I remember you saying that you have welsh relatives Dove 😀 It wasn’t until I went to Uni in England that I realised that most people say “sauce-pan”. I thought that was just the posh pronunciation! It’s soss-pan to me. Never questioned it.
This afternoon I sorted out the stable. It still had old straw in it, also children's bicycles, toys, horse stuff, boxes that I'd stored onions and apples in, Tigger's old bedding, gardening and mucking out forks, and general rubbish. Not quite finished yet.
The sheets and towels were almost dry on the line. I've just done a load of ironing while waiting for Boris but he still hasn't appeared. They were saying on the Beeb that a lockdown might start on Thursday. I wish the French had been given a little more notice, we only had 1 day.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
and by Ma telling me that worse things happen at sea.
They do. I was told 'Things are never so bad that they can't get worse' which is also chiming with the times just now.
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The bean harvest has been amazing this year and I've still got drying beans on the plants to harvest - not gone over enough yet to pick. I've hung up one plant of 'gigantes' to dry in the garage, hoping the mice don't find it. The forecast is for the weather to settle next week so may get the rest in then, hopefully. I've also got a heap of jalapenos to deal with. Not quite decided what to do with them yet. I usually make sweet chilli sauce, but OH has become increasingly sugar sensitive, so may have to rethink or at least see if I can make it less sugary and still keep. It does have vinegar, so it may work. I haven't managed to get my shallots and garlic in yet - I'm a bit late this year but the rain has been incessant the last couple of weeks. And I've got most of a box of bulbs I bought from Peter Nyssen still to get in - a nice problem to have A fine weekend next weekend would be good, if anyone is able to arrange it.
Hope everyone can keep their chin up and keep safe. Thinking of you Aunty Rach and everyone else girding their loins for some hard days in hospitals, care homes and the like this winter.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
That would have been deliberate @Busy-Lizzie to stop the 2nd homers leaving Paris and other big cities and towns and taking the illness to rural and coastal areas with fewer medical resources. It certainly happened here. However, having notice lets people like @chicky get her chicklets back safely if they can work from home. I hope so cos it's a worry nobody needs.
Sounds like you've got lots done today. Quiet day here but lots of entertainment wrapping up the teak table for winter and messing in the potager. Those chooks have shredded my last red cabbage so we'll definitely need protection for the garlic and shallots when I plant them on Monday, weather permitting.
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)."
Hi all, just catching up. We had to do another emergency trip in awful weather down to daughter in Devon this morning - her rented flat was flooded with torrential rain pouring down from the roof so is uninhabitable. She is coming to stay with us during lockdown and possibly to Xmas whilst we try and work out what to do. We bought back lots of her stuff and she will bring the rest and her cat tomorrow. Really tired and rather fraught tonight, but I'll feel better in the morning.
That’s rubbish news about your daughter’s home @Lizzie27. I hope you will both be able to make the most of locking-down together whilst that is sorted.
Take care all, particularly if the new lockdown will bring difficulties or worries.
I think a few 🍷 🍷 🍷 have been sunk this evening @Lizzie27 ... special 🤗 to all our NHS friends and those with caring roles 💙 as well as all key workers ... ‘erewiggo again 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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It wasn’t until I went to Uni in England that I realised that most people say “sauce-pan”. I thought that was just the posh pronunciation! It’s soss-pan to me. Never questioned it.
The sheets and towels were almost dry on the line. I've just done a load of ironing while waiting for Boris but he still hasn't appeared. They were saying on the Beeb that a lockdown might start on Thursday. I wish the French had been given a little more notice, we only had 1 day.
Still
The bean harvest has been amazing this year and I've still got drying beans on the plants to harvest - not gone over enough yet to pick. I've hung up one plant of 'gigantes' to dry in the garage, hoping the mice don't find it. The forecast is for the weather to settle next week so may get the rest in then, hopefully.
I've also got a heap of jalapenos to deal with. Not quite decided what to do with them yet. I usually make sweet chilli sauce, but OH has become increasingly sugar sensitive, so may have to rethink or at least see if I can make it less sugary and still keep. It does have vinegar, so it may work.
I haven't managed to get my shallots and garlic in yet - I'm a bit late this year but the rain has been incessant the last couple of weeks. And I've got most of a box of bulbs I bought from Peter Nyssen still to get in - a nice problem to have
Hope everyone can keep their chin up and keep safe.
Thinking of you Aunty Rach and everyone else girding their loins for some hard days in hospitals, care homes and the like this winter.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Sounds like you've got lots done today. Quiet day here but lots of entertainment wrapping up the teak table for winter and messing in the potager. Those chooks have shredded my last red cabbage so we'll definitely need protection for the garlic and shallots when I plant them on Monday, weather permitting.
Take care all, particularly if the new lockdown will bring difficulties or worries.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.