Have just watched last night's Beechgrove. Excellent and covered so many topics and have all this week's garden rescue thingies recorded so not missing GW today.
Went for first walkies with OH and the doggies since I broke my toe in January. It was lovely - hedgerows full of blossom and spring flowers - several white flowers I don't recognise and not all daisy types, white campion, purple clover, purple wild orchids, proper blue bluebells, one or two cowslips still in bloom, speedwell and some escaped blue flowered pulmonaria with very pointed spotty leaves that I might have to go and rescue.. Much tweeting of birds, some crickets but not a lot of buzzing from other insects.
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)."
Hi Kay. Country lanes here. One set of neighbours are farmers and have nothing in their garden that they can't eat apart from 2 huge pots of pelargoniums in summer. They very clearly think all my pots of treasures and projects for new beds are the height of frivolity if not insane.
The other side have a paddock for 3 horses and lots of trees and a bit of grass with more trees. Everything else on our walk is unpaved lanes thru pasture for beef cattle or crops to feed them in winter.
We saw a speckled wood butterfly too - taken me ages to identify it.
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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)."
Been a busy day today, starting with babysitting 2 little grandsons, then taking son to garage to pick up his car, mending electric fencing (drat the deer who jump straight into it), filling the horses’ water (but OH did that), cutting string off the hay bales, cleaning the swimming pool, watering baby plants and the roses in pots, dusting the sitting room, packing the suitcase then the car. Horses were very excited to be out in their summer grazing.
Off tomorrow morning, may not get time to post.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Sorry to hear about the sickly visit LilyP, but glad you had some time together anyway.
Hosta, your 'episodes sound very scary. I hope a cause can be found soon.
Great news, DD - so pleased that you have someone in your corner.
Busy day for me too. Went to my childhood home to dig up some plants (I've been doing this for a couple of years due to its 'imminent' sale... but now we've actually got an offer going through). Totally the wrong time to be doing this, but have brought home a big peony and a gooseberry bush, plus lily of the valley, geranium phaeum and cuttings from a climbing rose, willow and cotinus (no idea if the latter will take from cuttings?). Had appointments all afternoon and evening so had to get the peony and gooseberry bush in the ground very qickly. I do hope the peony survives - it's at least as old as me and is lovely. I don't mind if it sulks for a year or two, as long as it lives.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Hi everyone. You all sound busy. My car tyres have been sorted and it's now safely home in the garage. No a cheap experience though. . There's not much that can be done about that. Just pay up and shut up I think.
Our son has decided to go back to Canberra this afternoon instead of staying another night. It took a bit of calling and walking around outside to convince his lovely cat to decide to come back inside. I think she has discovered where the little finch's nest is in the Grevillea. I thought they'd be safe amongst the prickles, so hopefully she didn't managed to get in. She didn't come in licking her lips and she headed for the feed bowl.
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Have just watched last night's Beechgrove. Excellent and covered so many topics and have all this week's garden rescue thingies recorded so not missing GW today.
Went for first walkies with OH and the doggies since I broke my toe in January. It was lovely - hedgerows full of blossom and spring flowers - several white flowers I don't recognise and not all daisy types, white campion, purple clover, purple wild orchids, proper blue bluebells, one or two cowslips still in bloom, speedwell and some escaped blue flowered pulmonaria with very pointed spotty leaves that I might have to go and rescue.. Much tweeting of birds, some crickets but not a lot of buzzing from other insects.
Obelixx - that sounds lovely :-). I walk a lot with my little lad in his pram. Love looking at people's gardens as I'm walking past ?
Hi Kay. Country lanes here. One set of neighbours are farmers and have nothing in their garden that they can't eat apart from 2 huge pots of pelargoniums in summer. They very clearly think all my pots of treasures and projects for new beds are the height of frivolity if not insane.
The other side have a paddock for 3 horses and lots of trees and a bit of grass with more trees. Everything else on our walk is unpaved lanes thru pasture for beef cattle or crops to feed them in winter.
We saw a speckled wood butterfly too - taken me ages to identify it.
Last edited: 28 April 2017 21:56:36
I fell asleep on the sofa ... now I'm tucked up in bed ... sweet dreams all
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Been a busy day today, starting with babysitting 2 little grandsons, then taking son to garage to pick up his car, mending electric fencing (drat the deer who jump straight into it), filling the horses’ water (but OH did that), cutting string off the hay bales, cleaning the swimming pool, watering baby plants and the roses in pots, dusting the sitting room, packing the suitcase then the car. Horses were very excited to be out in their summer grazing.
Off tomorrow morning, may not get time to post.
Have a good journey, BL.
Sorry to hear about the sickly visit LilyP, but glad you had some time together anyway.
Hosta, your 'episodes sound very scary. I hope a cause can be found soon.
Great news, DD - so pleased that you have someone in your corner.
Busy day for me too. Went to my childhood home to dig up some plants (I've been doing this for a couple of years due to its 'imminent' sale... but now we've actually got an offer going through). Totally the wrong time to be doing this, but have brought home a big peony and a gooseberry bush, plus lily of the valley, geranium phaeum and cuttings from a climbing rose, willow and cotinus (no idea if the latter will take from cuttings?). Had appointments all afternoon and evening so had to get the peony and gooseberry bush in the ground very qickly. I do hope the peony survives - it's at least as old as me and is lovely. I don't mind if it sulks for a year or two, as long as it lives.
Hi everyone. You all sound busy. My car tyres have been sorted and it's now safely home in the garage. No a cheap experience though.
. There's not much that can be done about that. Just pay up and shut up I think.
Our son has decided to go back to Canberra this afternoon instead of staying another night. It took a bit of calling and walking around outside to convince his lovely cat to decide to come back inside. I think she has discovered where the little finch's nest is in the Grevillea. I thought they'd be safe amongst the prickles, so hopefully she didn't managed to get in. She didn't come in licking her lips and she headed for the feed bowl.
Good morning all
G'day Pat 
Have a good journey BL
Coffee has arrived ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Dove
Hi Pat ... Flipping cars eh? Money pits
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.