Morning everyone, 22C here nice breeze at the moment. Windows and doors open to blow through house. We will be closing everything including curtains in about an hour, interesting the weather man actually told everyone to do this yesterday, we have been doing it for years. Keep the hot air out as much as possible. How sad are we? We went to the Allotments at 8pm last night to water and pick crops. We do lead the high life. 😄
Hooray! Our local Canberra lad won yesterdays stage of the Tour. Michael Matthews. We’ve just finished watching it. Hopefully,there’ll be a short break before todays stage gets going. Lucky that Hubby records it, so that we can pick our time.
Very breezy here today. Will take a walk after breakfast and maybe have another go at the flower bed before the sun hits it. I’m still raking out weeds and wild strawberry plants, not helped by OH having dumped three bags full of soil conditioner on there, before I’d finished clearing and levelling it. It’s getting done in very slow increments so I don’t get over heated, or aggravate my back and any other bits that are showing their age. At least the heatwave is giving me a decent excuse to work at a snails pace. Sorry to hear of those suffering, get well soon.
Announcement! Dove is wearing a frock! I've not worn a frock at home in the daytime since the beginning of that very warm spell back in 2017 ... 25th May it was ... I painted my toenails, put on a kaftan and sandals and went out to move the sprinkler ... and my knee gave way and I fell and broke my foot and I spent the rest of that summer with my foot and leg encased in a sweaty black plastic boot. Don't worry folk ... OH is at home today ... he's doing H&S Risk Assessments every time I move off the sofa ... I am allowed to sit here and prep a huge pile of runner beans we've just picked ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have found that loose "beach dresses" are good to wear in the garden this weather @Dovefromabove, only for the garden, certainly not for going anywhere else! How rude of me....morning all!
Enjoying the breeze and a coffee outside before it hots-up.
Gave my wooden patio table a coat of wood/fence paint last night and it looks great... only thing is the chairs look scruffy now so I might need to do those too.
Have a lovely Sunday all. I’ve bumped the “keeping cool in the hot weather” thread for sharing tips if you need.
Might bump the “etiquette of pants” thread to include a discussion on bras in hot weather too.
Afternoon all! I'm in a wafty skirt and strappy top. For home use only. I love that Mr.Dovefromabove has to do risk assessments every time @Dovefromabove moves about in her dress! Everyone - be careful out there!
Hope your back is fixed by the time Thursday comes around @punkdoc.
Have decided I will get a buddleia - thanks for the tip on that one Dove, but I have identified a spot where a big pot is currently idling by the fence which I will move and the buddleia can go there. But not until the spring.
Watered all the pots this morning with frequent trips back to the tap with the watering can; they will get more water this evening when we give the whole garden a good drink. As I expect everyone on the forum will be doing!
The drinks thing for my friend went well last night. Her husband came and stayed longer than he intended, seeing that he was among friends.
Enjoy York Gate @punkdoc - it’s firmly at the top of my “gardens I must visit” list 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Sugar Plum is a great buddleja too @didyw (in fact I think it is very similar to Miss Ruby) Coincidentally we had Peter Moore (creator of Sugar Plum, and keeper of the National Collection at Longstock Nursery in Hampshire) come to talk to our garden group this week. There really are a vast array of buddleja to choose from.
sunning myself at the moment, but have a pile of books, mags and stitching to keep me occupied inside on Monday and Tuesday. We have FiL coming to stay so that we can nag him to drink lots and generally keep an eye on him. At 89 he is beginning to struggle a bit now.
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20C and wall to wall blue sky with a bit of a breeze …
hope those who were about in the night got some sleep eventually …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
How sad are we? We went to the Allotments at 8pm last night to water and pick crops. We do lead the high life. 😄
Sorry to hear of those suffering, get well soon.
I've not worn a frock at home in the daytime since the beginning of that very warm spell back in 2017 ... 25th May it was ... I painted my toenails, put on a kaftan and sandals and went out to move the sprinkler ... and my knee gave way and I fell and broke my foot and I spent the rest of that summer with my foot and leg encased in a sweaty black plastic boot. Don't worry folk ... OH is at home today ... he's doing H&S Risk Assessments every time I move off the sofa ... I am allowed to sit here and prep a huge pile of runner beans we've just picked ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
How rude of me....morning all!
Enjoying the breeze and a coffee outside before it hots-up.
Gave my wooden patio table a coat of wood/fence paint last night and it looks great... only thing is the chairs look scruffy now so I might need to do those too.
Another beautiful day.
Need to get my back fixed, we are due to visit Yorkgate garden on Thursday, followed by dinner at the Angel at Hetton.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I'm in a wafty skirt and strappy top. For home use only.
I love that Mr.Dovefromabove has to do risk assessments every time @Dovefromabove moves about in her dress! Everyone - be careful out there!
Hope your back is fixed by the time Thursday comes around @punkdoc.
Have decided I will get a buddleia - thanks for the tip on that one Dove, but I have identified a spot where a big pot is currently idling by the fence which I will move and the buddleia can go there. But not until the spring.
Watered all the pots this morning with frequent trips back to the tap with the watering can; they will get more water this evening when we give the whole garden a good drink. As I expect everyone on the forum will be doing!
The drinks thing for my friend went well last night. Her husband came and stayed longer than he intended, seeing that he was among friends.
sunning myself at the moment, but have a pile of books, mags and stitching to keep me occupied inside on Monday and Tuesday. We have FiL coming to stay so that we can nag him to drink lots and generally keep an eye on him. At 89 he is beginning to struggle a bit now.