Best wellyboot forward. Pips frugal edible garden adventures.

Pippilongstocking

Banks and CC's done.

PAD of £9.08 on the card.

No money in from contract - pfft.

Housekeeping money goes in tomorrow must do a wee reckon up.

Messaged DD about budgets and she's having a wee think.

Messaged DS about going to pick up his flat stuff next week.

Progress.

Pippilongstocking

rtandon27 wrote: »

ooo - GP has been lurking!:D

Welcome back to MSE land - we've missed you!

Pips - I've got desk envy! it's beautious!

We have missed her haven't we.

My lovely desk was sweat equity from the flat.

Nice old OH and was a bargain until I had to go and retrieve it. :mad:

Madder still is that I can't get into my paid domain website. You know the one I can use to develop and sell stuff.

I've emailed the IT lady who developed it - trawlled through emails can't find a way of getting in either.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What am I like.

Pippilongstocking

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Jealous of the lemon grass growing Mila - enjoy when you manage to try the soup.



Sometimes we call Tea dinner too. Lifes quite fun isn't it.

Today well i need a plan as it could easily be spent doing not much.

Plants in the ground is a priority.
[STRIKE]Washing needs done.[/STRIKE]
At least one room a 15 minute blast
Work on weeding rota for the garden at home (we do this at work) I'm trying to do a 'fly lady' for the garden type approach. *not letting my perfectionism get in the way.**
Mutts need a walk
Tomato plants to retreave from the local growing place, they do a great job when I'm just too busy
Grow bags - source cheapest and buy around 15 I think.
[STRIKE]Hens to clean out[/STRIKE]
Need top up the house wood but not chopped any lately might do some wood later
Not really needing much in the way of a top up shop might hit the COOP later and snargle the reduced sections for fodder.
Various windows to clean here - must start them.
Bathroom got a clean last night after bath, need to do the wee loo
Put clothes away
think aobut moving sofa which has been ousted by the desk. (Living room?)
[STRIKE]Cook that chicken, it never made it in the oven last night.
Banks
CC's
Arrange to talk to DD about budget now she's working
Arrange to go to DS for his stuff next week I guess?
[/STRIKE]Write up what folks we went on holiday with owe me and email them.
Indoor mowing.

I'm sure there will be more.

Its not great but its a start. Nice skype with DS.

Pippilongstocking

Morning lands

Great chat with mortgage man seems we can reduce the term and maybe lock into a low rate for 2 or 3 or 5 years. % with a facility to overpay Having a wee think and will do some research on here too.

£7.11 spent at the COOP largely reduced veg/fruit and some stock cubes (posh 15p) and milk (35p/litre) so got 4 of each of those and some mutt fud. DH also popped some chocolate in. Sneaky thing.

Soup is on from yesterdays chicken with some barley so that will get sorted for lunches next week.

Sun's in and out so thinking a garden day today largely. Washing is on and the hens are fed.

Lovely walk last night at the local NTS property which isn't locked at night. I prefer the woods and garden at night less chance of being disturbed.

Bonnie it was too. They've some veg plants for sale I think I'll walk over there later.

Pippilongstocking

I've decided to do an edible audit.

We have

Tayberry or Logan/and or one of each x 1
Apples x 2
Blackberries x 4
Gooseberry (blush) x 1
Redcurrant x 1
Blackcurrant x 1
Nameless currant x 1
Rhubarb from up north x 1
Elder x 1
Hazels (purple) x 7 (Hedge)

Herbs
Thyme - looking a bit dejected
Sage recovering well 1 large/small
Chives - going nuts
Garlic wild - loads nuts
Mints last time I counted 14 diff types
Had garlic chives - they've not appeared yet
Have angelica/sweet cicely too
Fennel x 2

I'd like to add basil, lemon verbena and a few others to this but not sure yet.

Hoping to grow this year
Toms - I have 4 indeterminates given by a neighbour and will probably aim to plant about 20 bush plants some normal, some cherry, some plum.
Courgettes
Squashes
Marrows
Basil
Onions red and normal
Shallots x 2 kinds
Peas - in with the sweetpea frames, yes probably unwise but the pods are so different and I want the mixed interest.
Beans - runner again probably they filled up a gap nicely maybe some others too
Spinach we've got perpetual and when the hens stop scoffing it there's a whole bed of it.



ETA yes the tatties are in but a no show so far lazy blighters.

Pippilongstocking

OK I think we can safely add two mini (all female) cucumbers to the list.

And, at £1.50 a pot, I don't mind supporting local businesses.

Yes, I could have germinated them myself, but I didn't.

Pippilongstocking

Morning lands

Dishwasher and wm on - some cooking done. Made some sausage/egg muffins for brekkie and had couple spare for hte rest of the week for DH

Few bits out the freezer too for cooking later in today for next weeks grub.

Sofa seats washed in the garden.

Spent a good 7 hours outside and got a fair few tubs done.

Emptying the big tubs to redistribute the compost and use fresh in those for the tomatoes.

Not sure of plan for today yet......covered up as a biit too much sun on my back yesterday whoopsie

Pippilongstocking

Extra contract wages are in and showing but its a cheque so unlikely to be cleared this century.

I guess its quite cute really.

Housekeeping money in tomorrow so guess should do a wee tott up.

£10 pad to the cc will clear the food/petrol one when I get the housekeeping money.

MUST send a note to the folks who owe me money from holiday on the other card. Although its <50 its still mine.

Sent away for packs for two redundant mobile phones not much but better than dusting them.

rtandon27

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

...a biit too much sun on my back yesterday whoopsie

What is this sun of which you speak?:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Cold & cloudy here - OH even had his ski jacket on while doing BBQ breakfast - bottom of the fridge omelet again - left over onion, tomato, pak choi - topped with fresh spring onions & melty cow blue cheese triangles - YUM!

Pippilongstocking

Explain this BBQ to me is it fixed or a free standing one and are ski jackets optional.

I'm intrigued by cooking most meals ootside when its baultik. It sounds lush!



And we did have a whole day of sun yesterday. unusual I know.

Bit temperamental today too.
Phones packed up and heading for the post - less clutter.

Deciding what to do about DS bed (nice but freecycle) and his coffee table (nice but free from a chum) they'll take up car space and they're not needed here but don't want to be brutal.