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Trillium
Quarter Acre
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May 17, 2005, 13:44:11 »
Have nipped over from the BBC site - thanks Obelixx for the tip. Looking forward to reading all about your gardens and experiences.
I'm in a fit of over-excitement because my meconopsis grandis have just started flowering - my first time with them and I'm bowled over. I've been watching them grow at Dunham Massey in Cheshire for the past year or so and just love them to bits. I do grow veg in parts of my garden, but it's mostly a shrub/perennial garden.
If you'd like to have a look go to
www.trilliumsgarden.blogspot.com
With best wishes
Trillium
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Svea
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...getting the hang of things...
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May 17, 2005, 13:51:57 »
welcome trillium :)
grab a cuppa tea, roy is on tea duty today - make mine a milk plus one:D
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Trillium
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May 17, 2005, 14:44:02 »
Delighted to. Mine's a very large mugful with a good splash of milk. Preferably drunk outside with soil coated hands, with the sun on my back and a warm glow from an hour of steady digging.
But as misfortune would have it I'm in the office (but sneaked home at lunchtime to blog the poppies...). I know you shouldn't wish your life away, but retirement and life spent in the garden seems very tempting indeed...
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Obelixx
Hectare
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Vendée, France
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May 17, 2005, 15:12:18 »
Lovely photos Trillium. Don't drink tea so I'll have a black coffee please or maybe a mint tea. Trouble with retirement is you get busy. I "retired" 16 yrs ago when made redundant and now have a 10yr old daughter plus husband, house and garden and other interests. Don't know how I found the time to go to work.
After these last few months of general domestic upset - major house repairs - I'm beginning to think house and garden both too big. This won't last long though. Just need a few good nights' sleep..............................
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Roy Bham UK
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Let's press flesh
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May 17, 2005, 21:21:55 »
;) Hi Trillium, welcome to the mad house :o ;D it's de-caf tea and coffee when I'm on duty but between you and me I have a bottle of red under the large terra cotter pot that I use as a seat for special occasions. :-X
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Trillium
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May 17, 2005, 23:35:19 »
Obbelix - the house may be too big, but the garden - surely not! My aim is smaller house, bigger garden (at least an acre). There's the hazel coppice for a start, then the damp garden leading to the stream, and the great meadow full of wild flowers - leading effortlessly to the herbaceous border. From there to a not too large formal area with box edging just for the fun of it and to the (not big) house with a large yorkstone patio/courtyard to hang around in. Off to one side the herb garden and the vegetable garden/smallholding with chickens, geese and maybe a goat or two.
Dreams, sweet dreams!
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wardy
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May 18, 2005, 09:12:47 »
Sun on your back Trillium! Where are you gardening? It's been flipping brass monkeys oop t'north ;D
Welcome to the fold. Mine's double caffienated, quadruple sugar ;D
Roy glad to hear you're a red drinker too. I'm going to take a box of wine to our shed to declare officially open. Went to fix a broken window the other day and the pane of polycarb got whipped out of OH's hand by wind and broke in two :(
He put me another shelf in the other day Roy. Soon there'll be no room to shift ;D
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Roy Bham UK
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May 18, 2005, 10:35:22 »
;D How strange I have been given a kit/wall/cab 2 day that will fit nicely in my new shed (large enough to hold bottles :o ;D)
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Trillium
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May 18, 2005, 12:16:48 »
Hi all and thanks for the warm welcome.
I'm just north of Warrington, so yes, it's been nippy lately. But the garden has a 6ft high brick wall round it so when the sun does come out it's very sheltered.
I'm one for the red as well, but I'd never get any peace if I took it to the shed as it's OH's tipple too!
BTW - photos are up on the blog of the meconopsis - fully open today - yippee!
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wardy
Hectare
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May 19, 2005, 09:43:36 »
Roy Have you started your collection yet? Sounds great! You'll be able to enjoy a good glass of red after your hard labours. Idyllic :) I'm on the lookout for old oven trays as I want to cook stuff on the lotty. I'm going to drive folks made with garlicky, onion smells wafting over the plots ;D
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Roy Bham UK
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May 19, 2005, 18:02:37 »
;D Wardy My Barbi is a permanent resident up the Lottie as we much have fun and leasure mixed with Lottie ;D
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wardy
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May 20, 2005, 00:02:11 »
Ey Roy I've got one like that. It's a right big one! Kettle or kettler - sommat like that. Got it for £5.
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Roy Bham UK
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May 20, 2005, 12:56:47 »
;D Tee hee mine was free, chucked out with the rubbish ;D
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wardy
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May 20, 2005, 13:09:01 »
You lucky thing ;D Hoping for some lotty freebies as a pal is having a clear out. He says he's got some fence posts and fencing wire.
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