Pippi’s pulling up her stripey-socks for the final sprint towards the Good-Life……………

Pippilongstocking

Thanks chaps replies in a mo

Today
Sold half doz eggs
Sold 6 packets peedie seeds
Sold 3 books on amazon
Collected two bags straw free
Gathered 75 willow cuttings for a job to help a chum
Applied for a 6month p/t job at ferry company (20hrs)
Got 2x 10p packs posh sausages
Posted 3 plant seed sales 2nd class early to get there quick
Done a swap for plant plug trays (for half doz eggs)
Swapped half doz plants (free through cc deal) for half doz plants that WILL grow oot there

Tea and a chocolate cake now.....

Phew a busy day!

vl2588

10p sausages for the win (and all the rest!) :T:T:T

Cheery_Daff

:T :T Pippi! :T :T Excellent news! :j :j Well done you :j :j

Lemon_Tree

sounds like you've been mega busy and achieving loads of things. much better than me.

Kittikins

Morning everyone, happy Shrove Tuesday Nomnomnom.........well, hopefully, I'm going to be attempting to make gluten-free pancakes for MrA tonight, sound "delicious" don't they........

But hey, he's coming for a sleepover, so I'm a happy girl Not seen him for ages, since.......oooh, Saturday afternoon when we had a cup of tea and a natter with his son!!! Eeek, now that was scary, meeting his teenage son. He obviously approves of me, or at least hasn't poured scorn on his aged father dating me, as we're still talking, phew! (We discussed right at the outset that if our children didn't like the other one, it would be curtains for our relationship as our beloved offspring are ultimately important to our lives. Luckily DD thinks MrA is the best thing since sliced bread :) )

I have "gardening" news to report - I spent minutes, literally minutes, cutting back brambles that are threatening to overtake the garden so that DD and her friends could play in the garden yesterday, and then the little cherubs stayed indoors playing in their den made out of a sheet and chairs, bless them

So, can I join the Pippi gardening club, can I, can I? I promise to go back and cut some more back before.........let's be generous and say, before the first bbq of the year

Hope everyone is feeling sparkly today, seeing the sun and wearing my flipflops again is certainly cheering me up. Hugs to Pippi and Wik (and anyone else who'd like one of course) xx

Pippilongstocking

Morning all - vile weather here - KK well done on the gardening!!

Posting parcels today and trying to get ready for work (and bit oomph)

Got a call about planting job - 65 treelets. Need visit the lady next week when I'm back.

More seeds on there - easy to post - woo hoo

Got a bit sucked in to the 'real seed company' based in wales - maybe some of you have heard of them? I'm wondering if there is such a company in scotland - might be a bit of an idea to develop for other areas of the UK.

Looking at that weather - do I really need to go out there?

EssexHebridean

Wow - all going on with you Pips - sorry I've been AWOL. Glad you're able to make the funeral - if I were american I'm sure I would tell you that it is important for "getting closure on the situation".....Wik well done for the decision to keep up with the herbs - your Mum will be so pleased, and yes, I do mean to talk in the present tense as she will always be with you, no matter what.

Sorry to hear your weather is grim today - ours is bee-ootiful for the second day on the trot, although very cold. It really sounds like things are looking up on the job/work front for you as well - we said things would come along in due course, didn't we! :T

troglodyte

Morning all!

Gorgeous sunshine here too, although a hard frost last night. I re-potted a Vietnamese coriander plant a couple of days ago and I think I might have put it a bit close to the window in the (very cold)conservatory, it's looking a bit sad this morning.

Really got to crack on today, lots of work to do as well as trying to fix my car (currently minus 3 of its 4 glow-plugs) and dig the last parsnips for tea.

Well done on the sales Pippi, and on the gardening KK! It might only be a bit of pruning/ weeding at this time of year, but a bit now will save a lot more later in the year!

Oh, meant to say that I found the Real Seed Company after a recommendation somewhere on MSE I think, I bought some seeds from them the year before last as they had some unusual varieties of climbing beans and grain amaranth and squash. Not really sure how you could make much of an income from encouraging people to save their own seed though.

Karmacat

You were *so* busy, Pippi! Sounds like you're putting out some feelers to get lots more work too - I hope it goes the way you want.

KK, good for you - at my last house, I was overwhelmed with brambles, and not keeping on top of them is disastrous - I only made it to the back of the garden three times in a dozen years :o:o it starts so innocently and then goes really pear shaped

greenval

Morning all
Good to hear we are all venturing out into our gardens,even if you do have to fight the brambles and the weather.Freezing here this morning.
I bought 8kg of 'organic pelleted manure' from ALD! yesterday to sprinkle aroung the back garden. I found half a bucket in the shed so the side is already done . Met Mr fixit when I was bringing the wheely bin in so he's going to come and sort out the new water butt. It needs to be screwed to the wall because of the wind down the side Path EEK! and connected to its friend so that one can overspill when full. I have mad visions of a whole row of them like green daleks along the side wall but perhaps not.!