Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Pippilongstocking

Hello is always useful

Thank you lottie

Cheery there are aces hours banked

Uniscots97

just popping by, hope everyone's ok. pretty tired but off to update some posts and my diary.

Pippilongstocking

Thanks uni - hope that egg card is getting a bit lower! Off to see what you've been unto

Lemon_Tree

hellooooo how is everyone?
i wonder if Dr's realise what you're growing on your window sill Pippi lol

Pippilongstocking

Hey lt xx hope your dad ok

My physalis has infected every room in the house

Lemon_Tree

Dad is so so, they think it was an epileptic fit. he's going to see a specialist. Hope it doesn't happen again.

Pippilongstocking

LT (()) I hope they get to the bottom of it all.

xxxxxxxxxx

Bonkers light here watching the sunset simple things in life are free

Uniscots97

Morning All, having a chuckle to myself (I've not lost it I promise) was singing in the car (some good songs on the radio) and got some very strange looks....... oh well

Karmacat

Morning! Here's to chuckling and singing in the car, and to watching sunsets as well ... you're doing great, Pippi, especially with the physalis

Pippilongstocking

Morning Uni you're in good company here dd and i do that alot (and car dance)



Morning KC - the physalis are an experiment at growing fruit - on a gardening tour to ireland I saw a huge pot of them in someones conservatory - so gorgeous a plant too - so its part of my 'how much and what can I grow at home' experiment - hmm my life appears to be one big experiment

Today

Paid work for 3 1/2 hours
Paid lunch at work
Parcel to pack
Loo rolls to collect from a pal (I've run out and I use them to send my plants in - a whole years worth gone like that *ploof* went ages back really quickly we either use alot of loo roll or I've sold alot of babby plants - I was telling my friend and she offered to save them for me and true to her word her loo rolls are now enroute here for me
Kids fun sheet to make up for the gardening day on saturday at the recycling charity
Interview clothes to sort
Phone capital One activate card
Take recycling TO the tip - not leave it in the car
Organise what I've to start sowing at work
Diary - see if I've an old one I can recycle somehow or other
Money into bank (didn't manage that yesterday)
Pick sage to make HM sausages for gamerchops
Paint more floor and tidy upstairs trying to get back into spare room
Organise cleaning/gardening for a pal (paid)
Organise an hour at new garden
Plant up last of the chillis and tomatoes (!) no idea where to put them

I'm struggling with the idea of a holiday - kids off for 8 weeks - they will be at dads for 6 (EEEK - but he hardly sees them so I guess thats my own issue - they will have a brilliant time!!!) which is why I want us to do something fun - but right now its probably not the best use of money - to spend it all on petrol. But summer only comes around once and I've not got much time with them.

Ferry and petrol = £350 without any adventures paid for yet
Make things to take and take flowers/eggs/cakes

I know its terrible but I'm looking at the money and thinking - hmm thats a polytunnel cover. But that is very selfish of me. We could stay home but we do that mostly and it would be lovely to catch up with folk. I guess I'd better get my butt into gear and raise money via ebay etc. And figure out chickens/plants - I don't have a house sitter this year - I might ask the boy across the field and a chum unless something amazing happens!

Onwards, we'll get there! Hope you all have a good day.