I have no ambition to garden in the rain - I stayed indoors and cooked, did Aged Ps' paperwork, dealt with some phone calls and knitted (or should that be knat )
Afraid I didn't bake anything - made a huge big pot of chilli - some for tomorrow's supper and some to freeze. I'd forgotten to take any butter out of the fridge and it was too hard to cream
I'll bake cakes on Saturday ............. promise
I did do some 'sort of' gardening - I've put some watercress stems in jamjars of water to root
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
61 minutes KEF. Not that I'm counting or anything!
Not quite bankrupt yet - in fact I've £20 in vouchers I'm struggling to spend! But gosh its a good job my wallet is sealed shut it the moths would have had quite the fresh air today!
Clari - if I was going to keep chickens in the garden I'd keep some Light Sussex bantams - pretty birds, lovely calm temperaments, good layers and eggs nearly as large as large breed hens. You can keep more of them in a small space 'cos they're bantams
Dove. I've my emergency rations of chocolate brownies at my desk - fear not you'll have no tears from me (even if they're not exactly the nicest of chocolate brownies and are terribly dry but gluten free beggars can't be choosers!)
Has anyone got a log burner they use in the garden to keep warm? I'm thinking about something to extend the amount of time I can spent sitting by the pond of a summer evening (despite being in Yorkshire I'm afraid to admit that I am terribly delicate and suffer the cold something chronic). Do they actually kick out enough heat that you don't have to be sat on top of them to keep warm? (Not exactly socially acceptable especially if you've just had a meat heavy BBQ!)
We've got a chiminea but so far we've not used it to keep warm - OH uses it for burning old confidential paperwork - next time we get a pleasant evening we'll light it properly and put some firewood on it and try it out for you.
However we have friends who have lots of space and they have a big cast iron firebowl, and that is fantastic to sit around in the evening with a glass of something or three
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We had a big camp fire at the weekend and practically had to sit on it to feel the warmth. Don't know if that helps as it was quite cold That said, there's nothing like watching the flames!
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I have no ambition to garden in the rain - I stayed indoors and cooked, did Aged Ps' paperwork, dealt with some phone calls and knitted (or should that be knat
)
Afraid I didn't bake anything - made a huge big pot of chilli - some for tomorrow's supper and some to freeze. I'd forgotten to take any butter out of the fridge and it was too hard to cream
I'll bake cakes on Saturday ............. promise
I did do some 'sort of' gardening - I've put some watercress stems in jamjars of water to root
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Pdoc thank you so much
where did you say your house was? 
No cake then
Not big cake lover Dove, but I put tears on behalf of others. Enjoy rest of day 
61 minutes KEF. Not that I'm counting or anything!
Not quite bankrupt yet - in fact I've £20 in vouchers I'm struggling to spend! But gosh its a good job my wallet is sealed shut it the moths would have had quite the fresh air today!
Clari - if I was going to keep chickens in the garden I'd keep some Light Sussex bantams - pretty birds, lovely calm temperaments, good layers and eggs nearly as large as large breed hens. You can keep more of them in a small space 'cos they're bantams
https://www.omlet.co.uk/breeds/chickens/sussex+bantam/ - aren't they gorgeous?
there are other colours of Sussex bantams too, if you want a mixed bunch - speckled and buff and Coronation and Columbian etc etc
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ironically KEF I had geezers last night!
Maybe that's why I'm not joining the ranks of the weird dreamers!! Not enough cheese in my diet either Lizzie 
Dove. I've my emergency rations of chocolate brownies at my desk - fear not you'll have no tears from me (even if they're not exactly the nicest of chocolate brownies and are terribly dry but gluten free beggars can't be choosers!)
Has anyone got a log burner they use in the garden to keep warm? I'm thinking about something to extend the amount of time I can spent sitting by the pond of a summer evening (despite being in Yorkshire I'm afraid to admit that I am terribly delicate and suffer the cold something chronic). Do they actually kick out enough heat that you don't have to be sat on top of them to keep warm? (Not exactly socially acceptable especially if you've just had a meat heavy BBQ!)
We've got a chiminea but so far we've not used it to keep warm - OH uses it for burning old confidential paperwork - next time we get a pleasant evening we'll light it properly and put some firewood on it and try it out for you.
However we have friends who have lots of space and they have a big cast iron firebowl, and that is fantastic to sit around in the evening with a glass of something or three
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
KEF - you have email
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We had a big camp fire at the weekend and practically had to sit on it to feel the warmth. Don't know if that helps as it was quite cold
That said, there's nothing like watching the flames! 