Personally I keep a tube of aloe vera jell in fridge just in case of such an emergency, If I had a plant and took a knife to it administering first aid I'd probably cut myself as well!!
OH is now cleaning our side entry AND putting things in skip so that he can put protection on the new oak beams, without having had it suggested (amazing)
Clari, I am also of the amply thigh variety and never had any complaints
PDoc, what a marvellous 20yrs+ service you did for your community, but I do wonder what junk a retired doc has to throw in the skip, Arnie the life-size skeleton, one well worn white coat and a very cold stethoscope...? Those things are always cold
Frit, your garden looks neat and tidy and full of fun for the grand children
Well, I am sufficiently sated after chicken risotto and a glass of Pimms, (pint glass that is)
I was very tired today, thanks for your kind words bekkie, yes, I guess I have been very exuberant recently, but there's just so much to do!!
I believe today's work is the last of the BIG *planting mistakes* needing to be rectified (in the back garden anyhow).
I addressed the eyesore in a large border I can view from the kitchen window, with a very scruffy jasminum beesianum and a clematis Jackmanii that I planted next to a climbing rose 18yrs ago, none having any support for the last few years . The arch has long gone and the rose never got moved as it's twin took 4yrs to recover so I got scared and left the clump of climbers to scramble wildly.
Anyhow, I wanted the eyesore gone and once I had removed a very established clump of jasmine and all its layered babies , I just bit the bullet and took out the rest.
It's a shame about a rose of that age but it really didn't have a beneficial place in my garden and I now have a free spot for something else. I'd really like topiary.
I still have a large gap in the shady border that I was supposed to plant up but I just don't know what to plant
Thought I would look up Andouillette as I hadn't heard of it. Here's what the BBC Good Food guide had to say about it.
"There's one sausage that doesn't travel well. It's Andouillette and, not to put too finer point on it, it absolutely stinks and we're not talking good stink. It reminds me of the gentlemen's toilet in a Hanoi cafe I used to frequent. There was no toilet, just a wall. Enough said. And that's what Andouillette smells like. A bad toilet.
It all makes sense when you know what it's made from - a pig's colon. As Wikipedia puts it: "The aroma is due to the pig colon (chitterlings) utilised in the sausage, which incorporates some of the same compounds that contribute to the odour of excrement."
There used to be a wonderful stall on Norwich Market that sold tripe of all types, chitterlings, cow heel and udder - I'd stop there most mornings on my way to the art school studios to pick up a selection for my lunch - it's such a shame that it's not there any more
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We used to get our own pig killed. Dad would clean the guts by turning them inside out, He used to like his fried chitterlings. My Aunt would make lovely faggots from the pigs fry, and my Mum would render the fat down from round the kidneys to make lard.
We also used to eat tripe, pigs trotters, and have pigtail stew and pigs hearts stuffed wrapped in foil and baked in the Aga. It brings back happy memories for me of my parents, both gone now and my childhood.
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Personally I keep a tube of aloe vera jell in fridge just in case of such an emergency, If I had a plant and took a knife to it administering first aid I'd probably cut myself as well!!
OH is now cleaning our side entry AND putting things in skip so that he can put protection on the new oak beams, without having had it suggested (amazing)
Garden looks lovely Frit, can I come and play
Hoovered stairs, lounge, hall and D/room. Washing dried nicely in the breeze and now folded.
Did have the windows open but It got flippin freezing
Having a cuppa on the sofa at the mo.
Hope you're feeling better beks x
Afternoon,
Clari, I am also of the amply thigh variety and never had any complaints
PDoc, what a marvellous 20yrs+ service you did for your community, but I do wonder what junk a retired doc has to throw in the skip, Arnie the life-size skeleton, one well worn white coat and a very cold stethoscope...? Those things are always cold
Frit, your garden looks neat and tidy and full of fun for the grand children
Well, I am sufficiently sated after chicken risotto and a glass of Pimms, (pint glass that is
)
I was very tired today, thanks for your kind words bekkie, yes, I guess I have been very exuberant recently, but there's just so much to do!!
I believe today's work is the last of the BIG *planting mistakes* needing to be rectified (in the back garden anyhow).
I addressed the eyesore in a large border I can view from the kitchen window, with a very scruffy jasminum beesianum and a clematis Jackmanii that I planted next to a climbing rose 18yrs ago, none having any support for the last few years
. The arch has long gone and the rose never got moved as it's twin took 4yrs to recover so I got scared and left the clump of climbers to scramble wildly.
Anyhow, I wanted the eyesore gone and once I had removed a very established clump of jasmine and all its layered babies
, I just bit the bullet and took out the rest.
It's a shame about a rose of that age but it really didn't have a beneficial place in my garden and I now have a free spot for something else. I'd really like topiary.
I still have a large gap in the shady border that I was supposed to plant up but I just don't know what to plant
BL - I just love andouillette - haven't had any for years - can't get them here
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thought I would look up Andouillette as I hadn't heard of it. Here's what the BBC Good Food guide had to say about it.
"There's one sausage that doesn't travel well. It's Andouillette and, not to put too finer point on it, it absolutely stinks and we're not talking good stink. It reminds me of the gentlemen's toilet in a Hanoi cafe I used to frequent. There was no toilet, just a wall. Enough said. And that's what Andouillette smells like. A bad toilet.
It all makes sense when you know what it's made from - a pig's colon. As Wikipedia puts it: "The aroma is due to the pig colon (chitterlings) utilised in the sausage, which incorporates some of the same compounds that contribute to the odour of excrement."
Don't think I'll be trying it anytime soon!!!
You must have a strong stomach Dove.
There used to be a wonderful stall on Norwich Market that sold tripe of all types, chitterlings, cow heel and udder - I'd stop there most mornings on my way to the art school studios to pick up a selection for my lunch - it's such a shame that it's not there any more
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was 16 before I realised that trip wasn't a fish
Well they did sell it in the fish market when I bought it for my Gran. 
Hello all
Dug over my 2 veg beds that I added horse manure to - ready for the broad beans then filled the garden waste bin
Later went and dug and bagged horse manure lots 17 bags worth all in the back garden now and I am knackered
I've found an online supplier
https://www.frenchclick.co.uk/p-5504-saint-gery-andouillettes-au-genivre-x4-580g.aspx
Well done Gardengirl - put your feet up!!! That's an order
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We used to get our own pig killed. Dad would clean the guts by turning them inside out, He used to like his fried chitterlings. My Aunt would make lovely faggots from the pigs fry, and my Mum would render the fat down from round the kidneys to make lard.
We also used to eat tripe, pigs trotters, and have pigtail stew and pigs hearts stuffed wrapped in foil and baked in the Aga. It brings back happy memories for me of my parents, both gone now and my childhood.