Daydream fund challenge part 4
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I've been meaning to post for ages but convinced myself I'd forgotten my password. Had 6 weeks with no computer, so when I started to get back online, there were a lot to remember.
We were just south of a storm cell the other week; a few miles north it shredded the foliage on tender plants and made a mess of hanging fruit. Fortunately I got away with some damage to the tomatoes. We've also had weeks and weeks of cold winds from the North/East even on sunny days, often over 15mph.
Just put in the seed order via the allotment society although I have quite a lot left from last year that I bought for communal activities that were cancelled. Have decided to "invest" in some late strawberries as mine finish early and don't survive the slugs if it's a poor year. I'll look at Real Seeds shortly as they have some gems.
Many changes here. I'm back in my old Leicestershire house and loving it! Long story short, it went on the market just before lockdown, by word of mouth the owner new I was interested and wanted someone in it rather than it standing empty. He's extended and improved it beyond my price range so I'm paying a peppercorn rent, like a caretaker. I'm scarred to death in case I muck it up. A good mile from the nearest neighbour I do feel a bit vulnerable (strange I didn't feel it 30 years ago) so I have 2 dogs and some geese, and a cockerel, hens, goats (bill and ben - not mine) .................. and fish
So my Devon house stood empty but now a friend is renting that (so I still make the trip but in the other direction!)
I still have my 'allotment' and could give it full attention this year - veg boxes became community food bank donations but all good fun - still picking the odd punnet of raspberries and blackberries this week
Dave, I'm pleased to see the progress of your hens, I still have the incubator - unused..........
Well done to folk who tackled big landscaping projects, I have been looking at the photos when not posting. My mother and daughter are horrified that I 'need' to dig up the field lawn for raised beds so for this year I've left it. Surprising how my saying it's far too much grass to cut inspired my daughter to mow and edge it every week!
Not bad day today- pruning some stuff that is very leggy and to big.
I would like to prune the hydrangeas but don't know quite when to do it.
Cut your flowers off now, then look in Spring to adjust pruning if looks odd or wrong.
If you put your flower cuttings into water you might get some that grow roots so you can grow them on as new plants.