Porridge - yum 😋 With added bananas and blueberries- even more Yum 😋  😋Â
No rain forecast for the forseeable here either - will have to get the hose On the beds this weekend.
Some plants arrived yesterday - some veronicas and some agapanthus (Twister). Â Gave them a good soak last night, so need to get them into bigger pots today.
Growing Zinnias from seed this year ......does anyone grow them? Â Should I pinch out the tips?
Don't grow them @chicky, but I saw a thread about them the other day. We'll just have to educate @Hostafan1 re porridge. Food of the Gods.... My bananas have to be quite green though. Don't like them 'giraffe-y' as a friend used to call itÂ
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I’m sure he would’ve known that pub too ... it’s not far from Mendham as the crow flies ... and the faces of the ‘old boys’ who drank there back in the seventies when I first knew it are the faces I see in Munnings’ countryside paintings.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello Forkers. Hot and sunny again today. Once the noon to 2pm machine noise curfew ends I shall be out on the terrace sanding down our teak table ready for oiling. We left it out in the garden all winter in what has become a wildflower meadow so it had waist high "weeds", algae, soil and a whole herd of snails attached. Â
After that more weeding of the beds along the ruin so I can plant more shade lovers and make sure there are spaces cleared for trellis supports. Â
Had to Google Munnings to make sure I had the right chap - lots of horses, some bums, not a lot of faces.  I'm with @Hostafan1 on porridge. Horrid stuff but I love oats for biscuits, savoury and sweet crumbles and gratins. Bananas are for cakes.
You could still grow some salad leaves and maybe put in some cabbages for when you go back later n the summer or autumn. Hope your OH gets his op soon.
@D0rdogne_Damsel - I had detached toes on the right foot when the cartilage gave up so 2 metatarsals shortened, toes reattached and while he was on he did my bunions. Left foot heading the same way so that was done 10 weeks later. Feel like new feet! Certainly needed new shoes as had changed size.
@Pat E - nothing wrong with a lazy or quiet day now and again but just make sure you have a wee walk now and again to keep everything moving.
I went out for half an hour in the front garden to tidy up the wee bit I've sown some wildflowers seeds into. That bit is sunny from about half nine, and half an hour was as much as I could stand. Always quite familiar with Munnings, as I was a horsey girl in my previous life It's fine - all the more porridge for @chicky and meÂ
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The paintings that made Munnings’ name were of racehorses and hunters etc, painted for the wealthy.  The paintings of his that I love are the less well known ones that he painted for his own pleasure ... like thisÂ
That's more like it @Dovefromabove. I only knew the racehorse ones.
Possum phoned at 9:30 this morning. For once we'd slept in and I hadn't yet had my first coffee!  Anyway, she needed to discuss business plans with OH for inclusion in her Masters project. Been up all night working on it. Has to be delivered on Monday and then she'll have time to chat. She'll either be euphoric or coming down from a pressure high.
Just got time for another coffee before I can make noises and get mucky.
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That reminds me- haven't had mine yet either
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
No rain forecast for the forseeable here either - will have to get the hose On the beds this weekend.
Some plants arrived yesterday - some veronicas and some agapanthus (Twister). Â Gave them a good soak last night, so need to get them into bigger pots today.
Growing Zinnias from seed this year ......does anyone grow them? Â Should I pinch out the tips?
We'll just have to educate @Hostafan1 re porridge. Food of the Gods....
My bananas have to be quite green though. Don't like them 'giraffe-y' as a friend used to call itÂ
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
After that more weeding of the beds along the ruin so I can plant more shade lovers and make sure there are spaces cleared for trellis supports. Â
Had to Google Munnings to make sure I had the right chap - lots of horses, some bums, not a lot of faces.  I'm with @Hostafan1 on porridge. Horrid stuff but I love oats for biscuits, savoury and sweet crumbles and gratins. Bananas are for cakes.
You could still grow some salad leaves and maybe put in some cabbages for when you go back later n the summer or autumn. Hope your OH gets his op soon.
@D0rdogne_Damsel - I had detached toes on the right foot when the cartilage gave up so 2 metatarsals shortened, toes reattached and while he was on he did my bunions. Left foot heading the same way so that was done 10 weeks later. Feel like new feet! Certainly needed new shoes as had changed size.
@Pat E - nothing wrong with a lazy or quiet day now and again but just make sure you have a wee walk now and again to keep everything moving.
Always quite familiar with Munnings, as I was a horsey girl in my previous lifeÂ
It's fine - all the more porridge for @chicky and meÂ
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-1222791968.html/#!/?q=Munnings
and this
http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-740145692.html/#!/?q=Munnings
and this
http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-1796030452.html/#!/?q=Munnings Â
The racehorse paintings are in a smooth and glossy style, almost like a photograph.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Possum phoned at 9:30 this morning. For once we'd slept in and I hadn't yet had my first coffee!  Anyway, she needed to discuss business plans with OH for inclusion in her Masters project. Been up all night working on it. Has to be delivered on Monday and then she'll have time to chat. She'll either be euphoric or coming down from a pressure high.
Just got time for another coffee before I can make noises and get mucky.
Two friends from France rang this morning, had a good chat. They were ones that helped when my mare was ill.
The elder tree prunings are all cleared up now, filled the garden bin, which had just been emptied and filled a big green bag too.