We had a lovely, laid-back lunch (shared nibbles to start, and v. good fish & chips for three of us, and chicken pie for S.). Tear-ducts were commendably well-behaved (although they did go into overdrive a few minutes ago when I opened an e-card from a friend in Canada).
I really need to get my act together - we were talking about what I need to do before moving into the new château, and (not to put too fine a point on it), there's Quite A Lot.
{{{Piglet}}}
And Boogie, thanks - I have one of those with the extra bits at the end. Good for finishing? Which is what is needed now. I can't remember the price, but it came from Aldi, so not a lot. And on the same trip I bought two of these. https://www.lakeland.co.uk/25097/Over+Door+Foldable+Indoor+Clothes+Airer+4m. They hang from the airing cupboard doors just over the air vent - currently not on, of course. But they, and the heated one, are in the front room which catches the morning sun - if available. It would get very full with bedlinen changed twice a day and other things!
Thinking of you @piglet. {{hugs}}. Hope the meal was good and you celebrated D in good style.
As we had viewings this afternoon we went for a long walk. Let’s hope we get a buyer before the weather makes such walks much less pleasant.
As some cold comfort to you, it has all of a sudden gone rather chilly in this 'ere Continental WesShire as well! Nighttime down to 8°C or thereabouts, daytime barely 11°C.
The drop in temperature has been rather brutal - a few days ago we had 24°C, and now a max in the low tens! That, and snow in the higher places. So we'll see how that goes!
However, at last, I can wear my beloved (and lovely) British woolly jumpers again, they're made for just that weather! And I've turned on some of the radiators already!
In a sense, I like this sort of season - you can combine more clothes and styles than in summer, when everyone is running around half-nekkid, and with barely a decent and stylish cloth to cover their (im)modesty. Though - some slightly thinner woollies would look nice on a shirt too, in slightly warmer weather, and you could see more of it, and the tie, if you wear one. Not much use for a tie under the really thick jumpers, albeit it nicely closes that gap around your neck, and does protect from the draught. But you could just close the top button without the need for a tie really.
(I don't have to wear one at all, but I like to experiment a bit every now and then. I've got a couple of lovely ones with game birds on them, which over here people won't recognise as such, and thus are quite marvelled at with their colours and patterns. )
It was very chilly here yesterday too - I spent a bit of time in the garden but was glad not to be out there for too long. I transplanted a couple of things including a peony; its roots were much deeper and stronger than I imagined for such a small plant that only has two flowers, and I broke several of them so I guess it may nor survive, I also scattered some wild flower seeds and have plans for planting bulbs in my now-empty tubs.
We have different restrictions here in England so are seeing a couple of friends for coffee this morning in their garden (coats and blankets required!) and are with friends this evening for a meal at their house. I don't know whether we'll be able to do such things for much longer... the numbers are scary...
On a happier note, the spelt cake looks good so far. The proof of the pudding and all that...
Dehumidifiers very rarely pull out the advertised rate - you have to run them in a sauna for that, pretty much. We've got one with a 5 litre bucket and 2 with 2.5 litre buckets. I wouldn't go much smaller than that, though the mid-range models allow for attaching a drainage pipe. The larger was £120, the smaller £100 each but that was 5 years ago and we have a very damp house in winter.
It's gone very autumnal on this bit of the continent as well. Temperatures are in the teens, which means we've lost 20° in a fortnight . I'm quite pleased though, because the unseasonable heat was getting wearying.
I am excited to discover that our local Lidl has tulip bulbs for the princely sum of €2. I need to get some this week and plant some tubs on the balcony. Captain Pyjamas has developed the very cute habit of getting his little Spiderman watering can (it goes with the bucket and spade for playing in the sandpit) and pretending to water the plants. I might actually put some water in it this time
Hehe...yes, make him work. The Devil findeth Evil for idle Hands to do.
Not so much autumn as winter on this side of The Sleeve, in the soon-to-be Republic of Kent. 11C max., and with a VERY chilly nor'-nor'-westerly wind (the Fart of Sauron).
It got decidedly autumnal here last night; there was quite thick frost on the cars and the grass, and according to the Met Office website, it went down to minus 2° during the night, which is A Bit Parky.
Beautiful day today though - we're just back from a lovely walk round the reservoir with Larry and his humans (where he made lots of new doggy friends), and a carpenter friend of the family has been hard at work in the garden all day building a deck. I don't imagine S. will get much use of it this year, but with luck it'll be in place ready for next year.
