Get a grip woman!

LadyGnome

Glad to hear your are on the mend and that your teeth are sorted now.  Is the sugar for you or the bees?

rtandon27

Glad to hear you are on the mend SL

Suffolk_lass

Thanks both - the sugar is for me to preserve fruit - I use the old bottling method with a light syrup in preference to freezing everything, and I also make jam and fruit butters (but I have banned myself from making anything except cherry jam this year as I have a huge amount in the cupboard and larder). 

I can't tell you how relieved I am to have my teeth fixed (the repair post had been hanging off the front tooth for nearly three weeks, and the gold crown had been out for over a week)

trix-a-belle

Glad you're healing SL
Can you send words of encouragement to my raspberry & blackberry canes, they were yellow sticker wonders the other year and have grown lots this year but seem to have very little fruit to speak of & what there is isn't ready yet (don't talk to me about my blueberry bushes, one fruits quite well but refuses to grow more than 30cm tall, the other is growing better but doesn't fruit, they were meant to be companions and rivals for each other)
On the subject of biscuits i'll send you over a recipe that may appeal to you on tastiness and ability to moderate intake (I struggle on this majorly )

BalanceBy50

Just catching up & so sorry to hear about your accident & tooth. Glad you are on the mend xx

Suffolk_lass

Thanks @trix-a-belle We've also got some reluctant raspberry canes. They are the summer fruiting ones. It might be because they are surrounded by autumn fruiting canes that are more vigorous and a bit overwhelmed. I have stopped trying for blackberries but like picking wild bramble berries and I was an abject failure with blueberries. I know they like acid-rich soil and ours isn't - you could top-dress round them with ericaceous compost next Spring and feed with an acid-rich feed like liquid seaweed or Mir-acid and see if that makes a difference

Well, last dressings off and half my eyebrow seems to be missing. I have to wait and see if it grows back. The wound/scar is still so swollen and red I need to give it time. My worry is less about appearance and more about the possibility of it becoming in-growing. I fear it was rolled inside the wound when that was stuck with glue and steri-strips

Oh yes, invested in some more underwear and persuaded DH to have new pants - all from M&S who remain my go-to. Delivered all the pants and socks but no sign of my 2 bras!

Suffolk_lass

Eye is well and truly elsewhere for me. I love sport and have been all over the place, watching the Olympics, the hundred and the TDF. What with that and reading my book club book I am in danger of overspending this month!

Suffolk_lass

Got my bike back yesterday. New basket, new back rack and new mudguard. They even cleaned most of it (found a bit they missed!). Just under £250 but hopefully as new (looks it). I need to test it somewhere nice and flat to get my nerve back.

Bees are busy (they don't read books so we go expecting to do one thing and end up having to cope with another entirely). We need to go back later today if the sun breaks through.

Money things, I removed £1500 from the emergency Tilly-pot and bought another thousand of PB, and the other £500 can sit in my account so the end of month disparity between bills going out and occupational pension coming in is not an overdraft situation. I could do with two small months on my CC to rein it back in really. 

Other things. I am off to hospital to see the consultant on Friday as a follow-up to the biopsy and removal of a polyp - the results showed no malignancy so that is reassuring. My ribs are gradually less painful and my facial swelling and bruising is reducing (the skin feels too big now though and still plenty of fluid to disperse. 

themadvix

Glad to hear you're on the mend SL and that the polyp was non-malignant.

Interesting about the bees - will mention that to DH! He's always wanted a hive (despite all the complexity you mention!), so it'll be something he ventures into in our new home eventually - there's quite a bit to sort before then!

Suffolk_lass

themadvix said:

Glad to hear you're on the mend SL and that the polyp was non-malignant.

Interesting about the bees - will mention that to DH! He's always wanted a hive (despite all the complexity you mention!), so it'll be something he ventures into in our new home eventually - there's quite a bit to sort before then!

If he is interested, there are excellent beekeepers associations registered with BBKA (British bee keeping association) that would give him access to excellent advice, resources and discounts. In Norfolk there is also Stewart Spinks, the Norfolk Honey Company who has a free Youtube channel, loads of free videos, runs a patreon site and also bee courses, days and mentors. I am in his closed FB group too (Stewart's beekeeping basics) - I started by reading the threads on that, joining our local association and doing the beginner's course that the association ran. We have a WhatsApp group too that is excellent for a bit of quick advice from more experienced beeks (beekeepers). Beware the expense and he will need a minimum of 2 hives, so you can sort out any problems from within your resources, and best advice is to have twice as many hives as you have colonies.

All that said, I love it and doing it together (DH and I) has been brilliant to talk things through, reassure one another and jointly manage them. I would suggest you do it too. Do PM me if you want to but we are relatively new @LadyGnome knows more than us...