Busy as usual then , Lizzie but so exciting to have the family nearer you. I took my camera next door to get cheery pictures on a dull Monday. Bristol is certainly in Bloom this August.
Whacked digging up potatoes but very pleased with the crop = huge potatoes from ordinary "white" potatoes that were sprouting in the supermarket plastic bags so got half price. Picked up ten to twelve big potatoes from each one I planted. I must say recycling, reducing and reusing for Bristol Green Capital of Europe year does save you money when I think i paid £20 plus postage for my collection of seed potatoes last year and had nothing like this harvest.
When I went back to work after lunch my neighbour was working on his wall which is now looking like a work of art in progress. He is filling in the "windows" with a pattern, each one different made from copper piping which he says looks super when it goes green. I will take my verdigris bistro set up there and my bronze leaved heucheras and coppery leaved plants and copper coloured flowers and have a corner of the garden designed to the theme of the wall.
Lovely idea Marion , a clever man. Look forward to the photos , and thank for sharing those of the Mall in Clifton. I hear that Shaun was splendid in his many guises!
With reluctance I have decided to dig up my Wigelia.It has grown far too big, crowding out the rose and hydranga with its arching stems. Planning to take a few hardwood cuttings before buying another. Fingers crossed, I'm following Carol Klein's advice
Sean the sheep!! I want one in my garden : ), glad you had a lovely day, I like your sun flowers, your friend got out of hospital quick, hope he recovers an and feels better soon, what are you into tomorrow?, hope your relaxing after all that digging in your veg patch : )
No my sunflowers are a trial for mr. fothergill called Titan and all we Nation of Gardeners have to measure how high we can grow them, flumpy. Tomorrow we may have a little rain but I do have a lot of blackberries to pick and freeze for when the Bramley apples are ready.
Ho they sound really nice, the fruit I mean, I can taste them now mmmmmm, it's dry but windy here at the moment so hoping to clear dead leaves and a bit of a tidy : )
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Busy as usual then , Lizzie but so exciting to have the family nearer you. I took my camera next door to get cheery pictures on a dull Monday. Bristol is certainly in Bloom this August.
Now for some pics from my garden where the neighbour on the other side is making great strides with his new wall between us.
Whacked digging up potatoes but very pleased with the crop = huge potatoes from ordinary "white" potatoes that were sprouting in the supermarket plastic bags so got half price. Picked up ten to twelve big potatoes from each one I planted. I must say recycling, reducing and reusing for Bristol Green Capital of Europe year does save you money when I think i paid £20 plus postage for my collection of seed potatoes last year and had nothing like this harvest.
When I went back to work after lunch my neighbour was working on his wall which is now looking like a work of art in progress. He is filling in the "windows" with a pattern, each one different made from copper piping which he says looks super when it goes green. I will take my verdigris bistro set up there and my bronze leaved heucheras and coppery leaved plants and copper coloured flowers and have a corner of the garden designed to the theme of the wall.
Lovely idea Marion
, a clever man. Look forward to the photos 
, and thank for sharing those of the Mall in Clifton. I hear that Shaun was splendid in his many guises!
With reluctance I have decided to dig up my Wigelia.It has grown far too big, crowding out the rose and hydranga with its arching stems. Planning to take a few hardwood cuttings before buying another. Fingers crossed, I'm following Carol Klein's advice
Oh yes Bizzie B my weigela has grown phenominally this year too. Cuttings take easily and lots of my neighbours have cuttings of mine.
No my sunflowers are a trial for mr. fothergill called Titan and all we Nation of Gardeners have to measure how high we can grow them, flumpy. Tomorrow we may have a little rain but I do have a lot of blackberries to pick and freeze for when the Bramley apples are ready.