Still no rain last night but forecast for today. i do hope it is more than the teaspoonful we had yesterday. the runner beans need it and the sweetcorn. And my back needs a rest from watering 100 pots of 8 varieties of tomato, although i must say I am enjoying going out every morning to tomato avenue and picking the ripe ones before the birds discover them. Soon be doing the same to the ten pepper plants in Pepper Parade.
The contractor has been and explained that the broken roof glass will be removed quickly and the hole boarded up while the new section of the conservatory is manufactured and then the scaffolding for the roof work will be erected partly in next door's drive and over the conservatory into my garden as they cannot stand on the conservatory roof to reach the top. It is all going ahead from today so it has really been quick work.
Steady rain in Bristol this morning and puddles everywhere so water butts should be filling up and the potager getting a good soaking. Bodes good for the runner bean crop. I will have a chance now to catch up on the office work for Mr. Fothergills trials. Time to make lots of soup and pasta sauce for the winter. I picked a big bowl of plums yesterday so will make some plum crumbles and freeze them as well. Next to gardening I like cooking best of my hobbies, especially on a dreich very dark and wet Saturday. So fortuitous the Bristol in Bloom judging was early this year. This weekend would not have been such an enjoyable task for the judges.
Rain in the northwest west and plenty of it, got soaked yesterday when I got out of tesco's , so glad the garden is getting a good water and it's filling my water butt too, going to Hebden Bdridge tomorrow to a classic car rally, the weather man said its dry on Sunday (I hope) , keep you all posted
Lots of rain in Staffordshire too! Marion, how are the Cucamelons coming along? I'm in the middle of making jam and chutney, and Cucamelons sound as though they may be very nice as a pickle, so want to try them next year.
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Thank you, flumpy1. I hope you get lots of lovely tomatoes. they really are quite different from what you buy in the shops!
Still no rain last night but forecast for today. i do hope it is more than the teaspoonful we had yesterday. the runner beans need it and the sweetcorn. And my back needs a rest from watering 100 pots of 8 varieties of tomato, although i must say I am enjoying going out every morning to tomato avenue and picking the ripe ones before the birds discover them. Soon be doing the same to the ten pepper plants in Pepper Parade.
The contractor has been and explained that the broken roof glass will be removed quickly and the hole boarded up while the new section of the conservatory is manufactured and then the scaffolding for the roof work will be erected partly in next door's drive and over the conservatory into my garden as they cannot stand on the conservatory roof to reach the top. It is all going ahead from today so it has really been quick work.
Hooray, we have rain in Bristol - heavy too.
I'm impressed at how quickly your insurance people have dealt with your conservatory, these things usually drag on and on ad on an on and on and on
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Steady rain in Bristol this morning and puddles everywhere so water butts should be filling up and the potager getting a good soaking. Bodes good for the runner bean crop. I will have a chance now to catch up on the office work for Mr. Fothergills trials. Time to make lots of soup and pasta sauce for the winter. I picked a big bowl of plums yesterday so will make some plum crumbles and freeze them as well. Next to gardening I like cooking best of my hobbies, especially on a dreich very dark and wet Saturday. So fortuitous the Bristol in Bloom judging was early this year. This weekend would not have been such an enjoyable task for the judges.
Rain in the northwest west and plenty of it, got soaked yesterday when I got out of tesco's , so glad the garden is getting a good water and it's filling my water butt too, going to Hebden Bdridge tomorrow to a classic car rally, the weather man said its dry on Sunday (I hope)
, keep you all posted 
Lots of rain in Staffordshire too! Marion, how are the Cucamelons coming along? I'm in the middle of making jam and chutney, and Cucamelons sound as though they may be very nice as a pickle, so want to try them next year.