I live in Clogher head a small fishing village nth, of Drogheda,I used to live on the nth side of Dublin but moved here in 2001 to get away from the city My family and I have no regrets from the movec
Fig and chica, it's much nicer down your way, very rough and rugged up here. 960 ft above S, L Whenever I dig a border out, I have enough stones to biuld a stone wall, which is what we are doing now, well, it's somewhere to put them!
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I'm a country girl who lived in the city of Norwich for 20 years and pined for a proper garden, then 18 months ago we moved here to a village on the edge of the city -the garden had been neglected for a long while, so really we've started from scratch, but there have been some treasures lurking in the undergrowth. We're near a river and a nature reserve and there's an SSSI about 100 yards from our house. We have birds, frogs and hedghogs visiting our garden and we're happy as larks
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ha Lyn, I know just what you mean about stones! Bloke's just built me a log store with them, and various little walls over the years, and there's still a heap. And I've just found out I'm 279' above sea level, so quite a difference.
South of King's Lynn, West of Downham Market; in the middle of the flat Fens. Huge skies and a rather exposed garden. I have been trying for 8 years to grow things over a metal arch that my builder made for me, but half of it is above the fence so any plant is at the mercy of winds from the North East; the rose 'Mermaid' didn't like it and now have 2 Clematis struggling there. Love growing veg, in about 23 sq. metres, also fruit, also have a small flower bed crammed with alliums, roses, self seeded Californian Poppies, Delphiniums geraniums etc. Have loads of biggish pots with spring and summer flowering stuff. My new toy is a proper lean to greenhouse this is my first full year with it. There is a shaded 'woodland' area at the end where it is fun to try out shade loving plants.
Artjak - we'll be coming past this afternoon - through Downham Market, heading for Upwell and Outwell on our way to MIL in the Stamford area - we'll look out for a metal arch with struggling clematis and a big veg patch, leanto greenhouse and some woodland - we'll wave if we see you
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
For anyone I confused with my initial posting back on page 1 of this thread.
'Shocking close to the OP in Ash!'
Was meant to be an answer to the original question, I live about 5 miles away from the original poster (OP) in a village called Ash which is close to Mytchett. So basically Surrey/Hampshire border and my lawn too suffers from a daft dog peeing and cavorting on it!
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I live in Clogher head a small fishing village nth, of Drogheda,I used to live on the nth side of Dublin but moved here in 2001 to get away from the city My family and I have no regrets from the movec
Fig and chica, it's much nicer down your way, very rough and rugged up here. 960 ft above S, L Whenever I dig a border out, I have enough stones to biuld a stone wall, which is what we are doing now, well, it's somewhere to put them!
I love Yarm Bunny like all old fashioned towns, lovely market square and nice and near Preston Park, well for me it's on a bus route as I don't drive.
I'm a country girl who lived in the city of Norwich for 20 years and pined for a proper garden, then 18 months ago we moved here to a village on the edge of the city -the garden had been neglected for a long while, so really we've started from scratch, but there have been some treasures lurking in the undergrowth. We're near a river and a nature reserve and there's an SSSI about 100 yards from our house. We have birds, frogs and hedghogs visiting our garden and we're happy as larks
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
South of King's Lynn, West of Downham Market; in the middle of the flat Fens. Huge skies and a rather exposed garden. I have been trying for 8 years to grow things over a metal arch that my builder made for me, but half of it is above the fence so any plant is at the mercy of winds from the North East; the rose 'Mermaid' didn't like it and now have 2 Clematis struggling there. Love growing veg, in about 23 sq. metres, also fruit, also have a small flower bed crammed with alliums, roses, self seeded Californian Poppies, Delphiniums geraniums etc. Have loads of biggish pots with spring and summer flowering stuff. My new toy is a proper lean to greenhouse this is my first full year with it. There is a shaded 'woodland' area at the end where it is fun to try out shade loving plants.
Artjak - we'll be coming past this afternoon - through Downham Market, heading for Upwell and Outwell on our way to MIL in the Stamford area - we'll look out for a metal arch with struggling clematis and a big veg patch, leanto greenhouse and some woodland - we'll wave if we see you
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
For anyone I confused with my initial posting back on page 1 of this thread.
'Shocking close to the OP in Ash!'
Was meant to be an answer to the original question, I live about 5 miles away from the original poster (OP) in a village called Ash which is close to Mytchett. So basically Surrey/Hampshire border and my lawn too suffers from a daft dog peeing and cavorting on it!
Dove, I'll be a bit North of you, isn't Upwell lovely? If I lived there I would go kayaking on the canal; used to do that on the Thames in London.
It is gorgeous - we choose that route rather than the quicker route via Kings Lynn, just because of the scenery
My son thinks I'm bonkers 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.