Sorry Dove oh it was a medal, thumbs up and a gold cup! I was that impressed I had no idea no one could see my emojis
sounds like you all have had good days and hope your hubby getting better Liri
as for strawberries I just plant the little wild ones and then eat them all when I'm doing the watering in the summer. Winner winner
here is pic for Liri of my bed planted. You will notice olive tree strategically on top of some random man hole cover
i looked up all the plants yesterday and they mostly are crimson, deep red and a couple of cream! oh and a couple of pale Lilac! Yes got carried away despite all good intentions
My RHS seed order has arrived and includes Liriodendron! Yes! What did you get at the GC?
I cooked hake for supper. Possum not impressed at fish 2 days running but I pointed out she can happily have meat 5 or 6 days running and here we eat a lot of fish. Odd really. She's very enamoured with Japan and plans to spend a few months there when she finishes her studies - hasn't quite grasped that they too eat a lot of fish and she won't get rosti without taking out a mortgage.
We had alpine and big strawberries in Belgium and I replaced the plants every 3 years changing them to a new bed. I already have 10 each of 3 different strawberries growing in little troughs waiting for a bed in the new potager.
BM - newly planted beds are so exciting - all neat and clean and full of anticipation of what is to come. Where do you keep our olive in winter?
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)."
That's lovely, BM. Thank you! Yes, it's really exciting - you plan your border carefully, and have an idea what it might be like, but the reality is always amazing. If you're anything like me, you'll be wondering if everything is in the right place... ...but half the fun is moving things around later on!
Obelixx, I'd love a liriodendron, but the garden is far too small. There's one in the park about five minutes' walk from here, though, so I make do with that. Do you have a home in mind for yours when they grow big enough? I was very restrained at the garden centre and only bought 4 things not on my list, and only one was a plant... just a courgette, a compact variety different from the seeds I've sown. And I remembered the mulch mats for the strawberries, now in place in the beds, held down with bits of stone until the cats lose interest. (Next GC trip I must go in the car...)
I'm ashamed to say I wasn't familiar with Paul Nash's work - but I like what I now see. My dad was very fond of work by his brother John, and I loved John Nash's "cornfield" picture which we had a print of, in our living room, when I was a child.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Liri - no idea yet. first I have to get the seeds to germinate and then grow and I suspect they're slow to grow so I have plenty of time to find a home for one. Any spares will go to a plant swap or sale fair.
Had to look up Paul Nash. Interesting. Belgium is big on surreal art - Magritte and co - and I've always liked it but confess to being a philistine. I have to restrict myself to a few particular works when I go to galleries and museums or I get eye and brain overload and remember very little.
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)."
Liri you was very restrained at the garden centre, well done and yes def take car next time! (ps yes def going to Kew as planned) do you know what time you will be reaching London yet?
over winter Obelixx the olive tree was on the patio at the back of the house. the first year I covered it with fleece but this year I forgot! Seems ok though
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Sorry Dove oh it was a medal, thumbs up and a gold cup! I was that impressed
I had no idea no one could see my emojis 
sounds like you all have had good days and hope your hubby getting better Liri
as for strawberries I just plant the little wild ones and then eat them all when I'm doing the watering in the summer. Winner winner
here is pic for Liri of my bed planted. You will notice olive tree strategically on top of some random man hole cover
i looked up all the plants yesterday and they mostly are crimson, deep red and a couple of cream! oh and a couple of pale Lilac! Yes got carried away despite all good intentions
It looks lovely, BM. Please don't forget to send a photo when it's grown up.
My RHS seed order has arrived and includes Liriodendron! Yes! What did you get at the GC?
I cooked hake for supper. Possum not impressed at fish 2 days running but I pointed out she can happily have meat 5 or 6 days running and here we eat a lot of fish. Odd really. She's very enamoured with Japan and plans to spend a few months there when she finishes her studies - hasn't quite grasped that they too eat a lot of fish and she won't get rosti without taking out a mortgage.
We had alpine and big strawberries in Belgium and I replaced the plants every 3 years changing them to a new bed. I already have 10 each of 3 different strawberries growing in little troughs waiting for a bed in the new potager.
BM - newly planted beds are so exciting - all neat and clean and full of anticipation of what is to come. Where do you keep our olive in winter?
It feels more like February here tonight. Cold and very windy.
That's lovely, BM. Thank you! Yes, it's really exciting - you plan your border carefully, and have an idea what it might be like, but the reality is always amazing. If you're anything like me, you'll be wondering if everything is in the right place...
...but half the fun is moving things around later on!
Obelixx, I'd love a liriodendron, but the garden is far too small. There's one in the park about five minutes' walk from here, though, so I make do with that. Do you have a home in mind for yours when they grow big enough? I was very restrained at the garden centre and only bought 4 things not on my list, and only one was a plant... just a courgette, a compact variety different from the seeds I've sown. And I remembered the mulch mats for the strawberries, now in place in the beds, held down with bits of stone until the cats lose interest. (Next GC trip I must go in the car...)
I'm ashamed to say I wasn't familiar with Paul Nash's work - but I like what I now see. My dad was very fond of work by his brother John, and I loved John Nash's "cornfield" picture which we had a print of, in our living room, when I was a child.
"Wood on the Downs" is amazing.
Liri - no idea yet. first I have to get the seeds to germinate and then grow and I suspect they're slow to grow so I have plenty of time to find a home for one. Any spares will go to a plant swap or sale fair.
Had to look up Paul Nash. Interesting. Belgium is big on surreal art - Magritte and co - and I've always liked it but confess to being a philistine. I have to restrict myself to a few particular works when I go to galleries and museums or I get eye and brain overload and remember very little.
Thank you for your kind words re my new bed
'Obelixx is the Liri a tree or a seed?
Liri you was very restrained at the garden centre, well done and yes def take car next time! (ps yes def going to Kew as planned) do you know what time you will be reaching London yet?
over winter Obelixx the olive tree was on the patio at the back of the house. the first year I covered it with fleece but this year I forgot! Seems ok though
Obelixx we overlapped
won't the seed take years and years to grow? You must have the patience of a saint 
Yes, but I'm planning on having the time and I do have the space - in theory.