We have sun now in Bristol but the air stinks of traffic fumes so I have just taken out the green wheeliebin and come in again. Long range forecast if for very warm April as well as showers so plenty time for gardening this spring.
Shoulders joints complaining after Tuesday's battle with the conifer so no gardening but I did go to the GC to stock up on fresh peanuts for the bird feeders and 20 small perennials leapt into my trolley.
Buy 1 for 2.45 or get bulk price of 10 for 1.95 each in 4 inch pots so now I have 5 each of a deep red achelia, lychnis Vesuvius, fiery red and orange potentillas and bright red tanaceum - hot, hot, hot. They'll go in the greenhouse for a few days then be potted i-on till big enough to go out and fend for themselves.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I was good at the GC just a cup of coffee and caramel slice.
Had a long chat with the head honcho about my idea for a boarder shaded by the building until about end of April when it gradually gets more sun each day to the end of September NNW facing.
As I left I found these had decided to follow me just like a lost kitten, and who can not resist the sad eyes of a kitten?
3 x Rose Reine des Violettes
1 x Clematis 'Jackmanii'
1 x Clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon'
1 x Passiflora caerulea
Oh yes and my new lean to grow house arrived so going to be a busy few days.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
No not today, but I did go out and look at my Corylopsis pauciflora & Corylopsis spicata. The wonderful Camelias we bought while in Cornwall are coming into their own now. Beautiful. I visited the seed trays in the greenhouse. Lots coming up, and still more to sow! Also, the Crassula (variety unknow) still looks amazing covered in a froth of starry pink flowers. Dreamy. I am now thinking about the week-end and getting stuck into pruning, tidying........etc Oh, and The Voice
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We have sun now in Bristol but the air stinks of traffic fumes so I have just taken out the green wheeliebin and come in again. Long range forecast if for very warm April as well as showers so plenty time for gardening this spring.
Shoulders joints complaining after Tuesday's battle with the conifer so no gardening but I did go to the GC to stock up on fresh peanuts for the bird feeders and 20 small perennials leapt into my trolley.
Buy 1 for 2.45 or get bulk price of 10 for 1.95 each in 4 inch pots so now I have 5 each of a deep red achelia, lychnis Vesuvius, fiery red and orange potentillas and bright red tanaceum - hot, hot, hot. They'll go in the greenhouse for a few days then be potted i-on till big enough to go out and fend for themselves.
I was good at the GC just a cup of coffee and caramel slice.
Had a long chat with the head honcho about my idea for a boarder shaded by the building until about end of April when it gradually gets more sun each day to the end of September NNW facing.
As I left I found these had decided to follow me just like a lost kitten, and who can not resist the sad eyes of a kitten?
3 x Rose Reine des Violettes
1 x Clematis 'Jackmanii'
1 x Clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon'
1 x Passiflora caerulea
Oh yes and my new lean to grow house arrived so going to be a busy few days.
No not today, but I did go out and look at my Corylopsis pauciflora & Corylopsis spicata. The wonderful Camelias we bought while in Cornwall are coming into their own now. Beautiful. I visited the seed trays in the greenhouse. Lots coming up, and still more to sow! Also, the Crassula (variety unknow) still looks amazing covered in a froth of starry pink flowers. Dreamy. I am now thinking about the week-end and getting stuck into pruning, tidying........etc Oh, and The Voice
Verdun, what time is it due? do you know?
We pressure washed the terrace in readiness for new planters being set out , if that counts as gardening.
Gorgeous day here with a high recorded of 16C at 14.25 ( according to weather channel)
Yes, the Moon will cover the maximum area of the Sun at 9.30am. A Screenshot from my planetarium program for 9.32am at my location (East mids):
we saw an " annular eclipse" in Southern India a few years back, and the partial eclipse in UK a few years before that.