To be fair the waterlogged veg patch is because the gutters and drainpipe can't cope at the moment. I need to get somebody to look at them. I managed to clear out the gunk blocking the lower drainpipe earlier this year but I need an expert for the higher drainpipe/gutters and the logistics of just how much water runs down off the roof against the volume the current drainage system can take away. During heavy rain the gutter/drain (that is in the middle of the vegetable patch) can't take away the volume of water that is coming down the drainpipe AND over the top of the gutter aboveĀ Ā
The net result is that big puddles form and all the foliage gets battered by a mini waterfall of overspill. Neither of which will be good for the crops in there. Unfortunately, it's a job that will have to wait until I can afford it. It's a way down the list of priorities at the moment.
It's a real shame because I won't prepare that half of the bed over the winter. Waste of time as most of it will get eroded and washed away. I'll plant something there next spring but expectations will be low. Having said that I have got french beans in the freezer from it this summer (despite the roots eventually being exposed due to the storm erosion).
I loathe Corden, so I may have to give that a missĀ Trump's a bam. His supporters will believe anything they get fed by him. What did they expect when they voted in a reality tv 'star'.Ā Ā
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Love the Cordon song, but then I love most of his stuff. We re watched Gavin and Stacey recently and still laughed out loud, even though re remembered it all.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Evening. A brief respite from the rain today, managed a few coffees outside and washing dried to about 90%. Rain is back now. Heating is on! š
Hope you are all ok.
Just heard from niece (just started at uni) that she and some others in the same flat in Halls have tested positiveĀ so theyāre all isolating. A friend has done a shop for her. She said she had a a sore throat and sniffles but doesnt feel too bad ... sheās been very careful all summer ... it looks as if she pickedĀ it up when she arrived there.Ā
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Not sure about that @Biglad - although daft is one of the milder terms used to describe me. I learned the hard way about soggy groundĀ Only some showers today, and the wind moved them on, although I had to keep reattaching some of the washing. Heating on for a little while too @AuntyRach, but it's single figs here now, so I don't feel guilty.Ā That nice girl I met on the hill recently was very worried about the effects on students with the self isolating situation @Dovefromabove. She felt she was lucky, for various reasons, especially as she wasn't stuck in halls,Ā and getting out on a hill and getting away was vital to her. Many of our Unis have been locked down for a while, and there's further restrictions here from Friday.Ā
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I like most of what Corden has done but I would defy anyone to spend an hour in his company without wanting to throttle him (I've had the misfortune ). That's quite an ego.
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To be fair the waterlogged veg patch is because the gutters and drainpipe can't cope at the moment. I need to get somebody to look at them. I managed to clear out the gunk blocking the lower drainpipe earlier this year but I need an expert for the higher drainpipe/gutters and the logistics of just how much water runs down off the roof against the volume the current drainage system can take away. During heavy rain the gutter/drain (that is in the middle of the vegetable patch) can't take away the volume of water that is coming down the drainpipe AND over the top of the gutter aboveĀ
The net result is that big puddles form and all the foliage gets battered by a mini waterfall of overspill. Neither of which will be good for the crops in there. Unfortunately, it's a job that will have to wait until I can afford it. It's a way down the list of priorities at the moment.
It's a real shame because I won't prepare that half of the bed over the winter. Waste of time as most of it will get eroded and washed away. I'll plant something there next spring but expectations will be low. Having said that I have got french beans in the freezer from it this summer (despite the roots eventually being exposed due to the storm erosion).
Trump's a bam. His supporters will believe anything they get fed by him. What did they expect when they voted in a reality tv 'star'.Ā Ā
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Only some showers today, and the wind moved them on, although I had to keep reattaching some of the washing. Heating on for a little while too @AuntyRach, but it's single figs here now, so I don't feel guilty.Ā
That nice girl I met on the hill recently was very worried about the effects on students with the self isolating situation @Dovefromabove. She felt she was lucky, for various reasons, especially as she wasn't stuck in halls,Ā and getting out on a hill and getting away was vital to her. Many of our Unis have been locked down for a while, and there's further restrictions here from Friday.Ā
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Not all of course, thereās some really lovely folk too.Ā
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.