Good morning all 😊 ☕️ Hope you’ve all had a restful night … j woke about 4 for a little while but went back to sleep after about half an hour … now my second coffee has arrived ☕️ ☕️
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi all. After a sweltering day yesterday, we’ve headed out to take advantage of the sea breeze. It was so humid yesterday that I retreated to the bedroom for a nap after lunch, and then just couldn’t be bothered to get up again. Low mood made even lower by the thought that I ought to be relishing the lovely weather instead of sulking inside. Feeling a lot chirpier this morning though. Gave the car a clean yesterday, so we’ve had to park away from the tree that was dripping sap all over it. OH has cut the grass and it now looks terrible, but at least it’s short. Hope that all who enjoy the sun are making the most of it. I wish Hostafan hadn’t mentioned his signature tray bake, I’m getting hankerings for something similar, minus the gone off chicken, of course!
Good morning Dove and all to follow. Another hot day I think but we do have rain and storms forecast for the weekend - happy about the possible rain but not about the storms. So do I now water all the pots today or leave them in hope of a downpour ........ decisions decisions?
So glad to hear that Rob has had a good report from the Docs, he is such an amazing man, but perhaps not such a surprise knowing who is Mother and sister are.
My sympathy to all of you suffering from various aches, pains and illnesses, this getting older (or life in general) is just not fair. After working 24/7, 52 weeks a year all my life from the age of 15 when I got my first horse, I rarely saw a doctor, but did become aware that I was slowing down a bit a few years ago. However after ending up in hospital with a split femur bone after a silly fall back at Xmas '20 and thereby contracting covid, wow, has my life changed. Due to the long recovery from the broken limb I really was not ill at all from the covid, except that my hair fell out in handfuls and I had massive itchy areas over my head, neck and arms (most strange?), but from then on everything seems to be falling apart and for no reason. Have the most wonderful GP, a young lady who is determined to get me sorted somehow, bless her. I have had numerous blood test, e-rays, scans, phone conversations from specialist docs etc. So far it seems that I have no cancers (luckily), bunged up lungs (smoking and asbestos) but they are still working enough not to be a real problem unless I want to do a marathon! My more recently upset digestive system is proving to be diverticulitis which we will be working on. But my real problem is the fact that I have absolutely no energy, my legs are practically useless - walk to feed the birds, rest to recover; gather the washing, fill machine, rest to recover; do the washing up, rest to recover; dont get me started on standing long enough to do any cooking! No pain in the legs, they just start going weak and if I dont sit or lay down they feel as though they are going to give away (no trapped nerves anywhere). Next thing on the list of possible treatments is a consultation with a diet person to see if that helps and a person who will get me trying sit down exercises to see if we can build up some muscle power. I said to my lovely doctor that obviously now I'm 80 these things are to be expected, nonsense she said, you should be enjoying your time not feeling that every time you want to do something it becomes a drudge. I blame covid and now, so does she.
So my lovely Forker friends, having waded through my long post, do you have any suggestions to help - all will be gratefully received. Meanwhile I'm off to the garden with my coffee to sit in my chair, enjoying the sun's rays, watching the fish in the pond and laugh at the fledglings fluttering around demanding to be fed by their poor overworked parents. Life is pretty good when you are out in the garden watching nature isn't it?
It's another lovely day but won't be so warm. Drizzle is forecast for Monday.
Sending sympathy @AnnaB. I have energy some days but not others, also have diverticular disease, recently diagnosed. OH is 81 and since his hip replacement the end of February is starting to get a lot more active. He's been outside since 8am cutting back shrubs that are encroaching on the drive. I've been having coffee in bed and chatting to a friend on the phone.
Peter Beales rose garden was looking lovely yesterday. They are having a Rose Festival on Saturday so we will go again. I didn't buy a rose but I bought 2 hardy fuchsias for 2 fairly shady spots.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I can sympathise: my body has been wrecked for the last 15 years, the legacy of working as a medic in some rather insalubrious places, which has left me with shot lungs and a failing heart. To cap things off, I now need 2 new hips, if I am fit enough to have them. My life has changed immeasurably, and though often still unhappy, I derive so much pleasure from my garden, that I can still say, yes, my life is still worth living.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Good morning everyone, back to reality now after our trip trying to catch up in garden and on plots this heat is not helping plus we both got colds the second week of the trip and mine is lingering on. @AnnaB, it's a cruel irony that often the fittest people are hit hardest by viral infections. You may be suffering long covid which, it seems, comes in many forms so worth getting checked out for that. We all slow down with time, the days of me going to the plots with a long list of tasks is passed, I try now to set one or two jobs only and come away when they are done, there is always tomorrow.
From the conversations today, one thing we all seem to have in common is the pleasure our gardens give us. That’s why this forum is fantastic.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my week off in the warm spell and if I had to choose a way to spend a few days off, it would be just this. No travelling, no crowds, no hassle and minimal cost!
I have just bought a couple of basket/bedding mixed packs from the “half dead:half price” section in the GC. I have 2 hanging baskets to make up. I’m not sure if the recent cost of living issues or my frugal genes (developing since middle age!) are to blame, but I thought £9 for 6 small bedding plants in a tray was extravagant! I’m sure they used to be about £4???
