Just been catching up. Been busy with family visits and charity BBQ.
Gorgeous flowers everyone. My garden has been suffering from heat and drought. It's just rained, but did it have to do it on the day of my BBQ But no one seemed to mind, they just all squeezed indoors when the rain came down, 39 of them! At least the garden is happier.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Zinnia "Profusion Fire", Salvia Farinacea (annuals), new Day Lily that I've forgotten the name of. The red and white dahlia was very cheap in supermarket, no name on it but it's come up for 3 years without being dug up in winter.
OH was a physicist, then worked with computers, retired, took up piano aged 70 and doing amazingly well.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It's a lovely Rose and very tempting for a fiver. Someone posted one very similar on here a couple of months ago. I've got to admit I was quite shocked having never seen a Rose like it before. Quite beautiful.
I've read that Tom Baker biography...its only short but well worth a read. From what I remember it was his wife and mother in law from the Wheatcroft family that left a bitter taste with Tom Baker.
It's been about 15 years since I read it. But if memory serves I think that because the family were rich and successful they considered the marriage of their daughter to Tom Baker to be beneath her and he a loser. Anyway...When the father became ill the job of tending to him fell to Tom Baker. I think there was some rapport between the sick father and Baker at this point...but no such rapport twixt the daughter (Toms wife) and mother in law. This wasn't 'Harry Wheatcrofts' family, but that of his brothers.
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Just been catching up. Been busy with family visits and charity BBQ.
Gorgeous flowers everyone. My garden has been suffering from heat and drought. It's just rained, but did it have to do it on the day of my BBQ
But no one seemed to mind, they just all squeezed indoors when the rain came down, 39 of them! At least the garden is happier.
Zinnia "Profusion Fire", Salvia Farinacea (annuals), new Day Lily that I've forgotten the name of. The red and white dahlia was very cheap in supermarket, no name on it but it's come up for 3 years without being dug up in winter.
OH was a physicist, then worked with computers, retired, took up piano aged 70 and doing amazingly well.
Just thrilled with my Maurice Utrillo right now. Onto the second flowering of the summer and seem to be lots of buds to come.
Aym, have a look at the rose "Harry Wheatcroft" He was a flamboyant Nottingham Rose grower.
It's a lovely Rose and very tempting for a fiver. Someone posted one very similar on here a couple of months ago. I've got to admit I was quite shocked having never seen a Rose like it before. Quite beautiful.
I've read that Tom Baker biography...its only short but well worth a read. From what I remember it was his wife and mother in law from the Wheatcroft family that left a bitter taste with Tom Baker.
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It's been about 15 years since I read it. But if memory serves I think that because the family were rich and successful they considered the marriage of their daughter to Tom Baker to be beneath her and he a loser. Anyway...When the father became ill the job of tending to him fell to Tom Baker. I think there was some rapport between the sick father and Baker at this point...but no such rapport twixt the daughter (Toms wife) and mother in law. This wasn't 'Harry Wheatcrofts' family, but that of his brothers.
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Was!! It's quite amusing book. You should read it.
Hello all,
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http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/the-potting-shed/my-flowers--2/986906.html