Gardening

[Hugo]

Thanks Steve, it's early days still, so things can only get better  ( I hope ) 

[Nemesis]

He looks great............butter wouldn't melt ! Hope you have many years of joy with him, 

[Hugo]

Thanks very much Nemesis.     He's either asleep or having mad moments during the rest of the time.    I had forgotten what it was like to bring up a puppy and it's like shift work between me and Mrs H at the moment
It'll be worth it in the end       

[Nemesis]

Hope so Hugo, when Frizzy was a baby he was manic, we too had no heads on our flowers and he had a taste for the spines of books. He is now 10 and can still be a demon if he puts his mind to it. Recently, due to us both having health issues he has been short of exercise, but still has a mad 1/2 hour after his tea.

[DVT]

Antiques Roadshow ... Sunday 14th February ... from Bodnant Garden ... see if you can spot me on the background!

[Hugo]

I've recorded it for tonight but I should recognise you because you've been on TV before       

Bodnant looked good on TV recently and the Daffodils were out in force.    I've only had two daffodils flower to date and our new pup has finished them off
He's also finished off most of the Snowdrops too so I've erected a temporary wire fence so he doesn't destroy what's left of the garden

[hollins]

Sorry about your automatic snowdrop de header Hugo but I am pleased that you decided to adopt a new puppy.
Hope he brings you plenty of happiness when he's finished wrecking the garden.
Hope everyone on the forum is well.
Can't contribute much these days as sadly no "rooms with a view" or trips abroad.
I do seem to have taken a lot of photos of the snowdrops this last few weeks so I thought you might like to see them.
There seem to be more than ever this year.

[Hugo]

Lovely photos Hollins and great seeing the Snowdrops in masses like that.     I've had to fence off the garden further and order more hedging plants but nothing seems to stop Teddy destroying the garden.
I'm open to any offers of fostering him for a few months while he is a puppy, especially after a 3,30 am walk around the garden in the wind and rain today

[hollins]

A day out at last! A visit to Bodnant garden today which was looking spectacular especially if you like magnolias, camellias and rhododenrons.
You have to pre book a time of entry so we were half expecting it to be fairly quiet but no, we have never seen it so busy.
Worth it though especially on such a lovely day.

[DVT]

Just 10 hours til I get back there on duty!

 ... can't wait!  Apparently there were 1,700 visitors today.

... the White House in your pic of the big pink tree is where I lived for the first 6 years of my life, and the White House you could see by the A470 from where you took the pic of river Conwy is where I lived for the next 21 years!

... Bodnant was my back garden!

[hollins]

What a great place to grow up!
Hope you have a good day back there today. I guess it will be busy again.

[Ian]

We went  at 1030-1100 on Monday and it was heaving.

[DVT]

About 700 on Monday, 1790 yesterday and about 1500 today.

I went all the way round and everyone was really keeping to the social distancing rules, and, apart from the car park, nowhere seemed croweded and no groups of over six that I saw. All worked well.

Back again tomorrow.

[Hugo]

Good job that I took the photo when I did because because two days ago Teddy our young puppy got over the fence I had erected and was trampling down the flowers in that border.
Yesterday he got over another fence into our neighbours back garden so I spent part of the day just building a higher fence.       

At least he can't get into the front garden so the Daffodils were ok

[mull]

Need to erect a Deer fence, that might stop him.
Don't teach him to dig underneath !