I've done cat duties; been to 'sco; watered some pots and troughs in the garden, filled the bird feeders - front and back and I'm pooped! Time for late elevenses.
Busy, I agree with RosieBB, that sounds like a really good arrangement for garden help. I'm not quite ready yet to think about help in the garden and I don't have any grass but I can appreciate SGL's point of view about wrestling a heavy mower - having done that in the past. Dad had one of those sit on mowers which was wonderful - a big blue beast of a machine.
SGL, how horrid your night sounds. I hope that you are putting your feet up and having a rest. I have had nights like that and it leaves you feeling frazzled.
T'Bird, on a scale of 1-10 how did the F&C in Penrith score? Safe onward journey.
p.s. hello to Ruby, Hazel and Biglad!
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
I have a wonderful garden tractor mower and a very good battery mower so I can do the mowing but I can't do strimming any more, upsets my shoulder. C, the French handyman, has mended the gate and the garden table, cut off the branch of the mulberry tree that was leaning on the roof; and various other things. He didn't fit the loft ladder, said it wasn't long enough, but I've had a look and it is, he didn't extend it enough. Maybe I'll ask my nice English builder when he comes back to finish the future garage. He said he could do it.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I know that everybody has different family circumstances, but if any of you who are beginning to struggle with any gardening maintenance have family/friends who are willing and able, please ask them to do it rather than paying for a 3rd party.
Nothing would give me greater pleasure than being asked to mow the lawn or strim the hedging by my mum and/or dad. Unfortunately, neither lived long enough for that to come to pass. It would never have been a chore and they wouldn't have known how much of a pleasure it would've been to give just a little bit back to two magnificent human beings.
@biglad - I don't know if you really are a big lad - but I do know you have abig soft heart. What lovely words to write about your parents🙂
LB & RosieBB - the fish and chips were a 9.75 on a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being the best). Piping hot, crunchy, light batter, decent chips but best of all thick cut really meaty fish. They also get top marks for consistency. OH has eaten from there 4 or 5 times now and says they're always good. He was told about them by his karting buddy who has been eating there on his way back from Rowrah race circuit for nearly 30 years. Consistently good all those years is to be highly commended.
The Little Chippy in the centre of Penrith for anyone interested - they deserve a free advert😗🙂
In Scotland now - just stopped for a pinic lunch at Gretna en route for Moffat. OH is back on his bike - 64 miles today. Quite a few hills at the start but easier for the second half of his journey. Not as cold today & I could believe the wind has dropped a bit but probably doesn't feel like it to him.
Just had a little mooch round a Ho**ycraft (we don't have one near to us) and bought some acrylic paint brushes and some plain tags and stamping blocks to make seasonal gift tags. We have little spare room in this van - so what on earth am I doing filling it with carp like that????🤨 Might have to tuck them away so OH can't moan about it🤭
SGL - on Sunday I saw the lawnmower I'd recommended for MIL. She seems very pleased with it. It's made a good job of cutting the grass and it's light enough for her to manage for a couple of years yet. She only has a pocket handkerchief lawn (Ante = very small) though- wouldn't be up to managing yours or mine. I have a Honda self-propelled petrol - the smallest they do but it's still very, very heavy for me for the first couple of cuts of the year. OK once the grass is back under control.
Right - must keep moving - SYL👋
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Afternoon all. Sounds like you are having a lovely time Topbird. We bought a cordless lawn mower as the main problem I have is to keep bending down to move the cord. It now lives in the back of the shed as despite doing lots of research before we made the purchase it just doesn't cut well, so I've gone back to the old electric. Good job our lawns are relatively small. This morning I popped and got my toenails gel painted, don't know why, with the current weather I'll be wearing boots before I wear sandals. The rest of the day has been spent making Gabriel's green birthday cake. I'll post a piccie when I've finished decorating it. Had a problem as despite using a whole bottle of Morrisons natural green food colouring it only went a delicate shade of turquoise. Not a good look for grass. Had to go out and get another brand. Good job it was natural food colouring with no additives otherwise they would be climbing the walls on Saturday.
I understand what you're saying @Biglad ... and your parents would be proud to hear you say it ... but please also remember there are other considerations ... my elderly parents were pleased to provide employment to a local chap who did their garden for them ... taking on more and more of the tasks as they got older and more infirm ... they enjoyed Carl's company and the news/gossip he brought them from around the area ... and they took pride in the fact that their garden was neat and tidy so that when we visited we could sit with them in the garden, with tea and cake, and chat away ... they shared the news that they'd heard from Carl, and we told them what was going on in our jobs. They found him work to do in the winter, maintaining their tools, painting their shed etc, so that he would continue to come all year round ... they would have missed him, and he would've been less able to support his family if he'd only had work in the summer.
