LP - what kind of dog eats light bulbs??? Daft Herbert.
Pdoc - that's much more than when you first became ill so grounds for optimism. Pace yourself, rest when needed and maybe it will all come good again with time and patience.
DD - do you have a day off which you could use to bake ahead and freeze some cakes so you just thaw overnight and ice in the morning - if yu do icing? Sounds hectic.
Asked OH to light a log and the perisher just turned up the radiator. He'd had it on 2!
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)."
Fire Lily - hello. I suspect you're growing season is shorter than much of the UK so do you have a greenhouse or polytunnel and some cold frames to help bring things on?
Yes, the season is shorter, but the season is more hectic due to that we have more hours with sunlight than you during summer. Your average is something like 16 hours, while we have up to 24 h sunlight (19 where I live) and even if the sun sets, it's still light outside due to the sun just being below the horizon. So things grow fast.
I would like to have a greenhouse, but they are expensive as the stucture needs to be stronger than yours.
Great to hear from you, DD! You definitely come over as Superwoman at present... no surprise that you don't have a lot of time for a relationship. Glad Charlie is doing well. xx
Fire Lily, how interesting to have a contributor from Sweden! How far north are you gardening?
Hope the sausage sandwich went down well, Punkdoc. I agree with Obelixx, you do seem to be doing a lot more now than when you first "reported sick" - though I'm sure it seems painfully slow to you as the one who has to cope with it.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
An effective, but yet also risky way, is to mix dijon mustard with salt (like a tablespoon) and force feed your dog with it. They often poo aswell, so do it outside. The risk in it is if the dog doesn't throw up at all, as salt is a poison to.
I have done it, my dog decides to eat dark chocolate in the middle of a snowstorm, so it was to risky to go to the vet.
Evening all. Welcome Firelily and good to hear from DD again .
Took all my exams today. They went pretty well - it's difficult to know how I've done as there were some quite weird, ambiguous questions, but I'm pretty sure I've passed. No results until April so no point thinking about it really. The next course starts in two weeks. My arm / hand hurts from writing all day - not used to it any more!
I agree, punkdoc, you do sound to be doing more than previously. Slowly slowly...
I hope Hosta and co are having a wonderful time together.
And now I've forgotten everything else. Apologies. Should make notes, really.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Yes, a lot of chat while we've been eating dinner and watching TV.
Hello and welcome Fire Lily. I, too, had a smallholding when I was a lot younger. We lived in England then, now I live in Dordogne, France. I had a couple of Jersey cows that I milked by hand and a load of chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, quail etc and a huge veg. garden.
Good to hear from you, DD. French employers tax is a nightmare. I think that is the main reason there is so much unemployment in France, people just can't afford to employ anyone. I have read about Le Chateau de Gateau from time to time on Facebook. It looks so welcoming, full of smiling faces.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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It is good to know that the Cafe seems to be doing well DD! Good on yer!
Have missed your posts, but I'll let you off as you have been so busy.
LP - what kind of dog eats light bulbs??? Daft Herbert.
Pdoc - that's much more than when you first became ill so grounds for optimism. Pace yourself, rest when needed and maybe it will all come good again with time and patience.
DD - do you have a day off which you could use to bake ahead and freeze some cakes so you just thaw overnight and ice in the morning - if yu do icing? Sounds hectic.
Asked OH to light a log and the perisher just turned up the radiator. He'd had it on 2!
Yes, the season is shorter, but the season is more hectic due to that we have more hours with sunlight than you during summer. Your average is something like 16 hours, while we have up to 24 h sunlight (19 where I live) and even if the sun sets, it's still light outside due to the sun just being below the horizon. So things grow fast.
I would like to have a greenhouse, but they are expensive as the stucture needs to be stronger than yours.
Long story DD.
Basically after a nasty viral infection, I was left with damaged heart muscle, which has left me somewhat disabled.
Still no idea whether it might get better, or, I suppose worse.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Great to hear from you, DD! You definitely come over as Superwoman at present... no surprise that you don't have a lot of time for a relationship. Glad Charlie is doing well. xx
Fire Lily, how interesting to have a contributor from Sweden! How far north are you gardening?
Hope the sausage sandwich went down well, Punkdoc. I agree with Obelixx, you do seem to be doing a lot more now than when you first "reported sick" - though I'm sure it seems painfully slow to you as the one who has to cope with it.
An effective, but yet also risky way, is to mix dijon mustard with salt (like a tablespoon) and force feed your dog with it. They often poo aswell, so do it outside. The risk in it is if the dog doesn't throw up at all, as salt is a poison to.
I have done it, my dog decides to eat dark chocolate in the middle of a snowstorm, so it was to risky to go to the vet.
Thanks Fire Lily I will remember that!
Punk where is that “positive thinking”vibe we are all sending you?
A A Milne
Evening all. Welcome Firelily and good to hear from DD again
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Took all my exams today. They went pretty well - it's difficult to know how I've done as there were some quite weird, ambiguous questions, but I'm pretty sure I've passed. No results until April so no point thinking about it really. The next course starts in two weeks. My arm / hand hurts from writing all day - not used to it any more!
I agree, punkdoc, you do sound to be doing more than previously. Slowly slowly...
I hope Hosta and co are having a wonderful time together.
And now I've forgotten everything else. Apologies. Should make notes, really.
Goodness me! So much news and chatter stince I started watching Only Connect ....
DD
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Now Im tucked up in bed so see you in the morning folks
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, a lot of chat while we've been eating dinner and watching TV.
Hello and welcome Fire Lily. I, too, had a smallholding when I was a lot younger. We lived in England then, now I live in Dordogne, France. I had a couple of Jersey cows that I milked by hand and a load of chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, quail etc and a huge veg. garden.
Good to hear from you, DD. French employers tax is a nightmare. I think that is the main reason there is so much unemployment in France, people just can't afford to employ anyone. I have read about Le Chateau de Gateau from time to time on Facebook. It looks so welcoming, full of smiling faces.