Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

Oh joy! I have a blackbird on my fence and I did hear it the other day 😀
A little bird or two has been visiting as well.

Since the blistering dry months here and the influx of crows they had all vanished and not seen in the area when before there were masses.  So chuffed it's made my day which started grim.

Only 2c here this morning and damp but the sun has come out so there's hope.

Might as well stick to house sorting and work for the moment wort. It will keep you warm.

Dustyevsky

We're still not seeing the blackbirds in the usual numbers, 2p, nor have we experienced any frost, but apparently that might arrive later in the week. There look to be some dry periods possible too, so outdoor work should be possible here. 

Yesterday, Mrs Dusty began trimming the yew hedge. With her fully functional new knee, plus a slightly longer hedge trimmer, she's whipping through it.  I mowed the lawns again. The grass is still growing well, so I want to stay on top of it. 

While tackling the yews, Mrs D found a creature which hadn't enjoyed the recent temperature drop. It wasn't quite dead, but no doubt it is now. Sad, but all in nature's plan.

Farway

Brrr, first frost of the winter here this morning, frosty grass & roof tops, actually gloomy & grey enough for snow, but not forecast down here

The nasturtiums are droopy with the frost. I don't think it was hard enough to do them in,just wilt them a bit, the dahlia is still OK

With the frost, the blackbirds have decided, somewhat snifflely, that the berries on my pyracantha are worth the effort of getting at them after all, a few in there this morning, now ground & easy pickings are harder

Good to hear Stinky likes his glowing ball   

Very odd with the plums 2P, no second crop, green or otherwise, here, but if there were I expect the maggots would be already inside in the warm

Caught up with GW yesterday, Monty was harvesting his Golden beets Dusty, they looked good.

Actually the whole programme was of interest, except where he is planting out a million tulip bubs, money no object by the looks of it, if Mr T gets his payout Monty will  be sowing a packet of mixed annuals from Lidl along with the rest of us

Found my yellow pepper seeds packet, it was Liberty Belle, and none left in the packet 

No gardening planned, just look out the window and dream

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

Very odd with the plums 2P, no second crop, green or otherwise, here, but if there were I expect the maggots would be already inside in the warm

Caught up with GW yesterday, Monty was harvesting his Golden beets Dusty,

We had similar with a young damson.   I whipped them all off and told it to grow up!   

I'll have a shufti at that beetroot bit, but tiptoe over the tulips.   

Reminds me of a pal at school, who was given a detention with the instruction to write an essay on Tulips. Instead, he wrote a love story entitled "Two Lips" and received two more detentions! 

On golden beet, if I don't like them much, or even if I do, there's still the option of dried beetroot powder which can be made into a drink with cacao flavouring. That's a way to get the notable health benefits of beetroot, without actually eating or growing it!