Morning all, we've had a frost as well, which wasn't forecast and I'd taken some small pots of perennials out of the greenhouse and left them out. They're only heucheras and I did cover them over at the last minute with a lightweight rug so think they'll survive. Happy birthday to @D0rdogne_Damsel, hope that all your friends make it through the blockades.
Hope your OH's daughter is okay this morning @Allotment Boy. Perhaps she's been dieting and overdid it?
Enjoy your little shopping trip @AnnaB, good to get out of the house even if it's only the local shop. We're waiting for the frost to disappear and will then walk down to ours - it's good exercise for us.
All ok here thanks @Lizzie27 😊 son having a lie in, OH is cleaning the glass panels in the downstairs interior doors 🙏 @WonkyWomble is visiting for bacon baps tomorrow 😃 We have some fabulous salt aged Red Poll sirloin steaks for supper tonight and tomorrow evening we’ll have a Chinese takeaway. I’ve been told to put my feet up. Apoarently I’m having a whole Birthday Weekend 😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gosh - those French farmers certainly mean business! I admire any farmer; it can't be an easy life. I especially admire those who are trying to farm more sustainably and encouraging more bio-diversity onto their land.
Envying you your weather @tui34. Nice and sunny here as well, but still cold.
Not that I can take advantage, even though I am desperate to get out the overgrown grass that is taking all the nutrients from the apple tree. 3 funding applications to do this weekend. They all want the same info - how many people will it benefit etc., regardless of the amount of grant on offer.
Hello everyone! I’ve awoken from my winter hibernation 😂 I know it’s the end of Jan but I hope everyone had a lovely Xmas and a happy new year.
I have to admit I am looking at the garden with some anxiety and trepidation. The last couple of years I’ve not been able to do as much as I would like and there’s so many things I want to do and so many parts of the garden looking very lacklustre. I’m going to venture out for a little clear up this afternoon, try getting a bit of order to the place. Another year went by where I didn’t plant any bulbs so everything is going to look quite bare for a while still.
Hello all, thought I'd posted but it was only Wordle, or lack of loading it.
Hello @Latimer, there is plenty of time left to deal with the garden before spring.
We went to the monthly farmers' market, bought fruit and veg and sausage rolls. I had hot chocolate and a bacon roll and OH had coffee and a cheese straw. Then we went to Diss for various bits and pieces and I ordered 9 sacks of compost for mulching which will be delivered on Tuesday.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It turns out that choosing, buying, installing and then teaching an 80 year old to use a new phone takes all day!! I’m flipping shattered now!
Fake-away on the go now so that with something good to watch will be a nice antidote.
I hope everyone is ok. I have noticed the light is slowly creeping back so we will be talking about Spring in no time. I find January the hardest month so I’ll be glad to see the back of it.
I did gardening this afternoon and OH went with his laptop down the road to our friends to apply for a 6 month Visa together. They wanted to get the appointments in Wandsworth on the same day so they could go to London together but the website didn't work very well. OH got an appointment then it crashed just as N and B wanted to add the dates for theirs. This is a 6 month Visa for visiting France so there will be more flexibility than the Schengen allowance. N and B have a 2nd home in France. Brexit has made things very difficult for 2nd home owners.
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.
Happy birthday to @D0rdogne_Damsel, hope that all your friends make it through the blockades.
Hope your OH's daughter is okay this morning @Allotment Boy. Perhaps she's been dieting and overdid it?
Enjoy your little shopping trip @AnnaB, good to get out of the house even if it's only the local shop. We're waiting for the frost to disappear and will then walk down to ours - it's good exercise for us.
Have a good day @Dovefromabove, hope all is okay.
son having a lie in, OH is cleaning the glass panels in the downstairs interior doors 🙏
@WonkyWomble is visiting for bacon baps tomorrow 😃
We have some fabulous salt aged Red Poll sirloin steaks for supper tonight and tomorrow evening we’ll have a Chinese takeaway. I’ve been told to put my feet up. Apoarently I’m having a whole Birthday Weekend 😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Enjoy being pampered @Dovefromabove!
Envying you your weather @tui34. Nice and sunny here as well, but still cold.
Not that I can take advantage, even though I am desperate to get out the overgrown grass that is taking all the nutrients from the apple tree. 3 funding applications to do this weekend. They all want the same info - how many people will it benefit etc., regardless of the amount of grant on offer.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Hello @Latimer, there is plenty of time left to deal with the garden before spring.
We went to the monthly farmers' market, bought fruit and veg and sausage rolls. I had hot chocolate and a bacon roll and OH had coffee and a cheese straw. Then we went to Diss for various bits and pieces and I ordered 9 sacks of compost for mulching which will be delivered on Tuesday.
Belated and Happy Birthdays 🎉 💐🎂🥂
It turns out that choosing, buying, installing and then teaching an 80 year old to use a new phone takes all day!! I’m flipping shattered now!
I did gardening this afternoon and OH went with his laptop down the road to our friends to apply for a 6 month Visa together. They wanted to get the appointments in Wandsworth on the same day so they could go to London together but the website didn't work very well. OH got an appointment then it crashed just as N and B wanted to add the dates for theirs. This is a 6 month Visa for visiting France so there will be more flexibility than the Schengen allowance. N and B have a 2nd home in France. Brexit has made things very difficult for 2nd home owners.