I went to the SM this morning and did some weeding, digging and clearing in the veg garden this afternoon. I'll sow some broad beans tomorrow, but I never had much luck with autumn sown beans at my last house.
Trout was on special offer, so that's dinner sorted.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It feels really chilly in the house this evening, despite it being only a degree or so colder than yesterday. It’s going to be scarves and wooly jumpers before we know it.
Just nipping in so hope all are well. Welcome @odetobillyjoe 👋
We've had a really lovely sunny day again - so grateful for these last few warm and sunny days. Did my usual walk after a late start again and enjoyed a long chat with my NDN, who was very tanned after 10 days in Spain at their apartment. After a late lunch, I managed to dig out another box ball, the first I think I planted in this garden, so maybe 11/12 years old now. Rather a shame but I'm planning what to plant in it's place. It's on a corner between drive and path so I'm thinking one of those dwarf columnar conifers, there's not much room and it gets very hot there. Had a surprise phone call last night - at last! from my daughter who sounds quite stressed out which is worrying. Not much I can do about that though.
I’m back from visiting @WonkyWomble … a lovely visit … all her accounts in order so WW did the tax return quickly then had lunch (she’d made a quiche) and wandered around her garden. She sent me home with the rest of the quiche and a lovely bunch of flowers from her garden.
So now we’ve had jacket potato, quiche and salad I can sit and look at my flowers.
I’ll arrange them properly tomorrow morning when there’s room to do stuff in the kitchen 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely and sunny here too. I finished off clearing spent tomato plants from one side of the polytunnel - OH left a few this am - then cleared a few more on the other side and moved in some dahlias in pots and the three citrus plants as nights are chilly now.
Chilli plants have been watered and the weeds cleared so the chooks now have a huge dust bath bed on one side of the PT. Two roses potted on, other pots weeded, and all watered.
Dinner cooked including a disappointing Bengali tomato chutney from Olive magazine - far too sweet so won't be doing that again. On the other hand the cherry and cashew flapjacks I am baking for OH to take to golf tomorrow smell really good. Dentist for me tomorrow so maybe have one or two afterwards.
Never see trout here @Busy-Lizzie and it's one of my favourite fish. Enjoy.
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)."
I love smoked trout but haven't seen it here. Maybe cos we're so close to proper sea fishing ports. Eg, for good fresh salmon I have to go to LIDL but I can get smoked salmon trout from the Pyrenees in Leclerc.
One thing I miss from Belgium is ready peeled crevettes grises/brown shrimps and smoked halibut which I used to serve as starters. On the other hand, loads of hake and things like Vieille and, of course, lots of lovely moules de bouchot and clams of various sizes and type. Still looking for someone to show me how to do a crab or a lobster.
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)."
How frustrating @Obelixx …. I could show you I if I was there 😂 … when I was about 15 I was shown how to prepare and dress a crab by a crab fisherman and his Mum near Cromer … think it was my uncle showed me how to prepare a lobster …. but there’s lots of good videos in the internet. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I know @Dovefromabove but not the same as hands on. Particularly interested in crab as there are several varieties on sale here - brown, green, spider and velvet depending on time of year.
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)."
There are trout farms in Dordogne @Obelixx and there are trout in the rivers. If you swim in the Dordogne they swim past you. I know how to prepare lobster, but it's too expensive to get any practice. Don't put the poor thing into boiling water. Good luck at the dentist.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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I went to the SM this morning and did some weeding, digging and clearing in the veg garden this afternoon. I'll sow some broad beans tomorrow, but I never had much luck with autumn sown beans at my last house.
Trout was on special offer, so that's dinner sorted.
It feels really chilly in the house this evening, despite it being only a degree or so colder than yesterday. It’s going to be scarves and wooly jumpers before we know it.
After a late lunch, I managed to dig out another box ball, the first I think I planted in this garden, so maybe 11/12 years old now. Rather a shame but I'm planning what to plant in it's place. It's on a corner between drive and path so I'm thinking one of those dwarf columnar conifers, there's not much room and it gets very hot there.
Had a surprise phone call last night - at last! from my daughter who sounds quite stressed out which is worrying. Not much I can do about that though.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Chilli plants have been watered and the weeds cleared so the chooks now have a huge dust bath bed on one side of the PT. Two roses potted on, other pots weeded, and all watered.
Dinner cooked including a disappointing Bengali tomato chutney from Olive magazine - far too sweet so won't be doing that again. On the other hand the cherry and cashew flapjacks I am baking for OH to take to golf tomorrow smell really good. Dentist for me tomorrow so maybe have one or two afterwards.
Never see trout here @Busy-Lizzie and it's one of my favourite fish. Enjoy.
One thing I miss from Belgium is ready peeled crevettes grises/brown shrimps and smoked halibut which I used to serve as starters. On the other hand, loads of hake and things like Vieille and, of course, lots of lovely moules de bouchot and clams of various sizes and type. Still looking for someone to show me how to do a crab or a lobster.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good luck at the dentist.