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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Obelixx - I keep a bottle of Vermouth handy for sweating down onions or adding to a recipe which needs some alcohol but I don't have any leftover wine (who does?) and I don't want to open a fresh bottle.  


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    Morning all. 

    Surpassed myself last night ( this morning ) still awake at 3.30.image

    Fidget, I'll read your link fully this morning, didn't have time when I came in from the garden yesterday evening. Many thanks.

    Coal face 12 - 8 today.

    Devon.
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Good morning , late breakfast this morning , has been raining but ok now 

    Oberlix , vanilla terrine & spiced plums sounds rather nice 

    Hoping to do some tidying up in garden today 

    Have a good day everybodyimage

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,042

    Weather forecast was sun so I put the washing out this morning. It is heavy fog!

    X ray showed arthritis and a little bit of calcification but the X ray doc said he thought I also have chronic tendonitis. He said to go to my GP for treatment. My GP, last time, gave me Paracetamol and Ibuprofen and said I might need a cortisone injection. I had one of those some years ago after playing tennis and it was horrid. Not sure I'll bother.

    Obelixx, won't Cinzano Bianco be too sweet too? Our local SM doesn't sell Dry Martini either. Maybe just dry white wine would do. I use it when I make velouté sauces, but they have cream in them too. Why is it that most of the delicious things are fattening and bad for you?! I rarely eat anything they make in Bake Off, yet I'm hardly slim!

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    Busy, sorry to hear about the diagnosis for your shoulder. Hubby has been struggling with a knee problem for the last few months, also got a diagnosis of arthritis. He gets relief once a week from his lovely chiropractor. Unfortunately the relief only lasts for 24 hrs or so, but at least  it gives him a break for a while. I'm beginning to lose faith in the Drs.  I'm not sure what they are being taught nowadays except to ask for scans and write prescriptions.  Not their fault, but I'm really anti-pills etc if I can get away with it.  I'm actually much healthier since I stopped the rotten pills that she had me on.image

    S. E. NSW
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,042

    Joyce, OH won't be much good for planting bulbs, once he's knelt down he can't get up! I enjoy it though, planting anything is the best thing about gardening.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    BL...go easy in the garden.  If I'm doing any digging I wear my wrist splint and it's months since I had tendonitis. . . . don't want it to return. Arthritis in hip is now part and parcel of life. Ageing.....image

    Sun out after heavy rain earlier.

    SW Scotland
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Hello again - out of the dentist's by 11.10 -  I'd parked at John Lewis so bought some wool for a jumper for Wonky and got my parking ticket stamped so that only cost me £1 - now I'm just drinking a coffee and waiting for OH to change his shoes then we're off out for the day ... see you later folks image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841

    Planting bulbs in my garden usually involves a pickaxe and a lot of spadework so I had been looking for a better method. Clearing steep banks with a Flymo left me with a knackered shoulder so a lower effort solution was required.

    Had been looking for bulb planting augers but couldn't find any in the UK until recently. Crocus have then, just fit to a cordless drill and off you go. Best to drill lots of holes first then drop in the bulbs and back fill the holes with used compost. Probably easier to work as a team with an obedient undergardener. If I hit rock or tree roots I just move a little and try again. 

    It has certainly been a labour (and pain) saving method for me, especially on steep slopes. Highly recommended with the usual disclaimer of no commercial connection to Crocus, it is just where I found them.

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Steephill , you must qualify for extreme gardening on G/W

    Just having coffee break , couple of hours in garden tender potted plants now in g/h , a bit of cleaning  paths and dead heading 

    Will do a bit more before rain 

    Have a nice day out Dovefromabove image

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