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Messages - Roobarb

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary Week Ending March 24th.
« on: Sunday 24 March 24 16:27 GMT (UK)  »
A question, is it possible to buy earthworms.?
I have never seen even one in my garden, not one.
It can be very wet ,so perhaps that is why.
I need to enrich and lighten the soil.It is black and always wet.
Perhaps some sand - I must look it up- might help too.
It will be interesting to see if there are any worm casts when I out some sand on top .
Viktoria.

I don't know anything about buying earthworms, it probably is possible, you can buy pretty much anything these days! I'm sure they'll be there somewhere Viktoria, possibly just deeper down.

I have clay soil too, the upside is that it's very rich in nutrients but it's a devil to dig. I've checked on the best treatment for it, sand isn't recommended, it would take far too much to make any difference. Recommended options are organic materials such as manure (yuck!) or composted bark which sounds much more pleasant. It's available to order online, you could probably get it delivered from your local garden centre or failing that, good old Amazon does it of course!

I've been taking advantage of the lovely weather to do some gardening and actually sat reading in the warm sunshine in between. Couldn't believe how warm it was, this morning I went for a walk wearing a sweatshirt and thick jacket, this afternoon was wearing much less, sheltered from that cold wind.

I've dug out quite a lot of perennial geraniums, they're lovely when in flower but tend to take over the garden.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary Week Ending March 24th.
« on: Friday 22 March 24 19:20 GMT (UK)  »
It's such shocking news, por Kate, particularly as she's had to put up with all that hooha about the Mothers' Day photo being edited, as well as all the intrusive speculation.

Can't help wondering what response this might prompt from himself across the pond........

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary Week Ending March 24th.
« on: Monday 18 March 24 16:19 GMT (UK)  »
Eligible is for ages 65 to 79 for the shingles jab :

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/shingles-vaccination/

Seemed strange to me that it isn't offered to over 80s so I looked it up, apparently the effectiveness  of the vaccine diminishes with age so that's the reason.

Beautiful spring day here  :)

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 10 March 2024
« on: Tuesday 12 March 24 22:01 GMT (UK)  »
Viktoria, we're onto a new week's thread now  :)

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=881091.0

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 17th March 2024
« on: Monday 11 March 24 17:11 GMT (UK)  »
Just lurking around in this grey and damp weather.  :-\

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 10 March 2024
« on: Sunday 10 March 24 10:26 GMT (UK)  »
Happy Mothering Sunday to all you ladies who are mothers.  :)

Happy Sunday to everyone else.  :)

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 10 March 2024
« on: Thursday 07 March 24 14:24 GMT (UK)  »
RTL, that's such good news about your grandson, what a relief for you all and how lovely for you to be able to see him in person. Very pleased to hear that you've had a good rest and a decent break from your work.

Re the tree stump, it may have been done now because at the end of the financial year the councils have to spend any money left in their budgets as it can't be carried forward. No idea why that is, seems barmy to me but that's the way it's always been!

My local council was apparently given a grant to maintain the bridleways. The nearby lane that goes all the way down to the coast road was very narrow further down, the whole lane has now had the verges cut right back and the hedges have been given a very hard pruning. The lane is now much wider, unfortunately that means that some people who don't know the area think they can drive down but find out part way down that that isn't the case! And I believe some satnavs have sent people that way too.

The pruning hasn't gone down well with some people who think the vegetation has been killed off but it won't be long before everything is green again and stronger than ever.

I've cut my front lawn today, it's pretty chilly here but I took the chance after there's at last been a run of a few dry days.

Hope the op has gone well BumbleB.  :)

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 10 March 2024
« on: Tuesday 05 March 24 15:33 GMT (UK)  »
My appointment yesterday at my usual one cost £65 for a look,but I once again had to tell the Dentist I had a cavity at the back of the last top molar ,and a chip broken off another molar from something very hard in Granola breakfast cereal!

Doesn't sound like he had much of a look if you had to tell him about the cavity Viktoria!
Good luck with the new one.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 3rd March
« on: Tuesday 27 February 24 13:49 GMT (UK)  »
How do you build a crooked house without it falling down?  ???

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