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Awful weather - typical Brits talk
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YoungBlueEyes said:They said sunny and breezy, well the sun is out but it's only weak and watery
Please, Miss, I can do that!
It's cheered up now, but we have wind (well not personally as I've not enjoyed any of taff's lentils or beans!) and it rained all night long. The river's still within its banks, surprisingly.
We must be grateful for small mercies, not just old tomatoes and shoelaces.Speaking of tomatoes, we still have a truss of Sungold about 9' up in the polytunnel and just bout ripe!This was yesterday afternoon!
"There is no such thing as a low-energy rich country." Dr Chris Martenson. Peak Prosperity8 -
Sun's out after the drizzle. DGD up near Aberdeen reports frost.If the rain holds off I may get the new violas planted, there's only a dozen so won't take long if I get on withNot sure that I have the =hang of AI generated mottoes, "How does a typical Tinner Do?Something lost or way too clever for meTomatoes in November Dusty, living the dreamNice mushroom pic Blue, and the watery sun I can just feel.Here's my cheeky pic, yesterday, the crab apple at volunteer place making an @rse of itselfEight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens9
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Very cheeky, Farway 😂
Here’s my contribution - sparkly tentacles on the window - it really is cold here this morning ❄️
'A watched potato will never chit'...8 -
You've all made me put the heating on...
Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi5 -
twopenny said:Woke up to brilliant sunshine and 16c!You got me with that first sentence 2P - checking Ventusky et al and was about to tell you you must be hallucinating (or looking at indoor thermometer) before I read on...c. 4 degrees here in greenhouse c. 8.30 this morning, but enough sun and light breeze to risk washing outdoors, tho' keeping a close eye on developments over western horizon so as not to be caught out like last week when trusting a combo of drunkards and tuskys both promising sun when I could see for myself rain heading this way, and foolishly decided I must be hallucinating...Am wondering if your mushroom is a waxcap YBE - indicator of good and threatened grassland habitat!No weather pics recently, but instead here's my entry for the flowering out of season photo comp (with apologies for poor quality from my soon to be retired phone, taken as it was getting dark a couple of days ago) - Egremont Russett, new flower buds on a shoot regrown since it had its (rather late) summer prune at the beginning of September (not quite flowering yet, but not sure the almost constant downpours and wind - until this morning - are going to let it get that far...)7
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Do you remember the song woah I’m going to Barbados by typically tropical? That’s where I’m off to catch a ship around the Caribbean,😎 I’ve been singing it the last two weeks so now it can be your ear worm too!Suns out and so is the washing.Focus on contribution instead of the impressiveness of consumption to see the true beauty in people.7
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Fanfare please, I've achieved an allotment all of my very own. Unfortunately I fear I may have bitten off more than I can chew! This is it, photographed this afternoon, all advice gratefully received.
The area inside the blue line is mine and it has old railway sleepers to the right and left hand sides and then another piece of wood at the far end showing where I stop and the next plot begins. At this end is a gravel path and the plot is aligned roughly east/west inside an old walled garden which slopes down from the north so that the whole garden is more open to the south.
As you can see the previous plot owner has left me a nice patch of purple sage just beyond the remains of a push fit cloche but that was the only edible thing I could spot, which is just my luck as I really don't care for the flavour of sage but there you go.
There are communal areas all round the walls planted with apples, plums, pears, figs, apricots etc. and a communal fruit cage which has raspberries, gooseberries and currants which were a lot of the things I'd planned to plant but now think I won't just yet, in case this is too big a job for me. The woman who showed me around suggested weeding a small bit and then covering it before moving on to the next section which I can see would work so I think that's how I'll start and hope for the best.
Anyone for fried sage leaves?8 -
Wow! That's going to be a smasher!
Flower wise looks like a Mullion and some foxgloves to attract bees.
I'm not keen on sage but it is an excellent gargle for sore throat, make teeth white, prevents night sweats and hot flushes - best of all a Lemon Thyme and Sage stuffing. Add to onions and bread, black pepper.
I found old carpet, the cheap stuff, made the best cover for a strip of cleared soil. Carpet shops chuck it out daily.
It warms it, keeps weeds down and is easy to walk on in any weather.
If you weed a strip, cover with a strip of carpet to kneel on as you clear the next bit you keep clean from mud and all the above.
In spring it's easy to roll strips up and stack.
Watch out for those sleepers. Very very slippery when wet.
I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!
viral kindness .....kindness is contageous pass it on
The only normal people you know are the ones you don’t know very well
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wort said:Do you remember the song woah I’m going to Barbados by typically tropical? That’s where I’m off to catch a ship around the Caribbean,😎 I’ve been singing it the last two weeks so now it can be your ear worm too!Suns out and so is the washing.
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I'm still reading and enjoying the photos but can never think what to write - too much going on - I need that holiday!
Tomorrow I'll be making green tomato chutney from the (almost) last tomatoes. The garden is still feeding me. Tonight I used onion, garlic, tomatoes, peppers, chard, marrow, carrot and basil in a sauce. And the last few raspberries for afters - I keep saying last and then there are more.
Goldfinches, that looks a great allotment. You'll soon fill it up. A tip that works for me is if it all gets on top of me and I can't fill the space I plant potatoes. Just straight in even if there's a few weeds. They are great for clearing the ground. If you find you have stuff/time later when your all caught up just dig them up and plant what you really want. No great loss and if you don't get round to it you have a crop.
Expecting a frost tonightLove living in a village in the country side8 -
I also think I'm seeing a few clumps of geraniums or a type of mallow maybe?
I'm not an early bird or a night owl; I’m some form of permanently exhausted pigeon.5
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