I watched 5 episodes of Geoff Hamilton "cottage gardens" back to back on you tube. His were the first gardening programmes I watched. I think he must have been a lovely man.
He was by all accounts @coccinella and his gardens (now managed by his son) are both beautiful and interesting, being lots of small individual gardens as a way of showing what can be done in small areas. We've visited twice so far.
I managed to do some gardening before it rained. The dratted geum urbanum in my ain border was running riot so I weeded that lot out, then dug up an old bush past it's prime and found a large ants nest underneath. Lots of bulbs appearing so I had to watch where I was treading!
I enjoy reading your posts as well @AnnaB. I think the squirrels may be pulling your snowdrops up to investigate. Either that or the birds think the shoots might be worms?
We are having an unexpected visitor to stay tomorrow, one of OH's friends. Cue panic on the food front as our S/M delivery is not due till Thursday but I've found three chicken legs in the freezer which I'm defrosting now for a Coq au vin. Think I've got most of the ingredients in the cupboard so I'll cook it tonight as I'm out most of tomorrow.
Afternoon everyone, another mixed night, my cold seems to be easing, oddly I seem to be a day or so ahead so my wife is at peak stream now 🤧 We ventured out to the SM we could have just many another day but now the milk isn't being deposited it tends to be driven by that. Fortunately we don't have anything much else on this week. I got a phone call from the hospital about physio first thing TBH I was only half awake so never got to tell them I had already seen the GP based one (not that it was any use). Anyway now I'm getting another assessment phone appointment on Friday . No wonder the NHS is in such a mess, wouldn't have happened in our day.
There has been a howling gale so I didn't prune the New Dawn rose.
We did the weekly shop this morning. This afternoon the friend down the road who has a house in France came to help OH with all the paperwork for his French Visa and explain the best way to drive to Wandsworth. I just played jigsaw puzzles on the computer while they were dealing with it. We are going to the Visa office on Friday, I think we are both rather dreading it.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Very windy here so surprised it isn’t a named storm.
I have become addicted to those logic grid puzzles! You have ‘clues’ in the form of a story or list of facts, and have to work out the solution by a process of elimination - Sudoku style. They are plenty online, but I found a book in the magazine section so going old-school with a pencil.
Related to that, the price of magazines is shocking !?! I am aware that I have gone a bit frugal these days, but £5/6 plus for a magazine seems ridiculous.
I hope everyone is ok and pains, bad necks, colds, or anything else unwelcome disappear swiftly.
Hope all those with aches, pains, colds etc recover quickly. Very dismal February so far.
Congratulations, @D0rdogne_Damsel, on having brought up a very sensible young man! Very hard to gauge the effect of alcohol when you’re not used to it, but he had the sense to call his mum, confess all, and get taken home when he did! Could have been much worse. Hopefully the dreaded hangover will be an additional reminder to him to take it easier in future!
I love those logic grid puzzles too! Quite addictive, but very handy for clearing the brain of unwanted thoughts in the middle of the night. Totally agree on the ridiculous price of magazines, especially as half the pages seem to be taken up with advertising. I do use my local library in person, but increasingly on line. As well as downloading books, I can also download magazines, including many of the ‘glossy’ women’s magazines that used to be such a treat purchase when I was younger. Not a lot of interest to me now, but occasionally fun to have a glance through.
Today, OH helped me shredding all the pruning I’d done, and both green bins are filled and ready for tomorrow’s collection. I can breathe a sigh of relief. Two weeks to the next collection, which weirdly seems to go straight from 14 days to 3, and the usual last minute panic! I assume it’s my age? Our weekly bed changing day seems to come round every 3 days, hardly time to get the laundry done in time.
@Busy-Lizzie If you can drive solo from your house in France to Norfolk (and I salute you, I couldn't do it!) you will be fine in Wandsworth. Presumably you will take a train/tube/taxi part of the way? I think my father was born there, just missed being a proper Cockney by half a mile!
We've just pruned the apple trees @Ergates so OH has got a large pile of shredding to be done, although we save ours as it's woody chunks to go on the bark mulch path at the top of the garden.
The Coq au vin is cooked and currently sitting on the floor in the cold porch in an effort to cool it down so I can put it in the fridge before we go to bed. If OH's friend cries off (he's in the forecasted snow belt) I can freeze it all anyway.
We have heavy rain/winds so far so I'm pleased I managed to weed half my main bed before lunch. Wanted to finish off but knew my back would complain if I did so was sensible - for a change!
