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unrecordings

Karmacat wrote: »

My word, unrecordings, you're doing amazingly well with what you're facing. Are you an outpatient for chemo, will you be able to look after your seeds?


I'm taping that Monty Don edition right now I've been soaking some lentils for sprouting (I think I've soaked them for too long, some tiny sprouts are rubbing off) and I want to finally plant some kale and chard today.

Thanks - outpatient fortunately - and I'm back on steroids so by 6am I can't stay in bed any longer - the cat loves it

unrecordings

Kantankrus_Mare wrote: »

There are so many things to have a go at growing and just not enough time for everything.

Yup - but if something doesn't work, you can always try something else - or just dial it back a bit and just go for lavender and/or herbs (or sedum!)

Mnd

Just been up the plot to start planting out my onions, instead spent the time tracking down my cloches which were playing hide and seek all over the allotment site. One smashed to smithereens, the rest put back in place and reprimanded

unrecordings

Stopped snowing mid morning, now it's sunny so I'm on a windmill & bird feeder hunt - and pick some kale for tea that's just started budding

Living_proof

unrecordings wrote: »

Stopped snowing mid morning, now it's sunny so I'm on a windmill & bird feeder hunt - and pick some kale for tea that's just started budding

Crikey unrecordings, we are only 45 miles apart but not a suspicion of snow here. I have been working in the greenhouse all day and it was 41C in there this morning when I started. Amongst other things I sowed your Naga chillies, thank you again, and a rather eclectic selection of veg. The sitting room is now looking like a nursery and I have just shocked myself by counting 72 tomato plants pricked out. All different varieties, but I will give most away. I am also trying Okra this year as I absolutely adore it and it does go so well with all these tomatoes I will be harvesting....I have sowed a lot of old seed as well and will be interested to see just what germinates. So far it would be close to 100% but some Apache chillies I transplanted earlier look none too bonny. Their lanky stems are not so obliging when moving and they seem to have extremely long roots. I can't wait for my polytunnel to go up but I am relieved it wasn't done sooner as it would be halfway to Bridlington by now!

Pablosmummy

Potted on marigolds, tomatoes, chilli's, sweet peppers and moved some salad leaves and basil around.
Everything out the garden seems to have survived the bad weather, had to prop a few daffodils up but they seem happy enough now, hopefully the weather improves a bit from now on!

unrecordings

Living_proof wrote: »

Crikey unrecordings, we are only 45 miles apart but not a suspicion of snow here.

Being just on the lee side of the Pennines/Peak district we're quite protected here, unless it rolls down from the north

baggins11

Unrecordings I hope next week goes as well as can be expected. I think you are amazing to be preparing pots with one hand! I haven't been here long but I can tell you are an asset to this board with your knowledge and wonderful dry sense of humour. I enjoy reading your posts very much.

I also heard Monty mention first earlies - they will be the first things to go in my new veg beds next week. I hope the weather calms down for all of us next week. We had hail in Herefordshire today.

unrecordings

baggins11 wrote: »

Unrecordings I hope next week goes as well as can be expected. I think you are amazing to be preparing pots with one hand! I haven't been here long but I can tell you are an asset to this board with your knowledge and wonderful dry sense of humour. I enjoy reading your posts very much.

I also heard Monty mention first earlies - they will be the first things to go in my new veg beds next week. I hope the weather calms down for all of us next week. We had hail in Herefordshire today.

Aw thanks :-)
It's just survival though and good old bloodymindedness.
It's interesting to see how the brain can adapt, I'm naturally left handed, and I started to lose that hand in the late autumn.
Gradually I've become right handed, for instance this afternoon secateurs felt natural in my right hand for the first time ever and writing with my right (wrong) hand is improving daily
There does seem to be a period in between where both sides seem in conflict, but once that's resolved then the brain just seems to re-wire

(The specialist I'm seeing tomorrow will probably tell me that's bollox)

As for potatoes, they clean the earth don't they ? The bed I have planned for them is topped up with last year's tomato grow bags - seems like a happy accident

Suffolk_lass

Unrecordings, watch out for blight on your potatoes, using tomato compost. It has similar effect to repeat planting potatoes as they are the same family