Daydream fund challenge part 4

Been drizzly today but slightly milder - it was minus 5 the other night & I don't seem to be able to get warm at all.

Been taking some very spindly, flagpole trees down to give others a bit of space. It's oddly satisfying if a slow job that makes much branches to be burnt when they are dry enough.

Hens seem intent on wreaking the garden.

Puppy is being adorable one minute, a horror the next. His eyes seem to be a lovely grey colour & he does look quite adorable with his choclatey colour & white socks - but looks can be deceptive at times.

Hairy cat seems to be less in the huff & seems to have become much more dignified and almost haughty the way he stands on high looking with distain, down on the little monster he sees before him.

Lovely grinder Alfie - what you intending to do with it?

It's sort of like fair ground painter which it may well have been?

If it was planted up a pub would buy it, but it may weigh a ton?

Grey, low cloud & drizzly here - cold. Went for a run on the beach - puppy loves sand & we had it all to ourselves.

Freddie.

He is just a definite Freddie.

animal names


bimble... bimmy fart
dusty...asbo
dolly... doo doo
sunny [cat]... babs
Jamaican [stallion] .... jimmy jam
ruby.. rubes/ ruby two shoes
storm... big lad
lori [mini shet]... little sh*t

Fay wrote: »

Hi everyone,
Feeling stronger day by day. Thanks for all the support during the very wobbly days x

Good to hear from you Fay and to see the positive way you're thinking.:A Confident you'll come through it, but it's a long road...

Dafty and I have both moved literally shedloads of plants when moving. I did mine in August, which isn't ideal, but I'd divided them long before that, so they were in pots for a year or more. Again, that's not ideal, but it worked.

Some of the plants you have, like the hosta, could still be divided now. They'll look tatty, but will pull through. For others, like the hellebores, you'll either have to dig them up whole, or wait till late autumn, which I'd guess might be too late. Plants don't like being moved when in full growth, but many will put up with it,if they have to, especially if you reduce top growth and demand on the roots.

The great thing about gardens is that, trees and massive shrubs apart, they can be dismantled and re-built. We are going to dig up all the plants along our frontage, behind the low hedge because having them there hasn't worked. They're fine, but DW isn't finding maintenance easy there, and the wild grasses have got in among them, so they need replacement with a simple mulch of grass clippings and one or two 'thug' plants to create a bit of interest. We can move them to new beds nearer the house shortly.....next year.... probably.

And our main garden isn't even started yet.....only 7.5 years.