Bay Tree Dilemma

Looks like my Lovely container grown Bay tree has got the dreaded lurgy but I don't have a clue what it is. As you can see the leaves are very spotted and have started to turn yellow. Bay tree leaves are usually very dark green when they are in a healthy state. My Bay tree suffered from scale last year but I seemed to have eradicated the little horrors by wiping them off with a soapy solution. One of my concerns is that my Bay tree is not getting enough nutrients by being planted in a pot and is becoming susceptible to viruses. However I'm unsure whether it would be a good idea to plant the Bay straight into the garden, especially in its current condition. If anyone has any idea please could you let me know.

Mr Toad

Red Sky At Night

Enjoyed taking Harry through the woods near Bunkers Hill tonight as the weather seemed really mild. The Gorse bushes were abundant with coconut scented yellow flowers, if I can collect enough without stabbing myself to death I'll have a go at making Gorse wine. Just before Christmas I made Elderberry wine which was foraged from the same field. Sadly only three quarters of a bottle remain out of the six pints originally made;-(. The tannins in Elderberry wine are supposed to mellow out over time producing a far superior taste. Ah well.

Glamour Pussycat

Thankyou Glamour Pussycat, (aka Anne from accounts) for the lovely Hellebore you gave me last week. Can't believe she's sixty next year, must be the good genes. I've planted the Hellebore beside my homemade birdbath, which as you can see is still a work in progress;-). Anne informed me that this young plant is likely to flower next year, so the first picture shows you what a beauty this plant is likely to become if I take good care of it.

Donkeys And Daffodils

Better late than never

Lovely blue skies

Little brown Donkey scratching his rump.

Rhubarb and Custard

These two cheeky charmers look like they've put a big dent in the Brylcreem pot.  Crazily they remind me of the birds in the cartoon series Rhubarb and Custard.

Lazy Days

Got up nice and early this morning and had my usual cup of tea in my chair beside the patio door. It feels even better when you know there's no work today, Phil and I have both booked a personal day to enjoy a long relaxing weekend. As we've not been to the beach since before christmas we decided to go to Southport, Harry loves it, if you dont believe me go to my brothers blog site Badelynge to see him with his very sandy Mr Mannering tash.What a lovely day we had even though it was a bit on the breezy side. The sand was more muddy than usual, so Harry this time looked like he was sporting four brown pop socks :-). Damn should have took a piccy of it although I did get a sneaky quick video of Phil swilling the mud off them both. When we got home the crocuses albeit the two of them shone golden from beneath the cherry tree. Later from the kitchen window I saw my first bee, my first Wren of the year (ahhh) and was entertained by a daft little long tailed tit who had decided to give the edges of my kitchen window a good de-bugging.