General Chat

gdau and boyfriend came for lunch and went off with various goods, a pair of antique ear-rings over 100 years old belonged to her g.g.g.aunt (had to count the g's), a viners cheese board set (never used), Grandad's chutney, jam, beetroot and pickles, bag of his scones etc etc! Had a lovely lunch cooked by OH. Nice to see them both as she lives in London now but calls in each time she visits her parents and emails/rings often etc. We are so lucky.

happy you had a good day Chris

i cut my grass and trimmed the hedge
its looking mighty good

Wish I could garden but heigh ho, try to do other things - am supposed to be in charge of dusting with my feather duster but only got round half of lounge yesterday!!!

Nice for you to have a nice day with family.I planted my Sweetpeas ready for next year.they say they grow better if sown in Oct.Nov. **M**.Ps. have another nice day.:o))>

It is true, they do. Did you soak them in hot water first!! Skin is hard.

Yes. they,re my own seed, I tend to take the best for smell and keep growing them,I love to take my own seeds,got some flowers from seed I took 20 yrs ago.**M**.PS.Got a lot smaller garden now though.

As we grow older things change! OH used to have 2 allotments each 10 rods now I think he is down to 7 rods!
Some years ago I began to plant things which would require little or no attention as I grew older. Did not foresee an illness which would prevent me gardening completely - I just issue instructions!!!

i loathe gardening, oh merlin you got mam thinking of planting her sweet peas now too, lol,

glad you had a fab day chris, i went for a cuppa with my friend who i havent seen for a while, we had a good old gossip and catch up, x

Sounds like you had laughter and a good gossip such as we had!

Glad I came on here. I've just been in my greenhouse getting Vine Weevil grubs out of various plant roots (little b's) and thought to myself that I was too late to plant my sweet peas, so thank you Merlin - I shall plant them tomorrow.

Sounds as if you had a lovely time to-day with your gdau and boyfriend, Chris. How long is a rod, by the way?

Been a sunny, mild day here in Sussex to-day - hope it continues. I've still got lots to do putting my garden to bed.

Add - I put the VW grubs in a bowl and a friendly little robin comes into the greenhouse and gobbles them up!

A rod is the same apparently as a perch or a pole (I recall these terms vaguely from school tables) and a rod is 16 1/2 ft long!! I googled it!! Vine weeviles are little toads so are lily beetles

Hello Wend., I have done loads towards putting my garden to bed, but still have some to do. Weather not too great here at the mo., and I havn't got much incentive. But, going out to hairdressers tomorrow, so, hopefully I'll perk up, and face the rest of it.
Take Care
Julia in Derbyshire

Thanks. I remember very little about maths at school. Always hated it and still do.

Just had an e-mail from my daughter, who moved into her own place a few days ago, which made me laugh. "Are you coming round later? If so, could you bring my black pointy pump shoes. They're at the top in my flip-flop cupboard, smell a bit cheesy". She also asked for some rosemary from the garden, so must be having lamb for dinner!

Hello Julia - yes, I'm feeling a bit lethargic too - think it might be something to do with the clocks going back.

Hope the weather's good for you tomorrow in the garden, otherwise you'll spoil your hairdo!

Wend

Wend the threadkiller here - it wasn't lamb, it was Jamie's recipe for macaroni and cauliflower cheese mmmm. Got to go - have a 'fasting' blood test at 8.40 tomorrow, so that's me on the water for 12 hours very soon. Got to spend 25 mins stuffing my face >>>>>> runs off to the kitchen :-((