Its getting damper and more dreary minute by minute here ... I'm brightening our day by making a boiled fruit cake ... the kitchen is full of the smell of lovely buttery spices ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Same here @Dovefromabove It is now raining steadily and the fire is blazing. My kitchen (despite putting on the extractor fan) is filled with the smell of broccoli risotto !! I have shut the door but brassica has that tendance to filter through ..... for hours.
I am glad of this rain as I will be able to get into the garden and attack the weeds soon.
Wasn’t going to be bothered making a Christmas cake this year, Only had my daughter and family for one day last year, now decided I’ve just got to make one, fruit soaking in brandy, I know it’s too late really, Usually made on the 1st of September. If no one’s allowed to visit this Christmas we can have it for Easter.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I don't think it's a witch hunt @punkdoc ... it's simply an effort to stop the tetchy argumentative feeling that's been spoiiing the forum just lately. If it carries on like this I've a feeling the Mods will stop being so accepting of the broad range of subjects on the chat threads and the way they develop, and that would be a shame. I think you're feeling vulnerable and 'got at' because you're feeling so ill at the moment ... it's not to say there hasn't been a bit of baiting going on, but if you weren't feeling so rotten you probably wouldn't rise to it. Ignore it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Busy in the kitchen too @Dovefromabove. Plant swap and picnic tomorrow with mulled wine for the apéro so I have made savoury flapjacks with carrots, cheese and mixed seeds to share for apéro and then lemon drizzle cake to share for afters.
Now I have a butternut squash diced and roasting in the oven with some spices to make a warming soup for us before we head out tonight. Possum is attending a lecture on cybersecurity and OH and I have dance practice in the same town so we're all off out together.
I've also cleaned out the chooks' bedding and water and checked my seed trays in the polytunnel. I have baby California poppies in 2 shades and some cornfield mixed seeds coming thru and some teeny achillea Colorado showing. Very exciting.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Hello folks, it's been very mild again, quite extraordinary for this time of year and especially after the frosts we had last week. A bit damp as well but nothing much. Had a really good back and shoulder massage this morning which was sorely needed. Whilst I was in the area, I took a bag of unwanted shoes to the charity shop and to my delight saw they had a vanity case for sale - my old one has just split across the hinge, It lasted well as it was about 27 years old, I believe. I find it very useful for weekend visits as I can just pick it up and go, I keep duplicate beauty/personal stuff/medication etc. in it.
I managed to rake up a lot of leaves from the orchard (it's nearest the big maple tree) but there's an awful lot more to do. I was supposed to go to my daughter's tomorrow to help with her garden but she's postponed the visit so I will have more time to collect more leaves, weather permitting.
Hmm this really should be on the curmudgeon thread but as several of us seem to have been in the kitchen... I too have been in the kitchen most of the day. As it's been wet and drear all day I felt I couldn't put of changing the cold tap valve any longer. I got the valve in July, but having done this job twice before I knew it wasn't going to be easy. The tap is a 3 way with the cold having soft and filtered water. There is a brass fitting that goes over the valve body and this is getting badly worn, 2 trips to different plumbing shops for new O rings have helped but there's still a slight drip from the cold side when in use. I think we are going to have to give in a buy a whole new tap next time, but I will be getting a plumber to fit it as I don't think I can cope with another whole day of frustration. 😖
Evening. Just sat down with a cuppa to watch The Repair Shop so I’d love a piece of fruitcake please Dove. We should do a virtual cake sale! Another thing that Covid has spoiled - work cake sales and bake-offs. Miss them.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have shut the door but brassica has that tendance to filter through ..... for hours.
I am glad of this rain as I will be able to get into the garden and attack the weeds soon.
If no one’s allowed to visit this Christmas we can have it for Easter.
I feel this is a witch hunt.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Now I have a butternut squash diced and roasting in the oven with some spices to make a warming soup for us before we head out tonight. Possum is attending a lecture on cybersecurity and OH and I have dance practice in the same town so we're all off out together.
I've also cleaned out the chooks' bedding and water and checked my seed trays in the polytunnel. I have baby California poppies in 2 shades and some cornfield mixed seeds coming thru and some teeny achillea Colorado showing. Very exciting.
Had a really good back and shoulder massage this morning which was sorely needed. Whilst I was in the area, I took a bag of unwanted shoes to the charity shop and to my delight saw they had a vanity case for sale - my old one has just split across the hinge, It lasted well as it was about 27 years old, I believe. I find it very useful for weekend visits as I can just pick it up and go, I keep duplicate beauty/personal stuff/medication etc. in it.
I managed to rake up a lot of leaves from the orchard (it's nearest the big maple tree) but there's an awful lot more to do. I was supposed to go to my daughter's tomorrow to help with her garden but she's postponed the visit so I will have more time to collect more leaves, weather permitting.
I too have been in the kitchen most of the day. As it's been wet and drear all day I felt I couldn't put of changing the cold tap valve any longer. I got the valve in July, but having done this job twice before I knew it wasn't going to be easy. The tap is a 3 way with the cold having soft and filtered water. There is a brass fitting that goes over the valve body and this is getting badly worn, 2 trips to different plumbing shops for new O rings have helped but there's still a slight drip from the cold side when in use. I think we are going to have to give in a buy a whole new tap next time, but I will be getting a plumber to fit it as I don't think I can cope with another whole day of frustration. 😖
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.