Chatback #12

[Nicos]

What was that comment you made to Jay the other day Nicos

....Te he!

[bearded bloke]

Morning all


What to do today More tea I think >>>>>>>>>>

[Nannysally99]

Morning all, Scarlet, I said 'oh wow' out loud. You clever girly
All my spuds are looking bedraggled now, only two buckets to harvest and four huge bags of roosters to crop for storage at end of August.
Tomatoes are being picked every day
A naughty caterpillar has eaten all my watercress and carrot seedlings. Arghh
I have a bucket of carrots that are cropping every day thank goodness. Also got a few lettuces coming along well.
Runners are getting near the end, maybe a few more weeks for them
Supposed to be visiting daughter later as the little GG will be back from her holidays. Miss bipolar is a tad unpredictable, so this may or may not happen.
That's me for the day, have a lovely Sunday

[Greenleaves]

Fantastic Scarlet, i really do envy your skill

[Scarlet]

Thank you all, I really love making cakes

SP, have a good day. You deserve a splurge out

I'm now sat in the car in Wales, I'm on puncture duty while the OH and his mate races. I hope they can get some good times this morning....it's good racing weather

Then lunch with my Dad later...very much looking forward to that

[Jay22]

Morning all, well yesterday turned out to be a showery kind of day so went shopping for new bedding. We then decided it would be a better idea to decorate the bedroom first then buy the bedding so came home with nothing!
It's dry today and I think the sun is going to put in an appearance. Catching up on washing/ironing and then, if the sun appears, a bit of time spent in the garden.

Scarlet, I have to say what a wonderful cake, you have a superb talent!! Why not start up a business, you would have plenty of custom with cakes like that! Will be sending my order down soon.

Safe home SP, enjoy the bargain shopping and the munching!

Have a great day everyone.

[Containergardener]

Just checked potatoes in bags and wondering if they've got blight or just weather damage, had an awful lot of wind batter and rain. I shall take some pics and hope not. Can't say we've had the weather for blight

I agree Jay, could with a cake for OHs 50th

[Snoop Puss]

Have just dropped Mr Snoop off in town for the main event of the local annual fiestas. I'll be going in a bit later to pick him up again. Doubtless he'll be sopping wet (it's a water festival) and will have lots of tales of people who drenched him and people that he managed to drizzle a bit from his feeble water pistols. Too scary for me - lots of drunk lads and lasses in narrow streets pushing each other about and slapping each other with wet t-shirts and the like, all in the supposed name of fun.

Meanwhile, I'll finish the last bit of washing-up from yesterday's marathon lunch. Pretty good, but I reckon the biryani (from Persiana by Sabrina Ghayour) needs some different spicing, too much cumin for my tastes and not perfumed enough with other spices. Even so, it worked well as a main dish and looked the part. I was very suspicious that the method as described wouldn't work, but it did. I foresee a vegetarian version next.

Lots of leftovers for today, so that saves me making much effort today. A proper lazy Sunday.

Have a nice day everyone.

[Containergardener]

Looking more closely at spuds...looks like blight. If so what shall I do. They were only planted 21-27 May. Charlottes and Lady C

[Florence Fennel]

Afternoon All No experience of blight so don't know Cg, but I hope not. Wow Scarlet - you clever girl, the cake is fabulous. We're off to my daughter's house for youngest GG's birthday today. I'm looking forward to it - all the family bar one grandson will be there

[bearded bloke]

Have fun Flo, ere yer go gal (afternoon brainworm )...........

[craftymarie]

Wow what an amazing cake, Scarlet. I love the fun design too with the mice laid on their backs looking like they've had a good time

I've appreciated the less sunny weather and have got more gardening done. Sowed some turnips, swede and pak choi out in the space where the onions are now all pulled up and sowed some lettuce in modules.

Bigger tomatoes are now ripening quite nicely. The big ones are better for slicing on top of my cheese crackers.

Keep seeing a little froggie friend who seems to love hanging out in the squash bed. Tried to get a photo but he kept jumping about.

Back's aching now so sitting down with a coffee. Hope everyone is having a pleasant Sunday.

[Nicos]

Looking more closely at spuds...looks like blight. If so what shall I do. They were only planted 21-27 May. Charlottes and Lady C

Looks like it.
My Charlotte got blight 8 weeks after planting!

Smaller crop than expected but still really yummy!

[Containergardener]

Thanks Nic . I've lopped and emptied two bags of charlottes, not many but more than the bag of Lady C I pulled. Tempted not to bother again, waste of compost. Two more bags of lady C to deal with.

[rary]

I take it that's RHP Nicos (rank has privileges) Scarlet if you decide you are going to start a business I could be your assistant, I am good at burning toast do you need my address to forward a large bit of that cake