Meeting a friend at a GC for a natter, coffee and cake tomorrow, looking forward to it as I haven't seen her for nearly three weeks.
@Lizzie27, OH has reserved a space in the nearby Sainsbury's car park. We'll take his car and he'll drive in London. French roads are easy, there is so much traffic here. I made Coq au Vin when my friend came to stay last week.
@D0rdogne_Damsel, years ago I collected my son from a party and he was sick in my car, including down the inside of the open passenger window 🤢
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Luckily for me, my OH is a Londoner and as soon as he hits the M25, goes into what I call his London mode - I just hang on for dear life!
Your second para reminded me of us driving over the Welsh bridge on holiday when my son was a baby - very prone to projectile vomiting - right down the back of my neck!
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I managed to do some gardening before it rained. The dratted geum urbanum in my ain border was running riot so I weeded that lot out, then dug up an old bush past it's prime and found a large ants nest underneath. Lots of bulbs appearing so I had to watch where I was treading!
I enjoy reading your posts as well @AnnaB. I think the squirrels may be pulling your snowdrops up to investigate. Either that or the birds think the shoots might be worms?
We are having an unexpected visitor to stay tomorrow, one of OH's friends. Cue panic on the food front as our S/M delivery is not due till Thursday but I've found three chicken legs in the freezer which I'm defrosting now for a Coq au vin. Think I've got most of the ingredients in the cupboard so I'll cook it tonight as I'm out most of tomorrow.
We ventured out to the SM we could have just many another day but now the milk isn't being deposited it tends to be driven by that. Fortunately we don't have anything much else on this week. I got a phone call from the hospital about physio first thing TBH I was only half awake so never got to tell them I had already seen the GP based one (not that it was any use). Anyway now I'm getting another assessment phone appointment on Friday . No wonder the NHS is in such a mess, wouldn't have happened in our day.
There has been a howling gale so I didn't prune the New Dawn rose.
We did the weekly shop this morning. This afternoon the friend down the road who has a house in France came to help OH with all the paperwork for his French Visa and explain the best way to drive to Wandsworth. I just played jigsaw puzzles on the computer while they were dealing with it. We are going to the Visa office on Friday, I think we are both rather dreading it.
Very windy here so surprised it isn’t a named storm.
Congratulations, @D0rdogne_Damsel, on having brought up a very sensible young man! Very hard to gauge the effect of alcohol when you’re not used to it, but he had the sense to call his mum, confess all, and get taken home when he did! Could have been much worse. Hopefully the dreaded hangover will be an additional reminder to him to take it easier in future!
I love those logic grid puzzles too! Quite addictive, but very handy for clearing the brain of unwanted thoughts in the middle of the night.
Totally agree on the ridiculous price of magazines, especially as half the pages seem to be taken up with advertising. I do use my local library in person, but increasingly on line. As well as downloading books, I can also download magazines, including many of the ‘glossy’ women’s magazines that used to be such a treat purchase when I was younger. Not a lot of interest to me now, but occasionally fun to have a glance through.
Today, OH helped me shredding all the pruning I’d done, and both green bins are filled and ready for tomorrow’s collection. I can breathe a sigh of relief. Two weeks to the next collection, which weirdly seems to go straight from 14 days to 3, and the usual last minute panic! I assume it’s my age? Our weekly bed changing day seems to come round every 3 days, hardly time to get the laundry done in time.
We've just pruned the apple trees @Ergates so OH has got a large pile of shredding to be done, although we save ours as it's woody chunks to go on the bark mulch path at the top of the garden.
The Coq au vin is cooked and currently sitting on the floor in the cold porch in an effort to cool it down so I can put it in the fridge before we go to bed. If OH's friend cries off (he's in the forecasted snow belt) I can freeze it all anyway.
We have heavy rain/winds so far so I'm pleased I managed to weed half my main bed before lunch. Wanted to finish off but knew my back would complain if I did so was sensible - for a change!
Meeting a friend at a GC for a natter, coffee and cake tomorrow, looking forward to it as I haven't seen her for nearly three weeks.
I made Coq au Vin when my friend came to stay last week.
@D0rdogne_Damsel, years ago I collected my son from a party and he was sick in my car, including down the inside of the open passenger window 🤢
Your second para reminded me of us driving over the Welsh bridge on holiday when my son was a baby - very prone to projectile vomiting - right down the back of my neck!