We've been out in the garden deconstructing mouldy old bird feeders and putting up swish new ones that can be cleaned more easily - £60 worth of feeders - hope the birds appreciate us We've also put up two robin nest boxes - one behind a clematis and one behind a water butt near the fig tree - don't know if the robins will be interested as this garden hasn't got a lot of foliage cover yet, but I was given the boxes so we might as well put them up and give them the option.
When I've had my coffee I'm going back outside to prune the gooseberries and autumn fruiting raspberries - it's lovely to be out there
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Lily, for once it's not you on the naughty step. It's naughty Stacey, Clari & Dove. Talking about slugs, the runs and eating mice, and juicy sausages ( like slugs? ) when I was eating my breakfast. You all know what a delicate little soul I am. LOL. ...
Did I ever tell you that I once ate Bear in a restaurant ? Well I did, and I will tell all about it at cake time.
It's not the walking that's made me tough - I was running a smallholding in the winter of 1987 ....
"....During the day temperatures kept on falling as snow showers became more intense, Monday 12th was probably one of the most remarkable days of the 20th Century as temperatures stayed below -5c throughout England and below -8c in several places in the home Counties.
The Weather Log for Jan. 1987 describes the 12th-14th as the coldest spell of weather in southern England since January 1740.
All the water pipes in the animals' sheds froze solid and I was carrying buckets of water from the house almost all day - I ended up being treated for "extensive Equestrian Paniculitis" and I was wearing thermals and a big coat etc - there are photos of my thighs and btm in a medical textbook somewhere
Gooseberries and raspberries pruned Some bread and brie eaten - now I'll go into the kitchen, don the rubber gloves and give the old bird feeders a good scrubbing - daughter says she'd like to have them.
Then roast beef and Yorkies will be organised Thanks for that Verdun
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No snow forecast here Lily, and we are quite close to you. Meant to warm up on Weds when the next lot of wet weather comes in .....
Hope your right Chicky, really don't want snow!!
Where abouts are you?
Near Haslemere - so very close to the west sussex border....
We've been out in the garden deconstructing mouldy old bird feeders and putting up swish new ones that can be cleaned more easily - £60 worth of feeders - hope the birds appreciate us
We've also put up two robin nest boxes - one behind a clematis and one behind a water butt near the fig tree - don't know if the robins will be interested as this garden hasn't got a lot of foliage cover yet, but I was given the boxes so we might as well put them up and give them the option.
When I've had my coffee I'm going back outside to prune the gooseberries and autumn fruiting raspberries - it's lovely to be out there
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lily, for once it's not you on the naughty step. It's naughty Stacey, Clari & Dove. Talking about slugs, the runs and eating mice, and juicy sausages ( like slugs? ) when I was eating my breakfast.
You all know what a delicate little soul I am. LOL. ...
Did I ever tell you that I once ate Bear in a restaurant ? Well I did, and I will tell all about it at cake time.
Oooh Dove rather you than me, its so very cold here. Looks like rain soon. Would like to get out there but not today brrrrrrrr.
Lol Kef, look forward to that,
does that mean i'm allowed more cake 
I'm also a wimp today. Been outside briefly and it's very cold. All the walking has made Dove tough.
I'd better do some inside jobs as tomorrow is looking slightly warmer and sunny, if you believe the forecast.
Lily you can have my share of the cake, I was a piggy last night so no cake today. Who is baking today? Not heard any offers.
BFN
It's not the walking that's made me tough - I was running a smallholding in the winter of 1987 ....
"....During the day temperatures kept on falling as snow showers became more intense, Monday 12th was probably one of the most remarkable days of the 20th Century as temperatures stayed below -5c throughout England and below -8c in several places in the home Counties.
The Weather Log for Jan. 1987 describes the 12th-14th as the coldest spell of weather in southern England since January 1740.
Over the next few days the U.K. was swept by blizzards and freezing temperatures as an upper cold pool crossed England....." http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twoother/twocontent.aspx?type=libgen&id=1503
All the water pipes in the animals' sheds froze solid and I was carrying buckets of water from the house almost all day - I ended up being treated for "extensive Equestrian Paniculitis" and I was wearing thermals and a big coat etc - there are photos of my thighs and btm in a medical textbook somewhere
http://dermatologycentral.typepad.com/resource/files/ECP.1.pdf
We East Anglians have to be tough
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gooseberries and raspberries pruned
Some bread and brie eaten - now I'll go into the kitchen, don the rubber gloves and give the old bird feeders a good scrubbing - daughter says she'd like to have them.
Then roast beef and Yorkies will be organised
Thanks for that Verdun 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.