Chatback #17

[rary]

Good evening, its been a dry but cloudy day today, OH wanted to go to shopping today so up to a shopping centre outside Glasgow then to a GC for lunch, once back home I was out to the garden and doing some weeding I also scattered some marigold seeds through the flower beds, after tea I sowed some Chinese cabbage, kohl rabbi and spring cabbage and I am now sitting with an ice pack on my ankle as its badly swollen and I don't know what has caused it, so will need to sit with it elevated for a time, and while I have been sitting I have decided to do a bit of work in the field out the back, I was going to make a football pitch in it but the youngest grandson suffers quite a lot from hay fever so I have decided to turn it into a wild flower garden a d one of my other grandsons wants to help so I will be trying no dig beds will let you know how it goes. Now, goodnight

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Looking like rain here. Have a good day

[Nicos]

Mornin Flon'all
Just off to market!
The 2 hoglets are now 3!

The neighbour found a 3rd one yesterday. Much smaller than the other two and very dehydrated. No mom in site.
Promise will take a piccie for you

All alive and well this morning

Must dash.
See ya later peeps.

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all. Congrats on your expanding family, Nicos. My impression is that wild flowers don't do well with lots of nutrients, Rary, so don't add too much in the way of muck and the like.

Once around with the watering can this morning. All the rain that fell has now dried up. But that was a nice couple of days off. Things are starting to look good. Picked some radish and salad leaves for lunch. Radishes actually look quite decent despite the heat. The squash plants are starting to go rampant. Hadn't quite appreciated how much the Confection (small Crown Prince type) would roam. They grew at least 20 cm in the night, now easily 2.5 m from tip to tip... Only sown five weeks ago. How big are they likely to grow?

Work today, work tomorrow. And then I start my holidays, honest.

Meanwhile, have a good one.

Edited to add: There's a piece on the Beeb website about liquorice and Pontefract and an amazing sweetshop. If they do international deliveries, I'm scuppered. I love, love, love Pontefract cakes. Probably as much as I love my hori-hori, and as you all know, that's a lot!

[bramble]

Good morning all.
We have had a shower start to the morni g but its cleared up now.
Hardly enough to do much good to the dry ground,
No plans for today but I am sure something will come to mind.
Have a good day all,

[Thelma Sanders]

Mornings!
Quite cloudy this morning, but still warm. Nothing planned yet, but do need to make some bread....

Have a good'un

The postman has just delivered my lavender plantlets, so guess I'll be sorting those out as well

[cariann88]

Good morning,

Just a quick hello as I am off to the plot in a min to plant my leeks and chard I picked up for 99p from garden centre. Delivery man has been with my netting so I can now plant my cabbages out Hope it doesn't rain while I am out. Sky looks grey.

Have a good day

[cariann88]

I knew it! Soon as i get to the plot it decided to rain!

[rary]

Morning all. Congrats on your expanding family, Nicos. My impression is that wild flowers don't do well with lots of nutrients, Rary, so don't add too much in the way of muck and the like.

Thanks for the reminder Snoop, but what I was intending is to put down some cardboard and cover it with all the cut grass and weeds and that is simply to save the cardboard blowing away, I will not be adding any muck or compost as that could cost me some money and I dislike that more than you like your hori-hori

[lottie dolly]

Evening all,been really hot and muggy here,despite a breeze,your little hoglets are lucky to be found Nicos,i hate this weather,makes me feel to tired to bother with awt,the only wet we have had is the odd spit,blink and you missed it,my squash at home is just starting to reach out,as are the mellon plants,yet see any flowers,cues are a bit better,with tromba middle of the road,we could do with a good gentle rain all night,good luck with the wild garden rary,hope the ankle clears up soon,and remember folk,to Bgood2yrselves.

[burnie]

Had the two youngest grandsons over for a sleepover, boy is it nice peaceful now they're back home, great fun they wear you out lol.

[Nicos]

Pre mornin/post even n'alln'all

Just fed the pegbogs.
All doing well, but not really been able to take a photo as they curl up when they see movement. Don't want to humanise them but I do have my camera handy!
The latest one is reallyreally tiny, but pulled through the night. It's eating crunchy kitten biscuits which is better than its siblings!
Off early to the coast tomorrow to take my friend to the ferry.
Nearly weekend eh
Oh and Snoop!... I utterly adore liquorice to! Even thought of growing my own but it looked like too much work mmmmm.....

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All and Happy Friday Looks like another hot one Have a good day

[Bren In Pots]

Morning lots of rain yesterday evening so the butts are full again still had to water my container potatoes the rain just doesn't get past the foliage.
Hair cut and shopping this morning.

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all. Could have done with three hours more sleep, so a bit groggy today. Never mind. Holidays start at the end of the day.

Once around the veg patch with the watering can. Mr Snoop helped, so done a bit quicker. Aubergines looking quite impressive. Lots of very large flowers doing their best to attract pollinators, but there aren't many of those. Courgette plants still going gangbusters on the female flowers and not a male in sight. And the squash, well, they're just going bonkers.

So, on with the day. Have a good one, everyone.