Hi M-K- we took over a very neglected garden and there was loads of wildlife - including an active population of vine weevils among shrubs and flower beds.
We applied nematodes in spring and again in autumn as described in the link below four years ago and have found very little evidence of vine weevils since (although the rest of the wildlife has increased - if the VW increase again I'll repeat.
VW probably my own fault. I grew the primulas from seed about 3 years ago and they've been in pots ever since. Clearly I should have got them into the ground. Hey ho. We live and learn.
Hope your pal has a lovely birthday ... enjoy the celebrations!!!
Right - I'll just organise tonight's supper - sticky Asian beef spare ribs - they'll chunter in the slow cooker all day without me needing to do anything and we'll have them with broccoli and noodles - then I'll get out into the garden .............. I need to re-vamp the herb bed .................
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
"feel important"........after retirement, IMHO, the key should be more feeling and being useful if you want to be happy and contented. That's what I found.
PDoc - adjusting to retirement can be difficult but it's do-able. It can be like a process of mourning.
Are there no local groups that could do with volunteers so you could ease yourself down into enjoying "me time"? Hospices, hostels, gardens,........... The OU will stretch your brain and the volunteering will satisfy your need to be useful and allow you to recover your own health and strength. And then, if you must, you can still head off to trouble spots but be less of a worry to your wife, family and new colleagues.
It's sunny here but still cool. I've been out and watered all the pots we moved and fed yesterday as well as a few flowering shrubs that may need help to thrive. 2Nd coffee now then painting and then words with a mimosa that needs its crown lifting and then a bit of spraying to prepare the last bit of ground for the digger.
Have fun Liri. Hope the visit goes well and you get your jobs done OK.
Enjoy the celebrations LP, and the sweet peas.
No primulas of any sort here but I shall be on the look out for some good ones to grow in the new hosta bed when I get it. Wild primroses grow in the hedgerows and roadside ditches here but later on - April last year - and last week we saw our first solitary cowslip.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Hi M-K-
we took over a very neglected garden and there was loads of wildlife - including an active population of vine weevils among shrubs and flower beds.
We applied nematodes in spring and again in autumn as described in the link below four years ago and have found very little evidence of vine weevils since (although the rest of the wildlife has increased
- if the VW increase again I'll repeat.
https://www.nematodesdirect.co.uk/vine-weevil-killer-nematodes/26-nemasys-vine-weevil-killer-nematodes-small-spring-autumn
Joyce ((hugs)) enjoy your day
Liri - have a good trip and enjoy your wonderful isolation
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all.
VW probably my own fault. I grew the primulas from seed about 3 years ago and they've been in pots ever since. Clearly I should have got them into the ground. Hey ho. We live and learn.
Enjoy your trip Liri.
No sun here, mist and very low cloud, but dry.
Much to do. As ever.
Oh, morning Fairy
- a haze on the hedges here too - hope the mines aren't too bad 
GWRS - have a good day
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks, Dove and GWRS and chicky. I'm on their case now! And I'll be nematoding the slug population as per usual.
Thanks, Dove, Hosta and Fairy. And yes, I have indeed got my simmit - and several pairs of woolly socks...
Morning all,
Liro I would take a couple of sandbags for your ankles too, going to be breezy! colours will be lovely tho!
v w not too much of a problem here, lost a few rhodies in the early years, learnt to check pots
my Sarah Raven sweet peas arrived yesterday, I will be in the gh today?
My dearest pal has a big birthday today so we going out for a special night, will need to find a dress?
Have a good day
A A Milne
Good morning LilyP
Hope your pal has a lovely birthday ... enjoy the celebrations!!!
Right - I'll just organise tonight's supper - sticky Asian beef spare ribs - they'll chunter in the slow cooker all day without me needing to do anything and we'll have them with broccoli and noodles - then I'll get out into the garden .............. I need to re-vamp the herb bed .................
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi all.
Long night of discussion with OH, regarding my plans / lack of plans.
She feels I am struggling to find a role for myself since retirement and that I still have a need to do something that makes me feel important.
I am sure she is right, she usually is.
Lovely day here, but I shall mostly be spending it planning.
Have a good day.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
"feel important"........after retirement, IMHO, the key should be more feeling and being useful if you want to be happy and contented. That's what I found.
PDoc - adjusting to retirement can be difficult but it's do-able. It can be like a process of mourning.
Are there no local groups that could do with volunteers so you could ease yourself down into enjoying "me time"? Hospices, hostels, gardens,........... The OU will stretch your brain and the volunteering will satisfy your need to be useful and allow you to recover your own health and strength. And then, if you must, you can still head off to trouble spots but be less of a worry to your wife, family and new colleagues.
It's sunny here but still cool. I've been out and watered all the pots we moved and fed yesterday as well as a few flowering shrubs that may need help to thrive. 2Nd coffee now then painting and then words with a mimosa that needs its crown lifting and then a bit of spraying to prepare the last bit of ground for the digger.
Have fun Liri. Hope the visit goes well and you get your jobs done OK.
Enjoy the celebrations LP, and the sweet peas.
No primulas of any sort here but I shall be on the look out for some good ones to grow in the new hosta bed when I get it. Wild primroses grow in the hedgerows and roadside ditches here but later on - April last year - and last week we saw our first solitary cowslip.