Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Uniscots97

Warm here too (23), had an expensive day. Saw petrol at 130.7 so filled the tank..... well its not like it goes off does it?

Karmacat

Lula-Hula wrote: »

Thanks for the link Pippi .. looks very simple, although I'm a bit unsure as to what to do with the seeds once I've removed from the mother ship ? Bear with me please , I'm a bit new to this. Do I dry them out & should I store in the fridge once they are dry ?- that's what it says on the packets of the ones I've bought this year so they are snuggled up next to the jam

Perhaps you should have a question section on your new website & charge 10p each for answering them

Not wanting to boast ... but it was 28 here today ... have to collect DD later on & am really looking forward to a nice walk in the cool evening air.

Thats exactly the question I want to ask :money::)

LT - well done on the bingo win! Were you playing for recreation, or for dfw? I loved getting the bingo wins on dfw work, that bingo britain was fabulous

Pippi, you sound busy! And of course you can ask for plants and whatnot as wedding presents - people give lists to John Lewis and say to their family and friends "buy something off this list" - why shouldn't you do the same - even via a website, actually :rotfl: Almost the only wedding I've been to that *hasn't* done that was that one I went to in Easter, where a lot of the bride's family was coming over from Poland, and had travel and hotel expenses at *this* country's prices, so pressies were a no-go.

Go for it!

Pippilongstocking

Um lula, once detached from mother ship, being a chilli novice myself, I dried them as I could and kept them in a recycled brown envelope in my file.

Germination of seeds deteriorates after while but not over one season. . Dry=not decomposing, cold and if even only a teeny bit not dry=potential to rot. I don't take chances I dry, envelope then store in dark, dry file.

Eek to balmy temps!

Cold here, wedding gifts are funny thing, not of course that we've agreed on anything, however....,.,


Advice should always be free, in my mind. To encourage others to grow and bloom surely is brilliant.

I got an award (on blog) bit nice but weird, lady liked my waffly post, very nice of her, mr F deciding how to spend his retirement when I've covered world in flowers, and sold them through new site lol!

Karmacat

You got an award? Right, I'm over there right away! Congratulations!

Pippilongstocking

Aw ta kc. The lady gives them out weekly. Very chuffed, but always find folk being nice (aside u lot) a tad curious. In a are they confused kinda way x

Iyswim

The_Dragon

I know friends of mine needed stuff for the house (carpets, curtains etc) so they had two boxes at the wedding, one with a carpet sample on it and another with a piece of fabric and people dropped cheques or cash into one of them

Kittikins

I think the idea of getting married in the polytunnel is a fabulous one, or if not, then you could have the reception in there? Surrounded by plants, lovely........

Managed a NSD and storecupboard day yesterday, go me!! Toast AND weetabix (hmm.....), scrumptious salad, cheese and crackers, courgette cupcakes (oops! made for DD's packed lunches but needed to be tested....omg they're delicious but DD hates them ).

OH suggested we get a takeaway last night, but I stood firm, not least because I think the takeaways around here are rubbish, but also because I had plans already to make split pea dahl (divine) and yummola potato and broccoli curry (although I made it with courgette ) to go with his meat I'd already taken out of the pizza. I think money is burning a hole in his pocket as he's bought a stupid cookbook from Amazon as well in the last couple of days. Silly goose......

Today he's going home again, just a fleeting visit this time and so DD and I will go for a swim and a picnic like we did last week I've got cheese sarnies-a-plenty in the freezer for her and I'll have a salad. We must take tons of fruit as we're drowning in the stuff. As I have a voucher for a free newspaper courtesy of my parents who've sent me their subscription tokens whilst they're on holiday, I'm hoping for another NSD!

Pippilongstocking

KK well done you. My ds has money burn such a hole its burnt out of his pocket often before he's got it. Glad you had a nice tea and have a lovely adventure today

We had a 'pub tea' made at home - scampi and chips and salad and we watched Dr W.

Dragon how clever your pals were KK we've not a plan yet - can't decide on 'sooth' or up here - I do like the idea of the woodland, in autumn, but its already autumn..............although we could plan for snowdrops

I did spend a bit yesterday - £10 a few storecupboard things (nuts for cereal, butter and milk) and 2x 10p bread and 2x 75p growing herbs (basil) my old basil done in late April is still growing but its lost a bit of its voomf - so I'll split these and pot them up today see how they grow over the winter (if they grow much) - got walnuts and parmasen so I'll make the cellist 'purist basil pesto'

Gorgeous here today - I feel a walk coming on

Meals today will be
cereal and nuts for me with goats milk which everyone but me refuses to drink
Lunch - with ds something together
Tea frog in a bog, mash and veggies


Hope you're all good

Karmacat

Blimey, you were up early KK! Good for you for being firm about the takeaway, hope yours tasted scrumptious

Pippi, how you doing?



ETA - we crossposted! You're growing basil afresh, so tos peak wow - even down here, I thought I was too late!

Pippilongstocking

Morning KC - yeah might be here too - but sunny windowsill - grow your own pot from supermarket - its another experiment - suddenly realised the other window box of it upstairs is about 6 months old and whilst slowed down, its still cropping. We'll see.

Waiting for another load of washing to go out on line - so clear and still here can hear the engines of the ferries.

Hope you're having a nice day today - about to pop over and look..........................x