Thanks for the support Hazel I feel the GOS style of gardening is my style and comes naturally! I seem to have kidded myself that there is a vast improvement, and if I don't go outside again until dusk, nothing will shatter this illusion!
For Thankthecat an explanation maybe in order, GOS is the gallery of shame. This is the thread where us true gardeners display our messy areas and then rename them something else which justifies their existence.
Mission accomplished - daffs and alliums planted in the meadow. How are you doing Clari ?
Very glad to have my long handled bulb planter - although it used to be easier with a small child following me round popping the bulbs in the holes I had just made. Seems to be a lack of (co-operative) small children round here these days Maybe I should nip into town and borrow someone elses.....they might be glad of the respite
Still not got my alliums in yet chicky. I've been powerwashing slabs after planting the pansies and saw just how weedy and mossy the place was. Of course I can hardly move now and the ground is too soggy to plant bulbs. Well done to all of you who have actually gardened. Nice wildlife habitat Wonky.
I don't suppose telling the dog that the clocks go back will make any difference tomorrow morning. I'll give you a shout Rb just to make sure you've got it right.
Thanks all for a wonderful welcome. Mad, bad and dangerous, you say? I think I've found my spiritual home
WW, I was wondering what GOS was so thank you for thinking of me and explaining. Oh, where to start with mine - the whole garden at the moment, although I have had a good few hours out there today, moving lots of things that were just in the wrong place, and trying to fill all the gaps left by things that died of cold or where perennials should have been propagated for replacements and weren't, while I was busy getting rid of the previous husband!
Right, time to get ready - I'm out tonight to celebrate Samhain with my coven, but looking forward to a very full day's gardening again tomorrow. Have a good evening, all!
Hello Thankthecat, I haven't had time to join in much recently, but I've been a member of this forum for several years. I live in Dordogne, about 40 mins from Dordogne Damsel. Last December we bought a little terraced cottage in Norfolk. OH and I moved to France because our first spouses wanted to, then they died. I have 4 children and lots of grandchildren in France, which made going back to England difficult. But OH sold his French house and bought the cottage - which is where I am until the 8th.
We've had a lovely afternoon. We went to look at the Suffolk town of Clare and the village Cavendish, both very pretty, and we had a sandwich in a lovely old pub.
Going to a concert in our village church tonight.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
All bulbs are in mud! Not quite as tidy as I wanted but at least they are in the ground for spring.
Two doors have been waxed, three more to do! (After the plasterer has been) Unfortunately attempting to look pretty and put nail varnish on + waxing = yellow nails.
His lordship called me earlier to tell me there were trick or treaters in the street. Imagine my face when I realised that IT WAS THE NEIGHBOURS CHILDREN AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. No Samhain til Monday here.
Evening all. Should have said "hello" to Thank the Cat when I posted earlier... you definitely sound as if you'll fit in here!
I'm on my phone again so I can post a photo of the soft fruit bed I have "carte blanche" to look after in any way I think fit. (I'm a volunteer for Incredible Edible Todmorden, who plant up spare land in our town with fruit, veg and herbs, for anybody to pick and eat. A group of schoolchildren planted these donated currant bushes, blueberries & gooseberries with commendable enthusiasm but only 3 feet apart, several years ago.)
What to do now? Nobody can get in to pick the fruit, and raspberry canes have spread to knit everything into an impenetrable jungle.
So far I've chopped down the buddleia and removed a lot of nettles. Should I remove every second bush and re-site some raspberry canes? Cut a "picking path" through the middle? It's around 15 feet by 40. All ideas gratefully received...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Thanks for the support Hazel
I feel the GOS style of gardening is my style and comes naturally! I seem to have kidded myself that there is a vast improvement, and if I don't go outside again until dusk, nothing will shatter this illusion! 
For Thankthecat an explanation maybe in order,
GOS is the gallery of shame. This is the thread where us true gardeners display our messy areas and then rename them something else which justifies their existence.
Eg.....
Natural wildlife habitat!
Mission accomplished - daffs and alliums planted in the meadow
. How are you doing Clari ?
Very glad to have my long handled bulb planter - although it used to be easier with a small child following me round popping the bulbs in the holes I had just made. Seems to be a lack of (co-operative) small children round here these days
Maybe I should nip into town and borrow someone elses.....they might be glad of the respite
Still not got my alliums in yet chicky
. I've been powerwashing slabs after planting the pansies and saw just how weedy and mossy the place was. Of course I can hardly move now and the ground is too soggy to plant bulbs
. Well done to all of you who have actually gardened
. Nice wildlife habitat Wonky
.
I don't suppose telling the dog that the clocks go back will make any difference tomorrow morning
. I'll give you a shout Rb just to make sure you've got it right
.
Thanks all for a wonderful welcome. Mad, bad and dangerous, you say? I think I've found my spiritual home
WW, I was wondering what GOS was so thank you for thinking of me and explaining. Oh, where to start with mine - the whole garden at the moment, although I have had a good few hours out there today, moving lots of things that were just in the wrong place, and trying to fill all the gaps left by things that died of cold or where perennials should have been propagated for replacements and weren't, while I was busy getting rid of the previous husband!
Right, time to get ready - I'm out tonight to celebrate Samhain with my coven, but looking forward to a very full day's gardening again tomorrow. Have a good evening, all!
Hello Thankthecat, I haven't had time to join in much recently, but I've been a member of this forum for several years. I live in Dordogne, about 40 mins from Dordogne Damsel. Last December we bought a little terraced cottage in Norfolk. OH and I moved to France because our first spouses wanted to, then they died. I have 4 children and lots of grandchildren in France, which made going back to England difficult. But OH sold his French house and bought the cottage - which is where I am until the 8th.
We've had a lovely afternoon. We went to look at the Suffolk town of Clare and the village Cavendish, both very pretty, and we had a sandwich in a lovely old pub.
Going to a concert in our village church tonight.
Enjoyed SCD, not a great fan of Halloween Week but all good entertainment, maybe the wine and chocs help.
Pleased to report gardening done today too, have pots and bulbs and compost oh and pansies, all very exciting.
Now, do I have another glass of wine or go to bed with a good book????
Pauline, you are my new best friend. Great thinking.
All bulbs are in mud! Not quite as tidy as I wanted but at least they are in the ground for spring.
Two doors have been waxed, three more to do! (After the plasterer has been) Unfortunately attempting to look pretty and put nail varnish on + waxing = yellow nails.
His lordship called me earlier to tell me there were trick or treaters in the street. Imagine my face when I realised that IT WAS THE NEIGHBOURS CHILDREN AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. No Samhain til Monday here.
Evening all. Should have said "hello" to Thank the Cat when I posted earlier... you definitely sound as if you'll fit in here!
I'm on my phone again so I can post a photo of the soft fruit bed I have "carte blanche" to look after in any way I think fit. (I'm a volunteer for Incredible Edible Todmorden, who plant up spare land in our town with fruit, veg and herbs, for anybody to pick and eat. A group of schoolchildren planted these donated currant bushes, blueberries & gooseberries with commendable enthusiasm but only 3 feet apart, several years ago.)
What to do now? Nobody can get in to pick the fruit, and raspberry canes have spread to knit everything into an impenetrable jungle.
So far I've chopped down the buddleia and removed a lot of nettles. Should I remove every second bush and re-site some raspberry canes? Cut a "picking path" through the middle? It's around 15 feet by 40. All ideas gratefully received...