Lovely colour chicky - I can see why it caused envy
...and breathe, doc
Methinks I need to start using that ignore button, like Hosta does! Ah well - there's always going to be bampots and stirrers I suppose. Perhaps I should have got in the car and driven east after all
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That quince is sumptuous Chicky. I planted a "normal" one in Belgium and it always struggled until a couple of years ago when I put up some windbreak fabric along the fence to help the shrubs I'd planted as windbreak. Happily, we have one here in full bloom and it's gorgeous but I may have to hunt down your version.
Enjoy your cuddles Yvie.
Noisy bits done, woodworm treatment applied. Now to get mucky with compost and plants. I love mud pie days as long as I get a decent hot shower at the end and a glass of something suitably cheering.
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)."
Russian vine dealt with - hooked with a hoe and snipped with the secateurs - made sure we didn't leave any looped bits to strangle neighbours' offspring on their trampoline . NDN was nowhere to be seen but had left a note that she'd left the back gate open for us so we've left a jar of home made grape & thyme jelly on her doorstep as a thank you.
Now to get on with re-vamping that herb bed ........... now that OH is here to dig the pots of mint up
Last edited: 19 March 2017 11:32:57
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
FG and Punk - deep breaths and use the Ignore button. There are some very silly people about.
Dove - I too am planning a herb bed. There's a stone raised bed by the terrace that is currently full of orange day lily, seriously squeezed for space and being invaded by lords and ladies. Spotted Cosmos chewing day lily leaves the other day so it'll all have to die and then I can make a herb bed.
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)."
My goodness there must be something in the air! We too are making a herb garden out of an old raised bed outside the back door. Really interesting as we dug out the old soil we found the base for a pond. Considered reinstating but too many little people visit.
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
It cleared up so I got the gear on, and it promptly started raining
Another cuppa till it blows over .
I have now pressed the button Obs, so all is bonny here
We had those orange day lilies at the last house - one of the few things the rabbits didn't eat! They were a bandit to get rid of. They were in a border next to the gravelled drive, so at least that took care of some of them as they were under a layer of membrane and plastic. I had to keep pulling them and chopping them back, hoping they'd weaken, bu they weren't easily deterred. They'd have been fine if they'd been elsewhere in the garden, just didn't want them there. Typical. I don't even think weedkiller was very effective.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Too windy and drizzly for outside adventures today.
I have a quince, the blossom is awesome - love that one Chicky. Mine is in the wrong place really, as it's in the middle of a border (ouch!) and too close to a lovely peony.
We had a pink one in the last garden - it fruited really well, even in the shade - and I used the fruits for cooking as the culinary quince is so hard to get - I really do want another .........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Is it planted yet? ............ I could always pop down for coffee .............
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely colour chicky - I can see why it caused envy
...and breathe, doc
Methinks I need to start using that ignore button, like Hosta does! Ah well - there's always going to be bampots and stirrers I suppose. Perhaps I should have got in the car and driven east after all
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That quince is sumptuous Chicky. I planted a "normal" one in Belgium and it always struggled until a couple of years ago when I put up some windbreak fabric along the fence to help the shrubs I'd planted as windbreak. Happily, we have one here in full bloom and it's gorgeous but I may have to hunt down your version.
Enjoy your cuddles Yvie.
Noisy bits done, woodworm treatment applied. Now to get mucky with compost and plants. I love mud pie days as long as I get a decent hot shower at the end and a glass of something suitably cheering.
Russian vine dealt with - hooked with a hoe and snipped with the secateurs - made sure we didn't leave any looped bits to strangle neighbours' offspring on their trampoline
. NDN was nowhere to be seen but had left a note that she'd left the back gate open for us so we've left a jar of home made grape & thyme jelly on her doorstep as a thank you. 
Now to get on with re-vamping that herb bed ........... now that OH is here to dig the pots of mint up
Last edited: 19 March 2017 11:32:57
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
FG and Punk - deep breaths and use the Ignore button. There are some very silly people about.
Dove - I too am planning a herb bed. There's a stone raised bed by the terrace that is currently full of orange day lily, seriously squeezed for space and being invaded by lords and ladies. Spotted Cosmos chewing day lily leaves the other day so it'll all have to die and then I can make a herb bed.
My goodness there must be something in the air! We too are making a herb garden out of an old raised bed outside the back door. Really interesting as we dug out the old soil we found the base for a pond. Considered reinstating but too many little people visit.
A A Milne
Hmmm - day lilies against lords & ladies .......... which will win?
Last edited: 19 March 2017 12:05:44
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It cleared up so I got the gear on, and it promptly started raining
Another cuppa till it blows over .
I have now pressed the button Obs, so all is bonny here
We had those orange day lilies at the last house - one of the few things the rabbits didn't eat! They were a bandit to get rid of. They were in a border next to the gravelled drive, so at least that took care of some of them as they were under a layer of membrane and plastic. I had to keep pulling them and chopping them back, hoping they'd weaken, bu they weren't easily deterred. They'd have been fine if they'd been elsewhere in the garden, just didn't want them there. Typical. I don't even think weedkiller was very effective.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Too windy and drizzly for outside adventures today.
I have a quince, the blossom is awesome - love that one Chicky. Mine is in the wrong place really, as it's in the middle of a border (ouch!) and too close to a lovely peony.
We had a pink one in the last garden - it fruited really well, even in the shade - and I used the fruits for cooking as the culinary quince is so hard to get - I really do want another .........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.