Unfortunately the farm shop wasn't good, in fact it was closed! But the pet shop side was open, they've a little way to go (some of the food I brought was best before April: oops!!) until they're up to standard but being a quarter of the distance I normally travel to get the food (spoilt dog) I'm willing to give them a go. Because I order so much I'll be sending an order in and they'll order it in special so at least it'll be fresh.
The sun is starting to appear now. Dare I risk putting washing on the line?
Good afternoon all. 5mm of rain yesterday evening so I've started weeding the shade bed and tidied up the wisterias which are going mad again with lots of flowers and tendrils. Did a bit of dusting too and set the robot off to do the floors. He started bleeping half way thru and came up with a new message after diving under a glass cabinet that clearly had had some busy spiders. "Please wipe me down so I can see".
We have a chappy coming to talk about tiling this evening. Fingers crossed please as they seem to be a rare commodity.
I hope you get your Cromer crab Busy. Lovely grub.
How long before you see the hormone person Hosta?
Cheyngel - surely you can negotiate to share the stairs and have a couple of pots or troughs for your use?
Clari - our pair would get hosed down with cold water after most walkies in Belgium and their legs and often their tums would come home mucky and muddy. Then a good rub down in the garage before being allowed indoors. These days they hardly need showers at all but Rasta needs a regular shampooing in the bath after she's rolled in unspeakably smelly fox or coypu poo.
DL - we left behind a BBQ like that when we moved here from Belgium. Now we have one of those Weber thingies but, if the tiler turns out OK, I should have a summer kitchen ready for next year. Love your lake view.
Greetings all.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
or a hanging basket ... you can grow little Tumbling Tom tomatoes in a hanging basket ... too late for this year but if you tell Father Christmas early he may be able to buy hanging baskets and stuff like that in the end of summer sales this year
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've just picked our first runner beans ....... I can't remember ever picking runners this early before .... and I've just made a batch of Summer Veg soup ... sort of minestrone ... we have yellow courgettes, Swiss chard, runner beans and lots of basil from the garden, plus a couple of onions and a yellow pepper and a couple of sticks of celery from the salad drawer, a tin of tomatoes and a tin of cannellini beans and some Marigold bouillon powder ...... voilá .... a big batch of soup .... I've had some for lunch today, OH will have some for lunch tomorrow when I'm out and there'll still be loads left ........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
LP - sorry. I usually do counted cross stitch apart from one venture into a thingummy to mark Possum's birth which involved satin and chain and stem stitching so 22+years ago. This project is a rectangular cloth to go on a chest of drawers and has daisies round the edge and some swirly bits of foliage indicated in blue lines. No instructions.
Not a natural or experienced embroiderer so I've had to search the net to find suitable stitches and have ended up with satin for the cones, split stitch for the leaves and stems and whipped split stitch for the petals. Very therapeutic so I may do more projects unless, like Clari, I get the patchwork out again.
Very proud of this block done on my patchwork course last year for a cushion pad
Last edited: 24 July 2017 14:21:55
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Click on the camera icon top right of the typing box then select your photo. There is a size limit so if it fails to load, resize your image and try again. There are apps for resizing. Just google and try one.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Looks beautiful Dove!
Unfortunately the farm shop wasn't good, in fact it was closed! But the pet shop side was open, they've a little way to go (some of the food I brought was best before April: oops!!) until they're up to standard but being a quarter of the distance I normally travel to get the food (spoilt dog) I'm willing to give them a go. Because I order so much I'll be sending an order in and they'll order it in special so at least it'll be fresh.
The sun is starting to appear now. Dare I risk putting washing on the line?
Good afternoon all. 5mm of rain yesterday evening so I've started weeding the shade bed and tidied up the wisterias which are going mad again with lots of flowers and tendrils. Did a bit of dusting too and set the robot off to do the floors. He started bleeping half way thru and came up with a new message after diving under a glass cabinet that clearly had had some busy spiders. "Please wipe me down so I can see".
We have a chappy coming to talk about tiling this evening. Fingers crossed please as they seem to be a rare commodity.
I hope you get your Cromer crab Busy. Lovely grub.
How long before you see the hormone person Hosta?
Cheyngel - surely you can negotiate to share the stairs and have a couple of pots or troughs for your use?
Clari - our pair would get hosed down with cold water after most walkies in Belgium and their legs and often their tums would come home mucky and muddy. Then a good rub down in the garage before being allowed indoors. These days they hardly need showers at all but Rasta needs a regular shampooing in the bath after she's rolled in unspeakably smelly fox or coypu poo.
DL - we left behind a BBQ like that when we moved here from Belgium. Now we have one of those Weber thingies but, if the tiler turns out OK, I should have a summer kitchen ready for next year. Love your lake view.
Greetings all.
Obelixx - I do have claim to the windowsill at the top of the stairs but it doesn't fit much! My plants are in my bedroom mainly
Are there railings at the top of the stairs? Could you hang windowbox type thingies anywhere?
Or maybe something like this http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/vegtrug-living-wall-3-pocket-planter-red-pid8276.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlI-49_mh1QIVr73tCh3nZwJWEAQYBSABEgJm3fD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
or a hanging basket ... you can grow little Tumbling Tom tomatoes in a hanging basket ... too late for this year but if you tell Father Christmas early he may be able to buy hanging baskets and stuff like that in the end of summer sales this year
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've just picked our first runner beans ....... I can't remember ever picking runners this early before .... and I've just made a batch of Summer Veg soup ... sort of minestrone ... we have yellow courgettes, Swiss chard, runner beans and lots of basil from the garden, plus a couple of onions and a yellow pepper and a couple of sticks of celery from the salad drawer, a tin of tomatoes and a tin of cannellini beans and some Marigold bouillon powder ...... voilá .... a big batch of soup .... I've had some for lunch today, OH will have some for lunch tomorrow when I'm out and there'll still be loads left ........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
LP - sorry. I usually do counted cross stitch apart from one venture into a thingummy to mark Possum's birth which involved satin and chain and stem stitching so 22+years ago. This project is a rectangular cloth to go on a chest of drawers and has daisies round the edge and some swirly bits of foliage indicated in blue lines. No instructions.
Not a natural or experienced embroiderer so I've had to search the net to find suitable stitches and have ended up with satin for the cones, split stitch for the leaves and stems and whipped split stitch for the petals. Very therapeutic so I may do more projects unless, like Clari, I get the patchwork out again.
Very proud of this block done on my patchwork course last year for a cushion pad
Last edited: 24 July 2017 14:21:55
How do I upload pictures? I have several of the forest on the stairs
Click on the camera icon top right of the typing box then select your photo. There is a size limit so if it fails to load, resize your image and try again. There are apps for resizing. Just google and try one.
This is my stair area..
Very nice and well done. They look healthy.