Busy-Lizzie

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Evening all, back from weekend with son. Saw some of you had sent garden pics. Like looking at people's pics. Here's some of my garden last spring, gives me hope. Looks nothing like this at the moment - it's a brown and depressing mess!

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Bjay, you wrote that while I wrote my bit, I'd already put the dictionary link on my whatever it is on computers that you put things on! But some of it still didn't make sense! I'm also hazy about English computer speak, there are different words in French.

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I know what a real peewit is, I looked up tewit on Geoff's yorkshire dictionary and it said peewit but I thought it was more slang, not the bird. Now I can't remember why he mentioned tewits, need to go to bed - got to get up early to go to son tomorrow, 4 hour drive. Goodnight.

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I watched Martha and Mary - a real tear jerker. So I've arrived again when everyone is going to bed and our clocks here are an hour ahead.

Geoff mentioned tewits so I looked them up and it said peewits so I still don't have a clue. Sometimes I think I've lived here so long I don't understand English any more.

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What's a flep and what is fullocking - or am I being dense?

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Spent afternoon in veg garden. Laid out anti-weed fabric on new strawberry bed, pinned it down with huge staples, planted 38 strawberry plants and built frame which I will put netting on later. Did some hoeing. Lovely day, mild, took coat off, weeds starting to grow.

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Having the same as Geoff tonight, chicken and leek (from garden) pie. I'm going to see son, his French wife and baby grandaughter for weekend so thought if I made pie OH would have something to eat. He's staying at home to look after animals. No computer at son's.

Those snowdrops were lovely, Flo. We went to Walsingham Abbey gardens 3 years ago. Stunning.

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Bunny, I'm worried about your weight. You are always eating cake!

Things you did in the garden as a kid which were extremely bad!

What a wonderful garden! You must be an alpine expert but it seems to have everything else as well. I feel quite humble. Is it open to the public? We were hoping to go to Shropshire next year. Has to be planned as a long way from SW France. Going to S East this year, Devon last year.

Plastic packages for posted plants

I live in France and we recycle loads. Any sort of bubble wrap plastic, yoghurt pots, tins, paper etc and the beauty is that in this area you put the whole lot in a yellow bin bag without having to sort it.

Trouble typing on some of the threads

Gardens we have visited 2013

no emails as well as small text

Cleaning greenhouses

Rose pruning and frost

reviews

Why did you all start gardening?

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