Busy day today - painting, placing and filling the lime-waxed chest of drawers, making the next batch of my red salad, weeding and watering pots in the polytunnel and potager, dosing the chooks and clipping their flight feathers cos Scruffy went for a wander and it's not allowed at the mo cos of bird flu, cooking a roast dinner and, in between all that, potting up or planting out all the spring bulbs I didn't get to plant out earlier. They may not flower this year but they will survive. I talked to them about the alternative.
Flopped on a sofa now with a cuppa and David Attenborough.
Hope everyone has a peaceful evening.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Gosh, you have been busy @Obelixx, didn't know your area had the bird flu as well. I think we've still got hot spots in different parts of the UK. Are the chooks recovering from their various ailments?
I like the sound of your lime waxed chest. My daughter has been trying to sell the Victorian/Edwardian dressing table I renovated for her many years ago but it appears nobody wants 'old brown furniture' much. At a loss to know what to do about it, even the charity shops don't want it and it's a very pretty one. I have a feeling it might have to come back here!
Morning all - frosty one here. Mushy magnolias, here we come ☹️
Opticians appointment this morning. Like Allotment Boy we are gradually catching up on all those regular appointments that didn’t happen for 2 years.
Then a day of sorting and packing ready for getting up in the small wee hours to catch a plane to Iceland - rearranged from when I had Covid.
No useful info from CAB training yet @Lizzie27 ….but weekly volunteering in a dementia centre means I pick up on some good tips. Glad you are all sorted @Hostafan1.
Should be a gardening day today, there is so much to do out there. Yesterday I weeded this year's onion patch and planted Red Baron onion sets. Last year's potato area badly needs weeding.
I also have all the plants I bought recently to plant.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Busy day today - painting, placing and filling the lime-waxed chest of drawers, making the next batch of my red salad, weeding and watering pots in the polytunnel and potager, dosing the chooks and clipping their flight feathers cos Scruffy went for a wander and it's not allowed at the mo cos of bird flu, cooking a roast dinner and, in between all that, potting up or planting out all the spring bulbs I didn't get to plant out earlier. They may not flower this year but they will survive. I talked to them about the alternative.
Flopped on a sofa now with a cuppa and David Attenborough.
Hope everyone has a peaceful evening.
I like the sound of your lime waxed chest. My daughter has been trying to sell the Victorian/Edwardian dressing table I renovated for her many years ago but it appears nobody wants 'old brown furniture' much. At a loss to know what to do about it, even the charity shops don't want it and it's a very pretty one. I have a feeling it might have to come back here!
Then a day of sorting and packing ready for getting up in the small wee hours to catch a plane to Iceland - rearranged from when I had Covid.
No useful info from CAB training yet @Lizzie27 ….but weekly volunteering in a dementia centre means I pick up on some good tips. Glad you are all sorted @Hostafan1.
I hope everyone slept well. I did.
Should be a gardening day today, there is so much to do out there. Yesterday I weeded this year's onion patch and planted Red Baron onion sets. Last year's potato area badly needs weeding.
I also have all the plants I bought recently to plant.