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Lucifa73

redofromstart wrote: »

Then OH came home with his uneaten banana collection from work :cool:

Sounds like time for a banana loaf to me. I swear my boys leave bananas deliberately so I will make it!

redofromstart

Lucifa73 wrote: »

Sounds like time for a banana loaf to me. I swear my boys leave bananas deliberately so I will make it!

I know, but I make worlds worst banana bread. Like a lump of lead. There are protests when I make it, and even the birds won't eat it. Muffins and banana bread are my cooking failures

I usually freeze them, without skins. Hide the odd one in place of an egg in fruit cake or carrot cake, or use them in smoothies.

Lucifa73

I have a fail proof recipe if you want? It is sooooo easy.

Starmummy

Lucifa73 wrote: »

I have a fail proof recipe if you want? It is sooooo easy.

oh please share I have 4 bananas to use up before we go away tomorrow. Too squishy to take in my flight bag but baked in a loaf would be just the ticket to stop SC pleading starvation because she missed second breakfast :rotfl:

Lucifa73

I'll pop it up on my diary then

RosaBernicia

Hurrah for outsourcing - I am going to have to do the same if I am ever going to get to use the garden. Though was not very impressed with the last one, so am thinking of getting quotes from other local services for some kind of regular upkeep.

Am guessing you've already discovered this place for seeds... ? Really impressed with what I've had from them.



Rosa xx

Seasidegal58

redofromstart wrote: »

People, in my space :eek::o:o

They didn't do things my way, but I survived.

See! It wasn't that bad was it! Get the cleaner in!

redofromstart

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Hurrah for outsourcing - I am going to have to do the same if I am ever going to get to use the garden. Though was not very impressed with the last one, so am thinking of getting quotes from other local services for some kind of regular upkeep.

Am guessing you've already discovered this place for seeds... ? Really impressed with what I've had from them.
Rosa xx

No, not seen that site but it looks good. Some lovely sounding tomatoes

We had a long discussion about could we do it ourselves, yes. Did we actually want to do it? No, not and spend hours taking all of the green waste away. This way the worst of the mess has gone, and I've got a blank canvas with a few key structural things left. V motivating. Sourced via Checkatrade

Seasidegal58 wrote: »

See! It wasn't that bad was it! Get the cleaner in!

I spent all of the spare cash on the big mortgage overpayment, and have funded the garden contractor from savings . Cleaning will have to wait until March.

Feeling a bit better, but half an hour pottering in the polytunnel was enough to make me realise this is going to be a slow recovery. I showed some cherry toms, sweet peas and a sprinkle of salad leaves as it's lovely and warm in the tunnel. It's pennies wasted if nothing comes up. Found some leftover cress and Kohl Rabi seed too.

OH did some extensive pruning of the ancient and mostly rotten fruit trees, and the boys broke the bits down for the jam packed full green waste bins. The whole space is much brighter and lighter now.

Eating: fish and chips
Reading: Titchmarsh Gardeners Year, Nella Last in the bath, and more Patricia Wentworth on the kindle.
House: huge improvements in the garden
Used up: free sweet pea seeds from last year, I rarely grow flowers from seed
Bought: currently resisting plants. £50 for a specialist hellebore! :eek: I'm happy with my self seeded Heinz 57s. Any recommendations for good value sellers of plants welcomed. I've got about 20 square meters of empty borders...

Sun_Addict

I need to catch your gardening enthusiasm Redo, can you throw some over to me please

Seasidegal58

Great going on the garden redo. Glad the boys have mucked in as well. Having a clean canvas to work on sounds very motivational.