Went for a lovely walk along the tow path of the canal near us yesterday evening. Went at 5.30, walked til 7 and didn’t meet another soul (except a man and his dog on a barge). I think Britain’s lockdown enthusiasm for walking must have faded 🙄. Wonder how many will keep gardening now there are other things to do?
Today is a garden tidy up day. Need to sort out the greenhouse, ditch the tomatoes and cut back the pelargoniums, and sort out the veg beds. Its misty out there at the moment, but the forecast promises good things.
Good morning Forkers. Bright and sunny here but still fresh at the mo. 20C later. I have a bag to finish sewing as a model for Monday's workshop but should be fine for some weeding and blub planting this afternoon. Also planning to pick and dry some of the Ananas and Rose de Berne tomatoes as I have enough passata now to see us thru winter and even to early summer with at least one soup or pasta sauce a week. Need more dried ones for bruschetta and also a bit of zing in some casseroles.
@Lizzie27 those balloons only need wind to move. It's hot air from the burners that gives them lift and the basket falling over just means he got his landing slightly wrong. They pick their landing sites to avoid cables, crops and animals and communicate with their ground crew all thru the flight so pick up isn't delayed and there's usually a glass of fizz or something for the paying passengers when recovered. At least, that's how they do it in Belgium and Alice Springs, Oz.
No knitted hats needed here thank goodness as they slide right off my hair.
Like you @chicky I suspect the walking and gardening to subside as life takes over again - just as well for some rural areas subjected to unsustainable levels of erosion thru foot fall, sheep worrying thru careless dog owners and soiling and littering by people who just don't think. Maybe tho, they'll realise how important the garden is and keep them a bit better than before.
My new smart phone has been delivered so I have that to play with later. I needed a clever one to read people's pass sanitaire for patchwork meetings so adopted Possum's old one but it died last week. Bought a new one and it couldn't do the internet so OH took it in to swap yesterday. None in stock so special delivery this am. Impressed.
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Plans for today nearly all completed @Hostafan1 😇 ... floors swept and the washable ones have been washed, upstairs has been tidied, indoor plants (including 10 Black Hungarian Chilli plants) checked, watered etc as required, lamb tikka masala assembled, seared etc and is in the slow cooker for this evening and veggies prepped for Saag Aloo to cook later.
Now there's nothing majorly important left to do so I'll have a coffee, noodle on here for a bit and then have lunch ... not really an early one since we were up quite early and as I don't usually have breakfast my body is thinking that it must soon be lunch time 🤤 I bought two small Scotch Eggs from the farm butcher yesterday ... they make them with pullets' eggs and their own sausages and they're very tasty ... so with homemade piccalilli and a green salad they'll make a good lunch.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I didn't do a lot today either Lynn. I did change the tap valves on the shower room hand basin tap. That involved going to plumbing shop to get them but for once it all went smoothly.
If you’d come and changed ours I’d call that a blooming good days work 😉
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Hi everyone, Have finally got into the garden today. Sorted out last years bulb pots and added violas, don't know if the bulbs will be any good but I have a lot of new bulbs to plant in pots and they can be replaced in the Spring. I've also decided to be a bit more thrifty this year and have decided to try and overwinter my begonias and nemesia so have potted them up and put them in the greenhouse. Still have so much to do in the garden but at least I've made a start. Waiting for a delivery of some art materials so I'll probably be playing with new paints this afternoon. Hope everyone is OK.
Think I forgot to say good morning. I've been planting up my new bed. Planning it took a while. Some are plants in pots and some are plants I bought in the spring and planted in the veg garden. Some of those are big enough to split.
P came this afternoon to put up scaffolding. He and CB are going to point the stonework on the dining room extension next week. P also mended the electric gates which haven't been working properly, which I've found quite stressful. I managed to get them to open and stay open so I could go out, dared not shut them again. It was obvious that the cement lorry had hit one of the gates but the builder swore it hadn't.
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Today is a garden tidy up day. Need to sort out the greenhouse, ditch the tomatoes and cut back the pelargoniums, and sort out the veg beds. Its misty out there at the moment, but the forecast promises good things.
@Lizzie27 those balloons only need wind to move. It's hot air from the burners that gives them lift and the basket falling over just means he got his landing slightly wrong. They pick their landing sites to avoid cables, crops and animals and communicate with their ground crew all thru the flight so pick up isn't delayed and there's usually a glass of fizz or something for the paying passengers when recovered. At least, that's how they do it in Belgium and Alice Springs, Oz.
No knitted hats needed here thank goodness as they slide right off my hair.
Like you @chicky I suspect the walking and gardening to subside as life takes over again - just as well for some rural areas subjected to unsustainable levels of erosion thru foot fall, sheep worrying thru careless dog owners and soiling and littering by people who just don't think. Maybe tho, they'll realise how important the garden is and keep them a bit better than before.
My new smart phone has been delivered so I have that to play with later. I needed a clever one to read people's pass sanitaire for patchwork meetings so adopted Possum's old one but it died last week. Bought a new one and it couldn't do the internet so OH took it in to swap yesterday. None in stock so special delivery this am. Impressed.
Got up . breakfast,covid test, driven an hour. stayed with Hubby for an hour, driven an hour home.Having a cuppa now Any plans for today?
Now there's nothing majorly important left to do so I'll have a coffee, noodle on here for a bit and then have lunch ... not really an early one since we were up quite early and as I don't usually have breakfast my body is thinking that it must soon be lunch time 🤤 I bought two small Scotch Eggs from the farm butcher yesterday ... they make them with pullets' eggs and their own sausages and they're very tasty ... so with homemade piccalilli and a green salad they'll make a good lunch.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Waiting for a delivery of some art materials so I'll probably be playing with new paints this afternoon.
Hope everyone is OK.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Think I forgot to say good morning. I've been planting up my new bed. Planning it took a while. Some are plants in pots and some are plants I bought in the spring and planted in the veg garden. Some of those are big enough to split.
P came this afternoon to put up scaffolding. He and CB are going to point the stonework on the dining room extension next week. P also mended the electric gates which haven't been working properly, which I've found quite stressful. I managed to get them to open and stay open so I could go out, dared not shut them again. It was obvious that the cement lorry had hit one of the gates but the builder swore it hadn't.