Cold here but sunny. The rain has carefully circumvented our bit of France but looks to be doing a good dump for @Busy-Lizzie and @D0rdogne_Damsel.
OH was out early to go and play golf. I slept badly - new teeth meds seem to be like amphetamines - and rolled over to sleep some more. Since then I've grouted my new table top and prepped the wall above the pantry sink for tiling. Need more coffee now then tiling to do.
I finally have baby tomatoes in the second sowing I did. The first lot have been moved to the polytunnel which is now out of bounds to chooks.
Keep warm everyone and look after your treasures - plants and people.
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)."
We now have blue skies and sunshine ... of course .... after OH put on a waterproof coat and boots and went out into the teeth of a sleety gale and got the washing in ... now to drape it around a radiator.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We have had a good lot of rain this morning and looking at the radar still some more to come. Everything in the garden looking much better for it. All the small plants and seedlings are tucked up under fleece in the GH.
It's been quite warm (comparatively) this morning - snow is melting fast. I managed to get the car off the main road and up onto the drive. It then slid slowly into the house
Of course, now it is all melting and the roads are pretty much clear, the council sent the gritters out A good effort but only 12 hours too late and a complete waste of money and salt/grit.
Had a quick lap of the back garden to brush the snow off anything struggling with the weight. The cotton lavender was particularly flattened. Watched Beechgrove and Edible Garden, which is probably the most useful gardening programme on TV for me at the moment.
A quiet day of Premier League football and Masters golf now beckons.
Not any warmer here @biglad ... the wind is bitter and the snow and hail stings Brrrr!
A big chicken is sitting in the enamel roaster, rubbed with garlic and lemon and slathered with olive oil, and surrounded by onions, garlic, carrots and potatoes. They'll all roast in there together for our supper. I've also made some lemon and parsley stuffing to cook alongside it, and a Spring Cabbage will be steamed when the chicken is resting.
There's a Sainsbug's delivery due between 2 - 3 ... boxes are waiting in the garage for the dry goods, bottles, jars and tins, and space has been made in the garage fridge- freezer for the stuff that will go in there ......... we are organised, our feet are up, I have my knitting, we will search for something to watch or listen to ..........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Afternoon all, Very sunny but very cold here. No snow at the moment. I've been out and watered the radish and lettuce in the raised bed. Bestie popped round for a cuppa and we had a good gossip. Planning for a day out on Wednesday if we can find somewhere to go. More seeds to sow, but at the moment enjoying a cuppa and a choccie biscuit (or two)
Afternoon all, I had a lovely long lie-in this morning as it wasn't very warm outside early on. OH left early to go shooting at Bisley now that sports clubs are allowed to open so I can please myself what I do today. It got sunshiny and up to 8c by 11.30 so went out and dug up a callicarpa bodinieri which I decided was too near a rose bush. Quite a nice shrub but wrong place - I never seem to learn. My RHS book says it can get to 10 x 8ft so I'm not sure I can replant it anywhere here. The berries, although a lovely purple, are very small and don't make much of an impact, so it will have to go I think. I also dug up a hardy fuchsia from the same area and again I don't have much space left anywhere!
Good luck with finding something to watch @Dovefromabove. I sat down to have a coffee and there's nowt now I've caught up n Beechgrove and GW. Best get the tiling done then.
We had roast chicken last night and it spent a day marinating in a spicy yoghurt mix but I was underwhelmed. Lentil dal was good tho and the naan bread and even the courgette with tomatoes and spices.
Belly pork for dinner tonight with PSB and sweet potatoes and then a Possum special - chocolate fondant.
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)."
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OH was out early to go and play golf. I slept badly - new teeth meds seem to be like amphetamines - and rolled over to sleep some more. Since then I've grouted my new table top and prepped the wall above the pantry sink for tiling. Need more coffee now then tiling to do.
I finally have baby tomatoes in the second sowing I did. The first lot have been moved to the polytunnel which is now out of bounds to chooks.
Keep warm everyone and look after your treasures - plants and people.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Of course, now it is all melting and the roads are pretty much clear, the council sent the gritters out
Had a quick lap of the back garden to brush the snow off anything struggling with the weight. The cotton lavender was particularly flattened. Watched Beechgrove and Edible Garden, which is probably the most useful gardening programme on TV for me at the moment.
A quiet day of Premier League football and Masters golf now beckons.
A big chicken is sitting in the enamel roaster, rubbed with garlic and lemon and slathered with olive oil, and surrounded by onions, garlic, carrots and potatoes. They'll all roast in there together for our supper. I've also made some lemon and parsley stuffing to cook alongside it, and a Spring Cabbage will be steamed when the chicken is resting.
There's a Sainsbug's delivery due between 2 - 3 ... boxes are waiting in the garage for the dry goods, bottles, jars and tins, and space has been made in the garage fridge- freezer for the stuff that will go in there ......... we are organised, our feet are up, I have my knitting, we will search for something to watch or listen to ..........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
so I'm not sure I can replant it anywhere here. The berries, although a lovely purple, are very small and don't make much of an impact, so it will have to go I think. I also dug up a hardy fuchsia from the same area and again I don't have much space left anywhere!
We had roast chicken last night and it spent a day marinating in a spicy yoghurt mix but I was underwhelmed. Lentil dal was good tho and the naan bread and even the courgette with tomatoes and spices.
Belly pork for dinner tonight with PSB and sweet potatoes and then a Possum special - chocolate fondant.