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RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - Veggie - 24-04-2021
I seem to do very little new these days so.............
Week 14 - took down a fence that's been dividing the garden for about 8 years.
Week 15 - Went Yellow sticker hunting on a weekday evening instead of the usual Sunday afternoon and it was very successful - 49 items for £17 - £9 of which was for the 6 full priced essentials that I went for!
It was also a lot quieter without the usual vultures I see on a Sunday. Will do this again.
RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - JJB - 24-04-2021
All potting on and pricking out is new this year, in the new gh. I highly recommend the new extra height staging I ordered, it's saved my back from disaster. Next year's plan during the winter is to raise the old staging in old gh a bit, but it's not essential as I don't often work in there now.
RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - Small chilli - 24-04-2021
New for me this week. Broke my toe last night
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RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - PyreneesPlot - 24-04-2021
Oh no, SC
Such a nuisance too - did my little toe a few years back and constantly seemed to walk into things with it.
RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - JJB - 24-04-2021
Sorry to hear it SC, not a lot you can do about it, I believe, except wait for it to heal. That will be a hinderance.
RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - Veggie - 29-04-2021
Week 16 - Turned an old plastic dog bed into a muddy pond full of water lily roots in the hope that some roots will turn into water lilies.
Week 17 - Made Herb Salt - Dried Rosemary and Oregano from the garden and Himalayan Rock Salt mixed together in an empty Salt grinder. Haven't tried the mix yet so I may add a few more ingredients like black pepper and ???
RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - Veggie - 29-04-2021
(16-02-2021, 03:23 PM)Veggie Wrote: Make a list of what you've tried to date each week - you may surprise yourself!!7. Stopped drinking wine (still stopped)
1. Pickled Red Cabbage (tasted good)
2. Sprouted Broad/fava beans and peas (failed - went mouldy)
3. Followed a recipe (almost) - Dal Saag/ Split yellow pea and spinach daal (Nice - will do again)
4. Switched from using Kleenex to table napkins for hankies (Still doing - permanent habit now)
5. Went to Splott for a Covid Jab
6. Followed a recipe almost for split Fava bean hummus (Failed - need right ingredients).
8. Bought a 4 light grow-light thingy.
9. Had windscreen replaced at an industrial estate I've never been to before.
10. Stopped using talcum powder (an unnecessary plastic container)
11. Diluted washing up liquid by 50% (still doing that)
12. became a NOMAD and picked lunch every day from the garden - including wild plants (still picking but not 100%)
13. Made a Mint omelette
14. Took down a fence that divides the garden (still reinstating!)
15. Went yellow sticker hunting in the evening, not Sunday afternoon.
16. Turned a plastic dog bed into a pond.
17. Made Herb Salt
RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - JJB - 30-04-2021
You're a shining example to us all Veggie, I ran out ideas.
Bought that temperature data logging thing could be another one on the list.
Having to cover things in the gh every single bl@ddy night is another one!
RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - Veggie - 30-04-2021
I had to include things that weren't very original or taxing, JJB and I'm doing one now that may be TMI to share on here..........to do with toilet paper.
RE: 2021 - 52 weeks of doing something different - JJB - 30-04-2021
Did you mean to imply you're sitting on the throne posting to us??
. I can just imagine it, although I'm wishing I couldn't!