have marked the spots ( 4 of them) so they don't get lost, with a cane...hope they are fressia...maybe the sad ones are the same thing...
pottiepam - how sad...poor little things...what to do...maybe they would be better facing north...no idea really...get in touch with RSPB for advise
figrat - thought it was only me that gets easily spooked in the garden...bet I'm the only one who has a feather duster just inside the greenhouse door to chase spiders away...
Ooh forgot to mention...2 mins walk from the beach and lots of lovely seaweed for the borders, believe its very good for improving the soil, also picked up some driftwood, friends are going mad for it here and its so expensive to buy on internet / shops...
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Inkadog, hope you're feeling much better
Thanks, Woo2, the sun came out today and so did some of my energy--attacked the monster ivy on the pergola. Got some sad news about the death of a friend's son--they finally found him after he had been missing for 6 months. Such a tragedy.
Inkadog, that's very sad news. Your poor friend.
Just summoning up the energy to go out and plant something - I think it will be courgettes and the last of the sweet peas.
Kate it was an iced madeira type cake, although I've not had any yet! There is a large chunk missing but it wasn't me, honest.
OH has started the (long overdue) woodwork painting at the front of the house today - hope he remembered to put sun cream on as he's very fair skinned. I did remind him.....
Lottie- iced madeira cake sounds yummy
I am already struggling to get a fork in the ground, I have some more sweet peas to go in but they will struggle in this sun. Will OH answer to Rudolf?
A beautiful day is dawning----lots of cleanup on the agenda---along with strimming, pruning, and tying things up!
OH will more likely answer to lobster if he's forgotten that sun cream!
The ground was very dry and dusty but I planted the courgettes, with a good dollop of manure under each one to help them along. My first sowing of peas is going great guns but the second batch seems to be struggling - maybe because its a different variety of seed. The sweet peas will have to go in later as I ran out of time.
Inkadog sounds like you are in for a very satisfying day. I tend to get carried away when pruning things.
Sad news, Inkadog, but at least your friend knows what happened to her son, even more tragic,if possible, if he was never found.
The sunshine has been lovely but even that has it's downside. There was no calling for food from the wren's nest in an outhouse and I thought they'd left the nest but they were all dead. then later this afternoon I saw a bluetit pulling a dead baby from the nestbox. Again no frantic calling from the nest and the parents have stopped visiting. The nestbox faced east but I can only put the failures of the two nests down to the heat.
thanks all for the advise...already stacked quite alot so don't fancy the idea of "face to face" tho' it makes sense, think I will continue to stack upside down and spray weedkiller round the edges where necessary...I'll let you all know the results next May/June...if I'm moaning that I have created an unwanted grassy mound you can tell me "i told you so"...ha ha
very hot weather today with a breeze, dug up some bulbs that only sprouted very sad looking 12 inch long...erm...like grass, so popped them in a pot to see what happens next year...something exciting is growing, just one 12 inch stem but with a 2 inch chubby "bud", have marked the spots ( 4 of them) so they don't get lost, with a cane...hope they are fressia...maybe the sad ones are the same thing...
pottiepam - how sad...poor little things...what to do...maybe they would be better facing north...no idea really...get in touch with RSPB for advise
figrat - thought it was only me that gets easily spooked in the garden...bet I'm the only one who has a feather duster just inside the greenhouse door to chase spiders away...
Ooh forgot to mention...2 mins walk from the beach and lots of lovely seaweed for the borders, believe its very good for improving the soil, also picked up some driftwood, friends are going mad for it here and its so expensive to buy on internet / shops...