Morning all. S'truth my thighs and neck aches this morning. I said to the H gardener yesterday that I'm getting too old for this job and his reply was you're never too old to plant snowdrops. Aye right, wait until he gets to my age. Here are a small patch of leucojums millions in that garden. I've never seen so many in any garden.
Lovely day here yesterday - but cold. We went down to the sea to walk around the dunes and catch the sunset - which was a good one
Today I’m off to college for the last time. Have to go in to finish the bits I missed on the last day (when we were in voluntary isolation for Barbados). So a seed ident test this morning - most difficult is lettuce vs carrot, and brassica vs radish. However maybe a useful skill to have next time Mr C musses up my seed store (he is a messy worker 🙄)
Got my pruning done yesterday (have the scars from Gertrude J and Snowdon, my most vicious roses, to prove it). But came in with a longer to do list than I went out with ….I guess its that time of year 😳
Right, my week's plans have been tweaked ... the dental hygienist has had to postpone my appointment tomorrow ... I suspect she has childcare issues as it's half term ... she could see me Thursday but I have another appointment then ... so it'll be 1st March.
Bread is proving and the makings of a butternut squash soup are in the kitchen ... but first I'll have another coffee ..... lovely sunrise Chicky ... ours was bright pink!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@chicky, lettuce seed has a very faint stripe on it. Can't help much with brassica, vs raddish though. Most brassicas seed are nearly black, but as raddish are brassicas maybe they won't expect you to do those two. Good luck. I agree it was a very cold wind yesterday. We watched a great episode of Imagine last night on Labie Siffre, well worth a look if you missed it.
Snap @Dovefromabove. This is the last one from last year's small harvest. In previous years we have been giving them away by the barrel load because we had so many we got sick of eating them. Even this small one with the addition of carrot and tomato (home grown) from the freezer will make 10/12 portions of soup.
Yes @Suesyn carrot and tomato being added here as well, plus a few sticks of celery and a light spicing of cumin. It'll fill OH's lunch flask for a few days
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Plumbers have been. Downstairs loo is no longer dripping and the landing radiator works. We like it to be 21C. I still wear a jumper. I would freeze at 15 or 18, except at night when I prefer a cool bedroom.
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S'truth my thighs and neck aches this morning. I said to the H gardener yesterday that I'm getting too old for this job and his reply was you're never too old to plant snowdrops. Aye right, wait until he gets to my age. Here are a small patch of leucojums millions in that garden. I've never seen so many in any garden.
Got my pruning done yesterday (have the scars from Gertrude J and Snowdon, my most vicious roses, to prove it). But came in with a longer to do list than I went out with ….I guess its that time of year 😳
Beautiful swathe of leucojums @Uff 😍
Bread is proving and the makings of a butternut squash soup are in the kitchen ... but first I'll have another coffee ..... lovely sunrise Chicky ... ours was bright pink!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I agree it was a very cold wind yesterday.
We watched a great episode of Imagine last night on Labie Siffre, well worth a look if you missed it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely photos. Beautiful Leucojums @Uff
Plumbers have been. Downstairs loo is no longer dripping and the landing radiator works. We like it to be 21C. I still wear a jumper. I would freeze at 15 or 18, except at night when I prefer a cool bedroom.
Horrible and wet again, but we have ducks back on the pond, which makes up for it.
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