Well, I know I always say I sow them mid April, but I’ve sown the tomatoes, chillies and squashes. 😲They’re on the dining room windowsill in the heated propagator.
I managed to stay my hand re the runner beans ... I’ll wait until this coming cold snap is over ... I might get the potatoes in tomorrow ... but for today I’ve done enough abs my dodgy shoulders are aching.
I’ve also made some baked Scotch eggs for supper and OH has requested a haircut this afternoon.
I also walked down the road to the post box ‘cos a certain gardening Womble I know has a birthday on Sunday ... I thought I’d gone early enough but I missed today’s post ... it’s a bit erratic at the moment as our regular postie doesn’t seem to be around. I hope the card gets there on time, what with Bank Jolidays etc 🤔
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
P came this morning and took the donkey for a walk so the EDF men could finish.
I had to go to the tile shop and sort out the mistaken order. I'd ordered the patterned version of tile but the plain one came. Woman in the shop said the builder hadn't said it was the one with the motif, he said he had. Anyway, it will be a wait of 3 weeks now. I will be able to finish painting the study and utility room in the meantime and plumber/electrician should be fitting the shower, heating and lighting next week.
I took 2yr old granddaughter her birthday present, went to an SM for supplies, picked up the mulching attachment for the lawn mower and had my meeting with the bank, this afternoon. Car said it was 26°, wondering if I should do some watering.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Been a beautiful day here, managed a bit of gentle weeding and have had to water the pots for the first time this year. Moira is currently having her online leaving do, with off line Champagne. Little does she know she will be working for me from next week
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I'm late logging on today as woke up with both a migraine and the vertigo - not a good combination. Took 2 lots of pills and finally 'came to' after lunch. Just gently pottered. Pleased that some Gaura shoots had sprouted in water so potted those up and hope they survive. Moved a bug hotel setup in front of the shed to make room for the big watering cans by the water butt - removing another trip hazard for me. I can see my gardening slowing down in the next year or two, you're not the only one, Punkdoc, who's having to revise what one can do now. Still, we both have under gardeners which is a blessing! The Great Crane we saw on the roof yesterday had probably flown over from the Somerset Levels where they have been doing a re-introduction (from 400 years ago!) of Great Cranes. Bath appears to be the furthest east they've been sighted so far. That's an enormous pile to shift Chicky, rather you than me. Shame about the wrong tiles Busy-Lizzie but at least it won't matter if the painting gets messy.
When I returned from the Allotment, my wife was exited to tell me she had seen a Redpoll, drinking water from the bird bath. Just to confirm the sighting, we both saw it again later while we were having coffee on the patio.
That looks a lovely bird @Allotment Boy, what a nice bit of excitement in your day.
I'm kicking myself now for not getting the tree surgeons to leave more of the wood chippings. They asked me how much I wanted and the pile looked huge, but now I keep finding places where I could have used more. I'm in the same situation with the manure the farmer left me, he offered more but I thought there was enough, now I've found more places I could have used it. I don't like to ask him again, he's 82 years old running the farm virtually single handed, his wife is very ill and his son is mentally handicapped in some way, physically useful, but not without supervision. Seeing yours @chicky made me even more frustrated with myself. He'll come again in autumn, I'll just get double then.
Hope that vertigo eases @Lizzie27. @Busy-Lizzie frustrating about the tiles, but at least an opportunity to paint.
We're disappointed to see Charlie has to suffer home schooling again, but it wasn't entirely unexpected. Travel has been limited further too, but as there's nothing open worth travelling to it hardly makes any difference anyway. It does all seem a little endless though, watching BBC news is a bit depressing for us, it all seems to be opening up there and we're still closing down. I shall just concentrate on the garden, that seems the best option.
Good night all, morning to @Pat E hope it's a bit warmer for you there today.
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My usual SM is 23 km away @D0rdogne_Damsel. The next is 23km in the other direction and the one I will go to tomorrow is 35kms and I'm only going there cos there's a Jeff de Bruges chocolate shop in the same complex and I have a special Easter egg on order for Possum with her name on it. The nearest SM is just a small Carrefour market and hasn't the range of goodies I need tho it does have the most interesting "foreign" food selection of them all.
OH is now glued to the website to get me a first available vaccine date. Silly moo asked me if I wanted the first available and in that time lost 3 slots over 10 days. Doh!
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... I might get the potatoes in tomorrow ... but for today I’ve done enough
abs my dodgy shoulders are aching.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had to go to the tile shop and sort out the mistaken order. I'd ordered the patterned version of tile but the plain one came. Woman in the shop said the builder hadn't said it was the one with the motif, he said he had. Anyway, it will be a wait of 3 weeks now. I will be able to finish painting the study and utility room in the meantime and plumber/electrician should be fitting the shower, heating and lighting next week.
I took 2yr old granddaughter her birthday present, went to an SM for supplies, picked up the mulching attachment for the lawn mower and had my meeting with the bank, this afternoon. Car said it was 26°, wondering if I should do some watering.
Moira is currently having her online leaving do, with off line Champagne. Little does she know she will be working for me from next week
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Your delivery looks delicious @chicky, speaking from a plant point of view. Good luck shifting it.
The Great Crane we saw on the roof yesterday had probably flown over from the Somerset Levels where they have been doing a re-introduction (from 400 years ago!) of Great Cranes. Bath appears to be the furthest east they've been sighted so far.
That's an enormous pile to shift Chicky, rather you than me.
Shame about the wrong tiles Busy-Lizzie but at least it won't matter if the painting gets messy.
I'm kicking myself now for not getting the tree surgeons to leave more of the wood chippings. They asked me how much I wanted and the pile looked huge, but now I keep finding places where I could have used more. I'm in the same situation with the manure the farmer left me, he offered more but I thought there was enough, now I've found more places I could have used it. I don't like to ask him again, he's 82 years old running the farm virtually single handed, his wife is very ill and his son is mentally handicapped in some way, physically useful, but not without supervision. Seeing yours @chicky made me even more frustrated with myself. He'll come again in autumn, I'll just get double then.
Hope that vertigo eases @Lizzie27.
@Busy-Lizzie frustrating about the tiles, but at least an opportunity to paint.
@punkdoc, be kind to her. 😁
We're disappointed to see Charlie has to suffer home schooling again, but it wasn't entirely unexpected. Travel has been limited further too, but as there's nothing open worth travelling to it hardly makes any difference anyway. It does all seem a little endless though, watching BBC news is a bit depressing for us, it all seems to be opening up there and we're still closing down.
I shall just concentrate on the garden, that seems the best option.
Good night all, morning to @Pat E hope it's a bit warmer for you there today.
OH is now glued to the website to get me a first available vaccine date. Silly moo asked me if I wanted the first available and in that time lost 3 slots over 10 days. Doh!