Happy Wedding Anniversaries - Margotester & Vagus

[choux]

to MargoTester and OH (46th) & Vagus and OH (47th).

Hope your special day is just that :)

[MargoTester]

How very kind of you Choux thankyou, just off to lunch at a local hostelry.
Happy Anniversary Vagus beat us by one

[choux]

Have a grand time, Margo :)
I wonder if the extra year shows ;)

[MissTerious2]

Happy Anniversaries to both. Enjoy your special days.

(Ours was 51 three months ago!)

[jourdain2]

Congratulations to all!

[mallyh]

congratulations to both couples ,have an extra special day xx

[Vagus]

Oh choux, thank you so much, that’s very kind. I only mentioned it on AB because I saw Margo’s is the same date as ours. We don’t usually do anything, and haven’t really this year, except we bought some rose bushes for the new bed we’ve created and chose one called Happy Anniversary, another called Champagne Moment, and another called One Love…that’s as romantic as we get!!
Hope you enjoy your meal Margo. We’re having a roast lamb dinner later at home, I never do a roast these days so it’s a bit of a treat for us both especially as everything is pretty much pre prepared.
Thanks everyone x

[choux]

That sounds delightful, Vagus. May you enjoy your windfall in blooming health ;)

[MargoTester]

Thanks everyone. We had a very nice traditional roast at a 200 year old thatched pub not far from us. Made a lovely change from cooking. I like the sound of the rose bushes Vagus, always nice to have something for the garden.

[Vagus]

Margo, glad you enjoyed your roast, I love a roast dinner.
When it was our 40th (ruby) we’d just rearranged the garden and bought four roses…Ruby Wedding, Together Forever, Tequila Sunrise (we both love tequila especially in a margarita) and Queen of Sweden (our Swedish daughter in law is someone we’re especially fond of and the rose is beautiful).
I always used to think roses were difficult to grow and maintain, and shied away from getting any, but I have to say the ones we have are great. I spray them occasionally and feed them occasionally too, other than that they look after themselves and give us loads of colour for months and months.

[MargoTester]

I'm absolutely useless with roses I can't get to grips with pruning them, although I've read all the instructions,and end up with completely out of shape bushes. I have one which is a beautiful lemon yellow but I've lost it's ticket and can't remember the name of it.

[Vagus]

We just chop ‘em back in autumn, although I’ve just done one today. I don’t ‘prune’ them, just use the secateurs to take them back to about just below knee height. Forget about buds and things, I just chop them.
The lady at the garden centre yesterday told us to prune them on a slant so the rain drains off rather than settles on top. Well, I’ve never done that and my roses are loverly :)

[MargoTester]

Oh well that's what I do too. Is now the right time to do it, mine are looking a bit spindly

[Vagus]

Yep, I would. Plants are generally very forgiving and will survive despite our best efforts ;)

[Hazlinny]

Congratulations to both couples...may you have many more "special" days to celebrate. xx

[MargoTester]

Thanks Hazlinny x

[Vagus]

I believe there’s some sort of hormone released by a plant when it’s pruned/chopped back, which encourages shoots to appear..well, that’s what one of my nieces told me, seems to work.
Mind you, we severely pruned our fig tree in autumn, between that and the hard winter we’ve just had I don’t think it’s survived. It’s a shame but the dog used to eat the squashy figs which dropped off the tree..and you know what dogs can do!!

[Vagus]

Oh thanks Haz, very kind of you :)
Just about to pop the cork on a bottle fizz while our meal finishes cooking itself.