Steadily climbing the mountain, enjoying the view along the way

teapot2

Yarn and pattern look lovely, hope you enjoy making it up

Brewerspride

Love the colours in that yarn. Looking forward to seeing the finished article 😀

KajiKita

Oh I’m glad you liked the recipe @penny_less 😊 It’s a good one isn’t it. It’s becoming a regular for me as I have most of the ingredients to hand most of the time apart from the spinach and that’s easily bought and then used in other things in the week 😊

Thanks for all the yarn love 😊❤️ and support for local 😊

@Cheery_Daff the lady in the shop was lecturing me firmly about washing and blocking to enhance the drape. So that might help?

Been a strange day. Felt dreadful for a lot of it, really tired and a bit peculiar. I was almost falling asleep on the sofa, late morning so took myself off to bed for a nap but couldn’t get comfortable so couldn’t drop off. Had a bit of lunch, felt a smidge better (I had had a solid breakfast). Not quite sure what’s going on but I suspect I am battling bugs inefficiently due to being so tired from lack of sleep.

Anyway, what did I manage to do today:
- Made a batch of tomato, lentil and cumin soup for work before lunch, so was able to get it blitzed and boxed up before end of day - go me! 😊
- Tied in / set up strings for tomatoes and cucumbers in greenhouse and the sweet peas in the garden
- Watered the greenhouse, but not the garden! 😉
- Ordered some new adapter plugs with integrated USB sockets as all my old ones seem to have evaporated
- Discussed tactics for getting Chloe into the box on Friday with Mr KK … he’s going to help (thankfully).
- Gave a swift, light clean to loo and bathroom, within the limits of my shoulder
- Had at the veggie bed that I needed to name space for the courgettes in and very roughly cleared it. They are in the ground but I will have to weed them swiftly on Friday before we leave and again properly when we get back. I back filled the holes with HM compost to improve the moisture retention around their roots 😊 Very glad to have got this done as they were smiting my conscience every time I walked past them in their pots in the conservatory …! 😂
My shoulders are pretty warm now - not sure if that is good or bad … Guess I will find out tomorrow…
- Reviewed my new pattern and realise I have to learn 2KB, I will rummage up some videos 😊
- Finished the time travelling book (need to update my total actually)

KK

greenbee

What string do you use for your toms/cucs in the greenhouse? The jute twine I have for general use in the garden rotted last year when I tried to use it to support crops.

KajiKita

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82026852#Comment_82026852

I saw that on your thread but didn’t comment as I did also use jute twine … 🤷‍♀️ I did use a branded version though and I know it never got wet at any point so maybe that helped?

Edited to add: The other thing I have done in the past, is to double the length of it, so don’t bother knotting it on the greenhouse frame, but literally loop it over.

KK

greenbee

I was wondering whether there were different thicknesses, or some that were more waterproof than others! Mine got wet at the bottom - the instructions I followed last year said to secure the twine under the roots when you transplanted the tomato. So maybe that was the problem.

KajiKita

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82027068#Comment_82027068

Yeh, I see Monty doing that every year and I remain deeply sceptical! 🤣 I have never put the twine under the roots and he uses twine that's strong enough to land whales with! 🫨

KK

beanielou

Hope your week goes well 🤗

greenbee

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82027183#Comment_82027183

I wonder where he gets the whale-twine from? 🤣

He also says give them a good soak once a week, but mine are in pots and might not be happy with that (although I can see it working on the outdoor ones).

KajiKita

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82027410#Comment_82027410

Atm I am watering every other day or so. I am gardening with thin silty soil as opposed to his richly composted clay and my plants are still weeny atm (tallest is c. 14" high). If it gets warm (20C+) I go to watering every morning, partly for the roots but also to increase the humidity in there. I've never had issues with over watering.

KK