Kate, I think you are right - I have already decided to return the book . Didn't get very far with it . I've always considered other peoples ' ideas and theories and tried to keep an open mind on these matters but I'm afraid this is a load of old twaddle !!!
Its raining stair-rods here. It may be too early for cake.
Flo - I've also got animals from a rescue centre. I also foster them. Don't want to mention what they are though, there are too many people on this site that dislike them ! Can you guess what it is yet !!!!
Jean, I've never heard of anyone rescuing slugs before !!!! ;- )
Have been re-doing netting round pond and managed to slice a chunk out of a finger this morning Ow, ow and thrice ow :- ( Having soothing coffee and quick peek at Lympics.
Haha - Flo how did you guess. !! Yes Gary , that would be the easy option and I've never been down that road- for some reason I have always gone about things the hard way, I WILL find out what's going on with tree. Geoff , I agree - the book was lent to me by a colleague who I don't know that well and things will remain the same on that score. Is it too early for cake ? We have a monsoon - glad the cherry tree was done yesterday.
Gary - you are a star ! Just popping out but will have a look when I get back. Next door has just kicked off with a chainsaw . In the rain ????? Glad I'm going out - can't think straight.
Jenny - can totally understand when it comes to big boys! They think they are grown up but need as much love and support as ever. Especially if things go wrong.
Jean, I think you have cats? I had a cat but it moved next door (to the neighbours we don't like!).
We went to another NGS open garden on Saturday, but OH said that after Pam's garden he found it a bit disappointing - and it was 48 acres. It was the grounds of what is now a nursing home but was once a large private house. Very pleasant but some areas needed attention. We went with MIL and FIL and I got the impression they weren't that impressed.
The not nice neighbours have a 6 foot fence between our garden and theirs but a few years ago decided this didn't give them enough privacy so they planted 3 leylandii along the fence, which must now be 12ft tall. These are now my view from my kitchen window which is on the side of the house. So yesterday between the downpours I went out with the ladder and cut back all the branches that were growing over my side of the fence and shadowing my side patio - and got soaked in the process as I cut each branch and it showered me with water!. I can't do anything about the height of them but I cut everything that I legally could! Then I bagged up the chopped off bits. Now my dilemma is, should I offer them back to them or just take them straight to the tip??
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Kate, I think you are right - I have already decided to return the book . Didn't get very far with it . I've always considered other peoples ' ideas and theories and tried to keep an open mind on these matters but I'm afraid this is a load of old twaddle !!!
Its raining stair-rods here. It may be too early for cake.
Flo - I've also got animals from a rescue centre. I also foster them. Don't want to mention what they are though, there are too many people on this site that dislike them ! Can you guess what it is yet !!!!
Jean, for £22 you could buy two snowball bushes, from Crocus, or other suppliers.
Squirrels?
Am very impressed by the pond at Eton Dorney.
Just back in-damp but other than had a nice walk
-lost a tee didn't find any balls as was pretty average-which is rubbish-never mind
David Icke-certified nutter-best avoided
Jean, I've never heard of anyone rescuing slugs before !!!! ;- )
Have been re-doing netting round pond and managed to slice a chunk out of a finger this morning Ow, ow and thrice ow :- ( Having soothing coffee and quick peek at Lympics.
Haha - Flo how did you guess. !! Yes Gary , that would be the easy option and I've never been down that road- for some reason I have always gone about things the hard way, I WILL find out what's going on with tree. Geoff , I agree - the book was lent to me by a colleague who I don't know that well and things will remain the same on that score. Is it too early for cake ? We have a monsoon - glad the cherry tree was done yesterday.
Just stumbled on the place where all Viburnum questions can be answered:
http://shropshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/the-collection-that-grew-and-grew-9389/
There's actually a personal E-mail address on that page, a few paragraphs up from the bottom of the page.
He's the author of this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Viburnum-Lloyd-Kenyon/dp/0953387569/ref=sr_1_2_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&sr=1-2
Might be simpler to buy a new tree.
Gary - you are a star ! Just popping out but will have a look when I get back. Next door has just kicked off with a chainsaw . In the rain ????? Glad I'm going out - can't think straight.
Wow what a lot of posts over the weekend!
Jenny - can totally understand when it comes to big boys! They think they are grown up but need as much love and support as ever. Especially if things go wrong.
Jean, I think you have cats? I had a cat but it moved next door (to the neighbours we don't like!).
We went to another NGS open garden on Saturday, but OH said that after Pam's garden he found it a bit disappointing - and it was 48 acres. It was the grounds of what is now a nursing home but was once a large private house. Very pleasant but some areas needed attention. We went with MIL and FIL and I got the impression they weren't that impressed.
The not nice neighbours have a 6 foot fence between our garden and theirs but a few years ago decided this didn't give them enough privacy so they planted 3 leylandii along the fence, which must now be 12ft tall. These are now my view from my kitchen window which is on the side of the house. So yesterday between the downpours I went out with the ladder and cut back all the branches that were growing over my side of the fence and shadowing my side patio - and got soaked in the process as I cut each branch and it showered me with water!. I can't do anything about the height of them but I cut everything that I legally could! Then I bagged up the chopped off bits. Now my dilemma is, should I offer them back to them or just take them straight to the tip??
While you are entitled to cut off any branches overhanging your property, I believe you may be obliged to return them to the owner.
You could invite them round, to collect the bits, and then they could dispose of them - however they wish.
If they are likely to be stroppy, I'd be hesitant of just getting rid of the bits in a cavalier way. But you know them best.
Jean I think its cats too
Lottie do you have boys ?
Flo I hear about this retiring business and here that your busier than ever!?
Pouring rain and 12c but looking back at this week last year it was exactly the same