Chatback#9

[susieq100]

Morning all - up and about early this morning. Very productive day yesterday - batch #1 of piccalilli made, batch #2 sitting in the salt waiting to be dealt with. Batch of cucumber relish prepared. Big bed at the plot weeded. A huge swathe of nettles on the unlet plot cut back with the petrol strimmer (that is so satisfying but I will finish it this afternoon - I needed a long sleeved top on really). I didn't plant the raspberries as I forgot them - remembered as soon as I arrived at the site. Arrghhh! Today, she said firmly. Then I finished painting the garden fence at home.

My foot and ankle are much better, so I will be able to go to aerobics this evening. Oh goody. I think. It's one of those things that I don't particularly look forward to but always feel better afterwards.

Enjoy your day everyone. The sun is shining here. Going to be a warm one I think

[Jay22]

Morning all...quite dull here this morning and just had a little shower even although the weather lady on TV assured us it was to be dry! Grocery shopping today...my favourite job,I don't think. Still trying to get myself in gear...why is it some mornings you feel you could run a marathon and then the next you feel like death warmed up! Anyhoo, have a great day everyone.

[veggiechicken]

Morning all - welcome to Wendsdy

Janie.....about 90% of one side of my family were agricultural labourers!

Must be where I get my interest in the great outdoors and gardening from!

I'm back to the 1600s with yeoman farmers and their wills. Fascinating reading about leaving the best bed to X and "my ambling grey mare" to the favourite daughter. Each grandchild to have "a sheep apiece"
My gt gt gt grandfather (born 1806) bred fuschias as a hobby and wrote a book about them. Not exactly a best seller but there is a copy in the British Library and I have a photocopy.
Haven't done anything with family history for a few years now but I have a room full of files and papers. One day, I'll come back to it.

Meanwhile, its sunshiny and I must have a wander round the garden. See what there is to nibble for breakfast.
Have a great day, everyone

[Sheneval]

I to am doing Family History research, it's totally addictive and also very frustrating at times and one has to be very patient, our ancestors certainly didn't make it easy for us! What I would love more than anything is to discover some photos! Sadly there are none!

Dotty - never say never - I have been given photos from distant relatives I have found after many years of research - god luck - if you have any Scottish ones let me know

[Sheneval]

Janie.....about 90% of one side of my family were agricultural labourers!

Must be where I get my interest in the great outdoors and gardening from!

Nicos - My 3xggfather moved from being an Ag lab to a small farmer and back again a few times before he got the tenancy of Laigh Thorneyflat farm where he died in 1828 - he was doing ok as left a goodly sum of money in his will along with a couple of houses in Prestwick :-) His sons were all ploughmen and are named in all the local ploughing competitions over a number of years - 2 of them became tenants of small farms which seemed to be the aspiration for ag labs in the early-mid 1800s.

[Sheneval]

Morning all - had a pick of beetroot yesterday and off to get a couple of bales of straw in a few minutes with a retired farmer friend - whilst on holiday in the Broads I read a book where it said straw was as valuable as manure for improving the soil so...........

[Nannysally99]

My ancestors onone side bred, rode and sold racehorses in the 1800s.
It was a revelation to little 4' 9" me.
I am desended from jockeys, not short lol

[Sheneval]

Morning all - had a pick of beetroot yesterday and off to get a couple of bales of straw in a few minutes with a retired farmer friend - whilst on holiday in the Broads I read a book where it said straw was as valuable as manure for improving the soil so...........

Got the 2 bales - there is a scarecrow competition for the kids at Sunday's show - fortunately I have plenty of allotment clothes which can be used but think I will offer my old pinstripes as they are never used nowadays

[Hazel at the Hill]

It's our annual Show on Sunday too, Shen.

I've made a fruit cake, and on Thursday I'll make the 'cake to supplied recipe'. This year it's a carrot cake, but it's a whopper - it uses 4eggs and you cook it in 2 x 9" tins and sandwich together using a cream cheese filling/topping which calls for a pound of icing sugar and half a pound of philly cheese.

Can't cut the quantities down, of course, as it has to be made to the recipe, but carrot cake doesn't keep as well as a fruit cake, so that's all we'll be eating for a few days after the show, I think!

[Sheneval]

It's our annual Show on Sunday too, Shen.

I've made a fruit cake, and on Thursday I'll make the 'cake to supplied recipe'. This year it's a carrot cake, but it's a whopper - it uses 4eggs and you cook it in 2 x 9" tins and sandwich together using a cream cheese filling/topping which calls for a pound of icing sugar and half a pound of philly cheese.

Hazel,

I'm slavering at the thought of it - hope you win!

[Hazel at the Hill]

Then I managed to partially shear the stainless steel bit of my Spe@r and J@ckson fork - I'll post a pic tomorrow so you can all admire my massive strength and hold me in awe .

Here you go -



Fully top marks to Spear and Jackson who following a brief email exchange and absolutely no quibbling have confirmed that they will be dispatching a replacement to me to be received in the next few days.

That's what you call customer service.

[KevinM67]

That's great service from S&J Hazel.

Well done them.

[WendyC]

Can't wait for bedtime as I have just been to the new JohnL in town and bought new pillows with the gift card I had. Whilst on holiday I realised that it was my feather pillows that were making me cough in the night.

[Hazel at the Hill]

That's great service from S&J Hazel.

Well done them.

I thought so too, Kevin. E

specially as I emailed them and basically said 'I don't know if you offer lifetime guarantees on your 'neverbend' forks, but I've had mine since at least Nov2006 (when I took on the half plot at the Hill) and it's broken'.

Within an hour they'd replied and asked for pics, which I sent at lunchtime, and by mid afternoon, they said a replacement is on it's way.

I'm really pleased, not least because a fork is the one tool that I would not be without.

[KevinM67]

I thought so too, Kevin. E

specially as I emailed them and basically said 'I don't know if you offer lifetime guarantees on your 'neverbend' forks, but I've had mine since at least Nov2006 (when I took on the half plot at the Hill) and it's broken'.

Within an hour they'd replied and asked for pics, which I sent at lunchtime, and by mid afternoon, they said a replacement is on it's way.

I'm really pleased, not least because a fork is the one tool that I would not be without.

Wow !!!

I might borrow the picture you posted