Morning everyone. I thought we had snow first thing this morning but it's just a hard frost. Not nearly as mild as yesterday so heating on and windows firmly shut. According to the forecast. we won't get any snow so I hope they're right.
Need to go out today and buy some more bird food. The fatballs aren't finished but I can't keep up with the feeders and table. Broke the ice on the water bowl first thing and now it's freezing up again so pingpong ball to the rescue.
Lots of blackbirds around this morning, counted 8 so far .
I believe hot stones are very good. Stones need to be heated in an oven. If baking a cake this morning, as I expect most of you are, you could pop a few stones in the oven at the same time, to warm up.
I make cakes exactly like Nola. If you fold in the flour with a metal spoon the cake will be lighter and less dense. For that recipe the cake should be divided into 2 sandwich tins. Becks, Mary Berry has written some good cookery books. She's about 70 now so has been around some time.
It snowed here when I was going to bed. Big white and fluffy - panic! Meeting OH from Bergerac airport today and I live down a steep forest track. So I took the car up the track and walked back down (1 kilometre, dark, cold and rustlings in the woods). When I got up this morning it was all melted and raining so I needn't have bothered. Now got to walk back to get the car.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It is sad that another big chain of shops has gone but it is so easy to shop on line. What will the high street look like in another 20 years or so.
I've got a lot of blackbirds too, Jean, mostly males. Chris Packham said on A-Z of gardening that they are migrants and our local birds go further south.
I heard that hot water can freeze quicker than cold. Is that true? Hot stones seems a good idea. Water hasn't frozen here yet.
Absolutely perishing here, will not be going far today, the side roads look lethal.
If everyone continues to shop online the high street will be very different in a few years, you can see the change already, but being able to purchase things a lot cheaper over the internet who can blame people for doing that. I still like a good rootle round the shops
I was surprised by Chris Packhams revelations about the birds, as you say we feed them all year round thinking they will nest in your garden, only now to find they B... off come spring. Both our ponds have got ice on them this morning, but the larger one has a small waterfall so that has managed to keep a frost free patch.The birds use the waterfall for bathing.
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Morning everyone.
I thought we had snow first thing this morning but it's just a hard frost. Not nearly as mild as yesterday so heating on and windows firmly shut. According to the forecast. we won't get any snow so I hope they're right.
Need to go out today and buy some more bird food. The fatballs aren't finished but I can't keep up with the feeders and table. Broke the ice on the water bowl first thing and now it's freezing up again so pingpong ball to the rescue.
Lots of blackbirds around this morning, counted 8 so far .
Have a good day everyone.
Who is pingpong-the Chinese servant?
I put a kettle of hot water in mine.
(Without the kettle).
I believe hot stones are very good. Stones need to be heated in an oven. If baking a cake this morning, as I expect most of you are, you could pop a few stones in the oven at the same time, to warm up.
I make cakes exactly like Nola. If you fold in the flour with a metal spoon the cake will be lighter and less dense. For that recipe the cake should be divided into 2 sandwich tins. Becks, Mary Berry has written some good cookery books. She's about 70 now so has been around some time.
It snowed here when I was going to bed. Big white and fluffy - panic! Meeting OH from Bergerac airport today and I live down a steep forest track. So I took the car up the track and walked back down (1 kilometre, dark, cold and rustlings in the woods). When I got up this morning it was all melted and raining so I needn't have bothered. Now got to walk back to get the car.
Good morning all,
Hope you are all keeping warm.
It is sad that another big chain of shops has gone but it is so easy to shop on line. What will the high street look like in another 20 years or so.
I've got a lot of blackbirds too, Jean, mostly males. Chris Packham said on A-Z of gardening that they are migrants and our local birds go further south.
I heard that hot water can freeze quicker than cold. Is that true? Hot stones seems a good idea. Water hasn't frozen here yet.
Pam - I checked this out last year-it is something do to with molecules-will have to go back and see what the answer was
A quich search-it is one for the boffins
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-it-true-that-hot-water
Morning All.
Absolutely perishing here, will not be going far today, the side roads look lethal.
If everyone continues to shop online the high street will be very different in a few years, you can see the change already, but being able to purchase things a lot cheaper over the internet who can blame people for doing that. I still like a good rootle round the shops
I was surprised by Chris Packhams revelations about the birds, as you say we feed them all year round thinking they will nest in your garden, only now to find they B... off come spring. Both our ponds have got ice on them this morning, but the larger one has a small waterfall so that has managed to keep a frost free patch.The birds use the waterfall for bathing.
Hope you have a good day, hope you can keep warm
Chris
Every-time I go out the back door there are 6 big feathered things trying to get indoors- are they telling me something ?
Haven't rootled for a while-might have a rootle tomorrow