Chatback #16

[Nicos]

Evening n'all
Had a really brill day!
Helped a friend sort out stuff for charity/recycling/tip ...then painted several pots and a cast iron table, then off for a quick swim, then mowed the field(27C)
Then ate outside and somehow managed to drink a bottle of fizz...ooops!
Te hé...back to weeding again tomorrow!...getting really urgent now!

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Hot again. Have a good day

[Cadalot]

Morning Flo et al, going to be a warm one again, finishing breakfast then off to the allotment for a couple of hours. Have fun people

[Nicos]

Mornin Flon'all
Going to be a stonker here too
Must put up the parasol over the bunny hutch and freeze some bottles of water to leave in her hutch (she cuddles up next to them!)
How are everyone's pets coping with the heat?...I hear it's officially a heatwave in the UK? (We just call it summer!)

Keep cool peeps...see ya later...

[Nicos]

Hi Cad...I wondered who was banging around in the kitchen!
Did you find the croissants and home made strawberryjam I left out?

[Cadalot]

Hi Cad...I wondered who was banging around in the kitchen!
Did you find the croissants and home made strawberryjam I left out?

Nope it looks like someone has eaten them whilst I was down on my happy place but thanks for the thought anyway




I've used a couple of bed slats to fix my seat on the allotment so at least now on a Sunday I have somewhere to sit every now and again when I stop for a drink.

[Nicos]

Cor Cad...you growing lots of salad things?

[Nicos]

Just had the septic tank emptied.....*peg on nose time!
Just having to fill up the tank now with 5,000 of water!...good job we have 3outdoor taps and hosepipes eh?
It's times like this I wish we'd stored more rainwater
Must remember to get it emptied in the winter next time!

[noviceveggrower]

Morning all. Haven't been to plot as it's to warm for me at the moment. So been doing some jobs at home again.
Been sorting through my seeds to see what I'll need for next year. Just need to wait for the seed sales to start
Have a good day everyone

[rary]

Good afternoon, cloudy but warm today, nothing apart for watering done in the garden today as was at a neighbours funeral this morning, after that I was sitting having a cup of coffee, and having a read of the paper and there was an article about de-stressing and it was saying that we shouldn't multitask so observing that to a degree, I am going to set my mind on doing two things on after the other first inspect inside of eyelids, second breath in, breath out, breath I n n b r e a th ou.........t

[rary]

VC I noted in one of your posts that you said you would be picking fruit, and also you would be making raspberry jam, is your fruit ready for picking already, my raspberries are just small green berries at present and I mean them all, summer and Autumn fruiting bushes

[rary]

Correction I see it is strawberry jam you were going to make, though I have been eating one or two from school he garden I wouldn't have enough yet to make jam

[veggiechicken]

I've made both, rary - 4 jars of raspberry and 16 jars of strawberry.
When it cools down I'll pick some more!
I've just had a fruit tasting wandering round the garden - strawberry, raspberry, red & green gooseberries, redcurrant, blackcurrant and jostaberry. If I had to choose to grow only one of these it would be raspberries. Long season, easy to pick and prune, no need to renew plants every few years and for the sublime taste of a sun warmed raspberry .
Which would you choose?

[rary]

Surly if you made the jam yesterday, it will have cooled down by now
and yes I agree with you, raspberries are the best and easiest fruits to grow
Now I will need to get into the shade, the hea y must be getting to me when I am agreeing with you

[burnie]

I've made both, rary - 4 jars of raspberry and 16 jars of strawberry.
When it cools down I'll pick some more!
I've just had a fruit tasting wandering round the garden - strawberry, raspberry, red & green gooseberries, redcurrant, blackcurrant and jostaberry. If I had to choose to grow only one of these it would be raspberries. Long season, easy to pick and prune, no need to renew plants every few years and for the sublime taste of a sun warmed raspberry .
Which would you choose?

I do like a Rasp, but these little Alpine Strawbs I grew from seed take some beating, the red ones are just coming in and the white ones may be ready tomorrow.