General Chat

Not quite as good a day as I hoped for. It was only 5c overnight, not 6 - and to-day's temp got to 20, but not for long. There was a cold feel to the air. Perhaps because it was cold up in the mountains and if the wind comes from the west, we feel the overflow here. Yes, I know 20 sounds ideal to you, but I think our humidity is different, and the temp only needs to fall a couple of degrees for us to feel the difference. We can expect another cold night, tonight, so I have put the heater on low in order to keep the house warm when I turn it off to go to bed. I don't feel cold in bed - still using the same covers as I have been using all year and not yet got into the warm nightwear. Might start wearing socks tonight. My feet are the first to feel the cold.

Goodmorning from the rainy north. Still it will refill the water butts on the allotment,so that is good.

OH has grown everything from seed this year, but the tomato plants are not germinating well,so he might buy some. I am not bothered that they will be late, in fact last year we didn't get many red tomatoes, mainly green ones, but that was excellent for my chutney making.

We have never been very successful with cauliflowers, they grow alright, but instead of being nice closed heads, they seem to bolt straight away. I did try making piccalilli with them, but it wasn't very nice

Today I am going to clean the house, well once I psyche myself up to do it :-(

Just reporting in - late again. Nice day coming up, although only 6c overnight. Sun is shining and it looks nice outside, but I won't be testing it for a while. Should get to 21 later, around lunch time, then it starts getting cooler again at around 3pm.
Still no rain, of course, but I soaked all of my pots yesterday, so I don't have to worry about watering them to-day. I don't have many of them left, after the hot weather in Summer and into Autumn. I'll have to look around for some new ones.

Goodnight to you both <3 <3

Stealth Cauliflowers Sue ....lol

Tec , there is a lady on the allotment next to us that has bees , she did a course on Bee keeping and spent a small fortune I shouldn't wonder , on the outfit , equipment and the swarm . She hasn't , to be honest , been that successful . The swarm swarmed last spring and she then got a third hive !! The bees from the first two hives fly low and bother us quite a lot , especially if we are working on the end of the plot :-|
She did eventually remove hive number three , then , during the winter one of the two hives perished :-(
So she was down to one but we did notice that a new " second " hive appeared a few days ago , so she hasn't given up with the idea .
There are other bee keepers on some of the other plots , so we benefit , with polination etc with out the bother cost or worry :-D

I'm off to bed now , so good night and sweet dreams .
Have a good day Sue .

~~~~ to anyone else that looks in later :-)

I'm off to bed now,

Enjoy your day of peace Sue - take care,

Sleep well Amanda - keep warm

Goodnight,
Tec :-)

Amanda perhaps you could sell cauliflowers out the front as well.
Have you ever thought of keeping bees on the allotment?

That's a good idea, Amanda. The children up the road from us sell strawberry plants in Spring. A lot of people buy them as they are strong healthy plants.

The cauliflower heads are sneaky - one day they are all leaves and then you take a peek and there they are :-)

Good night Linda .

Tec , sash windows are to easy so get into .
Last time we locked our selves out ( last year I think ? ) , the window cleaner lad over the oad lent us his ladders and OH squeezed himself through an up stairs window , I wish I'd had a camera for that one ....lol

Sue . we grew Cauliflower for the first time last year , they seem to make their " heads " almost overnight , which I'm sure they don't but you really don't seem to realise it is happening .
Flushed with success , OH has over produced them this year , I think I shall be sick of the sight of them next winter ....lol
I've also got a big surpluss of tomato plants , so I'm putting them up for sale on a table out the front .

Lots of cauliflower cheese :-) and you can freeze it of course.

So are you going to be a lady of leisure today?

The seedlings look strong and healthy so I think they will be fine. We are going to be eating lots of cauliflower if they all grow :-0

I have the day to myself today :-D

That was clever Sue, growing them from seed. I hope they do well for him after his efforts.

I haven't even started planting up my tubs and pots for the summer - it just seems too cold

Goodnight Linda - sweet dreams <3

OH decided to grow his cauliflowers and beetroot from seed and they are coming along very nicely. He very pleased with himself :-)

Goodnight Linda - this weather is tiring somehow. I think the body is trying to keep warm, when it knows it shouldn't be having to - sleep well.

Good Morning Sue,

I didn't see you there - can you start wearing the squeaky slippers again so that we can hear you coming :-D

Linda I'm glad the magenta (lychnis) or something like that, are showing. They self seed easily.

Amanda the Welsh poppies can be very slow to germinate, but I can send more in the Autumn if not many take.
I locked us out of this house once, but fortunately there a young policemam living next door but one, and as at that time we had sash windows on the back, he showed me the method burglars use to get that type of window open.
I didn't use my new skill to take up burglary though :-D

OH has gone up, so I will join him. I have felt very tired for the last couple of evenings. I think the horrible weather is making me think it is winter again

Goodnight everyone

Good morning Sue :-D Enjoy your sunshine whilst it lasts .
It isn't warm here either , I've got the fire on :-(

Tec , I didn't get fantastic gernination from the poppies , so I shall treat them with kid gloves , hopefully they might self seed if I can get them into the boarder okay .

I have Welsh poppies growing as well Tec. I thought the magenta seeds weren't going to germinate, but I noticed they are just starting to show now

I will talk to you Sue :-D

No-one is talking to me :-(