Yes Uff. Just when you’re cutting potatoes for the pot, cut the bit with the shoot on and a little bit of potato with it, plant them in a pot or tub, then give them a drink now and then. 😁. Works well. I said to hubby, how’s that for self sufficiency.
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ Jolly good crop there @Pat E 👍 it’s wet and windy here … really miserable weather. Not a nice way to welcome @Busy-Lizzie back to Norfolk 🙄 but I bet she doesn’t mind … she’s snug in that lovely cottage with her OH … and with any luck the wet weather is keeping the cockerel quiet 🤫 OH is doing a short day today. I’ll bake some bread, roast a piece of rolled pork belly with potatoes, parsnips and Hispi cabbage, and watch other folk skiing and skating and sliding down hills on metal tea trays while I’m doing something useful … like knitting OH an aran jumper. 😇
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I’ve had some disturbing news from my Melbourne friends. They rang this afternoon and I told them that I’d posted the new dog coat for Molly. My friend said oh no! And passed the phone to her Hubby. Puzzled,I asked what was going on. Apparently, Molly had got out and visited a neighbour’s yard where there are two vicious dogs. Neighbours reported hearing lots of commotion then the man from the place was seen leaving with a large plastic bag. Molly hasn’t been seen since (a few days ago). 🥺😢😭😭.
My friends have to assume that their 2 dogs killed her. Apparently the people in that house are not friendly and are very unpleasant. I feel awful thinking about it.
Oh @Pat E that’s horrendous … can they not contact the police even if it’s just to get confirmation of what happened … I s’pose it’s tricky if she got out and into their yard, but even so … 😞
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh no Pat! How awful, your poor friends and poor Mollie.
Morning all.
As @Dovefromabove said it's very windy and raining and I'm snuggled up in bed with OH.🥰 Something moved in the night and I found a lump in the bed which gave me a shock, OH woke with a jump. The lump was OH!
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
yes Dove. I’m really upset about it. Not sure what can be done, but I hope a small child doesn’t get into their yard. 😳. They’ll do what they can, but not sure of the legalities involved. She was in their yard after all.
So sorry to hear that, @Pat E. Quite dreadful. Those potatoes should be in the reasons to be cheerful thread, very impressive. Did you see ‘The Martian’?
Morning all, haven't read back as have missed a few days ( constant house and parent-care issues -- no sooner is one thing fixed than something else goes wrong), but wishing you all well. The latest very minor thing is I don't know where all the seeds have gone that I sorted out some days ago to sow this weekend. Seems like light relief after issues with boiler/ roof / drains/ rats (outside not inside and not nesting in my courtyard at least). Why is it that everything expensive that needs fixing seems to go wrong at once and at the worst possible time? Rant/vent over.
Glad @Busy-Lizzie is back safely in Norfolk , and sorry to hear about your friend's dog @Pat E
Morning all. Had a very wet and windy night here. Now we've got sunshine but it's still very blowy. I'll trot round the garden in a minute to check on things when I've finished my coffee. I've just accidentally sprayed my jumper with Argan oil instead of my hair - oops. Thankfully it was an old gardening jumper so not a big deal. I've sprayed it with Vanish and it's now soaking in a bowl.
That's a terrible thing to happen @Pat E - your poor friends must be devastated.
Enjoy your first day back in England with your OH @Busy-Lizzie, wind and rain a very good reason for staying in bed. We've only just got up, we have a lie-in on Sundays as I don't walk down to get the Sunday paper, even though it's paid for. It gives me a bit of a rest and more time to garden.
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Jolly good crop there @Pat E 👍
it’s wet and windy here … really miserable weather. Not a nice way to welcome @Busy-Lizzie back to Norfolk 🙄 but I bet she doesn’t mind … she’s snug in that lovely cottage with her OH … and with any luck the wet weather is keeping the cockerel quiet 🤫
OH is doing a short day today. I’ll bake some bread, roast a piece of rolled pork belly with potatoes, parsnips and Hispi cabbage, and watch other folk skiing and skating and sliding down hills on metal tea trays while I’m doing something useful … like knitting OH an aran jumper. 😇
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all.
As @Dovefromabove said it's very windy and raining and I'm snuggled up in bed with OH.🥰 Something moved in the night and I found a lump in the bed which gave me a shock, OH woke with a jump. The lump was OH!
Those potatoes should be in the reasons to be cheerful thread, very impressive. Did you see ‘The Martian’?
Glad @Busy-Lizzie is back safely in Norfolk , and sorry to hear about your friend's dog @Pat E
That's a terrible thing to happen @Pat E - your poor friends must be devastated.
Enjoy your first day back in England with your OH @Busy-Lizzie, wind and rain a very good reason for staying in bed. We've only just got up, we have a lie-in on Sundays as I don't walk down to get the Sunday paper, even though it's paid for. It gives me a bit of a rest and more time to garden.