Struggling along as best I can

nannygladys

Sun_Addict - i do keep going out and having a sneaky look 🤣 but it'll wear off soon!! I've just got to get the front concrete t-shaped bit between the bedrooms windows and the top of the canopy and it'll proper posh 🤣🤣

nannygladys

Moorviews - thanks for the positive feedback, it certainly wasn't easy I could have given up and spent it elsewhere loads of times, but posting about it made me carry on as I didn't want to admit it if I failed. But I'm really chuffed with myself for sticking with it, I was quite determined though. What I did was and it wouldn't work for everyone - I decided on an amount I could afford after everything was accounted for and made sure I moved it over into a (bank) savings pot that's attached to my current account as soon as I was paid and then left it in there!! I was very tempted when things started to get difficult (when everything went up) to I draw some out but I managed not and cut down on other things to cover it.
Nannyg

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WinterWarrior- I'll have to look that lady up, I know it may not be cheaper but it's got to be better for us and the environment. By the way I'm a 1lb off losing two stone now and feel much better for it, hope you're getting on ok
Nannyg 

nannygladys

Cherryfudge - Pesky slugs I've not had slugs on my courgette flowers ( I'm whispering this because they seem to attack everything else) it's not all perfect with the veggies, this year no butternut squash germinated, which is quite a big loss for me as I eat quite a few over winter, my courgettes failed the first sowing, so mine are quite late, my spinach and broccoli has bolted!! and I've no blueberries but there's always next year!!!!!!! Oh and I have lots of leeks to go in the Lottie in a bed that I haven't dug over yet 😀 but never mind I'm sure it'll be fine. You just have to keep trying and hope for the best, that's what I do.
Nannyg 

Makingabobor2

I couldn't get courgettes this year either, last year I bought some small plants from a local lady and they grew lovely, but all hers failed this year.  Never tried Squash, but would like to give them a go.  

CRANKY40

Well done on your canopy nanny. I love reading your veg growing updates too. I haven't had courgettes for the past two years but oddly they've worked this year. The spinach bolted almost as soon as it had baby leaves but the purple sprouting broccoli and the mini munch cucmbers are working well. I bought my best friend some pumpkin seeds as we do a lot of growing in his garden too. So far we have reclaimed four veg patches from the bramble filled wilderness that came with his house and I thought pumpkins would be fun. The pumpkins are very enthusiastic growers 😁 I'm wondering if I'll have to rescue him from those at some point. 

I bought some butternut bush seeds this year as well. They're supposed to produce 4 to 5 small butternuts per plant so that'll be interesting if they work. We're probably too late planting them but there's always next year. 

Grumpelstiltskin

Nanny Wilco seeds have been half price for a couple of weeks here.

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nannygladys congratulations on having the canopy installed. I think it is amazing how you cope with your finances. Do you receive the old state pension or the post 2016 one? 

nannygladys

Makingabobor2 - something strange has happened with the surviving courgettes. I bought one that produces yellow round ones - which it is. The others are supposed to the normal long green ones and I have two long growers and two round ball growers 🤣🤣🤣 I'm not complaing though as at least I have some and wasn't sure that they would grow 🤣🤣🤣

nannygladys

Cranky40 - how lovely to be able to help your friend to reclaim his garden 🙂. My allotment was in a similar state and it's taken me a fair few years to get it how I want it, but I still alter bits here and there. Pumpkins definitely like going for a wander about, I always put a stick where the plant originates from so I know where to water 🤣🤣 and my youngest DD bought some mini pumpkins from somewhere last year and I managed to grow a seedling from it, so that should be interesting to see what I get! 
My spinach went to seed before I could plant it out! I don't seem to have much luck with it but keep trying every year 🙁