The reduction in temperature has, however, provided an excuse for making SOUP, so I did.
My friend was thinking it was February. Not like February, the actual thing. An understandable slip. I have fortunately got a few items of clothing which did not get packed away for the summer accessible. but found that the matching sandals do not work with socks. Kept slipping off. Haven't worn socks for months.
We had a cheese fondue - normally a treat reserved for a Boxing Day but wotthehell. Emmental, Cheddar and Wensleydale, and washed down with a Zweigelt.
... the matching sandals do not work with socks ...
Sandals never work with socks - is outrage!
I'm still resisting socks - I have several pairs of Mary-Jane type shoes in different colours that work with nothing under them, but afford a little protection from the cold, and they're still serving me well.
When we lived in Canada, winter would sometimes happen quite suddenly, and practically one day you'd be in sandals and the next in boots.
I wore a skirt and tights this morning for a change but my feet got very cold on the stone floor of church, so it was back to socks and trousers afterwards.
I have a collection of pretty odd socks I wear with my colourful wide Mary Janes in Spring and autumn but I’m contemplating some thicker ones this morning. I even considered putting the heating on when I got up but I’m holding out for October. I quite fancy some nice hot porridge for breakfast though.
Going shopping for socks this morning. Situation desperate as I have worn through the heels of all mine, which were years old, and Mr RoS pokes his toes through his.
There's only one clothes shop around here, and not of the best quality, but needs must...
Yesterday afternoon 12 members of our early music choir met in a small park (keeping a 2 metre distance) and sang Byrd’s 5 part Mass and a number of madrigals. It was amazing to sing together again and the weather was kind to us.
We had a very small window in which we could do this! The conductor and his wife had just finished their quarantine period after a visit to France, several of us couldn’t manage the morning due to Zoom church commitments, while our county was due to enter lockdown at 6pm so four of the people present had to make sure they left by 5pm...
Like the milk I was buying this afternoon - I took it to the checkout and white stuff started squirting out of the handle through a tiny hole! I changed it.
In other news, we have been living dangerously as we went to the Garden Centre which is mere yards inside our county boundary (the limit of legal journeys at the moment).
Do be careful - if you get sent to Jug, let us know, so that we can send a CAKE containing a file (in the traditional manner...).
Also ION - thanks to my good friend Mr E Bay, a Certain Part was delivered this morning, and the chimney of the Ark has now been reinstated. My Cunning Plan seems to have worked, the Dragon is alight and awake (on the warmest day for some time!), and I am now in thrall to him until about half-past May...
It is therefore time to go out and purchase PIES, which he bakes for me something lovely.
I get bamboo socks online from The Sock Shop. Can't beat them for wear and comfort. They also do 'big feet' socks, so i can get the bigger ones which give me the extra width I need.
Its everything online for, regretfully, as I'm shielding. Though i do hsve to have the plumber come here, as we have a suspicious wet patch!
I've had a very lazy day, apart from applying for a couple more jobs. I would have ambled, but the weather turned somewhat damp, so I've put it off for a bit, although I may take a stroll down the road and back in a wee while if the rain holds off.
Having spoken to the estate agent for the flat this morning, I've discovered that if I give the owner £500, he'll leave everything in it - down to the crockery and cutlery - so I might be getting quite a bargain! It'll certainly mean that I can more easily afford to replace the things I want to (like the dining table and chairs and the washing-machine), and possibly even make some money from them via Mr. E. Bay.
Haven't made any plans for supper yet - there's still SOUP (although I had a bowl of it for lunch), and the freezer's full of Interesting Things, so I'll see what I can cobble together.
Having spoken to the estate agent for the flat this morning, I've discovered that if I give the owner £500, he'll leave everything in it - down to the crockery and cutlery - so I might be getting quite a bargain! It'll certainly mean that I can more easily afford to replace the things I want to (like the dining table and chairs and the washing-machine), and possibly even make some money from them via Mr. E. Bay.
That sounds really good, I hope it works to your advantage. I didn't know much about Mr. E. Bay when we cleared my childhood home eight years ago, and don't know a great deal more now, but I suspect some of the things that we left to house clearance made someone a pretty penny or two.
I'm just back from a nice coffee and catch up with a friend. I'm also feeling a bit of a weight off my mind as a complicated decision about a family something has been made today and I feel positive about it.
[...] Having spoken to the estate agent for the flat this morning, I've discovered that if I give the owner £500, he'll leave everything in it - down to the crockery and cutlery - so I might be getting quite a bargain! [...]
