Plumber came late. We went to the SM and when we'd finished the tyre place was open, ordered tyre. We don't take suitcases any more, Dove, Ryan Air is easier without them if it's not necessary, we have everything we need at the cottage.
Bought a couple of nice fillets of sea bream for tonight, new potatoes and sugar snap peas.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Afternoon. Monday day "off" today so I have vacuumed, done washing, bit of shopping, sowed some seeds, and visited my Dad. Just having a cuppa and toasted muffin now and will have a feet-up hour. Hoping you all doing ok.
Spent most of the day pushing Jonah round Merry Hill while Secondborn did her holiday shopping. Not a great way to spend such a sunny day, good job he's so cute. Did get a few seedlings potted on this morning and the tree surgeon has made a good job of the conifer and the rowan/ivy tree. The birds were eyeing him up as they are getting ready to build their nests in the ivy. Normally get it done earlier but the weather held us up.
Hello again. Still dry and fine here but I've been indoors at patchwork nattering and sewing and regaling the ladies with apricot and almond slice which is an easy, healthy tray bake.
Lovely to see that at last the farmers have put their cattle out into the fields so it looks like spring is finally here. Loads of primroses and cowslips in the lanes too. Wet for the next 2 days tho so no getting too excited for me just yet.
Glad you've got some gardening done Joyce and that you are enjoying yours Wonky. Good to get your tractor sorted Busy. OH was just taking the dogs out as I rolled up so I'm off to cook some dinner. Have a good evening everyone. Dove, I had to rescue white chives from the wheelbarrow after asking OH to weed the herb bed. Potted up and coming along nicely now.
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)."
Lovely to read about happy times spent in the garden. I'm a bit jealous cos I've had to stay indoors to supervise the electrician... his "clicky" knee held up reasonably well, and in spite of finding some horrors beneath the plaster, he's done a lot of the jobs. He'll be back tomorrow to install a new circuit board, and an outside socket so our son can charge his electric car when he visits.
Currently, Thursday doesn't look too bad for weather so fingers crossed for a gardening day then.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Glad the electrician was able to get through a lot of his jobs, Liri .
I'm looking forward to seeing progress photos of your garden, and especially your pond, Obxx. You had such a long drought and such big plans I do hope you get to bring them to fruition this year. But while you get a little more rain... enjoy your sewing!
I've more or less finished the pond, save the planting. Today was a bit of a slog. We had a few design issues to be resolved but I've done it. It doesn't look brilliant right now but it's OK and it works. Planting will hide the less than perfect bits eventually, I'm just very relieved to get the crawling around placing stones and fiddling with pebbles over. Can't wait to get stuff growing in there and hopefully some critters coming to stay.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Having shredded the eucalyptus, I took the shredder to my friends to attack her brambles and clematis and stuff. One compostbin full later the shredder blade mechanism disintegrated. As the stuff had been drying out for a fortnight , I had an idea. Bonfire. She panicked, having lived in Oz for 20 years this was a total no no. I couldn't see any alternative. She stood by with the hosepipe. One match and it went up. Half an hour later and it nearly all gone. Of course we stank of smoke, but the veg patch to be got a good start.
Isn't it odd how a lazy day can make you really tired ... we just took friend to the station and have grabbed a quick supper, and now I just feel like dozing .......
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Plumber came late. We went to the SM and when we'd finished the tyre place was open, ordered tyre. We don't take suitcases any more, Dove, Ryan Air is easier without them if it's not necessary, we have everything we need at the cottage.
Bought a couple of nice fillets of sea bream for tonight, new potatoes and sugar snap peas.
Hoping you all doing ok.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely to see that at last the farmers have put their cattle out into the fields so it looks like spring is finally here. Loads of primroses and cowslips in the lanes too. Wet for the next 2 days tho so no getting too excited for me just yet.
Glad you've got some gardening done Joyce and that you are enjoying yours Wonky. Good to get your tractor sorted Busy. OH was just taking the dogs out as I rolled up so I'm off to cook some dinner. Have a good evening everyone. Dove, I had to rescue white chives from the wheelbarrow after asking OH to weed the herb bed. Potted up and coming along nicely now.
Lovely to read about happy times spent in the garden.
Currently, Thursday doesn't look too bad for weather so fingers crossed for a gardening day then.
I'm looking forward to seeing progress photos of your garden, and especially your pond, Obxx. You had such a long drought and such big plans I do hope you get to bring them to fruition this year. But while you get a little more rain... enjoy your sewing!
I've more or less finished the pond, save the planting. Today was a bit of a slog. We had a few design issues to be resolved but I've done it. It doesn't look brilliant right now but it's OK and it works. Planting will hide the less than perfect bits eventually, I'm just very relieved to get the crawling around placing stones and fiddling with pebbles over. Can't wait to get stuff growing in there and hopefully some critters coming to stay.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.