Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

It was a nice business. Just didn't make enough money. But yes, I really enjoyed it.
 People don't realise that all China is not hand painted and would spend more at the pub next door 😬
I'll post a photo later if I have one.

Thanks for the size. I'll look it up later and see what I can see.

Nowt much today except same old. Watering later after cup of tea. Got compost but not the energy 🙂 so tomorrow.

Dustyevsky

Inspired by pp's pictures, I deviated from the usual route today. We ate our lunch by the beach. As you can see, the cool, cloudy morning gave way to a fine, warm afternoon.

This spot is away from peak grockle, and parking is free. It's also one of the few beaches open to dog walkers at this time of year. From here we could see the quay where the World Crabbing Championships were held a short time ago: 

pink_poppy said:

I'll definitely be buying an elderberry and have made a note of the supplier's website, thank you
Mmm, I haven't had a decent pork pie in years. I used to buy one years ago from a butcher who made them on the premises - they were still warm and had lovely runny jelly inside, which probably sounds disgusting, but they were absolutely delicious. Proper pastry too.

As Farway says, it's important to decide what you want the tree for most. Some ornamental ones will double up for flowers and fruit, but 'Serenade,' which I posted earlier this year, isn't one I'd recommend for making fizz or wine. 

Lidl pork pies scored only 1/10 when I tried one. I didn't mind too much. Looking at their typical traffic light code, I tend to leave them on the shelf these days! 

EDITED: the site is playing silly beggars again this morning and I lost some of my post. 

YoungBlueEyes

Late up! I managed to sleep through himself leaving so my alarm did decide I needed a proper sleep in, the ersehole. So a flying visit this morning as it's 0700 already  

There was something in the back of my head that said you were the one with the Henry info Dusty, but my brain's not trustworthy any more. Love your beech hedge, does it turn in autumn? I love a copper beech hedge/tree/bush whatever Rozanne looks happy too. 

I'm trying to get my himself to retire too pp but he's not having it Ooh look at your brambles, and tatties, and your moth! Did your tats hear about him peeling them and forego the colour cos it'd only be a waste   I'm with you on pork pies, it's hard to get a god one now. We get our (rare treat) from a fella and his son up near York. They do the whole 9 yards, abattoir on site etc, and they're unbeatable. Good crispy pastry housing proper crumbly grey meat, loads of jelly, and not dear either. It's just a pain to get up there. But if we lived nearer we'd never be out of the place and I'd have an erse like a barn door and a heart attack on top of it, so  it's a good job we're so far away really.

Moth Painter pic Farway Can you magic us up a Rottery Acres..? Will I have a look in my old cookery books to find you something to do with your pears? I'm sure I remember a recipe that was something like poache them in orange juice and thyme and then bottle them. Possibly.

I was watching a thing the other night that you might like 2p - on BBC4 called Handmade in Japan (I think). There was a fellah and his father making pots from the local clay and it showed the whole sequence from the auld boy with his pickaxe to them coming out of the kiln. Ever so good it was. It was a mini series of 3 and they're all worth a watch. If your leg is playing up and you've a whole day rest, I've also watched a thing about a fellah and his son who do invisible (if required) repairs and restoration to priceless Japanese works of art. That was a better watch imo but they're both interesting and engrossing. I'll have to look up what that was called.. I remember the father was called The God Hand.
Handmade in Japan was on Mon Tues Wed @1930 on BBC4, 30 mins (after Fred Dibnah at @ 1900, he's worth a watch too imo). The other one is Japan's Master of Restoration and they're the good ones, 60 mins, on iplayer. Hopefully t'Toob will provide for any persons who only have Uncles left.

OT more of the same, am still happy. Bit of warmth to come this weekend for everyone, they say. 
Right it's 0735, gotta go to work, again *sigh*

Farway

I'm another one late up, seems I must need to sleep, luckily I've not got a job or boss to worry about so no need to rush around.

I had intended a bit of early watering, but I'll do it after not a pork pie lunch, that pie has evaporated. Luckily, Morries rarely has PPs on offer, or I would be even fatter larger.

At last managed to get erse in gear and pruned the pear yesterday afternoon, it seems to be settling down now it's fruiting and espaliered, and not shooting upwards everywhere compared to previous years.

The pears, I have about a dozen or so, are huge and look yummy, if you can imagine Snow White's apple, this would be the pear equivalent.

I found a windfall pear, which prompted me to test the rest for ease of parting from the tree. 

I have about six picked, weighing about 200g each, massive, with more still on the tree.

