Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

Brrrrrrrr! It's freezing again and heavier frost. Hope this isn't the new climate 😕 even the house is cold with the heating on.

Beautiful photo Dusty 😍 did you turn your money over as you looked at the new moon?

That's still a lovely lot of tomatoes you have there. What do you do with them all? Chilli chutney is good with steak sandwiches or beef burgers. Salsa for the pasta we are supposed to store.

I nailed up a fence and cleaned my pruning saw yesterday ready to tackle the ash tree today but it's got to warm up a lot before I go out there so I've plans for furniture hunting, housework and the library to keep warm and hope the sun comes out 🤞

Farway

Frosty start again, on the grass & cars as well today, so must be colder?

Hope it warms up a bit because I have car stuff to sort. 🙄

I noticed a rear tyre looked a bit flat and need to check pressure gauge & try to pump up if needed. Hard to tell with modern wheels if looking a bit flat or not. Could be a visit to Ye Olde Tyre Shoppe. Hope not, bound to be expensive, always is.

Last time it was bad rim = replacement wheel. Luckily a nearby scrap yard is my main dealer and they had one with a tyre for £20.

Ordered my Free P & P T & M seeds, nothing exotic but am going to try Winter Gem lettuce in the conservatory. £1 A packet so worth a try, and by accident I have seed tape of marigolds, I thought it was a packet. Oh well. .

The last time I tried tapes was donkey years back, and failed. Hopefully since then the technology has improved.

Basil has been sorted, dead ones out, still looks very poorly but it has lasted longer than most do.

Great photo Dusty, the moon, not the toms. 😁

No gardening, just car, maybe

Farway

Slight frost, with rain on the way. Looking like a cold & wet day ahead with zero gardening

Bad news on flat tyre, it is a puncture 😡, another niggle I could do without. Pumped up for now and will have to get to local tyre place sometime next week.

I was watching another YT about growing veg from stumps, this one was real life, not click bait fables. Could be useful for a few leaves, just don't expect wonders, or "proper" veg from a stump.

Now wondering if I could get some peas growing in the conservatory, just for green pea shoots, not pods. If I can find my old packet I'll put some in soak to try & start the process

Today's pic is years old but in keeping with the season

twopenny

Bit warmer today. Only by a couple of degrees though but the wind from the south so better.

Been raining too so a soggy autumn day. I don't fancy repotting in cold and wet. So it's nom dom maybe and a walk.

No more deer spotting, the hunt has been out and they go crazy on the roads up there and won't give way. Only just came back in one piece after one of their lorries wouldn't stop. Birds and hares have all gone into winter quarters too. More roads closed . It's a bit of a dull winter.

The gardens in town I thought would be colourful for some photos but the roads were being dug up all around. Maybe it's worth waiting for because the potholes are disappearing.

May just go out for a sortee and get some daylight. On the upside its only 6 weeks till the light comes again. No primroses yet, I think they are still recovering from the drought. Are yours still out Dusty?

Dustyevsky

2p: did you turn your money over as you looked at the new moon?

That's still a lovely lot of tomatoes you have there. What do you do with them all? Chilli chutney is good with steak sandwiches or beef burgers. Salsa for the pasta we are supposed to store.

What money should I turn over? 😟 While I'm not complaining, a property like ours makes extra financial demands. It's not large enough to create serious income, and there's always something needing time and money spent on it.

The toms will probably feed the hens. We've plenty of last year's ready-processed in the freezer. I'm minus Mrs Dusty at present; she's supporting other family members with house moves and hospital care, so time's even shorter than usual. 😕

Farway: Now wondering if I could get some peas growing in the conservatory, just for green pea shoots, not pods. If I can find my old packet I'll put some in soak to try & start the process

Why not? Every little helps, and my mangy toots are fine after the cold snap. I'd think mildew might be the greatest difficulty as they grow more mature. Hard luck about the tyre. 😫

Sitting here, with rain falling quietly, a dastardly plan has just come into my head. 🤔 After last winter, with Mr King cutting down trees we thought were ours, and now surmising he may also own the entire hedgerow between us, it might be a good time to apply for a Tree Preservation Order on the large oak trees in it. They're making it difficult for him to establish a dense hedge to hide behind underneath them. Apparently, anyone may apply for a TPO; they don't have to own or prove ownership, of the trees. 😏

Those are lovely old trees pictured at Highcliffe, Farway! 😉 I associate Highcliffe with retirement, as it's where my first boss (school Head) went to be close to his sailing boat in Chichester Harbour. A lovely chap; he admitted freely of his scant knowledge about education, spending much of his time as a local magistrate. Ah, those were the days! If the Inspector visited, he rarely got as far as the classrooms, being partial to the odd afternoon tipple.😁 A few of us who knew, borrowed the bottle to celebrate at the end of a summer term. We drank the contents and temporarily replaced them with tea, but by the start of the new term, we'd forgotten all about the substitution… until the Inspector called! 🤣 Hmm, we were in a bit of bother there…😬

Today's photo proves that when 3 or more sheep are gathered together, there often isn't just one with its bum facing the camera! Oh, and there's a Spindle Tree still looking a little fiery on the right, and there are a few of the new fence posts showing too.

Weather: Rain, then more rain tomorrow. Mild for November.

2p: No primroses yet, I think they are still recovering from the drought. Are yours still out Dusty?

A few more, all near the house, in warmer spots. Probably none near the stream until after Christmas.

twopenny

Oh I forgot to mention - my little gem lettuce stalk is showing signs of growth after just a week 🙂

It may be enough for one small sandwich.

No slugs indoors.