Hello all, a hot day forecast after a chilly night. Watering done and some tomatoes offloaded to one of our neighbours who lives on his own and his tomatoes have done nothing this year. Peppers and aubergines are galloping away again so more Ratatouille to be made. Best wishes to everyone, catch you later.
Hello everyone. Sunny here and set to get to 27C, bit cooler for the weekend and then high 20s again next week. perfect for me as we have friends coming on Monday for a 2 night stay so I can spend some of my weekend cleaning without being frazzled.
OH is busy moving our compost bins to a new spot in the veg plot in a bid to stop escapee hens using them as a launching pad to fly over the fence. We'll see what Bess and Polly have to say about that when it's done.
I have been to drop off some spare PSB seedlings for a friend who lives right on the edge of the Marais Poitevin which extends all the way up here so lovely views across the marshes and salt pastures with cattle, horses and wild birds. Thence to do the weekly SM raid. Possum came too but for ulterior motives - spent al her time in the "culture" section choosing and buying a new video game.
Garden club committee meeting at 6pm so I need to stay clean. Tapestry and chandelier hanging in the dining room then. That's OK as I had two good days in the garden doing lots of weeding and compos spreading and planting - agapanthus, about 50 bearded irises, salvias, hemerocallis and ground cover persicaria and some other bits and bobs.
Whilst trying to get my fork in the concrete that passes for soil in a dry, semi-shady bed, the prongs hit a root and bounced me off balance and over on my back, twisting an index finger on the way. It is now very swollen, very purple but not quite as painful as yesterday after lots of arnica gel. However, roots have been hacked off, soil turned over and watered and loads of compost gone in followed by 3 phlomis russelliana which should be happy enough there.
I think I'd be spitting nails too @punkdoc and telling the gas company they are clearly incompetent and negligent in not following up your concerns about the gas bills and also whoever certifies gas engineers and let a cowboy willing to do dishonest work loose on an unsuspecting public.
@Hostafan1 I take it these comedians know about his prognosis? Much cheaper and very much kinder to bring in the palliative care team than do more cans I'd have thought. Good luck with all that.
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)."
Afternoon all, Hot and sunny again today, although I would have quite liked it cloudy this morning so OH could clean the windows, oh well, there's always tomorrow. Just done my 6th lot of washing since Monday, thankfully the last for a few days. Unfortunately I had left a paper tissue in one of my pockets which is now embedded all over my nice new linen dress - what a pain. Hope your finger recovers @Obelixx, sounds very painful, sure you haven't broken it? I think the least you could expect is for the gas company to now reimburse you @Punkdoc so hope you can get some redress from them at least. Enjoy your trip to Chatsworth @Chicky, it will be worth the long journey. Hello @Busy-Lizzie, you sound as though you're settling back into French life. Hope all is peaceful @Hostafan1 and that you also have sunshine to enjoy.
I’d like to see how the two chooks get around the new arrangement, Obelixx. 😁😁. Best wishes to all with problems. We’ve been watching the Spanish bike race again tonight. There are absolute hill sides of Olive trees everywhere. I can’t imagine how they survive. They were around Cordoba.
They send their roots down very deep to find water @Pat E and have tough leaves which reduce transpiration. How long they will survive the xylella fastidiosadisease that is ravaging Italian olive groves and threatening Greece and Spain remains to be seen but whole groves are being felled and livelihoods lost - imported from South America on unquarantined plants and affecting more than just olives - grapevines, citrus, coffee.....
Chook experiment working so far. They've all stayed in the potager so far today tho Bess did escape early this morning before the bin manoeuvres and had to be led back for the daily breakfast treat. Needless to say they helped OH sort his compost heaps and are now resting in the shade of their hen house.
Thanks @Lizzie27. Painful when I bend it but not broken. Just a twist and maybe a burst blood vessel judging by all the purple.
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)."
Afternoon all. I had a long chat with the Palliative Care Consultant. He agrees that it's pretty pointless other than a purely. " let's see how things are compared with 5 weeks ago" No "life prolonging " interventions, just pain and axiety relief. He acknowledged he noticed " a significant deterioration " since he saw him 5 weeks ago.
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Off to Chatsworth today 🌼
Thrilling game of cricket last night 🏏. We won on the second to last ball 🥳🥳🥳. There weren’t many Hampshire supporters in the crowd 🤣
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sunny, should be warm but it was cold this morning with a heavy dew. I'd left my jumper outside, wet.
More gardening and HW and I must go to the SM this afternoon when it will be too hot to garden.
OH is busy moving our compost bins to a new spot in the veg plot in a bid to stop escapee hens using them as a launching pad to fly over the fence. We'll see what Bess and Polly have to say about that when it's done.
I have been to drop off some spare PSB seedlings for a friend who lives right on the edge of the Marais Poitevin which extends all the way up here so lovely views across the marshes and salt pastures with cattle, horses and wild birds. Thence to do the weekly SM raid. Possum came too but for ulterior motives - spent al her time in the "culture" section choosing and buying a new video game.
Garden club committee meeting at 6pm so I need to stay clean. Tapestry and chandelier hanging in the dining room then. That's OK as I had two good days in the garden doing lots of weeding and compos spreading and planting - agapanthus, about 50 bearded irises, salvias, hemerocallis and ground cover persicaria and some other bits and bobs.
Whilst trying to get my fork in the concrete that passes for soil in a dry, semi-shady bed, the prongs hit a root and bounced me off balance and over on my back, twisting an index finger on the way. It is now very swollen, very purple but not quite as painful as yesterday after lots of arnica gel. However, roots have been hacked off, soil turned over and watered and loads of compost gone in followed by 3 phlomis russelliana which should be happy enough there.
I think I'd be spitting nails too @punkdoc and telling the gas company they are clearly incompetent and negligent in not following up your concerns about the gas bills and also whoever certifies gas engineers and let a cowboy willing to do dishonest work loose on an unsuspecting public.
@Hostafan1 I take it these comedians know about his prognosis? Much cheaper and very much kinder to bring in the palliative care team than do more cans I'd have thought. Good luck with all that.
Hot and sunny again today, although I would have quite liked it cloudy this morning so OH could clean the windows, oh well, there's always tomorrow. Just done my 6th lot of washing since Monday, thankfully the last for a few days. Unfortunately I had left a paper tissue in one of my pockets which is now embedded all over my nice new linen dress - what a pain.
Hope your finger recovers @Obelixx, sounds very painful, sure you haven't broken it?
I think the least you could expect is for the gas company to now reimburse you @Punkdoc so hope you can get some redress from them at least.
Enjoy your trip to Chatsworth @Chicky, it will be worth the long journey.
Hello @Busy-Lizzie, you sound as though you're settling back into French life.
Hope all is peaceful @Hostafan1 and that you also have sunshine to enjoy.
We’ve been watching the Spanish bike race again tonight. There are absolute hill sides of Olive trees everywhere. I can’t imagine how they survive. They were around Cordoba.
Chook experiment working so far. They've all stayed in the potager so far today tho Bess did escape early this morning before the bin manoeuvres and had to be led back for the daily breakfast treat. Needless to say they helped OH sort his compost heaps and are now resting in the shade of their hen house.
Thanks @Lizzie27. Painful when I bend it but not broken. Just a twist and maybe a burst blood vessel judging by all the purple.
I had a long chat with the Palliative Care Consultant.
He agrees that it's pretty pointless other than a purely. " let's see how things are compared with 5 weeks ago"
No "life prolonging " interventions, just pain and axiety relief.
He acknowledged he noticed " a significant deterioration " since he saw him 5 weeks ago.