Greeting Dear Readers.. I hope YOU are all snuggly-buggly wherever YOU may be? For here, in deepest Knightsbridge, it is cold enough to freeze those poor old brass Monkeys.
I know the title of the Post said Spring Sprang.. well, it did.. but only for two days! Off SHE went to garden, admittedly wearing several layers of clothing, but off SHE went and found all sorts of thrilling things!
The new cutting bed of dark Blue Hyacinths looks as if it will produce some beautiful blooms, all those Narcissi are poking their noses through, Misses Snowdrop is out in force, showing off those skinny green legs with pretty green and white frocks.. Peonies are showing their pink noses.. SHE warned them not to be in such a hurry.. Miss Rhubarb was sheltering under her forcer.. oooh, WE LURVE Rhubarb with Ginger, so a few stalks jumped into basket.
Off to check on those naughty Cherry girls.. and WHAT is this SHE spies? Well.. goodness ME! For underneath Miss Morello, tucked in amongst the wood chip mulch, was a Miss Radicchio! And what a sight to behold, for as it has been so cold she is the darkest red SHE has ever seen.
Not a weed to be seen on Asparagus's bed.. just a cosy duvet of manure and wood chips, next month SHE will scratch the surface and scatter lots of seaweed and other goodly things.
SHE scritched and scratched between all the onions and garlics, pruned the seed Fruit trees a little more. Dug a long skinny bed where those naughty vines used to be.. it is here that SHE will plant the new Plum tree.
Then Joska called HER name.. how very nice to see him again, for he is one of HER favourite gardening neighbours! Chew, chew.. they chewed the fat, he had such happy news! His American friend is coming to live with him here in London!! She writes books, so next month they are off to meet the company in Germany who will be publishing her books in Europe.. AND she loves to GARDEN! BIG PLUS in her favour!
It was time to leave, SHE gave him permission to take ALL the clippings, he buries them and creates wonderfully deep beds for his long rooted vegetables.
Two days SHE worked and as it was SO sunny and warm, SHE worked without HER coat.. then winter returned! With a vengeance! Easterly winds of 50 miles per hour making it feel minus 5 - 10! COLD.. will be apparently for about a week.. bbbrrrrrr!
Tonight SHE has to go out to supper with the Trinity bunch to say "Farewell" to Lee-Anne who is going home to her family in Adelaide.. quite right too. Why stay here with no family when they are missing her like crazy back there?
Time for US to shake legs and wings.. Stay warm folks.. PipPip.. I am thinking happy thoughts of OUR gardening gang getting back together with laughter and jaunts and clay-oven building, yes, that is a project for the summer! SHE is going to raise the height of OUR back fence.. stops those norty balls coming over AND those even nortier thieves!
WE send OUR best wishes to YOU all.
GeeGee Parrot.
February 21st, 2013.
I know the title of the Post said Spring Sprang.. well, it did.. but only for two days! Off SHE went to garden, admittedly wearing several layers of clothing, but off SHE went and found all sorts of thrilling things!
The new cutting bed of dark Blue Hyacinths looks as if it will produce some beautiful blooms, all those Narcissi are poking their noses through, Misses Snowdrop is out in force, showing off those skinny green legs with pretty green and white frocks.. Peonies are showing their pink noses.. SHE warned them not to be in such a hurry.. Miss Rhubarb was sheltering under her forcer.. oooh, WE LURVE Rhubarb with Ginger, so a few stalks jumped into basket.
Off to check on those naughty Cherry girls.. and WHAT is this SHE spies? Well.. goodness ME! For underneath Miss Morello, tucked in amongst the wood chip mulch, was a Miss Radicchio! And what a sight to behold, for as it has been so cold she is the darkest red SHE has ever seen.
Not a weed to be seen on Asparagus's bed.. just a cosy duvet of manure and wood chips, next month SHE will scratch the surface and scatter lots of seaweed and other goodly things.
SHE scritched and scratched between all the onions and garlics, pruned the seed Fruit trees a little more. Dug a long skinny bed where those naughty vines used to be.. it is here that SHE will plant the new Plum tree.
Then Joska called HER name.. how very nice to see him again, for he is one of HER favourite gardening neighbours! Chew, chew.. they chewed the fat, he had such happy news! His American friend is coming to live with him here in London!! She writes books, so next month they are off to meet the company in Germany who will be publishing her books in Europe.. AND she loves to GARDEN! BIG PLUS in her favour!
It was time to leave, SHE gave him permission to take ALL the clippings, he buries them and creates wonderfully deep beds for his long rooted vegetables.
Two days SHE worked and as it was SO sunny and warm, SHE worked without HER coat.. then winter returned! With a vengeance! Easterly winds of 50 miles per hour making it feel minus 5 - 10! COLD.. will be apparently for about a week.. bbbrrrrrr!
Tonight SHE has to go out to supper with the Trinity bunch to say "Farewell" to Lee-Anne who is going home to her family in Adelaide.. quite right too. Why stay here with no family when they are missing her like crazy back there?
Time for US to shake legs and wings.. Stay warm folks.. PipPip.. I am thinking happy thoughts of OUR gardening gang getting back together with laughter and jaunts and clay-oven building, yes, that is a project for the summer! SHE is going to raise the height of OUR back fence.. stops those norty balls coming over AND those even nortier thieves!
WE send OUR best wishes to YOU all.
GeeGee Parrot.
February 21st, 2013.
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