None of that here, hubby Cooked ,,", all day breakfast" did have fruit lunchtime, Did tell him then that would be it,then he says ,", what are we having for tea,/supper, me nothing as I reminded him,(sulk,) he can have what he likes,I don't eat by the clock. I eat if I am hungry, not just for the it sake of it. Depends where you were brought up, me Sussex lunch time, dinner time, tea was a Sunday special, sandwiches cake,he has dinner mid day, tea or supper evenings
A while ago we talked about mulching on top of cardboard when making beds and it's just come up again on another thread.
It worked with vegetable beds with wooden sides. I tried it for my new shrub bed. Now the blackbirds are ripping it apart, scattering the compost and chippings and pulling up the now soggy cardboard and throwing it on the lawn. I was going to do the same for a flower bed but I've changed my mind. I would have left the flower bed and planted next spring, but for the shrub bed I planted the shrubs first and surrounded them with the cardboard and mulch.
@Obelixx, you've been in favour of it, have you ever had blackbirds doing that?
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
We don't get blackbirds @Busy-Lizzie. I hear them but don't see them in the garden. However, in the potager the hens like nothing better than digging up chipped bark on beds, whether on cardboard or not so we're netting them off.
In our last garden, we had chipped bark on paths thru our woodland corner and the blackbirds definitely tossed that lot about with regular gay abandon.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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There are lots of blackbirds here. It's been amusing watching them, bickering, chatting up the females, females flirting then being hard to get, even males being sociable sometimes.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Quiet day today. Had some bright spells, one brief downpour and a lot of uncertainty in between so I didn't get much done outside (or inside for that matter ).
Can't believe how much growth the germinating french beans put on in a day though - like triffids rising from the dirt Got my first pea pod of the year and the broad beans are kicking on nicely as well. I find it very pleasing to discover these small daily triumphs
My sister got a birthday card infused with seeds so she's given it to me to try and germinate. Never come across the concept before so will be interested to see if it works.
Reading about your lovely Sunday meals, reminded me of what we had yesterday (Sunday). Hubbby made a lovely Fritatta with lots of lovely vegetables on Saturday, and there was enough left over for us on Sunday. Easy relaxed evening in front of the Tele. (Hubby enjoying Aust. MasterChef while I noodled with jigsaws on the iPad, then over to The Voice contestants around the world. I like finishing the evening with singing. 😂
Morning folks, been awake since 2, usually wake up then, given up and got up! Line of duty,all the papers, radio full of it, pretty much guaranteed we would learn who is H,(my money is on Hosta!) Just beginning to get light here. So much for the rain yesterday, I actually counted the spots! Frittata, that's an idea,going to have a read now
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It worked with vegetable beds with wooden sides.
I tried it for my new shrub bed. Now the blackbirds are ripping it apart, scattering the compost and chippings and pulling up the now soggy cardboard and throwing it on the lawn. I was going to do the same for a flower bed but I've changed my mind. I would have left the flower bed and planted next spring, but for the shrub bed I planted the shrubs first and surrounded them with the cardboard and mulch.
@Obelixx, you've been in favour of it, have you ever had blackbirds doing that?
In our last garden, we had chipped bark on paths thru our woodland corner and the blackbirds definitely tossed that lot about with regular gay abandon.
Quiet day today. Had some bright spells, one brief downpour and a lot of uncertainty in between so I didn't get much done outside (or inside for that matter
Can't believe how much growth the germinating french beans put on in a day though - like triffids rising from the dirt
My sister got a birthday card infused with seeds so she's given it to me to try and germinate. Never come across the concept before so will be interested to see if it works.
Strangely enough, I noticed a couple of seedlings of sweet peas emerging on the edge of the path. Sounds like yours are doing the same thing.
Hubbby made a lovely Fritatta with lots of lovely vegetables on Saturday, and there was enough left over for us on Sunday. Easy relaxed evening in front of the Tele. (Hubby enjoying Aust. MasterChef while I noodled with jigsaws on the iPad, then over to The Voice contestants around the world. I like finishing the evening with singing. 😂