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Post by merlin on Jan 26, 2011 19:08:36 GMT
That's one of the things I like about your garden, there's so many interesting features.....even water features !
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Post by seaburn on Jan 26, 2011 19:25:25 GMT
talking of your stream Geranium, do you want some more yellow flag iris? I have lots destined to the compost heap?
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Post by Geranium on Jan 26, 2011 19:37:48 GMT
Oooh, yes please Seaburn - I can get more in. I'm hoping the others'll flower this year. ;D
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Post by Geranium on Jan 26, 2011 19:39:18 GMT
That's one of the things I like about your garden, there's so many interesting features.....even water features ! Yes, rather a large water feature! ;D WF - it makes you speechless, doesn't it! How often does that happen?  |
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Post by seaburn on Jan 26, 2011 19:41:54 GMT
Let me know how many you'd like. I am sort of in the chat area too  |
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Post by merlin on Jan 26, 2011 20:28:59 GMT
I gave a friend some once, from the river. She's still speaking even though she had to get the farmer to dig um out ;D
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 26, 2011 20:43:48 GMT
Yes, rather a large water feature! ;D WF - it makes you speechless, doesn't it! How often does that happen? The garden floods a couple of times a year, that one was a particularly bad one, we were getting nevouse about the house that time. We have flood boards too and are well prepared if the 1 in 500 comes along. |
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Post by merlin on Jan 26, 2011 20:48:32 GMT
Yes, rather a large water feature! ;D WF - it makes you speechless, doesn't it! How often does that happen? The garden floods a couple of times a year, that one was a particularly bad one, we were getting nevouse about the house that time. We have flood boards too and are well prepared if the 1 in 500 comes along. 500 ! what number was the last one ?  |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 26, 2011 20:55:01 GMT
1 in10
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Post by AJ on Jan 26, 2011 21:08:28 GMT
it is really a lovely garden and cottage, well done and may you have many years of happiness there  |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 26, 2011 21:09:09 GMT
I gave a friend some once, from the river. She's still speaking even though she had to get the farmer to dig um out ;D I haven't mentioned that one of my projects a few years ago was to clear a stretch of stream bank - nettles, brambles and other nasties. I got it all done, planted it up and two weeks later, the stream flooded badly and I had submarine plants! I lost most of them, plus some wooden steps OH had made for me to get down onto the bank. I was somewhat annoyed!  Seaburn gave me some flag irises last year, and they've had a chance to get their roots down. There's plenty of room for more! Oh, and the new steps are bolted onto the stone bridge.  |
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Post by grindle on Jan 27, 2011 5:28:08 GMT
Grindle and i have seen this garden, and the house, and the whole place is gorgeous I wish i still lived rurally  certainly is ;D |
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Post by merlin on Jan 27, 2011 7:15:03 GMT
Do you ever play 'poo sticks' Geranium?
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 27, 2011 8:37:48 GMT
I haven't mentioned that one of my projects a few years ago was to clear a stretch of stream bank - nettles, brambles and other nasties. I got it all done, planted it up and two weeks later, the stream flooded badly and I had submarine plants! I lost most of them, plus some wooden steps OH had made for me to get down onto the bank. I was somewhat annoyed! Seaburn gave me some flag irises last year, and they've had a chance to get their roots down. There's plenty of room for more! Oh, and the new steps are bolted onto the stone bridge. We learned our lesson the hard with flooding too. Anything that floats is now firmly fixed. |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 27, 2011 10:24:25 GMT
Do you ever play 'poo sticks' Geranium? No, but I sometimes 'drop' a weed in the stream if I'm wading about in there, and watch it float away with no guilt at all! The old stone bridge over the stream is almost like a tunnel - I wouldn't want to crawl through it, but our grandson walked through when he was about 5 and could do it just by bending down - it has a curve, so it looks dark under there - we all thought he was very brave at that age!  One end - the stream's running normally on this photo. Would you want to crawl through?  The other end, 5m away - after I cleared the bank ready for planting. We have no idea how old this bridge is, but it's built of the same stone as the house, and there must have been some sort of bridge there for access when the house was built in 1508. |
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