Awe Dove that's lovely, Ho one sugar for me please 🤗.
Chicky that sounds like my kind of night out, I'm going for a Italian Meal next week, we have a new girl starting at our Chemist so we are having a welcoming meal for her.
Morning all. Just been reading about the calories you can burn by gardening... 35 minutes of weeding = 158 calories. That's probably equivalent to the egg and toast Dove!
Home from plant fair for a warming lunch before I head out to sow more seeds - chilies, sweetcorn, squashes - and check on the seeds already sown.
I was very restrained and bought no ornamental plants other than 5 beautiful pale wild primroses. So much nicer than the gaudy ones and will look great in my shady corner by the gate. The rest was 24 leek plugs and lots of tomato babies. 2 each of Brandy Wine, Green Zebra, Yellow Zebra, Coeur de Boeuf, Grégori Alta, Black Ethiopian, Joyau d'Oaxaca, Mexican Honey and Valencia. Chappy sows only heritage seeds, grows them in an unheated greenhouse and plays them classical music all day.
I also found a picnic basket in the car boot section. It even has a basket thingy to hold 4 bottles. Already washed and just needs a new set of carrying straps, a tablecloth/rug and a picnic to complete it.
When we have eggs they are poached or scrambled to have with bacon and beans and so on or in a frittata or else a cake or a dessert. Never just boiled - too hard to have firm white and runny yolk and OH has bad memories of coach sickness on school trips with kids who had hard boiled eggs in their lunch box.................
Pat - we are a bit behind you. 35 years this August. Didn't you do well?
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)."
Love the eggcup Dove ....they got my best side 💁🏼♀️
Sadly the cupboard was was bare as far as eggs were concerned, so having toast instead. There has been a long delay as Chicklet FaceTimed - but love that sort of delay. And now, let the day begin 😀👍🏻
Just been to B&Q for some wood ... popped into the garden bit but came out with only some foxgloves to add to the Shady Bank ... had hoped for some lettuce seedlings ready to plant out, but I guess they've probably killed any that they've had as everything slightly tender had been far too overwatered to survive the low temperatures.
They had a few cabbage/cauli/peppers 'ready to plant out' .... yeah, they looked as if they'd resemble boiled spinach within a couple of days.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ah, but how does it know how big your egg is? I buy organic eggs and find the size varies throughout the year. Anyway, OH not keen and I can easily manage the slightly soft hard-boiled eggs I do for my tuna salad when he's not around.
I have been out to the polytunnel - only 20C in there today so no helpers - and I've sown chilies, sweetcorn, squashes, courgette and purple mangetouts as well as putting all the new baby toms in a cold frame in the tunnel so they have no draughts and giving a spritz to the trays of seeds sown earlier.
Patchwork for me tomorrow and no golf or Masters on TV for OH so 'll ask him to weed some space for the rest of the potatoes and also for the new leeks while I'm out and then I can plant them on Tuesday.
No DIYs open here on Sunday so I need to go and buy more screws tomorrow so I can get on with recycling the ex-kitchen cupboards. Hundreds of screws here which OH has sorted by size - now he's retired he thinks DIY tools are his! - and guess which size we've only got 5 of. Typical.
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)."
Had a lovely early morning drive down the coast when most folk were still in bed. Drizzly now so just had a walk round the garden and pleased to see some candelabra primulas are through. Thought I had lost them again. Hope the head isn't too sore Wonky
Sounds lovely Joyce, the drive and the candelabras. I love those but they didn't settle in the Belgian garden and I expect it'll be too hot here for them. On the other hand, teher are wild primroses and cowslips about so maybe I'll try.
I'm off to sew as soon as I've got the belly pork in. Need to think about what cake to make for patchwork too. Has to fit an 8 or 10inch square tine for easy transport and cutting into squares or fingers. Maybe a carrot cake of some sort......
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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Chicky that sounds like my kind of night out, I'm going for a Italian Meal next week, we have a new girl starting at our Chemist so we are having a welcoming meal for her.
have a lovely day gardening everyone!
