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Post by lottielady on Mar 28, 2007 20:18:25 GMT
It's looking very good DB - lucky no one had to hold the hose for 31 hours   LLx |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Mar 28, 2007 20:32:12 GMT
WOW FLIPPIN' WEE.................amazing S x |
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Post by jean on Mar 28, 2007 21:32:41 GMT
Fantastic - almost feel like a swim  Can't wait to see it all planted ;D |
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 28, 2007 21:41:18 GMT
It's looking amazing DB, fancied a swim when I saw the photo ;D
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Post by dirtyboots on Mar 29, 2007 9:31:37 GMT
It's funny how many people are saying that they fancy a swim, maybe it should be a swiming pool and not for plants, only kidding ;D Iv'e started collecting them now.(plants I mean)
I bought the OG a Gunnera Manicata for his birthday today, will give it to him at lunch time.
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Post by Plocket on Mar 29, 2007 18:18:44 GMT
How high is the water going to be Dirtyboots, and that gargoyle character looks like he's having a pee!!!!! ;D
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 8, 2007 15:51:05 GMT
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 8, 2007 17:20:07 GMT
In my best French...
Cest MAGNIFIQUE DB
Mon Dieu what a job you took on. It looks very tempting to have a swim in there, though still a bit too cold.
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 8, 2007 17:38:49 GMT
Thanks Duchy, I must say I fancied a swim in it yesterday ;D Not today though,we have a cold north wind blowing.  Hope it will be better tomorrow  |
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 8, 2007 19:07:15 GMT
DB I bet your well pleased with the progress you've made, it looks flippin amazing |
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 8, 2007 19:32:40 GMT
Thanks Chuckles, finding it difficult on the plants front.
I hope to be able to come over for a visit before too long. ;D Do you know if the Downtown store have many waterplants? It's only half an hour from my son's house. Grandchildren have chicken pox at the moment !!
db
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2007 19:41:03 GMT
Look great - are you going to have a seating area or leaving it wild around the edge?
How will you fill it over the summer to make up for evaporation....do you have a spring or a well nearby?
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 8, 2007 19:58:02 GMT
Yes ziggywigs, we have a well so will use it. (it ran dry when we started to fill it!). We have also put in drainage for rainwater from the barn roofs.
As for the seating area, well I would like it near the bog garden(yet to be done!)
I have to keep saying to myself that Rome wasn't built in a day!
db
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 8, 2007 20:22:15 GMT
I didn't have that good a look at everything when I was last there DB, I just tend to scan round it's such a big area. Might be an idea to give them a bell. Downtown Garden Centre Telephone: +44 (0) 1476 512333 Not sure what this place is like it looks interesting www.naturescape.co.uk/ |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2007 20:27:33 GMT
Sounds lovely - a bog garden too. How wonderful.
I watched Dan Pearson The Garden: A Year at Home Farm and he built a wonderful pond....the progress was followed week by week and i was gripped. It's something i would always like to have and wondered how folk keep them filled.
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 8, 2007 21:04:18 GMT
Well Chuckles, I think I know where it is!!
I travel from Bourne into Nottingham on the A52 and have seen a "brown sign" for wild flowers. I have always wanted to follow it and see where I end up, when I come over next time it will be on the "to do" list!!
Will go to Downtown anyway, I am in need of some retail therapy and the clothes are bigger in England ;D
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Post by madonplants on Apr 8, 2007 21:45:24 GMT
Downtown isn't too bad for pond plants. I used it regularly when we lived in Oakham. They don't have a massive collection but what they do have is good and a wide selection. Well done with the pond, btw. It is looking really good. What is the tree in the foreground in the first picture?
Keith
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 9, 2007 7:13:57 GMT
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Post by andy on Apr 9, 2007 7:27:35 GMT
Chateux nurf de pap DB....that is fantastic. What are your plans for the pond.....any fish ?....lots of lillies, maybe opening it up to the public for wind surfing or water skiing....somewhere to store the QE2 when not being used....not that i'm jealous or anything  |
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 18, 2007 10:33:31 GMT
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 18, 2007 10:36:38 GMT
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Apr 18, 2007 11:45:23 GMT
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Post by madonplants on Apr 18, 2007 12:12:26 GMT
All I can say is, WOW!!! ;D
Keith
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 18, 2007 12:20:13 GMT
Just making a ferry booking to come over on Friday ;D
I want to do some GC shopping, the link that Chuckles posted is top of my list. If anybody else knows of good plant places in the Midlands PLEASE let me know.
I am sooooooo excited!!
DB
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Post by madonplants on Apr 18, 2007 12:32:58 GMT
What area are we looking at specifically, DB? The midlands is a large area!!  Keith |
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 18, 2007 14:25:31 GMT
I will be based in Bourne in Lincs but will be going to Nottingham,Derby and Grantham, have Senic will travel ;D
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Post by madonplants on Apr 18, 2007 17:18:32 GMT
I will be based in Bourne in Lincs but will be going to Nottingham,Derby and Grantham, have Senic will travel ;D Other than DownTown which I can recommend highly, has anyone mentioned Baytree Garden Centre? Trust me, once you have been there, you won't want to go anywhere else. Not brilliant for pond stuff, but when you see the rest, you will forget about that. But then again, I have never been there really for that aspect, so could be doing it a disjustice. Keith |
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 18, 2007 21:28:30 GMT
Thanks for that one Keith, its on the list, I think I'm going to have quite a trip ;D
Sylvia
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 18, 2007 22:06:17 GMT
Hiya DB, the trees and pond are looking fab on those photo's. Hope you find the "Brown Sign" place when you come over on Friday. Have a look in this thread gardenworld.proboards103.com/index.cgi?board=chat&action=post&thread=1170752557&page=1 you might find some other useful places to try. Floralands has a fish section but it was just tropical when I last went earlier in the year, seasonal I guess for outdoor pond stuff. Trowel GC used to be pretty good too but not been for a couple of years now so can't say more than that. Enjoy your trip over and don't get too carried away in Boundry Mill buying clothes when you go to Downtown GC, Oh go on then you may aswell while your there it's only across the carpark ;D ;D |
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Post by dirtyboots on Apr 19, 2007 4:55:46 GMT
The shopping list is growing Have spent ages looking at all the sites, must get on with donkeys etc. now that it's daylight.  DB |
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Can't wait to see it all planted ;D
Hope it will be better tomorrow 
