Good morning Forkers. That Joey is getting quite big now @Pat E.
Woken up this morning by the Cosmos cuddle fest but I'd slept thru 7 hours so OK. OH is away so Icouldn't ignore the purry pusscat who can be very persistent. There's also a not so gentle hum of harvesting machinery as the maize for cattle feed is being harvested and processed into silage.
Love the yellow roses and lavender plans @Busy-Lizzie - planning something similar for the old metal washing lines and posts we inherited but when we tried digging one side all we found was a deep dump of smashed terracotta roof tiles from a former barn. Plan B is to try the other side this autumn when we've had some rain. If it's OK, the roses will be Teasing Georgia, Falstaff and another.
Hen house cleaning for me today and a bit of tidying and cleaning indoors. maybe some hoeing in the front bed as the compost we've dumped on to improve the soil seems to be full of weed seeds. Lovely.
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)."
Well, we certainly have spiders but the last two mornings have brought a snake fairly close to my kitchen door. I have a rotting stump at the base of a Mulberry tree with a Coreopsis growing out of it so I think the snake is looking for somewhere to hibernate. It's brown and side winds away - I don't mind it as it will eat mice and rats but unfortunately also my frogs!! Hopefully it is just a harmless snake and not a viper. I will move the stump to the back garden today. It does startle me as it flash wriggles through the dead leaves!! Whoosh!
Very muggy weather - waiting for the monsoon. Torrential rain hit Nimes and Montpellier yesterday and they had flash flooding especially on the autoroute. Not a drop here.
Getting third jab today. Pfizer.
@Busy-Lizzie Glad OH made it through that appt!! Yes, what a shame it all didn't go through early July.
Morning folks, washing and dishwasher done. Going to Lewes for coffee with friend today,that will be fun! 2 years of massive complicated road works to nagivate, after which a walk through the old village to our favourite pub. We'll have to agree to disagree about the spiders. They make me feel physically sick. We have false widows in our conservatory roof,every single day I'm cleaning Carcasses of hover flies, butterflies,bees,the occasional dragonfly, rarely a house fly,and of late larger spiders. I've got roof blinds,and they are on all the surfaces. There's nothing I can take for my reaction to ant bites because it's topical, I just have to avoid them. I did actually say I don't normally even kill (indoor) spiders, Obelixx, I can't get that close. My hubby was even worse One time years ago, I actually thought he was having a cardiac event. We had a Victorian house,toilet under the stairs,he screamed,and I do mean screamed,fell on the sofa clutching his chest. He'd put his hand round the corner for the light switch,and that's where it was sitting! We've both had dogs over the years that would dispatch them.
Its a bit dank here in Lincs but nothing like as wet wet wet as it was yesterday. Apparently it was the wettest day in this area since Aug ‘14. 🛶
At least the plants we planted on Monday have been well watered in 😉 Now we’ve just some violas and wallflowers to plant this morning. Then we’ll tidy the house … we plan to leave late afternoon-ish.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes Obelixx, the Joey seems rather large to still be nuzzling in Mum’s porch for milk. Hi to Chicky and Tui. Aren’t your snakes venomous Tui? Lucky you.
Morning all, evening @Pat E, love the roos!! Certainly was wet yesterday @Dovefromabove! I was digging trenches and putting in an irrigation system in a customers garden, in heavy rain. you should have seen how wet and muddy I was when I came home! Coffee number 2 needed
Morning everyone, still damp here but it's drying up. We did another batch of tomatoes, roasted with onions etc blended down for the freezer. As a concentrate we can decide whether to make soup or sauce when we come to use them.
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Volunteering for me today ….best get a wiggle on 💃🏼💃🏼
Woken up this morning by the Cosmos cuddle fest but I'd slept thru 7 hours so OK. OH is away so Icouldn't ignore the purry pusscat who can be very persistent. There's also a not so gentle hum of harvesting machinery as the maize for cattle feed is being harvested and processed into silage.
Love the yellow roses and lavender plans @Busy-Lizzie - planning something similar for the old metal washing lines and posts we inherited but when we tried digging one side all we found was a deep dump of smashed terracotta roof tiles from a former barn. Plan B is to try the other side this autumn when we've had some rain. If it's OK, the roses will be Teasing Georgia, Falstaff and another.
Hen house cleaning for me today and a bit of tidying and cleaning indoors. maybe some hoeing in the front bed as the compost we've dumped on to improve the soil seems to be full of weed seeds. Lovely.
Very muggy weather - waiting for the monsoon. Torrential rain hit Nimes and Montpellier yesterday and they had flash flooding especially on the autoroute. Not a drop here.
@Busy-Lizzie Glad OH made it through that appt!! Yes, what a shame it all didn't go through early July.
Have a good spidery sort of day everyone!
Tui
One time years ago, I actually thought he was having a cardiac event. We had a Victorian house,toilet under the stairs,he screamed,and I do mean screamed,fell on the sofa clutching his chest. He'd put his hand round the corner for the light switch,and that's where it was sitting! We've both had dogs over the years that would dispatch them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Certainly was wet yesterday @Dovefromabove! I was digging trenches and putting in an irrigation system in a customers garden, in heavy rain. you should have seen how wet and muddy I was when I came home!
Coffee number 2 needed