That's a great deal @Piglet. I'm still using the huge desk, bookcase and bed that I bought from previous tenants in a similar deal 20 years ago, though I have over the years replaced the computer, fridge and vacuum cleaner that were part of the deal.
Yesterday afternoon 12 members of our early music choir met in a small park (keeping a 2 metre distance) and sang Byrd’s 5 part Mass and a number of madrigals. It was amazing to sing together again and the weather was kind to us.
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That sounds wonderful, @Aravis - we went to Llanthony Secunda Priory in Gloucester a week or so ago, as part of the Heritage Open Days, and there was a choir (socially-distanced, of course ) singing Summer is icumen in, possibly a bit late, but welcome nevertheless.
In re selling things on Mr eBay, we used to do it a lot, but Mr S got very iffy about using him - he said the charges were going up all the time and buyers seemed to be getting more difficult, so we didn't even try to sell any of the Dowager's stuff online. Besides, fancy tea sets and the like don't travel well...
I'm hoping the garden centre will rush the plants I ordered to me today. My neighbour has not only had a tall (if slatted) fence put up, but has parked his shed behind it - so I need climbers urgently.
It's been a change over the last few years that whereas the gardens were originally divided largely by waist-height picket fences, the new generation have gone for 6ft+ palisades - perhaps forgetting that privacy also means shade.
Me, I'll work with whatever - there's always something that'll grow. The stretch of fencing already has ivy and leylandeii (not mine) at one end, so I will put Virginia creeper in the blocked section, and next that there's already a climbing hydrangea.
I've put in 90 crocus so far, and a clutch of daffodils. I wanted snowdrops as well, but they were all out of those.
Do they know it flowers if left? We had a next door neighbour once who trimmed his various shrubs very closely in spring, cutting all the small flowers off and then complained they never had berries!🙄
I'm not feeling very charitable about gardening just now. On Sunday I planted 100 crocus bulbs and 20 daffodil bulbs into the front lawn using a bulb planter; yesterday we went to the garden centre and bought a large ornamental grass for which I had to dig a hole in the flower bed. And now my back is killing me (despite Co-codamol)!
I'd hoped to take advantage of the fine weather to cut the main lawn, but it ain't going to happen!
It's another lovely day here in Embra, the chaps are rattling away in the garden building S's deck, and SOUP is beckoning for lunch (along with a ham sandwich, as there's some ham that needs using up). Amblage will follow.
Re: planting things - someone on Facetube this morning was saying it's the right time of year to plant your own garlic - just separate a bulb and plant the cloves sprouty-end-up, 2 inches deep and 4 inches apart. I must suggest this to S., as she's got a couple of planting boxes that she hasn't decided what to do with, and what could be nicer than your own, fresh garlic?
@Firenze - I love the idea of a climbing hydrangea! <envious>
I found Virginia took over half the garden and still appears randomly despite being removed.
I’m still waiting for plants and bulbs to arrive from a plant nursery which is clearly overrun with orders and way behind. When you email them to investigate their out of office reply sounds like they are very weary!
The birds in the garden have returned to the feeders now the weather is cold; we have blue tits, great tits, long tailed tits, dunnocks and goldfinches (seasonal) as well as the ground feeding robin, blackbirds, collared doves and the most enormous wood pigeon. No greenfinches though.
My Pilates torturer is delighted that the bushes etc. near her studio are now being graced by the presence of three Robins, whose cheerful twittering nearly drowned out my groans gasps of pain effort at today's session.
I think I have a Robin or two near the Ark, as I heard a similar cheerful twittering whilst having my brekfuss TOAST.
Talking of birds in general, I've not noticed any new Ducks or Swans on the river this year. Usually, we see at least one or two families of Swans, complete with Cygnets, but no...and the Mallards have also been conspicuous by their absence as regards Ducklings.
Mind you, the Mallards are notoriously bad parents. In a *normal* year, Jemima will produce up to 12-13 offspring, only to lose all but a couple of them within a week. I think it's because Ducks can't count.
I blame Cummings. Or Trump.
I like Wood Pigeons, though. Casseroled in a red WINE sauce, with herbs and vegetables to taste...
Good. The sooner I'm looking at a wall of flaming foliage rather than 7ft of planks the better. And if it has plans for world domination it can take on the bindweed.
