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Reasons to be cheerful 2022

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  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    And eaten by a blackbird on Friday 🙁
    Rutland, England
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Looking good @Steephill.   We grow ours in the bed of red and blackcurrants plus gooseberries, blackberries and a young pomegranate.  The whole bed is netted off to keep the chooks out so the strawberries are safe.

    OH went to pick a bowl for pud on Sunday and came back with a full colander.  Luscious.
    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)."
    Plato
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Mine are safe in the greenhouse but I need to establish a secure outside plot for them for next year. Just opened a jar of strawberry jam for breakfast this morning which I made in 2015 from greenhouse strawberries and the wild strawberries which seed and runner everywhere in the garden. Still delicious!
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    We're eating spiced blackcurrant jelly made in 2015 @steephill.  No use by date on home-made stuff if you've sealed it well and the flavour is superb.

    I assume you need somewhere deer proof for your strawberries.    We had loads of the wild ones in our last garden.  Lovely flavour.
    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)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Why is it always a surprise when a system works perfectly?
    Yesterday, I emailed the council for a replacement food waste bin. It arrived this morning - less than 24 hours after I ordered it😀
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    We had a splash more rain last night :smiley:
    And my work trip to London that was supposed to be for 3 days this week got postponed so I've put the tomato plants outside for their first day of hardening off.

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Got the green waste bins filled yesterday afternoon just before the rain started. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Home at last after a long day being medical at Nantes - full 3D knee scan for a prosthetic knee, anaesthetist for blood, lung and heart checks, nurses for ordering post-op care.  Very impressed with everyone's efficiency, clarity and kindness.

    Got home at 5pm and had a quiet potter down the veg plot watering and feeding and potting on for an hour accompanied by the 2 chooks so am all relaxed now. 

    38C today and no rain in view but that's OK.  
    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)."
    Plato
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Sadly , somewhat better than most people are experiencing here at the moment, @Obelixx
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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