Christmas day is also good for loading skips and pumping out septic tanks Salino
The winter works spread through till spring so hard to say what's to do this year. Some more demolishment of laurels, a cherry to come down, (something undiagnosed wrong with it), Hazels to coppice if we get time otherwise next year. A few willows to cut down, they were intended to be coppice 20 years ago but never were, one is dead.
Well get as much done asap, I like to get the shredded stuff on the garden before it's frozen.
The 'to be shredded' pile is getting rather large here, nut! I'm also going to coppice a Hazel as it's grown so large that it's shading some fruit trees so thinking about removing it completely. It has produced some babies (probably with the aid of squirrels) so I'll move a couple of those to a more suitable area if I decide to dig it up. I'll wait until I've enjoyed the catkins for a few weeks first though.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Just found this thread. It was started when we were about to leave England to come home to France, after visiting friends and family.
Still have more tulips to plant, but it's taking time because where they are going needs sorting. Still no frost and annuals are still flowering in tulip places. But I'm gradually getting round to chopping down, weeding, digging up and then planting tulips, violas and forget-me-nots.
Have 3 climbing roses still to plant, Crown Princess Margareta, Teasing Georgia and Compassion.
OH has cleared loads of leaves.
The veggie garden is a mess and will need clearing during the winter. Still have spinach beet, leeks, curly kale and purple sprouting.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Sounds like you're all doing brill It really doesn't feel like winter yet! Only had two frosty mornings so far!
the obelisks are lovely Salino and think I have two the same or very similar and they are really pretty and sturdy I also looked up all your roses you have ordered, real beauties
Had the hot bath as instructed Susan followed by two paracetamol and two ibuprofen so all good for bed now
I have enjoyed the thread, it was a good one!
Have your bought for get me nots or do you plants seedlings from your garden?
Have you posted pics of your garden as think you live near me so I'm being nosey lol x
Salino what did you order from BeaLes? Did you see the black Friday weekend half price offers? I have ordered Jacqueline de pre and one other! Can't think now and if I come out of this posting I'll lose it! It sounded Hawaiian!
I'm glad you didn't pay out as I have so many seedlings in my garden and would have posted you some. Yes I did answer, did you not get? Let me know and I'll re send. I thought on your profile you said wher you lived but just looked again and it doesn't say I thought you was in Rick...........th! I'm in chesham bucks It couldn't have been you
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Christmas day is also good for loading skips and pumping out septic tanks Salino
The winter works spread through till spring so hard to say what's to do this year. Some more demolishment of laurels, a cherry to come down, (something undiagnosed wrong with it), Hazels to coppice if we get time otherwise next year. A few willows to cut down, they were intended to be coppice 20 years ago but never were, one is dead.
Well get as much done asap, I like to get the shredded stuff on the garden before it's frozen.
Floodlight required, days are too short.
Maybe not though, energy levels short as well
In the sticks near Peterborough
The 'to be shredded' pile is getting rather large here, nut! I'm also going to coppice a Hazel as it's grown so large that it's shading some fruit trees so thinking about removing it completely. It has produced some babies (probably with the aid of squirrels) so I'll move a couple of those to a more suitable area if I decide to dig it up. I'll wait until I've enjoyed the catkins for a few weeks first though.
Bob, we've stopped making shredding mountains and stop early enough in the day to finish with a shred.
Otherwise it becomes overwhelming and you can't move without falling over something.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Just found this thread. It was started when we were about to leave England to come home to France, after visiting friends and family.
Still have more tulips to plant, but it's taking time because where they are going needs sorting. Still no frost and annuals are still flowering in tulip places. But I'm gradually getting round to chopping down, weeding, digging up and then planting tulips, violas and forget-me-nots.
Have 3 climbing roses still to plant, Crown Princess Margareta, Teasing Georgia and Compassion.
OH has cleared loads of leaves.
The veggie garden is a mess and will need clearing during the winter. Still have spinach beet, leeks, curly kale and purple sprouting.
Sounds like you're all doing brill
It really doesn't feel like winter yet! Only had two frosty mornings so far!
the obelisks are lovely Salino and think I have two the same or very similar and they are really pretty and sturdy
I also looked up all your roses you have ordered, real beauties 
Had the hot bath as instructed Susan followed by two paracetamol and two ibuprofen so all good for bed now
I have enjoyed the thread, it was a good one!
Have your bought for get me nots or do you plants seedlings from your garden?
Have you posted pics of your garden as think you live near me so I'm being nosey lol x
Salino what did you order from BeaLes? Did you see the black Friday weekend half price offers? I have ordered Jacqueline de pre and one other! Can't think now and if I come out of this posting I'll lose it!
It sounded Hawaiian!
Aloha
I'm glad you didn't pay out as I have so many seedlings in my garden and would have posted you some. Yes I did answer, did you not get? Let me know and I'll re send. I thought on your profile you said wher you lived but just looked again and it doesn't say
I thought you was in Rick...........th! I'm in chesham bucks 
It couldn't have been you 
Sorry Susan just read what you wrote again but properly this time! Think you got my pm but I didn't get yours
Could you please try and re send again x