Ah, but doesn't Virginia creeper shed all its gorgeously-coloured leaves in autumn? That would leave the egregiously high fence in view for the whole of the winter...
There must be some equally vigorous evergreen plant that will mask (Ha! A topical word!) the planks for the whole year. Not, I hasten to add, a Leylandii (or whatever is the singular term for that Tree Of Satan).
I'm less likely to be contemplating that side of the garden in winter. Once the long awaited summerhouse is installed, I will be sitting (with heater) looking the other way.
My Virginia creeper is red for a very short period. When I bought the place it was just turning when I had to self isolate for swine flu in my other place. Not a very long quarantine - I didn't have it badly - but when I got back all the colour was gone and the leaves fallen.
The next year it attempted to take over next door's garden and the wall of the house backing on to mine, the other side of an access alley.
Since then I have been trying to control it. If cut back, it can put on several metres of growth before I am next in the garden. I nearly won this year, but I am going to eradicate it. I want things that flower, and space for my tomatoes.
Some years ago we planted what was supposed to be a less vigorous Virginia (henryana) against our garage. It grew like the clappers and Mr Nen was frequently up a ladder cutting it away from the gutters and the roof. This year we've finally taken it out to make room for something else. At the moment my transplanted peony is there, but it's touch and go whether that will survive as I broke several major roots when I dug it up.
I've had a very pleasant day, lunch with some friends, a mooch round the local shops and then tea and chat with some other friends. I think it's going to be the last nice day for a while - I glimpsed a tabloid headline while at the shops: "Five Named Storms On Their Way to Batter Britain!" >rollseyes<
I have a very rampant jasmine. We had the fence it climbs up replaced just before lockdown and I thought we might have killed the thing. No way, it is a vigorous as ever, though we had no flowers this year. When we do, the whole of our very small garden smells like bubble bath.
That reminds me of the gorgeous honeysuckle which took over the end of a walled garden Mrs BF and I once owned for a brief period (the house itself was late 15thC, with modern 17thC additions, and even more modern 18thC Georgian features!).
The garden, which was over 100 feet long, but in the middle of a town, had had some sort of tree brought down by the 1987 hurricane, but by the time we were there in the spring/summer of 1988, the tree had disappeared under the said honeysuckle.
I thought honeysuckle was deciduous, but apparently there are some evergreen varieties. Whether they have such sweet-scented flowers, I know not...
I have a very rampant jasmine. We had the fence it climbs up replaced just before lockdown and I thought we might have killed the thing. No way, it is a vigorous as ever, though we had no flowers this year. When we do, the whole of our very small garden smells like bubble bath.
We did the same with a honeysuckle (took the fence down and replaced it). Every leaf wilted and some branches died. It’s back and fighting fit now. I’m glad, because it is our privacy shield. @Bishops Finger it is evergreen and the flowers smell wonderful.
I have two honeysuckles, a winter jasmine and a summer jasmine, two rampant roses and very, very fertile soil. I was told to feed the roses with blood, fish and bone meal. They are now vegan.
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We had a lovely, laid-back lunch (shared nibbles to start, and v. good fish & chips for three of us, and chicken pie for S.). Tear-ducts were commendably well-behaved (although they did go into overdrive a few minutes ago when I opened an e-card from a friend in Canada).
I really need to get my act together - we were talking about what I need to do before moving into the new château, and (not to put too fine a point on it), there's Quite A Lot.
It should keep me out of mischief for a while ...
And Boogie, thanks - I have one of those with the extra bits at the end. Good for finishing? Which is what is needed now. I can't remember the price, but it came from Aldi, so not a lot. And on the same trip I bought two of these. https://www.lakeland.co.uk/25097/Over+Door+Foldable+Indoor+Clothes+Airer+4m. They hang from the airing cupboard doors just over the air vent - currently not on, of course. But they, and the heated one, are in the front room which catches the morning sun - if available. It would get very full with bedlinen changed twice a day and other things!
As we had viewings this afternoon we went for a long walk. Let’s hope we get a buyer before the weather makes such walks much less pleasant.
As some cold comfort to you, it has all of a sudden gone rather chilly in this 'ere Continental WesShire as well! Nighttime down to 8°C or thereabouts, daytime barely 11°C.
The drop in temperature has been rather brutal - a few days ago we had 24°C, and now a max in the low tens! That, and snow in the higher places. So we'll see how that goes!
However, at last, I can wear my beloved (and lovely) British woolly jumpers again, they're made for just that weather!
