Troughs

[angie]

Graham, garden and troughs are looking really lovely. Mine are still needing done, hint hint 

Angie 

[lily-anne]

Wow!  Graham ! Beautiful  and special troughs

[astragalus]

Anne the vertical rocks are close to the base of the trough although it is only four or five inches deep. They are stable but it takes a little time to ensure they are secure.

 
Thanks, Graham.  I did notice that the trough with the extra tall rocks was placed next to a trough that was higher so that would prevent the rocks from tipping that way.  I really like the way you have placed your troughs in groups.  Some of them look almost like a seamless planting, very clever.

[Graham Catlow]

Thank you Lily-Anne,

Angie - if only you lived round the corner I'd love to help out.

[Lesley Cox]

But Graham, Angie DOES live just around the corner. Well, a few corners. No distance at all really and you would love her garden, and I bet there would be a chocolate cake in too, or something similar. (Angie, I recently found that men in general, and surgeons and anaesthetists in particular, will promise anything, if offered chocolate cake.)

[Graham Catlow]

2.5 hours of corners Lesley I have seen Angies wonderful garden. One of the best gardens I have ever seen.
Some people are going to be horrified but chocolate cake wouldn't do it for me. I like chocolate but not cake flavoured with it.
Can't beat a good old fashioned Victoria sponge

[Maggi Young]

Sometimes I think we must be siblings, Graham - I agree with you so often.
Especially about the chocolate thing and Angie's garden!

[Graham Catlow]

 

[astragalus]

OK, what's a Victoria Sponge???

[Maggi Young]

A Victoria sponge is a thing of beauty - and a joy for about ten minutes!


 A very British treat - simply delicious!

Recipe here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/victoriasponge_13555

[Tim Ingram]

We always have Victoria Sponge, Chocolate and Coffee cakes (plus sometimes Lemon Drizzle) when we open the garden, and to be honest they often attract more attention from people than the garden itself Fortunately there are usually a few bits left over...

I've seen one or two pictures of Angie's garden but are there any more anywhere?

[jomowi]

Sometimes I think we must be siblings, Graham - I agree with you so often.
Especially about the chocolate thing and Angie's garden!

Here's something for you chocoholics: http://www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/3231

[Lesley Cox]

A deeply shocking statement Graham. Life without chocolate cake would be, well, deeply shocking. My most recent favourite is one from Rachel Allen's Cake Diaries, a chocolate fudge cake. I've made 8 in the last month and another is required for our alpine group speaker on Thursday night. (He has let it be known that a choc cake would be preferred to a good bottle of Central Otago Pinot Noir - another deeply shocking statement!) Ms Allen's recipes are always very reliable and turn out triumphant every time.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Many congrats, Graham !  You're troughs blew me away.... (and that takes some blowing  )
Marvelous troughs !

[astragalus]

Thanks for the info, Maggi.  Victoria Sponge looks yummy.  My favorite is still Trifle (spelling?).