Rain Stopped Play would be a good sign at the moment. It's throwing it down while I write this post. There's not an hope of digging over the veg plot. I have seed potatoes chitting away on the unit in our front room. They are nice and warm and haven't got an inkling they will be getting planted in a couple of weeks, weather permitting.
I have plants like Bergenias, Hebes and Azaleas and Daffodils coming into flower and yesterday I decided to see how my Daffodils are doing (surviving) after all the wind an rain:
They are fine and there are even more flowers than before. How do they survive all the buffeting and rocking and rolling and all the rain?
Apparently the Romans introduced Daffodils to Blighty. Daffodils originate in Africa, Spain, Portugal and Morocco. We got our bulbs from Lidl.
Ours must be a late variety as they are only just starting to show a tiny bit of yellow at the tip so far. Hopefully the storms will have passed by the time they come into flower.
ReplyDeleteWe are thinking of planting out a rice paddy in our garden as it so waterlogged.
Hi JayCee. Ours are South facing and I can't believe how they have kept their flowers in the heavy rain and gales. They never cease to amaze me. It's very wet underfoot here. Every field is full of rushes. Supposed to be dry from tomorrow. We'll see. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if we have daffodils under all the snow? Maybe I'll take the snow shovel and find out!
ReplyDeleteKnowing Daffodils Debby the snow won't bother them. When do you start planting and sowing vegetables where you live?
ReplyDeleteIs Lidl a country? I might emigrate there and live on the middle isle (aisle). Our Lidlian army will declare war on the evil Aldians. Will you join us in our fight for supremacy? Can you suggest a national anthem for the proud patriots of Lidl?
ReplyDeleteHow about "Every Lidl Thing" by Eric Clapton?
DeleteGood one. "Every Lidl Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police?
DeleteJayCee got there before you Young Dave! Mr Clapton did indeed write a song with that title...
DeleteWell it's a cloudy morning
But I got the sun in my life
I wanna feel what forever feels like
With you by my side
People trying to sell you freedom
But they never been held by your love
Every Lidl thing, every Lidl thing
Your love is all I see
Every Lidl thing, every Lidl thing
You make me feel complete
All the Lidl things, all the Lidl things
Can wait until tomorrow,
Every Lidl thing, every Lidl thing
Your love is all I need
Great poem/song YP. I think the three of us will be soon getting paid to write jingles for Lidl. Honest. The cheque are in the post
DeleteLidl's a good place to buy your stuff
DeleteJust take a tenner - that'll be enough
JayCee and Northsider shop there too
If it's good enough for them, it's good enough for you.
You're a Poet and you know it.
DeleteHey that rhymes. Send it to the Times.
I would rather send it to the Cork Independent
DeleteBecause my silk dressing gown is resplendent
(Eat yer heart out Seamus Heaney!)
Another Yorkshire Poet Laureate: Yorkshire Pudding.
DeleteIt's a German colony me thinks Mr Pudding. Live life in the middle and shop at Lidl.
ReplyDeleteThey grow a lot of daffs in Pembrokeshire too - there is a specialist farm near to St Davids.
ReplyDeleteHi The bike shed. Good to read. They must be a wonderful sight like the one William Wordsworth saw in Grasmere. Saint David's Day on Monday.
DeleteDaffs are a big thing here! We've planted hundreds in our garden over the years, but they are planted along road and motorway verges and roundabouts throughout Wales.
DeleteSome of my favourites are in the grounds of St Davids Cathedral, where there's always the discussion - "Will they last until St David's Day?"
Daffs will take any sort of weather until they flower, and if any are broken in rain or wind, I go out and pick those for the house.
I always dead-head once the flower has finished!!
Hi the veg artist. Daffodils are a good sign that Spring is on it's way. Our Daffodils have been in flower through all the torrential rain and wind for the last couple of weeks. They are remarkable how they bend and bow and stand up to the weather.
DeleteOur local park has all the croci under the trees in full bloom. I always wonder each year if we will be here for the next Spring so am happy that we have made it to this year.
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You should take a picture of them for your blog Briony. My Bergenias are all in flower this week.
ReplyDeleteStill no daffs around here. Glad yours survived. Wish we could get out to that German market again. That city has become out of bounds again for two weeks.
ReplyDeleteHope the sun shines soon
Hi Linda. Everything is starting to come life in the gardens and the fields and surrounding landscape. We have had our Lockdown to April the 5th at the earliest. Yet Cork and Kerry have the least cases. We could do with you sending some of that Greek sunshine. 😊 Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWe have a some daffodils just about to blossom. Have missed seeing the gradual onset of spring when we were in France. Spring comes and goes quickly there because of the milder weather, as does Autumn.
ReplyDeleteHi Vera. I really enjoyed reading your Snippets From Labatre. We still have the dream of living in Portugal or at least spending the Winter there to start with. A nice day here. Hoping to start digging over the veg plot soon. If it ever dries up? Shropshire,Herefordshire and the Welsh Marches and Cheshire are lovely counties to explore this Summer.
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