In previous years I’ve found these will graze the outer surface of forming Tomcots and nectarines and wreck the fruit. It actually holds its Big Bag shape shape pretty well, and will allow us to cram even more into the available space, as well as allowing much better air flow through the hay, and final drying to complete. First daffodils at last flowering up here – several for the first time – Peeping Tom, Toby The First. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I continue with efforts to rid the greenhouse of snails which once again have been stripping off the surface of a few nectarines.

That evening we get news that Andy Lewis is sending over Owen to chip our brash, and Rhyddian is dropping off the ribs for the SH roof, and oak boards for the floor.Do look after yourself and get as much rests as is possible for an Energizer Bunny such as yourself.

Currently is no sign on the weather forecasts of daytime temperatures into double figures for the next month or so. There will be signs at the sorting stations explaining what you need to do, but if you are unsure, staff will be on hand to advise. This area of the yard had silted up, become muddy and didn’t drain after heavy rain some 15 years or so from when we installed the land drain. It’s also moving into a time of the year, when wearing Crocs rather than boots, is very helpful in minimising damage to emerging bulb shoots. Much time was spent by me trying to photograph Snipe in the westerly, hedge protected ditches of our lower meadows, which throughout the big freeze, kept running and provided invaluable feeding opportunities for these very shy, flighty birds.William and I have an intensive section forking out couch grass from the remaining section of the meadow copse to be tackled as it transforms into garden proper. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Still great damp conditions for moving snowdrops, so lots more shifted and planted singly around the garden. Lots more hand weeding, and another whole day trying to remove remnants of couch grass from the Geranium macrrorhizum in the lower meadow copse – this has worn me down, but it is at least the very last part of the garden to be worked on.

The Friday before the NGS sees Fiona having designed and produced some really nice numbered arrows to guide visitors around.It does need repeating every few days in wet conditions of course, but done in this very discrete way, leaves no discernible unpleasant smells for human noses! If you feel a Road Permit is needed, please include this in your quotation and we will arrange this on your behalf through the local council. In spite of the severe cold, the sunny weather has brought on flowering of the Tomcots in the greenhouse, so I spent a few minutes transferring pollen with a feather, around midday on a sunny day.

I thoroughly scrub the 2 pronged fork which I use for hoiking out affected bulbs, after finishing this job, and also try to minimise handling of any snowdrop flowers or leaves throughout the growing season to reduce the risks of cross contamination. Our hymnals were written in English and Welsh and our annual music celebration is coming up the gymanfa ganu. Save Whitland Recycling Centre campaigner Lisa Firth said: “The incredible turnout, breadth of discussion and energy to keep the centre demonstrated how deeply residents from Carmarthenshire and beyond care about the closure. Thursday sees me and Fiona designing a fanlight window shape for the SH gable ends and taking it into Lampeter joiners for an initial quote.Huge numbers of corms can be eaten very quickly, though the ones growing through the London Pride in this part of the garden were largely unaffected. One needs to allocate time between garden work and lambing just to savour how special this place is! CWM requests three months written notice to accept cancellation of the contract after the initial 12 months contract. We really appreciate all the effort and time you spend into putting out this info, in all its forms, to the rest of the world.