tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post7784489663483847842..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Never too lateZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-21440788585659671342010-02-22T10:48:43.719+00:002010-02-22T10:48:43.719+00:00Interesting article, Dave - I certainly get at lea...Interesting article, Dave - I certainly get at least as much sleep as when I was 35. Who has time to sleep when they are 35?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-78716696842765045002010-02-22T10:45:39.328+00:002010-02-22T10:45:39.328+00:00I remember when I got around to pruning roses, Mar...I remember when I got around to pruning roses, Martina. Nowadays, it's more a matter of hacking through the nettles so that we can see the roses.<br /><br />I hate the daily keeping up, Marion, my life would be so much easier if I would do it. <br /><br />Still pretty scruffy I'm afraid, LOM. And I'm too busy with vegetables in the spring to look at the rest of the garden. That's why I need a gardener.<br /><br />I like green too, Mago. And that's my excuse, Pat. My ma-in-law did like her dull hedges - privet and laurel. I don't mind privet if it's allowed to flower, but otherwise I'd much rather have an open view - you can see over lavender and it's a pleasure to have as well.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-27449621822988357452010-02-22T10:18:26.450+00:002010-02-22T10:18:26.450+00:00Chaos is good for wild life as I'm sure you ar...Chaos is good for wild life as I'm sure you are aware.<br />I once replaced a laurel hedge with a mixed lavender hedge. Lovely.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-31602871476696424712010-02-22T09:31:46.206+00:002010-02-22T09:31:46.206+00:00Its all very green on this pictures. It is nice. T...Its all very green on this pictures. It is nice. That's all I can say, sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-15285661635615574862010-02-22T09:19:14.887+00:002010-02-22T09:19:14.887+00:00Not relevant to this post, but have you seen this?...Not relevant to this post, but have you seen this?<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7289762/AAAS-Needing-less-sleep-as-you-age-is-a-myth-claims-scientist-and-could-do-you-harm.htmlDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-17947550559772659542010-02-22T05:42:28.744+00:002010-02-22T05:42:28.744+00:00I can't wait to see the up to date photos now,...I can't wait to see the up to date photos now, when the weather has picked up that is. I wish I had a big garden.lomhttp://anewwayoflife08.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-76766814322408612742010-02-21T21:53:14.053+00:002010-02-21T21:53:14.053+00:00The trouble is, you can work yourself to mental an...The trouble is, you can work yourself to mental and physical exhaustion clearing stuff, and then just take a deep breath and its all right back and seems to be even hardier.Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907154817666327667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-154376223977422612010-02-21T21:25:38.694+00:002010-02-21T21:25:38.694+00:00That was definitely a clearing project. Looks so ...That was definitely a clearing project. Looks so much better in the post-work photos. I have 75 roses to prune next week-end. Want to come help?<br />p.s. that beer looks delicious.martinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-17605263505294508672010-02-21T19:49:32.558+00:002010-02-21T19:49:32.558+00:00The bed in front of the drawing room window was pl...The bed in front of the drawing room window was planted with the intention of needing little or no weeding, ditto watering (in a sunny spot with sand and gravel soil), growing no more than 4 feet tall. 20+ years on, it's still doing fine. I ignore it, it ignores me, we're both happy. Mostly evergreen, a variety of leaf colours, flowers aren't the most important thing about the shrubs.<br /><br />We've got most of the ingredients of your dream, Dave, but the wild flowers too easily are taken over by nettles.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-5906893804829187642010-02-21T19:37:09.513+00:002010-02-21T19:37:09.513+00:00I must admit my garden is a little more structured...I must admit my garden is a little more structured, albeit I want the plants to grow together, very much in a cottage garden style - but as they're mostly perennials, this time of year they die back, so one can see the wood for the trees.<br /><br />Mind you, my dream house will have a paddock at the bottom, which I will turn into a wildflower meadow - oh and beyond that a small wood. With a stream running through it.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-78703405463452257602010-02-21T19:07:09.811+00:002010-02-21T19:07:09.811+00:00Well, it's still untidy. As I said, the chick...Well, it's still untidy. As I said, the chickens have scratched up the newly-growing grass. I don't mind that, but I'd be happier if we weren't attacked by brambles at every turn.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-63896360856056848602010-02-21T18:57:30.784+00:002010-02-21T18:57:30.784+00:00This beautiful, Z. There's a novel in all this...This beautiful, Z. There's a novel in all this somewhere...<br /><br />...it doesn't do for a garden to be too tidy. Little pockets (pightles?) of order in a green wilderness make for a much more fascinating garden than something manicured overall. One does not wish to live one's life and dream one's dreams in a municipal park.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-11706735775506879992010-02-21T18:54:05.725+00:002010-02-21T18:54:05.725+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-81781052234496580502010-02-21T18:37:33.842+00:002010-02-21T18:37:33.842+00:00It all just takes over, doesn't it? Our troub...It all just takes over, doesn't it? Our trouble is, there's too much of it altogether. The garden is all so bitty that it's easy to not realise how big it is, and then you find there is a large patch of grass up to your waist that has to be scythed. Fortunately, I also like scything. I don't like keeping it all nice and tidy though. <br /><br />I suspect the reason I didn't put the pictures up was embarrassment.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-30864087365053346862010-02-21T18:23:36.464+00:002010-02-21T18:23:36.464+00:00I'm so so glad mine isn't the only 'ou...I'm so so glad mine isn't the only 'out of hand' garden.<br /><br />I love my garden but I deserted it about 4 years ago as the Union took over my life.<br /><br />Now I'm free I have mournfully wandered through my jungle apologising to the plants, bushes and surviving fish in my pond.<br /><br />(although the cats seem to quite like it as it is)<br /><br />I will be restoring it to it's former glory this year!<br /><br />Can't wait!<br /><br />er..well I can...it's a bit cold yet...;-)DILLIGAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520650650468676361noreply@blogger.com