The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

Pippilongstocking

One for HP - the BRB in action

Pippilongstocking

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The veggie garden

Pippilongstocking

Introducing Mr Darwin and nutthead

skint_spice

Can't beat Scotland in the sun can you? just wish we saw it a little more often! gorgeous pic.

Pippilongstocking

No but if we had the weather I guess all the islands would be overpopullated and over run with horrible hotels and fast food places.

In the mist and the rain - when even the midges don't come out - I guess there is a kinda of nice tranquility about the place.

And you are right - in the sunshine its absolutely gorgeous.xx

PS Skint spice - well done on your debt reduction - wow - thats brilliant xx

Lemon_Tree

we give my lavender hedge the anne bolyn hair cut every year, never seems to do them harm

I love your huge garden so much bigger than ours

Pippilongstocking

Don't look at the weeds, lack of organisation or digging yet - I am posting this to shame myself into sorting it out and making a veggie garden plan. Hens live in the fruitcage to the back,, potting shed and greenhouse are on the left and the veggie garden is the picket fence bit - taken from out on the bedroom balcony bit from my room. Its a lovely tiny area which would be like a balcony in a flat so I might challenge myself to see what I can grow there in such a small space xx

Don't look at the weeds dont look at the weeds xx

Pippilongstocking

LT I have to confess thats only one wee bit of the garden - its almost 2 acres I think.

Theres a huge paddock, a big grassy woodland area and a couple more formal flower gardens - hence why they asked their mug of a gardener friend to look after it (NOT that I am complaining I love it here)

Lavender loves a haircut - we can only grow it here as an annual really or take it indoors int he winter (same as lots of mediteranian plants) so I have to treat myself to one each spring time and grow it indoors in a pot - there are down sides

skint_spice

fayjmck wrote: »

No but if we had the weather I guess all the islands would be overpopullated and over run with horrible hotels and fast food places.

In the mist and the rain - when even the midges don't come out - I guess there is a kinda of nice tranquility about the place.

And you are right - in the sunshine its absolutely gorgeous.xx

PS Skint spice - well done on your debt reduction - wow - thats brilliant xx

We have midges already! way too early but I think we had some snow forecast for the weekend so hopefully that might kill the wee boogers off!
Farmers are spreading the fields round here today so smells lovely - not!

Thanks on the debt - if I can do it then there's hope for everyone. would be nice to stop thinking about money for a while though.

Pippilongstocking

One of the nicest things about living on Orkney compared with the west coast is that we only get Midges from late July til Sept - its lightweight compared with elesewhere in socltand which I do remind them constantly when they moan about the midges - they don't know they are born up here.

pants they are out already with you SS x