Busy-Lizzie

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Morning all. My hundreds of plug plants have arrived! Shall spend the morning in the GH potting 

You'll all find me very annoying now as here there is a beautiful blue sky and the sun is shining, it's 5° already. But throat is still a bit sore and nose is a bit bunged up.

Busy Lizzy Walleriana

I grew lots of Busy-Lizzie Walleriana last year and they were fine. I bought plug plants from Jardin Express, a French firm. (Live in France)

MOB rants

Greentooth, I grew lots of Busy-Lizzies last year of the Walleriana sort and they were fine.

I rode and was lucky enough to have a pony when young. Then I sold it to train as a nurse in London, then I married and had 4 children. My husband didn't like horses very much. I didn't ride again until my second daughter wanted to ride and we were given a rescue horse. Now, years later I have 2 Lusitano mares, one unrideable, one lovely. As I live in SW France I am lucky in that there is so much more spare land than in England. That's not a rant, just a reply to Fairygirl on the previous page.

Our NGS Open Day 2013

Your garden is beautiful Pam, wish I could come but we are in England the 2nd half of June. Does anyone else in South of England have a garden open then? We use the Dieppe Newhaven ferry.

Forum names

Nutcutlet does sound like an endearment. I like GG's photo with her cute dogs, it suits her name. I hope you don't think, Verdun, that I thought it was you who caused the upset. I read it all and thought you were the innocent wronged party.

Forum names

I thought Figrat was a woman, caught a glance of her in her garden with a mirror in it on another thread. Thought Fiona, then Flo thought that too, while I was still reading.

I'm Busy-Lizzie because I'm Liz and there is always so much to do in the garden and I never seem to have time to get round to doing it all! Shame Busy-Lizzies have got stricken by a fungus - but mine were fine last year.

I thought Verdun was Christopher then another Christopher came along with a different spelling and he changed his name and other Christopher disappeared having caused an upset.

My avatar is violas last spring, changed it for spring - then spring kept not turning up!

ROSES

I would prune as well, just got two climbers left to do, but they are horrid and prickly, so did the others first. Spring is late so they'll think it's normal to prune them now.

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Hello all, been out all day. Bit of a nuisance really as weather was nice and I could have been doing things in the garden. Lunch with friends was nice, committee meeting went on a bit.

Had email this morning to say my plug plants have been dispatched and should arrive tomorrow. Rain forecast tomorrow so good day to be potting up in the GH. Tomatoes and ageratums ready to pot on. New French Marigolds overtaking the pathetic first sowing. Perhaps they were duff seeds.

Bunny, that cake mustn't put you off sending cake photos. It was a special cake for son's wedding and took ages. Most of my cakes, when I can be bothered to make them, are a bit hit and miss. Sorry about the deer. Must have been a shock. Same problem here, they just rush out so fast, wild boar, foxes and badgers too. I hit a badger once, first one I'd ever seen. I didn't know they could run so fast, it was like it was trying to commit suicide.

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I hope I'm not getting it, Dove. Aching, gritty eyes, runny nose, uncomfortable throat.

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Thank you everyone for being so nice about my cake. Going to have a bath and an early night, feeling a bit below par.

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?

uploading photos