Spring bedding in at last.
At last the spring bedding is planted up.
It's not the rain which caused the delay but the mild weather.Bizzie lizzies,godetias, and other annuals cheerfully flowering away with no regard to the season,but they had to go. Now they've been replaced by pansies, polyanthus,narcissus,and tulips.We lifted them together, me and the Plucky Little Woman,then I went ahead forking over and breaking up the soil and raking to a reasonable tilth,she followed on with a trowel,dig drop fill,dig drop fill, until the beds were full. It's our 55th Anniversary this month, 55 years since I carried her across the threshold of the house we still live in today. Food was still rationed so it was a case of fruit and veg and National Growmore in the garden Now it's patio,lawns and borders rockery and shrubbery, but I have kept a small vegetable plot (organic) which currently has second cropping early potatoes (for Christmas),leeks,onions,and garlic. Look after your bit of land,friends,they're not making any more. Best wishes from the PLW and yours truly Sam. |
Spring bedding in at last.
"sam" wrote in message ... At last the spring bedding is planted up. It's not the rain which caused the delay but the mild weather.Bizzie lizzies,godetias, and other annuals cheerfully flowering away with no regard to the season,but they had to go. Now they've been replaced by pansies, polyanthus,narcissus,and tulips.We lifted them together, me and the Plucky Little Woman,then I went ahead forking over and breaking up the soil and raking to a reasonable tilth,she followed on with a trowel,dig drop fill,dig drop fill, until the beds were full. It's our 55th Anniversary this month, 55 years since I carried her across the threshold of the house we still live in today. Food was still rationed so it was a case of fruit and veg and National Growmore in the garden Now it's patio,lawns and borders rockery and shrubbery, but I have kept a small vegetable plot (organic) which currently has second cropping early potatoes (for Christmas),leeks,onions,and garlic. Look after your bit of land,friends,they're not making any more. Best wishes from the PLW and yours truly Sam. Haven't done anything in the beds at home yet, but might this weekend. Going to have to sort out the Boston ivy soon, it's up around the guttering. I love the colouring of it this time of year, but it looks so stupid when the leaves fall off the leaf stems, leaving it all spiky until the stems fall off too. Went down to the allotment today and got the broad beans sown. 2 mice in the traps, 8mm rain in the gauge, all water tanks now full. Brought home curly kale, some leeks and a cabbage. Got a puncture on the way home :-(( Steve Wear your poppy with pride. |
Spring bedding in at last.
sam wrote:
At last the spring bedding is planted up. It's not the rain which caused the delay but the mild weather.Bizzie lizzies,godetias, and other annuals cheerfully flowering away with no regard to the season,but they had to go. Now they've been replaced by pansies, polyanthus,narcissus,and tulips. [...] Look after your bit of land,friends,they're not making any more. Best wishes from the PLW and yours truly Sam. Good lad and lass! But maybe it's time to get rid of that old municipal bedding-plant mentality and do more with perennials, which I for one find more interesting. -- Mike. |
Spring bedding in at last.
Mike Lyle wrote: Good lad and lass! But maybe it's time to get rid of that old municipal bedding-plant mentality and do more with perennials, which I for one find more interesting. HO YES! Marry me Mister Lyle :o) But don't tell my RHS tutors I've said that. About the bedding plant mentality that is. Not you marrying me ..... g |
Spring bedding in at last.
"La puce" wrote in message oups.com... Mike Lyle wrote: Good lad and lass! But maybe it's time to get rid of that old municipal bedding-plant mentality and do more with perennials, which I for one find more interesting. HO YES! Marry me Mister Lyle :o) But don't tell my RHS tutors I've said that. About the bedding plant mentality that is. Not you marrying me Are you 'up for grabs'? .... g |
Spring bedding in at last.
middleton.walker wrote: Are you 'up for grabs'? Grabs all you want, but not for keeps :o) |
Spring bedding in at last.
"La puce" wrote in message ups.com... middleton.walker wrote: Are you 'up for grabs'? Grabs all you want, but not for keeps :o) aint looking for keeps cos wifey would get annoyed if I got caught |
Spring bedding in at last.
middleton.walker wrote: aint looking for keeps cos wifey would get annoyed if I got caught Annoyed?! Phew! Lucky for some. Don't you have a shed where you can er.. keep them? |
Spring bedding in at last.
"La puce" wrote in message oups.com... middleton.walker wrote: aint looking for keeps cos wifey would get annoyed if I got caught Annoyed?! Phew! Lucky for some. Don't you have a shed where you can er.. keep them? yes but also some real nice woods to the back of the house...only problem tho is the deer ticks.... |
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