The Cornish are a funny lot. If it aint made in Cornwall, it aint "Cornish". There's talk of constituency boundary changes which will merge the bit of Devon where I live with a bit of Cornwall "over the bridge". They staged a protest on their side to object. I've heard nobody on our side have any great opinions on the matter. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45486814
It was my Birthay yesterday, didnt get on here at all, had a lovelly day doing er not very much! Hubby still putting new fence for them next door, weather was lovelly although a bit nippy because of the wind, so I was in the greenhouse, doing a bit of potting up, and pricking out, with a glass of vina, I will have one of thoe fairy cakes thank you!
Good morning. Bit chilly this morning when I woke up (6C) so I stayed snuggled for a while. Set to be bright and mostly sunny till Friday when they say it won't get above 8C. Yikes. Best check my sock drawer for matching pairs and no holes.
I've been out to check a wee bed where I want to plant some new sedums but it's way too dry and hard so I'll be watering later this afternoon so I can get 3 such beds weeded and planted up tomorrow. Meanwhile, cleaning - end of season flies have been depositing bloody (literally) fly poos all over the place, even on the lid of my hand cream!
Belated happy birthday Nanny B. Hope the fix works well Dove.
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)."
He didn't have cake Hosta ... but he did have several coffees .... he has to watch his diet as he's Type 2 diabetic ... he showed us photos of some huge carp he caught the other day ... beautiful creatures. 35lb + each
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a good supply of warm socks Obelixx, if you need to borrow some. Just topped up the stock recently Belated Happy Birthay NB. Enjoy the fairy cake. I had to take some to work last week or I could easily have eaten the whole lot myself. I oculd do with a preoper greenhouse today, so that I could get on with something. I could fit into my little one, but if I did, I'd not be able to do anything other than sit down and read a book! Pat - it's always nice when someone makes the meal for you. Even if you're not that hungry, it goes down a treat!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Interesting about the name name of the Pasties, Hosta. Bit like the various well known wines and cheeses in Europe.
Have any of you seen the new bridge between mainland China and Hong Kong? I think they said it was longer than 5 km. Apparently some people are not happy about the two being joined.
Glad you're "fixed", Dove. We too have repair men we treasure - including our boiler engineer, who installed the new gas boiler for us 13 years ago and has been looking after it ever since. He really loves his boilers - apparently he has a lock-up garage entirely stuffed with spare parts, retrieved from old, obsolete models, so he can repair virtually anything.
Hope your Openreach chaps are as efficient, Hosta. And Busy's phone line repairers in France...
About to go and garden again - still dry, windier than yesterday but also warmer... in fact it was warmer at midnight than yesterday afternoon when I was outside in my 2 sweatshirts plus waterproof.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
According to QI last night the earliest recipe ever found for Cornish pasties is from Devon, ealy 15th C. The earliest Cornish recipe found is from 50 years later........ What'll happen with that if the UK decides not to observe the "apellation controlé" system for regional foods?
Hosta - at the last big boundary reorganisation we lost Cumberland and Westmoreland and gained Cumbria, lost the historic Yorkshire Ridings too and they moved industrial, but New Town, Warrington into rural "executive" Cheshire. Yes, really, the new housing estates built on the former dairy pastures near our house were called "executive" because they were bigger, detached and had more garden than those built for the non manager types moving in for the new town light industry developments happening across the Mersey on the Lancashire side.
Happy gardening Liri. Hope you get your lines fixed this time Hosta and Busy. Sounds like you next garden definitely needs a greenhouse FG.
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)."
still dry, windier than yesterday but also warmer... in fact it was warmer at midnight than yesterday afternoon when I was outside in my 2 sweatshirts plus waterproof.
It was the same here last night Liri - still ten degrees at 11pm, although it dropped to four or five through the night. Ten now, but blowin' a hooley. Obelixx - I had to laugh at the instructions for the little greenhouse I got. It said - 'don't allow children to play in it'. They'd have to be quite small children, and I'm not sure what they'd be playing at, unless it was cards Think I'll have to don a waterproof jacket over a couple of layers too, if I want to go outside.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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There's talk of constituency boundary changes which will merge the bit of Devon where I live with a bit of Cornwall "over the bridge". They staged a protest on their side to object. I've heard nobody on our side have any great opinions on the matter.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45486814
I've been out to check a wee bed where I want to plant some new sedums but it's way too dry and hard so I'll be watering later this afternoon so I can get 3 such beds weeded and planted up tomorrow. Meanwhile, cleaning - end of season flies have been depositing bloody (literally) fly poos all over the place, even on the lid of my hand cream!
Belated happy birthday Nanny B. Hope the fix works well Dove.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Belated Happy Birthay NB. Enjoy the fairy cake. I had to take some to work last week or I could easily have eaten the whole lot myself.
I oculd do with a preoper greenhouse today, so that I could get on with something. I could fit into my little one, but if I did, I'd not be able to do anything other than sit down and read a book!
Pat - it's always nice when someone makes the meal for you. Even if you're not that hungry, it goes down a treat!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Interesting about the name name of the Pasties, Hosta. Bit like the various well known wines and cheeses in Europe.
Have any of you seen the new bridge between mainland China and Hong Kong? I think they said it was longer than 5 km. Apparently some people are not happy about the two being joined.
Glad you're "fixed", Dove. We too have repair men we treasure - including our boiler engineer, who installed the new gas boiler for us 13 years ago and has been looking after it ever since. He really loves his boilers - apparently he has a lock-up garage entirely stuffed with spare parts, retrieved from old, obsolete models, so he can repair virtually anything.
Hope your Openreach chaps are as efficient, Hosta. And Busy's phone line repairers in France...
About to go and garden again - still dry, windier than yesterday but also warmer... in fact it was warmer at midnight than yesterday afternoon when I was outside in my 2 sweatshirts plus waterproof.
Hosta - at the last big boundary reorganisation we lost Cumberland and Westmoreland and gained Cumbria, lost the historic Yorkshire Ridings too and they moved industrial, but New Town, Warrington into rural "executive" Cheshire. Yes, really, the new housing estates built on the former dairy pastures near our house were called "executive" because they were bigger, detached and had more garden than those built for the non manager types moving in for the new town light industry developments happening across the Mersey on the Lancashire side.
Happy gardening Liri. Hope you get your lines fixed this time Hosta and Busy. Sounds like you next garden definitely needs a greenhouse FG.
Obelixx - I had to laugh at the instructions for the little greenhouse I got. It said - 'don't allow children to play in it'. They'd have to be quite small children, and I'm not sure what they'd be playing at, unless it was cards
Think I'll have to don a waterproof jacket over a couple of layers too, if I want to go outside.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...