Rechecking on pear ripeness etc, none ripen on the tree, have to be removed to ripen indoors, or rot as seems to be the case with mine & Dusty's

However, never learning from the past, I'll wait & see if they can ripen before rotting

It is a mislabel, Google thinks it may be Red Anjou, and I can determine if ready by squeezing & sniffing, ooer Missus. 

If I get round to cooking it, it'll be simple, no booze or faffing recipe. Chatgpt says I could bake or compote [stew in plain English] them, both look easy.

In other news, the outdoor toms continue to ripen, here's a cluster of unknown ones I have dangling down from pots at the front. 

The observant will notice the snails are on patrol in this area.

pink_poppy

And another one late up... 5.15am instead of 2.15am   

Love the beach photos, Dusty. With the old fashioned ice cream van, it looks like a vintage pic   Did you and Mrs Dusty partake of an ice cream??

Nice looking toms, Farway. I picked about a dozen of my indoor ones at lunchtime to go on my cheese on toast - some of them are tiny (pea size) but are so nice and sweet. I keep thinking I should save some of the seeds (skidmark on kitchen roll ) but they never quite make it.

OT - it's a bit grey again, but dry. The sun has tried to come out a couple of times - it hasn't quite made it though.

pink_poppy

YBE, I forgot to say, we had unpeeled red potatoes roasted as cubes and they lost their colour   The unpeeled white ones were made into chips and they were lovely.

Farway

Back again, I tried one of my pears, the one with a manky wasp hole in it

Not too bad, not 100% ripe but sweet & OK. 

One I sniffed smells fruity, so I may have a nibble later  

To continue the innuendo, something for the weekend?

DT Brown have free P & P on everything, all weekend, until Midnight 25th. 

The blurb says 25 Sept, but I guess they mean August BH Monday.

Some seeds at 99P and some clearance stuff

twopenny

Phew I don't know where to start 🙂y

Farway, lovely tomatoes. I can only dream.
I'm getting lots of tiny diddly yellow ones that I bought from the DIY shop. Thank goodness because my Napoli ones are also tiny and ripened in stripes.

Good news about the pears. Don't sample too many or you'll be posting from the dunny!

Bluey, thanks for the recommendations. I've added them to try tonight. 
I've just finished binge watching Pilgrim series .8 personalities all different religions doing one of the pilgrim routes and I enjoyed hearing about what each believes and seeing the scenery without any hardship 😁

Dusty, that beach must be out of my range. Instow similar but don't believe it is.

Poppy peeling your lovely potatoes is annoying but lady at work who'd always wanted a garden planted all the front of their new house and was thrilled. Got home from work one day to find husband had dug all one side up for veg. 😲

Blackberry picking tonight and wiped most of the leaves of my poor dying shrub. There is some green under the rusty stuff. Should have tried before.
The dead pile of leaves was my arum lilly.


And my box hedge back and front is turning brown 

On the sort of plus side the cyclamen is pretty and I've managed to save the maple . Cig butt for proportion 😁




Wort I hope you had a lovely break and got everything done you wanted to.
Waving again at Taff 🖐️
Wonder how Abs is getting on? Hope it's because she has better things to do now the garden is done.

Dustyevsky

pink_poppy said:

Love the beach photos, Dusty. With the old fashioned ice cream van, it looks like a vintage pic   Did you and Mrs Dusty partake of an ice cream??
Nice looking toms, Farway. I picked about a dozen of my indoor ones at lunchtime to go on my cheese on toast - some of them are tiny (pea size) but are so nice and sweet. I keep thinking I should save some of the seeds (skidmark on kitchen roll ) but they never quite make it.

Yes, thanks.  Sadly, the ice creams weren't at vintage prices. I quickly checked the bank account online, and we just squoze two double cornets with a flake out of August's funds.  It's toast & jam till the end of the month now! 

It seems everyone's toms are coming good now. All of ours, which were at different stages, seem to be ready suddenly. Here are two of the less common ones we grow. I should go and see what the pears and apples are doing, but I'm knackered after a 4 mile walk that turned out to be 5.5 miles, and that was after missing out a section of permissive path which was being repaired. It's not only the roads they're digging up!  Like Farway, walking friend and I didn't twig it was the Bank Holiday, so we hastily put together an Exmoor ramble, thinking things would turn busy. Well, the car park was almost full, but on the trek we saw only sheep and coos.   Everyone else was walking the 'accessible' path, or playing in the river. Apparently, we were the only nutters who headed up to the high moor.  Photos tomorrow. 

OT:  Lovely sunny day, with fluffy clouds just like those they used to make. A high of 18c on the moor and about 21c in the valley. Perfect.

Dustyevsky

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