Punkdoc - you could take my car to get its tyres checked for me Think it needs a new one on the back - I've got better things to do than sit and wait while they do that, but you could take a gardening magazine to pass the time ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all just back in from walking down to the butchers for some beef olives for the dinner tonight and it's a very cold & biting wind that's me in for the day now it's housework only.
KEF, before you put the tomatoes in cold water they have to go into boiling water for 8 - 10 seconds to get the skins off.
Tried glucosamine for my Border Collie for several months and tablets from vet for his arthritis. Glucosamine didn't work, but it's probably a lost cause. He has a malformed hip which led to the joint dislocating when his was young. Eventually his body formed new fibrous material around it so it didn't dislocate, but there's hardly any cartilage. Vet said he'd be lame from 7, but he was lame when he was 9, is now 11.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Thanks guys, I gave myself a kick up the a### and went for a walk round the botanical gardens. They were looking really great esp. the Hammamelis, Diane was superb, wish I had room for one..... or maybe I do !
Also looking good Viburnum, cyclamen, Hellebores, plus great berries on V. opulus including a yellow variety I am not familiar with.
A man must have gadgets Verdun and a shed.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Just bought 2 new hellebores for the garden, £2.50 each, and in flower and 2 pots of snowdrops, £1 each! Don't think the patch for these is waterlogged so, fingers crossed, they'll get planted out tomorrow
It is v cold out so will need to get back in to the warm office Bfn
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Punkdoc - you could take my car to get its tyres checked for me
Think it needs a new one on the back - I've got better things to do than sit and wait while they do that, but you could take a gardening magazine to pass the time ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks KEF. Got my novel out and am settling down on the sofa for a nice days reading. Intending to wrap up in a blanket as well.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Morning all just back in from walking down to the butchers for some beef olives for the dinner tonight and it's a very cold & biting wind that's me in for the day now it's housework only.
Punkdoc I've PM'd you.
KEF, before you put the tomatoes in cold water they have to go into boiling water for 8 - 10 seconds to get the skins off.
Tried glucosamine for my Border Collie for several months and tablets from vet for his arthritis. Glucosamine didn't work, but it's probably a lost cause. He has a malformed hip which led to the joint dislocating when his was young. Eventually his body formed new fibrous material around it so it didn't dislocate, but there's hardly any cartilage. Vet said he'd be lame from 7, but he was lame when he was 9, is now 11.
Right off I go to hairdresser, armed with GW mag.
Lizzie, thanks, I know, I was referring to a last night's post about doing that with spuds.
BFN
Thanks guys, I gave myself a kick up the a### and went for a walk round the botanical gardens. They were looking really great esp. the Hammamelis, Diane was superb, wish I had room for one..... or maybe I do !
Also looking good Viburnum, cyclamen, Hellebores, plus great berries on V. opulus including a yellow variety I am not familiar with.
A man must have gadgets Verdun and a shed.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Glad you've cheered up a bit Punkdoc
Just bought 2 new hellebores for the garden, £2.50 each, and in flower
and 2 pots of snowdrops, £1 each! Don't think the patch for these is waterlogged so, fingers crossed, they'll get planted out tomorrow 
It is v cold out so will need to get back in to the warm office
Bfn
Any photos of the botanical garden, punkdoc?
What sort of hellebore , Panda?