Chitchat thread #24

[mothhawk]

Afternoon all.

Nicos, what a considerate and thoughtful OH you have.
LD, glad you are on the mend at last. These things become so much harder to shake off as we get older.

We also have sleet forecast for tonight, then a day of rain tomorrow. I made a wholemeal loaf today so now I need a suitably chunky, thick soup to go with it. That should keep the cold out. Made a fruit loaf as well, which has been sliced and stashed in the freezer. Then it's easy to take out a couple of slices and toast them, rather than eating the whole loaf in a couple of days. It's also handy for a quick bread and butter pudding.

I've been reading about the Miyawaki method of growing forests or small areas of trees fast. Has anyone else come across it? It seems so sensible when you consider how wild forests grow themselves, all mixed in and growing strong because they have to compete with each other.

[Snoop Puss]

I'm of the opinion that "iron" is a four letter word best left unsaid

Agreed!

Never heard of the Miyaki method, mothhawk. I shall have to look it up.

As for the smiles, I bet Missie and Frankie were working them up into a state. I had something delivered a while back in a big thick paper bag. Anyway, it's been top toy ever since. It's got a big hole and a huge tear in it from yesterday's ravages, but from today's playing, I reckon they've only only made the bag more attractive.

Have a great evening, everyone.

[Nicos]

I too managed to avoid the iron today !

Just sorted out a pile of little jobs which ‘desperately needed doing’ from about a year agoStrange what you can put up with eh?.


We still have huge flakes of snow falling - and the lawns are now almost white- as are the roofs. We are forecast rain at midnight so I’m sort of hoping it’ll be gone by the time we wake up.

Starting to look very pretty though!

I too have never heard of Miyawaki method of planting. I wonder if I can do anything similar on a small scale in my back field?
It’d be good to choose some species of tree which aren’t the ‘bog standard’ locally. Might entice a few different birds etc too!

[Florence Fennel]

Well, this is something of an awkward situation I messaged my daughter in law to ask her for her bank details so I could send her a little gift as I hadn't put money in her card (I don't risk cash through the post anymore) and her reply was just "thank you xxx". Not sure how to interpret that response !