Checking in late today. Been lazing about finishing a book. OH is outside being noisy with his strimmer. I have stripped our bed and Possums and set the robot off upstairs and I am about to go and do battle with a hosta Naegato that refuses all inducements to get it out of its pot.
Hope all goes well with teh greenhouse Wonky and that you have a really good party.
BM I think a red them to your grasses could be unifying and rather lovely.
Enjoy your gardens everyone. It's a grand day for it.
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)."
Not been on today, been outside since early doors.
40 odd Dahlias potted up and in the cold greenhouse, so had to move out a load of other stuff and find suitable places to plant, my favourite gardening task, trying to work out good plant combinations. No doubt most things will be moved again later.
Heavenly scent from the wallflowers this afternoon.
Now about to relax with a beer in the summerhouse.
have a lovely evening everyone.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Have a brilliant party Wonky! I shall partake of a chilled cider and lump of banana loaf in your honour.
I've often heard people "discovering" all sorts of exciting things as they clear an area of their garden.
At the moment I'm attempting to clear a raised section that sits in one corner and is behind the shed. Once levelled it will make an ideal fixed position for the compost bins not to mention my bin of plant pots and other things that just end up in the way (for instance a Peugeot 205 spoiler or the jaguar badly buckled wheel that his lordship has left as features in the garden).
Aside from the great escape type adventures I'm having trying to decant the soil around the garden (the lawn will be an inch higher for sure!) I'm also on an adventure of discovery.
Alas not the Victorian bottles or brick work, but old sweet and crisp packets, broken bits of plastic, amongst a ridiculous amount of rock shaped concrete.
In fact my garden is often unearthing sweet packets. I've often wondered if the gardener of the house had a sweet tooth and tried to hide it from their partner.
You're working hard, Obelixx! I reckon you deserve to find buried treasure. The only things I find in my garden are old clothes pegs, bits of Lego and stems of clay pipes.
Hope your high-altitude frogspawn adjusts to its new home, Fairy. I found several lots on the roadside verge on Lismore, a good quarter mile from the nearest pond... no hope of rescuing it.
I wonder if Wonky has got a working greenhouse yet... don't suppose she cares at the moment, if the party's going well!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I have won the battle of the hosta, with help from OH and my best kitchen palette knife which is the only flat tool I have that's long enough to get down the sides to the bottom of the pot. Then a battle to extricate the crocks from a Sleeping Beauty worthy tangle of roots. Who knew hostas grew roots well over 2' long? 3 more pots of hostas to go and then the snowdrops and a bit of ground cover and it's done.
Cooked a long, slow beef rendang for dinner tonight. Underwhelming given all the flavourings that went in there. Anyone got a good recipe?
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)."
Sorry Obelixx (and Clari), yes. I wasn't reading carefully enough...
Perhaps you need a second palette knife just for garden use, Obelixx! I've just been having a conversation with Joyce on another thread about the usefulness of kitchen forks in the garden; I use an old bread knife to dig dandelions out of the lawn..
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I have a double edged bread knife which is far too dangerous in the kitchen but great for loosening round plants in pots or cutting plants up to make divisions. It has done some sterling work with the hostas over the last couple of fays but only has a 12"/30cm blade. The palette knife is rather smart so I shall have to rescue it. Nice and bendy though.
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)."
Lirio, the base and door got done before the first guests started showing and the party doesn't stray for half an hour! not too much noise in the morning please folks! x
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Checking in late today. Been lazing about finishing a book. OH is outside being noisy with his strimmer. I have stripped our bed and Possums and set the robot off upstairs and I am about to go and do battle with a hosta Naegato that refuses all inducements to get it out of its pot.
Hope all goes well with teh greenhouse Wonky and that you have a really good party.
BM I think a red them to your grasses could be unifying and rather lovely.
Enjoy your gardens everyone. It's a grand day for it.
Hi all.
Not been on today, been outside since early doors.
40 odd Dahlias potted up and in the cold greenhouse, so had to move out a load of other stuff and find suitable places to plant, my favourite gardening task, trying to work out good plant combinations. No doubt most things will be moved again later.
Heavenly scent from the wallflowers this afternoon.
Now about to relax with a beer in the summerhouse.
have a lovely evening everyone.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Have a brilliant party Wonky! I shall partake of a chilled cider and lump of banana loaf in your honour.
I've often heard people "discovering" all sorts of exciting things as they clear an area of their garden.
At the moment I'm attempting to clear a raised section that sits in one corner and is behind the shed. Once levelled it will make an ideal fixed position for the compost bins not to mention my bin of plant pots and other things that just end up in the way (for instance a Peugeot 205 spoiler or the jaguar badly buckled wheel that his lordship has left as features in the garden).
Aside from the great escape type adventures I'm having trying to decant the soil around the garden (the lawn will be an inch higher for sure!) I'm also on an adventure of discovery.
Alas not the Victorian bottles or brick work, but old sweet and crisp packets, broken bits of plastic, amongst a ridiculous amount of rock shaped concrete.
In fact my garden is often unearthing sweet packets. I've often wondered if the gardener of the house had a sweet tooth and tried to hide it from their partner.
Evening all - had a nice afternoon on a hill after a less than promising start. At least I didn't leave the knee braces behind though.
Brought some more frogspawn home. It should be tough stuff - it was at 2,100 feet
I've missed your birthday Wonks - how did that happen? Is there cake?
Have a lovely time.
I'm slightly surprised Hosta hasn't been tittering at Joyce's comment though...
Glad you've had a nice day doc. I'm hoping to get out tomorrow but the forecast isn't brilliant. Such is life.
I watched Decline & Fall too but missed it last week somehow. The adaptation of Brideshead is my favourite piece of tv ever.
I'll have a quick look round here with a cuppa and then have a shower and make something to eat
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Had a brilliant day at RHS Cardiff. We needed the Factor 30! Will put more pics on a new thread...
You had a wonderful day for it, AuntyRach.
You're working hard, Obelixx! I reckon you deserve to find buried treasure. The only things I find in my garden are old clothes pegs, bits of Lego and stems of clay pipes.
Hope your high-altitude frogspawn adjusts to its new home, Fairy. I found several lots on the roadside verge on Lismore, a good quarter mile from the nearest pond... no hope of rescuing it.
I wonder if Wonky has got a working greenhouse yet... don't suppose she cares at the moment, if the party's going well!
I think you mean Clari for buried treasure Liri.
I have won the battle of the hosta, with help from OH and my best kitchen palette knife which is the only flat tool I have that's long enough to get down the sides to the bottom of the pot. Then a battle to extricate the crocks from a Sleeping Beauty worthy tangle of roots. Who knew hostas grew roots well over 2' long? 3 more pots of hostas to go and then the snowdrops and a bit of ground cover and it's done.
Cooked a long, slow beef rendang for dinner tonight. Underwhelming given all the flavourings that went in there. Anyone got a good recipe?
Sorry Obelixx (and Clari), yes. I wasn't reading carefully enough...
Perhaps you need a second palette knife just for garden use, Obelixx! I've just been having a conversation with Joyce on another thread about the usefulness of kitchen forks in the garden; I use an old bread knife to dig dandelions out of the lawn..
I have a double edged bread knife which is far too dangerous in the kitchen but great for loosening round plants in pots or cutting plants up to make divisions. It has done some sterling work with the hostas over the last couple of fays but only has a 12"/30cm blade. The palette knife is rather smart so I shall have to rescue it. Nice and bendy though.
Lirio, the base and door got done before the first guests started showing and the party doesn't stray for half an hour!
not too much noise in the morning please folks! 
x