Morning all. Seems as if its going to be a nice day here today?
I had a busy day yesterday as I had a load of logs delivered. Spent all day with wheel barrow transporting and stacking them. All storage areas are now full and I am feeling my aches and pains this morning.
Jobs for today include house work, hanging washing out, making dinner and planting a grapevine I received in the post yesterday. The grape vine has a long dutch name and is a white seedless grape. I want to plant it just outside the greenhouse and feed it in somehow.
I have another pink fruited grapevine already which I brought as a cutting from my last allotment. Because its a seeded grape (although quite tasty and hardy) I intend growing this one at home over an arbour I have yet to build.
After all this I may even sneak in a couple of hours fishing.
Chucking it down here! It's going to be a craft day
Morning
It looks like being a good here as well Vinny we have sunshine all day according to the MetOffice.
Enjoy your craft day Scarlet what are you planning on making?
Morning all. 34 degrees already and it is only 11.30. I have a horrible feeling we might hit 40 for the first time this week. I pity the guys working on the roof of the new house next door. We'll have to take them a bottle of something cold from the fridge this afternoon.
I'll be pickling gherkins and cucumbers this afternoon, working on a little electric hob in the garage so I don't heat the house and will only venture into the garden to see what's suffering, but maybe potter a bit this evening. All the bird baths are brimming butwill need topping up.
Drizzly, showers, rain or a combination of all three. No going out to play today I fear. Only 16 degrees here PP, TBH I prefer the cool rather than your 34. I'd melt!
Happy Monday Gan'G from a very soggy South Wales! So wet that even the dogs don't want to go out!
My brother called in at the weekend - first time I've seen him since the outbreak - and the first thing he said was " Three sheep walked out of your front garden when I arrived".
Sure enough, there were 3 sheep toddling up the road, past some amused dog walkers who were coming out of the woods.
These sheep normally graze in a field further up the hill but they're put in the neighbouring horse fields regularly for a change of grazing. They'd clearly had enough and wanted to go home! Must have taken a short cut through someone's garden - and it wasn't mine.
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Have a good day, whatever the weather throws at you.
Afternoon
Its raining here today so I've not been far only to gate to collect milk then into the GH, even the birds have given the garden a miss today.
Evening everybody I’ve not really been active these last few days as I took a long weekend staycation with my wife over in the Irish speaking part of the west of Ireland called An Gaeltacht we stayed in a place called An Spiddeal and visited ar as where I went on summer courses to learn Irish as a young boy aged 13-17. It was very different because of the Covid restrictions but enjoyable all the same.
Photos on my Instagram page @caniceh
Morning all.
Not got time to hang around today. I’m chilli powder making.
See you all later. Have a good day.
Have a good one SC & try not to sneeze at a vital moment!
Yesterday tipped the thermometer at 39.5, but the weather station does read high - just 37 on the covered terrace, but then we had a couple of hours of storms and 3mm of rain
and today is due to be a damp chilly 25. Might get some plants in the ground and some seeds sown, once the cat gets off my chest - he never miss a chance if i'm laid flat on the sofa!
Have a good day everyone