Best wishes especially to @punkdoc and @Hostafan1. Spring is coming, my snowdrops have green shoots. How is your OH, Hosta? I hope he isn't in pain, so sad and difficult for you.
I think I'm 4 months older than you @Dovefromabove. I hope you can do something nice for your birthday.
It's raining and cold here, but then it is winter and water supplies are needed for summer.
I'm just waiting for the relaxation of French Covid travel rules, my new bath, repairs to my drive and OH's operation. Surely his hip replacement must happen one day?
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It's a 'getting better' sort of day. We are going for a short drive into the hills; OH is very slowly recovering from major surgery for cancer. Apart from a very short jaunt a week ago, he hasn't been out of the house for 5 weeks and he's looking very peaky. Commiserations to those for whom the black dog is a companion. He's been lurking here since March.
Packing list on a spreadsheet - love it @D0rdogne_Damsel! This holiday sounds soooo well deserved. @punkdoc - Stare that black dog right in its evil red eyes and tell it: I know you are a liar and a thief! That big birthday isn't so bad @Dovefromabove! And remember - you have already done your three score years and ten as the birthday marks the end of that year, not the beginning! Wordle took me a bit longer today:
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Woke up too late today - best of the day gone with me just sleeping. I must get out of the habit of reading far into the night.
@didyw 5 for me, too. I had 2 of the letters for three goes, just couldn't figure it out!!
Becoming dark here - might get a few spits of rain - oh well, I'll put the kettle on and have some of the canestrelli my OH's mamma sent us in her Christmas box again this year along with Panacotta and Pane d'oro etc....
Just back from our favourite GC, it was very quiet. Had lunch there for a change, not the most exiting outing but an outing. They have seed potatoes in already, with great difficulty, I resisted buying mine, I don't have much frost free light space to keep them, so I took a chance on the varieties I want still being in stock 2-3 weeks hence. Has anyone else seen the price of ordinary seeds this year? I picked up 2 blight resistant toms, a plum,and a beefsteak £4.49 a packet 😱 and I bet there's only 8-10 seeds max in the pack. Not worth growing the ordinary ones outside on the plots if you want a half decent harvest.
Afternoon all, We had a beautifully sunny morning here and dry for a change so I got quick before it changed its mind. Dug up a paeony and some roses as I decided the rose was too big where it was. I potted up the paeony for the time being and put the rose where that had been. Hope it all survives - I really must stop moving plants around every year, digging is not good for my back any more. The soil was quite good though with lots of worms and snowdrops and irises peeking through.
Commiserations to those who need it. Chatted to an old friend yesterday who's being going through a horrid time with an elderly, sick mother and 3 close relatives diagnosed with cancer but who have all had ops and recovered. Must keep in closer touch with her.
Haven't looked at the seed prices yet Allotment Boy, hopefully I've still got some left over from last year - somewhere! I only buy a couple of tomato plants now which is enough for just the two of us.
I wondered if you've heard about the relaxation of the covid rules for overseas travel this end @Busy-Lizzie but not sure what your rules are in France now. It's so terribly confusing isn't it? Glad we don't plan to travel abroad anymore. Could you persuade OH to push the consultant again? OH must be at the top of the list surely.
Don't worry about the big birthday @Dovefromabove, it's fine on the other side!!!
I'm not going to worry about it folk ... after all, I'll still be only 27 after the day itself We're not party people any more, but we've decided we're going to celebrate when it comes, with a bottle of fizz and a Chinese takeaway ... it's ages since we've had one. 🍽 We're going to have a weekend away in the spring.
And I've a bone to pick with you @Allotment Boy ... I had resolved to give the garden a year's break from tomatoes, after losing a wonderful crop to blight last year ... but you've just tempted me and I've caved in ... I've ordered two blight resistant varieties from Simply Seed ... Crimson Crush which I've grown before ... while not being earth-shattering the flavour is perfectly acceptable and certainly better than no toms at all I've also ordered Losetto which is a blight resistant large bush variety. I've not grown them before. Both packs were under £2.50 each for around 10 seeds, which I think is pretty good nowadays.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I felt your pain when it happened @Dovefromabove I had the best crop ever, both inside and out (even allowing for the fact that our senile springer ate through one of the tomato stems!). Never had much success in the past with San Mazano, but going to try it again this year.
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Best wishes especially to @punkdoc and @Hostafan1. Spring is coming, my snowdrops have green shoots. How is your OH, Hosta? I hope he isn't in pain, so sad and difficult for you.
I think I'm 4 months older than you @Dovefromabove. I hope you can do something nice for your birthday.
It's raining and cold here, but then it is winter and water supplies are needed for summer.
I'm just waiting for the relaxation of French Covid travel rules, my new bath, repairs to my drive and OH's operation. Surely his hip replacement must happen one day?
We are going for a short drive into the hills; OH is very slowly recovering from major surgery for cancer. Apart from a very short jaunt a week ago, he hasn't been out of the house for 5 weeks and he's looking very peaky.
Commiserations to those for whom the black dog is a companion. He's been lurking here since March.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@punkdoc - Stare that black dog right in its evil red eyes and tell it: I know you are a liar and a thief!
That big birthday isn't so bad @Dovefromabove! And remember - you have already done your three score years and ten as the birthday marks the end of that year, not the beginning!
Wordle took me a bit longer today:
(I just click the share button and then paste here to get this).
Woke up too late today - best of the day gone with me just sleeping. I must get out of the habit of reading far into the night.
Becoming dark here - might get a few spits of rain - oh well, I'll put the kettle on and have some of the canestrelli my OH's mamma sent us in her Christmas box again this year along with Panacotta and Pane d'oro etc....
Commiserations to those who need it. Chatted to an old friend yesterday who's being going through a horrid time with an elderly, sick mother and 3 close relatives diagnosed with cancer but who have all had ops and recovered. Must keep in closer touch with her.
Haven't looked at the seed prices yet Allotment Boy, hopefully I've still got some left over from last year - somewhere! I only buy a couple of tomato plants now which is enough for just the two of us.
I wondered if you've heard about the relaxation of the covid rules for overseas travel this end @Busy-Lizzie but not sure what your rules are in France now. It's so terribly confusing isn't it? Glad we don't plan to travel abroad anymore. Could you persuade OH to push the consultant again? OH must be at the top of the list surely.
Don't worry about the big birthday @Dovefromabove, it's fine on the other side!!!
We're not party people any more, but we've decided we're going to celebrate when it comes, with a bottle of fizz and a Chinese takeaway ... it's ages since we've had one. 🍽 We're going to have a weekend away in the spring.
And I've a bone to pick with you @Allotment Boy ... I had resolved to give the garden a year's break from tomatoes, after losing a wonderful crop to blight last year ... but you've just tempted me and I've caved in ... I've ordered two blight resistant varieties from Simply Seed ... Crimson Crush which I've grown before ... while not being earth-shattering the flavour is perfectly acceptable and certainly better than no toms at all I've also ordered Losetto which is a blight resistant large bush variety. I've not grown them before. Both packs were under £2.50 each for around 10 seeds, which I think is pretty good nowadays.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had the best crop ever, both inside and out (even allowing for the fact that our senile springer ate through one of the tomato stems!).
Never had much success in the past with San Mazano, but going to try it again this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.