percy toboggan
23-Jul-08, 20:39
...Gardening. We have two...of modest size back and front but they are now stuffed full of things which grow. Mostly ornamental. I simply love variagated foliage and this looks particularly appealing when contrasted with some very dark leaved plant or other. Weiglea, Eunomous and Elder 'black beauty' work really well together. The last two or three years I've been taking cuttings of some of these and the satisfaction over a few summers at watching them grow is simply splendid. A new dimension to life no less.
My wife this year wanted some wacky ornaments - you know the thing...to fill in the remaining blank spaces..so we now have a scaly backed dragon with a dumb look on his face sucking his 'claws' It weighs a ton! Oh! and a serene Buddha with long, feminine fingers.Not everyone's cup of tea I know.
We'd like to be more practical & grow veg but Morrisons and LIDL are so handy, and we don't really have the room. I'm often to be found of an evening, after I've sounded off on the net out with the watering can in me stockin' feet. Tonight Mrs.T has planted an 'avenue of lavender' the length of the front path, which should give the Postman (and me) wet kecks c. 2010. Maybe we'll get one of those U.S. style 'mailboxes' Twenty quid at LIDL.
Sorry I'm rambling folks but I just thought I'd put an appearance in here...I've only just realised there is gardening section.
My wife this year wanted some wacky ornaments - you know the thing...to fill in the remaining blank spaces..so we now have a scaly backed dragon with a dumb look on his face sucking his 'claws' It weighs a ton! Oh! and a serene Buddha with long, feminine fingers.Not everyone's cup of tea I know.
We'd like to be more practical & grow veg but Morrisons and LIDL are so handy, and we don't really have the room. I'm often to be found of an evening, after I've sounded off on the net out with the watering can in me stockin' feet. Tonight Mrs.T has planted an 'avenue of lavender' the length of the front path, which should give the Postman (and me) wet kecks c. 2010. Maybe we'll get one of those U.S. style 'mailboxes' Twenty quid at LIDL.
Sorry I'm rambling folks but I just thought I'd put an appearance in here...I've only just realised there is gardening section.