Also, my daughter is a gardener with regular customers, many of whom are elderly ... they enjoy the time she spends helping them with their gardens ... one lady said that her elderly husband actually skipped down the path when he saw how well his veg patch was doing ... it had meant so much to him but he'd thought he would have to give it up now that he was infirm. Now, as well as mowing their lawn @WonkyWomble helps him to grow the vegetables he loves, and she has a job that she loves rather than a stuffy office job that just didn't give her any sense of fulfillment.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Of course, d-fab - different strokes for different folks.
I guess what I was trying to say was, don't let the reason for not asking your big, soppy son to do a bit of gardening for you be that you think it will put him out
Aww @Biglad I've got lots of grit in my eye too. 😉 Such lovely words. @Topbird our petrol mower is probably medium to largish size and very heavy. Can't remember the make.....could be Honda....but it's self propelled. We also have an electric hover mower for the front garden and the first part of the back.....as we've made it into 'rooms' Love having a mooch round H***yc*@$# Aww, @Yviestevie hope the new food dye works well with the first. It will still taste yummy 😋😋 @Songbird-1 that's exactly how I feel too. But I know the boys would willingly help.
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Nothing would give me greater pleasure than being asked to mow the lawn or strim the hedging by my mum and/or dad. Unfortunately, neither lived long enough for that to come to pass. It would never have been a chore and they wouldn't have known how much of a pleasure it would've been to give just a little bit back to two magnificent human beings.
Apologies got to go - grit in my eye!
LB & RosieBB - the fish and chips were a 9.75 on a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being the best). Piping hot, crunchy, light batter, decent chips but best of all thick cut really meaty fish. They also get top marks for consistency. OH has eaten from there 4 or 5 times now and says they're always good. He was told about them by his karting buddy who has been eating there on his way back from Rowrah race circuit for nearly 30 years. Consistently good all those years is to be highly commended.
The Little Chippy in the centre of Penrith for anyone interested - they deserve a free advert😗🙂
In Scotland now - just stopped for a pinic lunch at Gretna en route for Moffat. OH is back on his bike - 64 miles today. Quite a few hills at the start but easier for the second half of his journey. Not as cold today & I could believe the wind has dropped a bit but probably doesn't feel like it to him.
Just had a little mooch round a Ho**ycraft (we don't have one near to us) and bought some acrylic paint brushes and some plain tags and stamping blocks to make seasonal gift tags. We have little spare room in this van - so what on earth am I doing filling it with carp like that????🤨 Might have to tuck them away so OH can't moan about it🤭
SGL - on Sunday I saw the lawnmower I'd recommended for MIL. She seems very pleased with it. It's made a good job of cutting the grass and it's light enough for her to manage for a couple of years yet. She only has a pocket handkerchief lawn (Ante = very small) though- wouldn't be up to managing yours or mine. I have a Honda self-propelled petrol - the smallest they do but it's still very, very heavy for me for the first couple of cuts of the year. OK once the grass is back under control.
Right - must keep moving - SYL👋
This morning I popped and got my toenails gel painted, don't know why, with the current weather I'll be wearing boots before I wear sandals.
The rest of the day has been spent making Gabriel's green birthday cake. I'll post a piccie when I've finished decorating it. Had a problem as despite using a whole bottle of Morrisons natural green food colouring it only went a delicate shade of turquoise. Not a good look for grass. Had to go out and get another brand. Good job it was natural food colouring with no additives otherwise they would be climbing the walls on Saturday.
Also, my daughter is a gardener with regular customers, many of whom are elderly ... they enjoy the time she spends helping them with their gardens ... one lady said that her elderly husband actually skipped down the path when he saw how well his veg patch was doing ... it had meant so much to him but he'd thought he would have to give it up now that he was infirm. Now, as well as mowing their lawn @WonkyWomble helps him to grow the vegetables he loves, and she has a job that she loves rather than a stuffy office job that just didn't give her any sense of fulfillment.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I guess what I was trying to say was, don't let the reason for not asking your big, soppy son to do a bit of gardening for you be that you think it will put him out
@Topbird our petrol mower is probably medium to largish size and very heavy. Can't remember the make.....could be Honda....but it's self propelled. We also have an electric hover mower for the front garden and the first part of the back.....as we've made it into 'rooms'
Love having a mooch round H***yc*@$#
Aww, @Yviestevie hope the new food dye works well with the first. It will still taste yummy 😋😋
@Songbird-1 that's exactly how I feel too. But I know the boys would willingly help.