A New Bit of Garden

[angie]

Hi Lesley

Looking forward to the next episode, you certainly aren't scared of hard work. I always think the fun bit starts when the planting starts.

Angie

[Ragged Robin]

Lesley, it's great to see the beginnings of the planting for your new bit of garden and i can definitely see the rise and fall effect which provides nooks for your babies - you left me a bit behind with some of the plants but in your care I know it will look terrific - looking forward to the next phase...

PS Your wheel barrow looks exhausted I hope it recovers soon 

[Lesley Cox]

I'm sure it will Robin. I left it in the photo to signify that it was work in progress.

[Paul T]

Lesley,

Good job!!  Good to see that you have a couple of guards out making sure that no-one steals any plants as well. 

[Lesley Cox]

We (Roger and I and dogs) went down to Hokonui Alpines yesterday to collect 6 troughs I had ordered, my Christmas present to me.

Here they are and I am so looking forward to getting them planted. I already have heaps of plants that are suitable. They will form the first part of a barrier between the new bit of border and the actual nursery. To make them go a little further I may plant one or maybe two of the many little bearded irises between each pair.




Peter used his little (but strong and sturdy) Dingo to lift the pallet of 5 smaller troughs onto our trailer. (I'm sorry Peter, to have cut off half your head.) with back wheels lifted in the air you can see how heavy they are.




Roger, to the right, is standing in typical stance, ostensibly waiting for a job to do.


This is the largest already off the trailer when we arrived home.It is 500mm x 440mm x 200mm. The others are smaller but a little deeper. One has no holes and I plan to leave it that way and try a few things which need constant moisture.

[Maggi Young]

That's a great gift  to yourself, Lesley. Useful sizes... great depth..... what fun you will have planting those!!

[Lesley Cox]

I certainly think so Maggi.

Here is a pic of me, with new SRGC Forum T-shirt, a lovely and generous gift from Scotland. The background is typically rural NZ, a dogstop on the way home. Being summer in Dunedin now, I am still wearing a thermal under the T-shirt. I have never, so far as I can remember worn anything yellow in my life before. It has made me abandon the self-delusion that I am still blonde, and accept that I am totally grey.

[maggiepie]

Lesley, I love your birthday prezzie to yourself, can't wait to see them planted up.
My other half just saw your pic in your snazzy new shirt and asked me when I got the yellow shirt haha!!
Seriously.

It must be the hair!!!

[Maggi Young]

By, jove, you look super..... the yellow is lovely on you, can't believe  you haven't worn that before..... and, by the way, you're an Ash-blonde !
...... you, too, Helen??  



Good to know that NZ summers require the use of thermals, just the same as here in the UK!

[angie]

A really pretty yellow, wow these t.shirts are all over the world now . Lesley you look so happy with yourself cant blame you those troughs look fantastic. Enjoy filling them up with your lovely plants. I agree with Maggi ( Ash Blonde), still my mum always says grey hair is a sign of sophistication.
Angie

[mark smyth]

hello Lesley good to see you!

The troughs look great. Are they concrete or a lighter mix?

[Lesley Cox]

I always hoped I'd go from blonde to pure white and miss out on grey. (Funny how it's only women Forumists find this an interesting subject )

Mark they are a hypertufa mixture. Not sure of the proportions but some peat, anyway.

[Maggi Young]

I always hoped I'd go from blonde to pure white and miss out on grey. (Funny how it's only women Forumists find this an interesting subject )

I expect the male Forumists who have hair are just pleased, no matter what colour it is!

[Lesley Cox]

I'm sure you're right Maggi. If the avatars showed fewer dogs, galanthus and assorted other pics, we'd perhaps learn something.

[cohan]

congrats on the new troughs, they look great!
good to see the new pic of you, too--photos are fascinating things, capturing a split second of a person's appearance, and so can seem so different from one to another..

funny, it seems blonds/blondes (apart from the palest of them) seem to go more slowly to pure white than folks with very dark hair...