Hello all, it really is strange weather isn't it. We have cool nights and 30 deg everyday at the moment. The garden doesn't know what to do . It should be starting to shut down for Autumn but the temperatures are telling it otherwise! I can't remember the last time we had rain. OH is rubbing down the wood on the garden shed ready for a paint when the weather gets cooler. The tomatoes are finished now in the garden as are the aubergines but the peppers are still going strong. I have lots of pumpkins to do something with, more soup and roasts I suspect! Take care all.
We’ve had a lovely morning …we’ve been for coffee with the former principal of our art school aka Norwich University of the Arts. We’ve chatted lots of times before when we’ve bumped into each other out and about, and she’s recently moved into a house just five minutes’ walk through a wooded SSSI. We look at and talked art and time flew by, sitting in her pretty garden. It was very warm indeed ☀️
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Another beautiful day, so nice to be able to be outside in a tee shirt. Just seen a large skein of geese flying South over the house. Wonder where they are going?
A large skein flew over Norwich this morning too … they must’ve synchronised their diaries 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Heavy mist this morning although it's mild. 26°C expected this afternoon with bright sunshine.
Sore arm this morning after my Covid Jab yesterday afternoon but I think I will be good for a Swiss Ball session soon.
Got some of the olives and pruning/weedings to the tip yesterday, so much to tidy up. I still have a few tomato plants that have ripening (albeit slowly) tomatoes @floralies, aubergines and peppers. I pick as I need them until I decide to rip out the plants and dig over the ground. The winter veg is coming along and have started to form - 3 drumhead cabbage, 1 red, 3 cauliflower and 3 broccoli. Few carrots, some spinach,4 black radish, a silverbeet (chard) has popped its head out of the ground, pak choi and leafy beetroot. All netted - but the menagerie of the vegetable garden persist!! Snails, white butterfly and birds!
A shout to Jocelyns today : Temps sec à la Saint Ghislain, nous annonce un hiver d'eau plein.
PS. Talking of migrating geese, haven't seen any cranes flying south yet. They normally fly over here during the grape harvest in September. Maybe it's still warm for them up norf!!
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ Hope we’ve all had a restful night
Did you know we have a breeding flock of cranes near here in Norfolk, and another small group is establishing itself on the edge of my MIL’s village in S. Lincolnshire 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good morning all. Well after a lack of a correct forecast - no sun - on Saturday, we had a lovely sunny warm day on Sunday and a not too bad day yesterday. Trouble is that the old thick walls of this barn are now getting cold with the lack of outside warmth and the evenings and nights inside are feeling positively cold. Time to fetch the logs and get the old rayburn fired into action I think.
Sadly we were at the vets yesterday afternoon having our old cat put to sleep. It was her time as she was 19 years old and had been going downhill for the past couple of months. It is always so difficult to judge how to make that choice with animals - just before they really start to suffer rather than too late after, but hopefully we got it right for her. She will be buried this morning in our 'remember us' area on the farm alongside her brother, sister, niece, nephew, the four dogs and a couple of our special ponies. For the first time since the early 60's we will be a cat free household, but at my age I know that I'm not going to be around long enough to offer a kitten a lifetime of care. I would consider rescuing an older cat but not too sure how our present dogs would cope with this or the possible new cat would either.
There was an empty space on my bed last night and the house feels a bit strange this morning. We will miss her.
I'm sorry about your cat @AnnaB. 19 is a very good age though. I felt the same when it became a dog free household.
@tui34 our cranes fly over Dordogne in October. There were still some in November last year.
We enjoyed our evening last night with friends. Just before going into dinner there was a power cut, bit of a panic, but I noticed the neighbours' lights were on so R checked the fuses and something had tripped. Light was restored.
OH has his Covid jab this morning. He remarked that it is at 10.10 on the 10th of the 10th month!
Friends are coming to dinner tonight so I have some food preparation to do today.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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I have lots of pumpkins to do something with, more soup and roasts I suspect!
Take care all.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Heavy mist this morning although it's mild. 26°C expected this afternoon with bright sunshine.
Sore arm this morning after my Covid Jab yesterday afternoon but I think I will be good for a Swiss Ball session soon.
Got some of the olives and pruning/weedings to the tip yesterday, so much to tidy up. I still have a few tomato plants that have ripening (albeit slowly) tomatoes @floralies, aubergines and peppers. I pick as I need them until I decide to rip out the plants and dig over the ground. The winter veg is coming along and have started to form - 3 drumhead cabbage, 1 red, 3 cauliflower and 3 broccoli. Few carrots, some spinach,4 black radish, a silverbeet (chard) has popped its head out of the ground, pak choi and leafy beetroot. All netted - but the menagerie of the vegetable garden persist!! Snails, white butterfly and birds!
A shout to Jocelyns today : Temps sec à la Saint Ghislain, nous annonce un hiver d'eau plein.
Have a pleasant day.
Hope we’ve all had a restful night
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sadly we were at the vets yesterday afternoon having our old cat put to sleep. It was her time as she was 19 years old and had been going downhill for the past couple of months. It is always so difficult to judge how to make that choice with animals - just before they really start to suffer rather than too late after, but hopefully we got it right for her. She will be buried this morning in our 'remember us' area on the farm alongside her brother, sister, niece, nephew, the four dogs and a couple of our special ponies. For the first time since the early 60's we will be a cat free household, but at my age I know that I'm not going to be around long enough to offer a kitten a lifetime of care. I would consider rescuing an older cat but not too sure how our present dogs would cope with this or the possible new cat would either.
There was an empty space on my bed last night and the house feels a bit strange this morning. We will miss her.
I'm sorry about your cat @AnnaB. 19 is a very good age though. I felt the same when it became a dog free household.
@tui34 our cranes fly over Dordogne in October. There were still some in November last year.
We enjoyed our evening last night with friends. Just before going into dinner there was a power cut, bit of a panic, but I noticed the neighbours' lights were on so R checked the fuses and something had tripped. Light was restored.
OH has his Covid jab this morning. He remarked that it is at 10.10 on the 10th of the 10th month!
Friends are coming to dinner tonight so I have some food preparation to do today.