In a sense, I like this sort of season - you can combine more clothes and styles than in summer, when everyone is running around half-nekkid, and with barely a decent and stylish cloth to cover their (im)modesty. Though - some slightly thinner woollies would look nice on a shirt too, in slightly warmer weather, and you could see more of it, and the tie, if you wear one. Not much use for a tie under the really thick jumpers, albeit it nicely closes that gap around your neck, and does protect from the draught. But you could just close the top button without the need for a tie really.
(I don't have to wear one at all, but I like to experiment a bit every now and then. I've got a couple of lovely ones with game birds on them, which over here people won't recognise as such, and thus are quite marvelled at with their colours and patterns.
It was very chilly here yesterday too - I spent a bit of time in the garden but was glad not to be out there for too long. I transplanted a couple of things including a peony; its roots were much deeper and stronger than I imagined for such a small plant that only has two flowers, and I broke several of them so I guess it may nor survive, I also scattered some wild flower seeds and have plans for planting bulbs in my now-empty tubs.
We have different restrictions here in England so are seeing a couple of friends for coffee this morning in their garden (coats and blankets required!) and are with friends this evening for a meal at their house. I don't know whether we'll be able to do such things for much longer... the numbers are scary...
On a happier note, the spelt cake looks good so far. The proof of the pudding and all that...
May not.
Yes, I checked it several times. Yes, I used Preview.
>rolleyes<
I am excited to discover that our local Lidl has tulip bulbs for the princely sum of €2. I need to get some this week and plant some tubs on the balcony. Captain Pyjamas has developed the very cute habit of getting his little Spiderman watering can (it goes with the bucket and spade for playing in the sandpit) and pretending to water the plants. I might actually put some water in it this time
Not so much autumn as winter on this side of The Sleeve, in the soon-to-be Republic of Kent. 11C max., and with a VERY chilly nor'-nor'-westerly wind (the Fart of Sauron).
Beautiful day today though - we're just back from a lovely walk round the reservoir with Larry and his humans (where he made lots of new doggy friends), and a carpenter friend of the family has been hard at work in the garden all day building a deck. I don't imagine S. will get much use of it this year, but with luck it'll be in place ready for next year.
The reduction in temperature has, however, provided an excuse for making SOUP, so I did.
Pea and Ham, with some bread.
I'm still resisting socks - I have several pairs of Mary-Jane type shoes in different colours that work with nothing under them, but afford a little protection from the cold, and they're still serving me well.
When we lived in Canada, winter would sometimes happen quite suddenly, and practically one day you'd be in sandals and the next in boots.
There's only one clothes shop around here, and not of the best quality, but needs must...
We had a very small window in which we could do this! The conductor and his wife had just finished their quarantine period after a visit to France, several of us couldn’t manage the morning due to Zoom church commitments, while our county was due to enter lockdown at 6pm so four of the people present had to make sure they left by 5pm...
In other news, we have been living dangerously as we went to the Garden Centre which is mere yards inside our county boundary (the limit of legal journeys at the moment).
Do be careful - if you get sent to Jug, let us know, so that we can send a CAKE containing a file (in the traditional manner...).
Also ION - thanks to my good friend Mr E Bay, a Certain Part was delivered this morning, and the chimney of the Ark has now been reinstated. My Cunning Plan seems to have worked, the Dragon is alight and awake (on the warmest day for some time!), and I am now in thrall to him until about half-past May...
It is therefore time to go out and purchase PIES, which he bakes for me something lovely.
Its everything online for, regretfully, as I'm shielding. Though i do hsve to have the plumber come here, as we have a suspicious wet patch!
Having spoken to the estate agent for the flat this morning, I've discovered that if I give the owner £500, he'll leave everything in it - down to the crockery and cutlery - so I might be getting quite a bargain! It'll certainly mean that I can more easily afford to replace the things I want to (like the dining table and chairs and the washing-machine), and possibly even make some money from them via Mr. E. Bay.
Haven't made any plans for supper yet - there's still SOUP (although I had a bowl of it for lunch), and the freezer's full of Interesting Things, so I'll see what I can cobble together.
That sounds really good, I hope it works to your advantage. I didn't know much about Mr. E. Bay when we cleared my childhood home eight years ago, and don't know a great deal more now, but I suspect some of the things that we left to house clearance made someone a pretty penny or two.
I'm just back from a nice coffee and catch up with a friend. I'm also feeling a bit of a weight off my mind as a complicated decision about a family something has been made today and I feel positive about it.
