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ROSES

Posted: 26/03/2013 at 19:05

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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Posted: 26/03/2013 at 19:00

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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Posted: 25/03/2013 at 20:40

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

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Posted: 25/03/2013 at 20:38

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

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Posted: 25/03/2013 at 18:36

Bjay, my daughter wanted chocolate and my French son-in-law wanted English trad. fruit cake! So I did one of each next to each other, only one tier, decorated with red roses.

MOB rants

Posted: 25/03/2013 at 18:33

Maud, the font size has been tiny for a few days now. If you press Control + the font gets bigger and Control - smaller and Ctrl 0 back to how it was. There is a technical fault. I'm not getting emails to tell me when people have responded to posts either and today it wouldn't upload a photo. And it won't let me look at "my posts", just a squashed tomato.

I love carrot cake. Each to his own!

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Posted: 25/03/2013 at 18:20

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y487/Busy-Lizzie/IMG_2672_zps9f472d1b.jpg

Worked with photobucket.

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Posted: 25/03/2013 at 18:11

It was 10° this afternoon although cloudy, cleared up loads of prunings and dead undergrowth (except it was overgrowth of perennials left on for protection), still got the wisteria to do.

I made my 4 childrens wedding cakes. In France they have something called a "pièce montée" of choux pastry balls stuffed with patisserie cream and drizzled with caramel. My children wanted traditional English with rich fruit cake marzipan and royal icing in tiers as well. I only have one photo on this computer of the most recent wedding. It's the simplest cake to my DIL's design without pillers holding the cakes up. Bother, it won't download. I'll see what happens with photobucket.

Painting a trellis...

Posted: 25/03/2013 at 14:26

This site has just about every clematis you can think of!

http://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/clematis-by-name/

experiences with free offers of plants

Posted: 25/03/2013 at 14:20

I've never been eligible for the GW plant offers because of living in France, but I've always wondered what they were like. So I've read these replies with interest and relief.

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