The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

silver-oldie

Fuddle, I agree everything always looks better when it warms up and the sun shines.
The potatoes, peas and onions are growing well.
Only planted the beetroot and carrots a few days ago.
Tomatoes, leeks, beans and other seeds are doing well, hopefully they can go out in a few weeks. Even got a couple of tiny lemons on the tree, kept inside until it warms up a bit more.

silvasava

Hester - welcome to the wonderful life on water! If it goes on a boat the price seems to double! I've found acceptable or similar items in caravan shops to be cheaper on occasions.
Well done to CHS for the doggy rescue - DH did something similar for an elderly overweight dog who didn't make the jump from boat to pontoon and got stuck under the pontoon. His owner was getting a bit hysterical so DH hauled him out - cue a soaked DH who hadn't bothered with a change of clothes - no good deed goes unpunished!

monnagran

mmm! Apart from the inevitable ferries I think I will settle for staying on terra firma after hearing Hester's and Silva's stories. I recall that old friends of mine - the ones who named their boat Ridiculous Extravagance - used to refer to chandleries and they like as GUAGs. Give Us A Grand.

Silver-oldie, you are in a difficult place with an awful decision to make. It seems as though your DM is still well able to make her own wishes known, in which case I don't understand why the PTB are coming to you to make the decision. If she is, in fact, confused then I suppose it comes down to weighing up quality of life against quantity. It's a lesson to us all to make these decisions in advance for ourselves, while we are still able to.
Good luck with the lemon tree, I've never been able to keep one. Due, no doubt, to my slapdash gardening methods.

It was bright sunshine when I got up this morning, but it's a bit overcast now. Still, no rain forecast so may take the scenic route to the shop today. It has been far too muddy and puddley for a long time now.

Nothing urgent planned for today so will do a bit more sorting out and write a long overdue letter.

Hope all is well with everyone.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

If you want to feel rich just count all the things you have that money can't buy.

silvasava

Monna - feeling very rich! Just walked down the garden and we've got TWO nests under the eaves of our garden shed! DH put a little shelf across underneath the timbers where the roof extends to form an overhang as its somewhere where any cats cant get to. Think its a blackbird - or maybe she's made two nests so she can decide which she prefers!

monnagran

Perhaps it's her weekend cottage. Or the beginning of her portfolio and she will rent it out. Or its a granny annexe for her in-laws. Keep us posted Silvasava.

VJsmum

Hmm, having worked like a trojan over the past few weeks, I seem to be having an attack of the CBAs today I may admit defeat and clean the house.....:eek:

Slinky

VJsmum wrote: »

Hmm, having worked like a trojan over the past few weeks, I seem to be having an attack of the CBAs today I may admit defeat and clean the house.....:eek:

Eh? CBA does not equal clean the house!

nursemaggie

That's what I thought too. You just click on YouTube one more time, read another chapter of a book or fall asleep on the sofa.

FairyPrincessk

Brr...it is chilly here. I can't wait for the sun tomorrow. I might need a cocoa to get me through the rest of the work day. Strictly to help me focus, you see.:A

VJsmum--having survived a PhD I can commiserate about cleaning the house being an excellent CBA activity. Baking and making just one more hot drink before you get started are also perfectly acceptable.

mardatha

Not planted a thing yet up here, even tatties don't go in until mid May.
Hellish wind today, got blown all over the place on way to the bus stop, then the bus got blown all over the road on the moor, And same again on the way home. Edinburgh was sunny and breezy - home was raining and a howling force 10