Pat see you tomorrow
Just been reading about the calories you can burn by gardening... 35 minutes of weeding = 158 calories. That's probably equivalent to the egg and toast Dove!
http://www.idealhome.co.uk/news/gardening-health-wellbeing-yoga-calories-199749?utm_campaign=20180408_XIH-X_NWL_TW&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ET
I was very restrained and bought no ornamental plants other than 5 beautiful pale wild primroses. So much nicer than the gaudy ones and will look great in my shady corner by the gate. The rest was 24 leek plugs and lots of tomato babies. 2 each of Brandy Wine, Green Zebra, Yellow Zebra, Coeur de Boeuf, Grégori Alta, Black Ethiopian, Joyau d'Oaxaca, Mexican Honey and Valencia. Chappy sows only heritage seeds, grows them in an unheated greenhouse and plays them classical music all day.
I also found a picnic basket in the car boot section. It even has a basket thingy to hold 4 bottles. Already washed and just needs a new set of carrying straps, a tablecloth/rug and a picnic to complete it.
When we have eggs they are poached or scrambled to have with bacon and beans and so on or in a frittata or else a cake or a dessert. Never just boiled - too hard to have firm white and runny yolk and OH has bad memories of coach sickness on school trips with kids who had hard boiled eggs in their lunch box.................
Pat - we are a bit behind you. 35 years this August. Didn't you do well?
Sadly the cupboard was was bare as far as eggs were concerned, so having toast instead. There has been a long delay as Chicklet FaceTimed - but love that sort of delay. And now, let the day begin 😀👍🏻
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Egg-Timer-Perfect-Boil-Colour-Changing-Kitchen-Cook-Heat-Egg-Boiling-Tool-Gadget-/322811365344?clk_rvr_id=1492976047636&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=twenga&utm_campaign=twenga&utm_param=eyJlcyI6MCwicyI6OTcyMDIzNywiY2kiOiIwMzFhYTlmOTFmYzRhMmU3YzRmNjU3NTFmOTcwZmJiNyIsImkiOiIzMjI4MTEzNjUzNDQiLCJ0cyI6MTUyMzE4NzEyNiwidiI6Mywic28iOjE1MDAsImMiOjk4ODUyfQ==&rmvSB=true
Just been to B&Q for some wood ... popped into the garden bit but came out with only some foxgloves to add to the Shady Bank ... had hoped for some lettuce seedlings ready to plant out, but I guess they've probably killed any that they've had as everything slightly tender had been far too overwatered to survive the low temperatures.
They had a few cabbage/cauli/peppers 'ready to plant out' .... yeah, they looked as if they'd resemble boiled spinach within a couple of days.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have been out to the polytunnel - only 20C in there today so no helpers - and I've sown chilies, sweetcorn, squashes, courgette and purple mangetouts as well as putting all the new baby toms in a cold frame in the tunnel so they have no draughts and giving a spritz to the trays of seeds sown earlier.
Patchwork for me tomorrow and no golf or Masters on TV for OH so 'll ask him to weed some space for the rest of the potatoes and also for the new leeks while I'm out and then I can plant them on Tuesday.
No DIYs open here on Sunday so I need to go and buy more screws tomorrow so I can get on with recycling the ex-kitchen cupboards. Hundreds of screws here which OH has sorted by size - now he's retired he thinks DIY tools are his! - and guess which size we've only got 5 of. Typical.
Drizzly now so just had a walk round the garden and pleased to see some candelabra primulas are through. Thought I had lost them again.
Hope the head isn't too sore Wonky
Really really soggy out there now ... nothing to be done out there so I'll put supper on then get the knitting out ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm off to sew as soon as I've got the belly pork in. Need to think about what cake to make for patchwork too. Has to fit an 8 or 10inch square tine for easy transport and cutting into squares or fingers. Maybe a carrot cake of some sort......