Garden this morning
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Waterside Pete, just off the main road from Bourne to Peterborough. Our second home , sensible prices and great selection .
I like that garden a lot John. Vibrant and full. One day hopefully ours will get close.
Battling against the heat and dryness here as well.
(After two days of constant rain, I thought I could plant some Hydrangea bushes I had made. The top thee inches of soil where fine. Then it was bone dry, almost baked! Grr.)
Love those stone pavers by the way!
Battling against the heat and dryness here as well.
(After two days of constant rain, I thought I could plant some Hydrangea bushes I had made. The top thee inches of soil where fine. Then it was bone dry, almost baked! Grr.)
Love those stone pavers by the way!
Thank you Ian, its had several changes over the 48 years we've lived here. Once we had a lawn but a large dog soon put an end to that, so those pavers went in. The house faces due south so we get full sun, the drier summers have caused some losses, but unless we have a hosepipe ban we water a lot. Being on a meter we don't mind paying when we love the garden so much.
John
Your garden is beautiful mine did fair as well it’s done for this year to much rain
Your garden is beautiful mine did fair as well it’s done for this year to much rain
Watering is free for me I have 7 or is it eight 1000 litres water tanks that fill from the roof of the barn. Time? That's a whole different story. To water the garden properly would take about two till tree hours! So it's those that need it get it . The joys of gardening eh.
I need the improve the soil in the hydrangea bed. Those that are planted in ordinary soil dry out far to quick. So over the Autumn it's leaves and compost ad lib.
I need the improve the soil in the hydrangea bed. Those that are planted in ordinary soil dry out far to quick. So over the Autumn it's leaves and compost ad lib.
I have 3 water barrels, but not that large compared to yours Ian.!
Can't beat plenty off well rotted compost. A good mulch of organic matter in the spring will help conserve the moisture at the roots level .
John,
very nice, - just reminds why I live in a flat! Both my father & mother were keen gardeners, my brother must have inherited all the green fingers gene. I do not like gardening - the only thing growing in my flat is the mould on my out-of-date cheese!!!
Dave
very nice, - just reminds why I live in a flat! Both my father & mother were keen gardeners, my brother must have inherited all the green fingers gene. I do not like gardening - the only thing growing in my flat is the mould on my out-of-date cheese!!!
Dave
All us gardeners started somewhere Dave. From little acorns and all that !
Don't you guys have winter?
rtfoe
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We don't... our four seasons are Sun, Rain, Monsoon and Floods in no particular order.
Cheers,
Richard
Nothing like four different seasons to give you a break from certain things.......while providing more time at the Hobby Bench, where ones fingers are never "green", unless that happens to be the color you are working with at the moment! 
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Not had a proper winter since I were a lad!!
In all seriousness, It depends where in the country you are..... Obviously, the further the North the colder. That said for its latitude the UK is generally warmer than it should be because of the warming effects of the Gulf stream.
Sort of Paul, but where we are very little snow , none this year and up to date hardly any frost either, which is what we want.
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John, John, do not panic 
, I will send my three little darlings around, and they will sort out all that green stuff you have in your garden, they are great at turning perfectly good grass into mud within hours and you can guarantee you will hear language from your SWMBO that would make an old sailor blush.
In our gardening world SWMBO has now decided that I can operate the leaf blower and connected to the electricity....
, I will send my three little darlings around, and they will sort out all that green stuff you have in your garden, they are great at turning perfectly good grass into mud within hours and you can guarantee you will hear language from your SWMBO that would make an old sailor blush.In our gardening world SWMBO has now decided that I can operate the leaf blower and connected to the electricity....
Winter yes, a time for tidying things up, but it's really only a pause before spring and the real work starts..