Afternoon all, thankfully it has rained here from early morning and has only just stopped so the garden's been thoroughly soaked at last. I must admit I nipped out in the car to get the paper instead of walking but didn't fancy getting soaked, it was quite windy as well. DIL's chicken risotto was very good last night and she'd bought strawberries, raspberries and yoghurt for afters - morish! Do you two ever stand still @didyw and @D0rdogne_Damsel? Hope Charlie does well and the Garden Market on Sunday. I've spent the morning trying to organise lots of small household/garden jobs that need to be done, just waiting for the quotes now. I'd better get on and finish the ironing, OH has already done the majority of it but he tends to leave the more delicate stuff to me. Enjoy the rest of the day.
Hi everyone, yes they say be careful what you wish for. I have been sowing seeds in the drizzle. The rain wasn't supposed to come until late this afternoon, the damp started around 10:30, but the real rain we need still hasn't materialised.
Afternoon all, I have just retreated in doors as it's 28 deg. Just about everything in the GH is now outside as it's too hot in there! You just can't win can you, the weather has turned very suddenly. It's tough losing friends @chicky and @Pat E (Hugs). We have swarms of ants coming indoors at the moment, I hope they decamp quickly! Went to the GC to buy more compost for tubs, couldn't believe the prices, either very cheap and useless or very expensive and still pretty useless. We don't use much oil for cooking but did splash out on a Sunflower oil at a rediculous price while they had it in the SM. We are waiting to have plasterboarding done in our extension but there are supply issues so goodness knows when that will be done. Crikey all I've done is moan!
It is particularly busy at the moment @Lizzie27! But D-D is busy all the time!
A nice rain shower now, but I fear not nearly enough to do any real good. But better than nothing and good to have it now rather than at the weekend!
At our Jubilee meeting we discussed alternative plans for bad weather. We have none! It will be either cancel or put our brollies up. If the very worst came to the worst of course everyone's Jubilee celebrations will just stop. But I very much doubt that will happen.
We have proper rain at last But I looked in the biggest water butt and it hadn't filled up at all despite water going down the drainpipe. The small pipe from the downpipe into the butt was blocked with black gunge.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
We are home after a long drive [ 8 hours ] Strange trip, felt like the end of a story. We have spent lots of time up that way, had some great holidays, but now Moiras mum has moved into a home, in a different place, we won't have much reason to go again. Her Mum was ok, but has already become very institutionalised, she won't do anything for herself. I took myself off yesterday to the gardens at Crathes castle, which I love, managed to wangle a tour with the head gardener, who seemed impressed with my knowledge of Meconopsis's so took me round showing me all sorts of interesting stuff.
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DIL's chicken risotto was very good last night and she'd bought strawberries, raspberries and yoghurt for afters - morish!
Do you two ever stand still @didyw and @D0rdogne_Damsel? Hope Charlie does well and the Garden Market on Sunday.
I've spent the morning trying to organise lots of small household/garden jobs that need to be done, just waiting for the quotes now.
I'd better get on and finish the ironing, OH has already done the majority of it but he tends to leave the more delicate stuff to me.
Enjoy the rest of the day.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We have swarms of ants coming indoors at the moment, I hope they decamp quickly!
Went to the GC to buy more compost for tubs, couldn't believe the prices, either very cheap and useless or very expensive and still pretty useless.
We don't use much oil for cooking but did splash out on a Sunflower oil at a rediculous price while they had it in the SM.
We are waiting to have plasterboarding done in our extension but there are supply issues so goodness knows when that will be done. Crikey all I've done is moan!
Done the shopping. Must do my French tax return but I keep putting it off, I hate it.
A nice rain shower now, but I fear not nearly enough to do any real good. But better than nothing and good to have it now rather than at the weekend!
At our Jubilee meeting we discussed alternative plans for bad weather. We have none! It will be either cancel or put our brollies up. If the very worst came to the worst of course everyone's Jubilee celebrations will just stop. But I very much doubt that will happen.
We are home after a long drive [ 8 hours ] Strange trip, felt like the end of a story. We have spent lots of time up that way, had some great holidays, but now Moiras mum has moved into a home, in a different place, we won't have much reason to go again.
Her Mum was ok, but has already become very institutionalised, she won't do anything for herself.
I took myself off yesterday to the gardens at Crathes castle, which I love, managed to wangle a tour with the head gardener, who seemed impressed with my knowledge of Meconopsis's so took me round showing me all sorts of interesting stuff.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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