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Pippilongstocking

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

<waves over fence>

just dashing through - we'cve got a feww city-wide music festival here this weekend, lots of mates playing, lots of sitting round in sunshine, friend just texted to say she's heading to the park with a 'slightly random, badly thought out picnic' so I'm about to do the same xxx

Yay to badly thought out picnics good for you, have fun!



I'm cleaning, looking at the bleurgh weather and finding things like the cd's with the whole of my work from 2000-2005 and photos :j

Did a peedie blog (rambly as always) and nice to put one of my favourite (old) photos of the cellist into it

Not that I've been distracted of course!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Cheery_Daff

That kind of distraction sounds like the essential kind of distraction that goes with cleaning pippi

Pippilongstocking

Karmacat wrote: »

:hello: Can you see me over the fence? I'm back :j:j:j and oh my word, I missed you all! Sorry its so freezing for you, Pippi, it was very wet in Norfolk, but here in sunny Sussex my creeping mint died of lack of water _pale_ and it was in a saucer and everything!

I've taken note of loads of recipes on new tabs on here - firefox has kind of exploded because of all that :rotfl: and I've come back with renewed determination to eat *loads* of stuff from my garden

Oh dear to crispy mint! Lovley to see you back again! I've missed you

There are alot of great recipes here aren't there glad you've had fun, sorry it was so wet!

Tonights dinner was sushi rice, pan fried cougettes and chilli - yum!

No one here likes courgettes, I love them, I've vowed to stop sulking and eat things I like whilst the house is empty!

Cheery cleaning indeed something that needs distracted from, the living room is only 1/4 clean - whoops!

Uniscots97

How is everyone today? Anyone ever heard of flat peaches and nectarines? Bought some yesterday at new market near my grandparents. 8 for £1.20, might start going there as they had a good range of stuff and their prices aren't too bad (huge punnet of grapes for 99p).

Tried for some extra work this weekend but nothing doing. Instead went for 4 miles walk around the lake in the park near us with OH, nice just chilling away from the 'problems' we get dragged into. Told OH no more and time we look after ourselves.

Tomatoes doing nicely, had home grown garlic in HM burgers for tea... yum.

gilligansyle

unixgirluk wrote: »

How is everyone today? Anyone ever heard of flat peaches and nectarines? Bought some yesterday at new market near my grandparents. 8 for £1.20, might start going there as they had a good range of stuff and their prices aren't too bad (huge punnet of grapes for 99p).

I often get flat peaches from the farmers market. They aren't as juicy as normal peaches, quite a white flesh generally. They seem to keep better. I don't like the fuzzy skin on peaches, but they seem OK. Never had flat nectarines though.

Uniscots97

gilligansyle wrote: »

I often get flat peaches from the farmers market. They aren't as juicy as normal peaches, quite a white flesh generally. They seem to keep better. I don't like the fuzzy skin on peaches, but they seem OK. Never had flat nectarines though.

thanks, I thought I was seeing things! I bought the flat nectarines. They're lovely. Haven't seen them anywhere before.

chevalier

yeah to eating what you like!

redsquirrel80

Ooh I am envious of your continuing elderflower crop! (not of the weather though, brr!) Do however have lots of lovely raspberry and strawberry jam on the go now, and raspberry vodka, and a new batch of ginger beer made with molasses sugar which smells AMAZING!

starnac

thanks for the cordial recipe Pippi and Red

Hope you have a nice sneaky weekend away with OH Pippi. Have been catching up on your blog. Lovely pictures.

DH and I have been out in the garden today having a good sort out. We pulled up the onions. we had loads. We were really pleased as it's the first time we've tried them. Just one question though. 2 of them didn't grow very well and have a type of bulb at the top of the plant which is full of seeds (is this what the book means by "bolted"?) can we use these seeds for next year?? What do we do with them??

Pippilongstocking

Red the weather is pants but good for flowering I guess, yum to ginger beer......you'll have to tell us how that goes.


You're exactly right starnac, bolting, is a posh way of saying flowering or going to seed. The seeds might do fine depends what type you bought, give it a go or u them in salads and they are great in bread etc yummy!

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