lovely and sunny here. I've been lifting colocasias to go into the tunnel. I got one banana up too, but the other snapped the handle on the spade. Last night's slightly unsuccessful Thai Curry has made a wonderful spicy soup. yum yum yummity yum yum yum
Good on you @Hostafan1, you'll turn into a proper chef soon! Wish my OH would develop a like for cooking. I had to think twice about your reference to a banana, then realized you were referring to a plant. Pity about the spade.
Chatted to one of our neighbours this morning who's going to ask a lady gardener she knows if she wants to help me out occasionally. I'm getting a bit overwhelmed with the amount of work to be done.
Got most of the clearing up this morning and whllst I was sitting in the arbour, cutting up the rose prunings , a dear little robin sat on the other side and sang it's heart out. Only about six inches from me, it was magical.
The sun popped out today so I finished emptying pots of annuals and tuck some of the other pots against the house/porch ready for the frost. I also brought a tray of cuttings in (Lavender, Salvia, pelargoniums etc.) so will have to think where to put them as our usual annexe room has been changed into to a snug for Winter (saves heating the main lounge just for a couple of hours in the evening). Certainly a bite in the air tonight.
Anyone watching the pargetting on Countryfile? Joanna grew up in the same village and went to school with @WonkyWomble … her late dad Steve Welch was a friend and a lovely man … he did the pargetting on the cottage where we lived when Wonky was a teenager. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Most of the pargetting done in Suffolk in the last 50+ years was done by the Welch family @Busy-Lizzie … they almost singlehandedly revived what was an old East Anglian craft that had died out. . Before them it was impossible to find anyone with the skills to repair ancient plasterwork and a lot of fine decorative work was lost. Steve was such a fine craftsman but so self effacing … I always thought he should’ve been recognised in some way for what he did. Fortunately Joanna has a very good business head on her shoulders. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You’ll soon be on the cooking shows Hosta if you keep going. 😁
Ive hung the washing in misty drizzle, but I think it’ll be dry enough by this afternoon. Fingers crossed. hope your injection doesn’t make you feel crook, Chicky.
Can't sleep, have a heck of a workload going on at the moment...should be relaxing and on countdown for trip to Mauritius for two weeks in the sun for Christmas and New Year but all I can think about is Dr's phone call on Tuesday morning to discuss my results 🙃 is the fact it's been two weeks since my tests a good indication or just an NHS overload?
Can't sleep, have a heck of a workload going on at the moment...should be relaxing and on countdown for trip to Mauritius for two weeks in the sun for Christmas and New Year but all I can think about is Dr's phone call on Tuesday morning to discuss my results 🙃 is the fact it's been two weeks since my tests a good indication or just an NHS overload?
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I've been lifting colocasias to go into the tunnel.
I got one banana up too, but the other snapped the handle on the spade.
Last night's slightly unsuccessful Thai Curry has made a wonderful spicy soup.
yum yum yummity yum yum yum
Chatted to one of our neighbours this morning who's going to ask a lady gardener she knows if she wants to help me out occasionally. I'm getting a bit overwhelmed with the amount of work to be done.
Got most of the clearing up this morning and whllst I was sitting in the arbour, cutting up the rose prunings , a dear little robin sat on the other side and sang it's heart out. Only about six inches from me, it was magical.
The sun popped out today so I finished emptying pots of annuals and tuck some of the other pots against the house/porch ready for the frost. I also brought a tray of cuttings in (Lavender, Salvia, pelargoniums etc.) so will have to think where to put them as our usual annexe room has been changed into to a snug for Winter (saves heating the main lounge just for a couple of hours in the evening). Certainly a bite in the air tonight.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Your robin sounds like a cousin of ours @Lizzie27. I marvel at how tame they are here in the UK. How big is your garden? Forgive me if you've said.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ive hung the washing in misty drizzle, but I think it’ll be dry enough by this afternoon. Fingers crossed.
hope your injection doesn’t make you feel crook, Chicky.