Best wellyboot forward. Pips frugal edible garden adventures.

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, have those pesky hens not been laying? Idle slackers!! Mind you, they probably need a bit of a rest after the life they've had, poor little things. Still, an egg or two wouldn't go amiss!

Karmacat

Sounds idyllic up there, Pippi I planted some wild garlic here last year, but I didn't harvest any then - I'll probably experiment a little bit this time, as I have *actual* garlic planted at the bottom of the garden now.

Great list - but I'm glad you remember its supposed to be your day off!

Pippilongstocking

Slackers indeed cheery. And yup KC a day off pottering

Didn't get much done outside as it started pouring but did get the chainsawing done. 2.5 pallets. Which looks like this. Long bits for the kitchen stove, short 'squarelogs' for the woodburner.



Must get more pallets/waste wood. As I've nowt left to chop at the mo.

There is some wood seasoning in the garden but its needing a long sit.

All in all not a bad day.

Fridge/freezer yeilded 13 lunches for himself, 2 lamb shanks for dinner one night, a half shoulder too, some chicken, some fish and some stew.
Aside that there's dumplings and bits of bread/cheese.

So really food wise we need anything tasty reduced and some fruit really and a few bits for making up the lunches/brekkies at work.

Of course eggs would be handy. But lets not hold our breath. I fed them home made value rice made up with reduced rubbery mushrooms.

And a lettuce greens are short at this time of year.

Shepherds pie in oven. All good.

I drove but only 7 miles.

maddiemay

Thank you for the planting information, that will be a great help, I want to split a couple of clumps of existing Snowdrops too.

Neighbour's gardener son called this evening, he is going to do a couple of heavier jobs for me:j and kindly told me how to look after a beautiful, but rather large Acer shrub, which actually belongs to next door, but most of it lives in my garden:D and has not been touched for donkeys years, it is sort of umbrella shaped and has about 10 years worth of dead branches in it's midst, I may be missing for a few days:rotfl:

Loving the chook photo, they look so healthy, I hope that they start earning their keep soon.

troglodyte

Sounds as though you have an awful lot going on Pippi, but most of it good anyway! Great progress at work it seems, and well done with the meal plan.
Our chooks are having a 'laying holiday' too while they moult, feathers everywhere!
I've got plumbing repairs going on this week, so no hot water (only in the kettle) and stuff all over the place out of kitchen cupboards etc. Also lots of other stuff to do so I seem to be living on bacon. I bought 1 kg of cooking bacon for £1.72 or something and I've been eating bacon, salad and guacamole sandwiches and now pasta sauce with bacon and still got lots left!
Also found reduced mangoes, kiwi fruits and papaya so with bananas as well I'm feeling very virtuous eating big bowls of exotic fruit salad. Makes up for the bacon I guess!

Greying_Pilgrim

Hey hun!

Don't know if TV scheduling would be different in your neck of t'woods, but a new 4 part prog is starting on BBC2 at 9pm tomorrow night 'Kew on a Plate'. Kate Humble and Raymond Blanc are presenting - can't help thinking Alys missed out on this gig, but there you go.

Interview about the prog with Raymond HERE and there will be a book to accompany the series......

Hope work is treating you grand today

Greying x

Pippilongstocking

Sounds Yummy Trog!! Eek to the repairs I hope they go smoothly and yay for bargains


We eat a lot of the same thing.


Maddiemay sounds like a lovely tame gardener - goodluck, we'll send the girls if you don't appear back soon!


Nice day today. A bit of work, a bit of gardening and a bit of galavanting.


Kids and I coulntt catch up on sunday so I got sent some 'plant money' from which I indulged in a lovely daphne.


Thanks for the heads up on the show Greying dear, I'll get that on watch it again.


Lots of discounted spring bulbs in large DIY stores chaps.


50p a pot for lots of things.


Grab a bargain.


Also lots seeds in most stores.


Happy planting.


Working today/tomorrow/Friday


Have a good un!


xx

Cheery_Daff

Sounds like a cheery day

Thought of you yesterday when I found a tiny stray mini daff growing in last year's potato sack; all tucked away in the dark. Rescued it and put it in a nice pot in the house. No idea if it'll live but nobody coukd see it flowering inside the sack!

beanielou

Have a good week

Karmacat

Kew On A Plate is on iplayer thank you Greying

Cheery, how lovely for the mini daff