Have a pleasant day all, whether you are doing, watching or something in between.
Hello all, just read through your post @AnnaB has your GP ruled out Long Covid as a contributing factor to your ailments? My son had Covid at the start of the pandemic and was on a ventilator for a couple of months and had two heart attacks whilst he was on it. Although he has now recovered he still has his heart monitor inside him. he has worked hard to get back to fitness albeit not as he was before. It took it's toll on his body and now every ache or pain he has he thinks it's something terrible! Yes even his digestive system has changed. I hope you don't mind me mentioning all this. Very warm today but with a nice breeze, good to see the sun again! I went down with a very sore throat and painful sinuses last night, nose is running like a tap today, so taking advantage of the weather and not doing much except sit in the garden and enjoy it.
We were all heading onto the beach at Bude this morning, when the hospital called asking if I could come for a chest x-ray this afternoon. Leaving the family here at home and I'm heading back to Bude
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Another beautiful day, no rain for over a month, and the garden is starting to show it.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Feeling a lot chirpier this morning though. Gave the car a clean yesterday, so we’ve had to park away from the tree that was dripping sap all over it. OH has cut the grass and it now looks terrible, but at least it’s short. Hope that all who enjoy the sun are making the most of it. I wish Hostafan hadn’t mentioned his signature tray bake, I’m getting hankerings for something similar, minus the gone off chicken, of course!
So glad to hear that Rob has had a good report from the Docs, he is such an amazing man, but perhaps not such a surprise knowing who is Mother and sister are.
My sympathy to all of you suffering from various aches, pains and illnesses, this getting older (or life in general) is just not fair. After working 24/7, 52 weeks a year all my life from the age of 15 when I got my first horse, I rarely saw a doctor, but did become aware that I was slowing down a bit a few years ago. However after ending up in hospital with a split femur bone after a silly fall back at Xmas '20 and thereby contracting covid, wow, has my life changed. Due to the long recovery from the broken limb I really was not ill at all from the covid, except that my hair fell out in handfuls and I had massive itchy areas over my head, neck and arms (most strange?), but from then on everything seems to be falling apart and for no reason.
Have the most wonderful GP, a young lady who is determined to get me sorted somehow, bless her. I have had numerous blood test, e-rays, scans, phone conversations from specialist docs etc. So far it seems that I have no cancers (luckily), bunged up lungs (smoking and asbestos) but they are still working enough not to be a real problem unless I want to do a marathon! My more recently upset digestive system is proving to be diverticulitis which we will be working on. But my real problem is the fact that I have absolutely no energy, my legs are practically useless - walk to feed the birds, rest to recover; gather the washing, fill machine, rest to recover; do the washing up, rest to recover; dont get me started on standing long enough to do any cooking! No pain in the legs, they just start going weak and if I dont sit or lay down they feel as though they are going to give away (no trapped nerves anywhere). Next thing on the list of possible treatments is a consultation with a diet person to see if that helps and a person who will get me trying sit down exercises to see if we can build up some muscle power. I said to my lovely doctor that obviously now I'm 80 these things are to be expected, nonsense she said, you should be enjoying your time not feeling that every time you want to do something it becomes a drudge. I blame covid and now, so does she.
So my lovely Forker friends, having waded through my long post, do you have any suggestions to help - all will be gratefully received. Meanwhile I'm off to the garden with my coffee to sit in my chair, enjoying the sun's rays, watching the fish in the pond and laugh at the fledglings fluttering around demanding to be fed by their poor overworked parents. Life is pretty good when you are out in the garden watching nature isn't it?
It's another lovely day but won't be so warm. Drizzle is forecast for Monday.
Sending sympathy @AnnaB. I have energy some days but not others, also have diverticular disease, recently diagnosed. OH is 81 and since his hip replacement the end of February is starting to get a lot more active. He's been outside since 8am cutting back shrubs that are encroaching on the drive. I've been having coffee in bed and chatting to a friend on the phone.
Peter Beales rose garden was looking lovely yesterday. They are having a Rose Festival on Saturday so we will go again. I didn't buy a rose but I bought 2 hardy fuchsias for 2 fairly shady spots.
I can sympathise: my body has been wrecked for the last 15 years, the legacy of working as a medic in some rather insalubrious places, which has left me with shot lungs and a failing heart. To cap things off, I now need 2 new hips, if I am fit enough to have them.
My life has changed immeasurably, and though often still unhappy, I derive so much pleasure from my garden, that I can still say, yes, my life is still worth living.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
@AnnaB, it's a cruel irony that often the fittest people are hit hardest by viral infections. You may be suffering long covid which, it seems, comes in many forms so worth getting checked out for that. We all slow down with time, the days of me going to the plots with a long list of tasks is passed, I try now to set one or two jobs only and come away when they are done, there is always tomorrow.
From the conversations today, one thing we all seem to have in common is the pleasure our gardens give us. That’s why this forum is fantastic.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my week off in the warm spell and if I had to choose a way to spend a few days off, it would be just this. No travelling, no crowds, no hassle and minimal cost!
Very warm today but with a nice breeze, good to see the sun again!
I went down with a very sore throat and painful sinuses last night, nose is running like a tap today, so taking advantage of the weather and not doing much except sit in the garden and enjoy it.