Glad to hear it's all coming to pass.
Yesterday I took him to buy winter shoes, generously funded by my mother, but I think he's going to need a pair of wellies as well
That sounds wonderful, @Aravis - we went to Llanthony Secunda Priory in Gloucester a week or so ago, as part of the Heritage Open Days, and there was a choir (socially-distanced, of course ) singing Summer is icumen in, possibly a bit late, but welcome nevertheless.
In re selling things on Mr eBay, we used to do it a lot, but Mr S got very iffy about using him - he said the charges were going up all the time and buyers seemed to be getting more difficult, so we didn't even try to sell any of the Dowager's stuff online. Besides, fancy tea sets and the like don't travel well...
It's been a change over the last few years that whereas the gardens were originally divided largely by waist-height picket fences, the new generation have gone for 6ft+ palisades - perhaps forgetting that privacy also means shade.
Me, I'll work with whatever - there's always something that'll grow. The stretch of fencing already has ivy and leylandeii (not mine) at one end, so I will put Virginia creeper in the blocked section, and next that there's already a climbing hydrangea.
I've put in 90 crocus so far, and a clutch of daffodils. I wanted snowdrops as well, but they were all out of those.
Our neighbours have a glorious clematis but they cut it down every year just before it flowers 🙄
I'd hoped to take advantage of the fine weather to cut the main lawn, but it ain't going to happen!
Re: planting things - someone on Facetube this morning was saying it's the right time of year to plant your own garlic - just separate a bulb and plant the cloves sprouty-end-up, 2 inches deep and 4 inches apart. I must suggest this to S., as she's got a couple of planting boxes that she hasn't decided what to do with, and what could be nicer than your own, fresh garlic?
@Firenze - I love the idea of a climbing hydrangea! <envious>
I’m still waiting for plants and bulbs to arrive from a plant nursery which is clearly overrun with orders and way behind. When you email them to investigate their out of office reply sounds like they are very weary!
The birds in the garden have returned to the feeders now the weather is cold; we have blue tits, great tits, long tailed tits, dunnocks and goldfinches (seasonal) as well as the ground feeding robin, blackbirds, collared doves and the most enormous wood pigeon. No greenfinches though.
I think I have a Robin or two near the Ark, as I heard a similar cheerful twittering whilst having my brekfuss TOAST.
Talking of birds in general, I've not noticed any new Ducks or Swans on the river this year. Usually, we see at least one or two families of Swans, complete with Cygnets, but no...and the Mallards have also been conspicuous by their absence as regards Ducklings.
Mind you, the Mallards are notoriously bad parents. In a *normal* year, Jemima will produce up to 12-13 offspring, only to lose all but a couple of them within a week. I think it's because Ducks can't count.
I blame Cummings. Or Trump.
I like Wood Pigeons, though. Casseroled in a red WINE sauce, with herbs and vegetables to taste...
Good. The sooner I'm looking at a wall of flaming foliage rather than 7ft of planks the better. And if it has plans for world domination it can take on the bindweed.
There must be some equally vigorous evergreen plant that will mask (Ha! A topical word!) the planks for the whole year. Not, I hasten to add, a Leylandii (or whatever is the singular term for that Tree Of Satan).
The next year it attempted to take over next door's garden and the wall of the house backing on to mine, the other side of an access alley.
Since then I have been trying to control it. If cut back, it can put on several metres of growth before I am next in the garden. I nearly won this year, but I am going to eradicate it. I want things that flower, and space for my tomatoes.
They periodically cut it back from the doors and windows, but, if they had to self-isolate for a fortnight, they'd be trapped...
I've had a very pleasant day, lunch with some friends, a mooch round the local shops and then tea and chat with some other friends. I think it's going to be the last nice day for a while - I glimpsed a tabloid headline while at the shops: "Five Named Storms On Their Way to Batter Britain!" >rollseyes<
The garden, which was over 100 feet long, but in the middle of a town, had had some sort of tree brought down by the 1987 hurricane, but by the time we were there in the spring/summer of 1988, the tree had disappeared under the said honeysuckle.
I thought honeysuckle was deciduous, but apparently there are some evergreen varieties. Whether they have such sweet-scented flowers, I know not...
We did the same with a honeysuckle (took the fence down and replaced it). Every leaf wilted and some branches died. It’s back and fighting fit now. I’m glad, because it is our privacy shield. @Bishops Finger it is evergreen and the flowers smell wonderful.