It opened my eyes yogi, I'm all for wild flower meadows now! I might try it in our pots thus year

Lol ros, what are like!

My dad, who is very green-fingered, can never successfully grow carrots, but his onions, leeks, turnips and beetroot are always great.

 

Yes, I'm going to check out the wild meadow flowers, too, Summer. We need to do what we can to help the bees and butterflies.

We've got lavender in our garden which the bees come to, but it's really not enough! I like bees too, they're very welcome here

I might put some lavender in the garden this year, I love the scent.

 

Signing out now, sweet dreams.

Goodnight Summer and Ros.

Sweet dreams yogi I'd better turn in too or I'll be sorry tomorrow! Sweet dreams ros for the first time lol

night yogi - love lavender  and yes same here with the wild meadow flowers

night summer off myself

Good morning everyone, still very misty and drizzly here, colder too.  It would be nice if we got a better summer this year so that everyone's crops (and flowers) could ripen and look their best.

Good morning everyone

 

Squiggle, you're early this morning Sorry to hear that it's still misty and drizzly there - here it's fairly cloudy, there may be some rain later but no sign yet, and mild but unlikely to be quite as warm as yesterday.

 

My brother is visiting me for the weekend and will be arriving later this afternoon so I probably won't be around here much over the next couple of days. I hope you all have a great weekend whatever you are doing.

 

Good morning everyone.

Weather is better today, no wind or rain. I hope the mist and drizzle clears for you, Squiggle.

Have a good weekend with your brother, El. Do you have anything planned, or is it a relaxing, chill-out time?

I hope you have a good weekend with your brother EL.  I had to take my daughter and eldest grandson to the station to catch the 7am train so I was up super early (for me) and in the dark the mist was quite frightening to drive in, the visibility was awful, no streetlights on the most difficult bit.

I hate driving in mist/fog and it's doubly difficult when it's dark too.

I always end up with a headache when I've driven in fog.

It's a relaxing chill-out time - although I've spoken with my brother several times since Christmas, it is the first time this year that we will see each other. Next time is scheduled for over Easter.

 

Squiggle, you must have been glad to get back home from that drive - scary

That'll be nice for both of you. You and your brother seem to have a close bond, which is lovely.

Good morning It started out very wet here this morning but it's rather humid, and now the sun is shining! Squiggle I hope that you feel ok now after your unsettling drive, that foggy weather was poorly timed, I hope it clears fast for you :and the frogs) El I hope you & your brother have a lovely relaxing weekend, thank goodness the trains are not troubled by snow this weekend

Summer, I've been looking through some seed packets and found one which is called Salad Bowl, and radish seeds are included. I haven't grown them before but might give it a go - in your honour.

I love it yogi! I hope they flourish and taste delicious can you make me a salad now please? I'm so hungry today!

Summer, I don't think there's much likelyhood of snow affecting my brother's rail journey today unless he's taking a detour through Siberia

I think you may need something more substantial than a couple of lettuce leaves, a tomato and a radish

Good afternoon everyone.    We have had another beautiful spring like day here today, although it is clouding over now.  The forecast for the weekend is good too. 

 

I don't know if you remember but I didn't plant any tomatoes last year, after my knee op, but some self sown ones appeared in the pots.  I don't think I ever told you all but I harvested 143 lovely mini tomatoes, which tasted wonderful, for nothing!!  Not bad going. (I know I'm daft but I just couldn't help keeping a count of how many I picked). 

 

Will try and plant up my pots this year if I can get some help.  It's no good trying to plant any form of vegetables in our garden because the rabbits get to them.  My brother-in-law, who lives next door, has resorted to putting an electric fence round his large vegetable patch but the rabbits still manage to get in somewhere!!

 

Hope you all have a good weekend.  The weather is certainly better than the last time your brother was coming El Loro.  No.1 son and family will be here so I don't expect to be about much.  Love you all. 

Joyron, I hope you have a great weekend with your son and family

143 - a nice crop of mini tomatoes - I think the mini ones can be very nice as they tend to be sweeter than the large ones.

Hi Joyron.

Nice to get some tomatoes for free - and I like that you counted how many you got.

Rabbits are cute animals but they really can do some serious damage to vegetables and crops. We don't seem to get many rabbits in the gardens around here, thankfully.

Enjoy your weekend with your son and his family.

Signing out early tonight. Goodnight everyone, sweet dreams.

Hugs for the night owls.

Sweet dreams yogi I hope you sleep well Joyron, I have pet bunnies and they demolish our garden if given the chance, one especially is keen on the carnations

El, no a salad would definitely not satisfy my hungar lol a side salad yes

night yogi trouble is bunnies are so cute

joyron  - lovely having all those tomatoes especially free ones

El hope you have  a lovely weekend with your brother

 

hi again summer

Good morning everyone

 

My brother arrived yesterday right on time to the minute. As usual he brings cake for us over the weekend and this time he brought :

It's quite nice and it's crunchy

The box says 10 portions, (somehow I don't think it will be as much as 10)

 

A nice sunny day here today - squiggle, I hope your cold drizzly misty weather has gone

 

Summer, I wonder if your bunnies are in league with squiggle's moles.

Good morning Ooh a lovely looking cake there El! I hope you & your brother thoroughly enjoy it I think if left unattended my bunnies could stand a chance of competing with squiggle's moles, which is why I don't give them the chance

Good morning everyone.

Bright spells, with scattered showers. Quite breezy, too.

I like the look of that Crunchie cake, El. I know it wouldn't be cut into 10 portions in my house.

Summer, are you at work today? If so, I hope all your clients are nice ones.

Good morning everyone.  That cake looks gorgeous EL - what you said about the portion size reminds me of one of dear Frank Carson's jokes that I was reading yesterday.  A man goes into a pizza shop and the guy behind the counter asks if he wants his pizza cut into 6 or 8 pieces, oh 6 he says I don't think I could eat 8

I like that squiggle! Yogi, yes I'm at work today- so far so good, and my colleague turned up too Well girls, I awoke to hear on the news that one lucky UK winner scooped the entire euro millions jack pot of £47 million. I spent half an hour getting ready for work imagining the kind of cruise I could send us all on should I have been the winner.. But alas, it wasn't me who won

It wasn't me either Summer which is hardly surprising as I don't do the lottery

Lol then it definitely wouldn't be you squiggle I sometimes put a lucky dip on on a Friday, but only if I happen to remember, I don't make a point of going out to get a ticket Are you enjoying your day?

Hi Summer not too bad thank you, the weather has really brightened up and it looks lovely now, blue sky and a few white clouds.  How about you?

@ the pizza joke.

I have been to Costco to stock up on items for the freezer. I think I have read too many books on the homefront during WW2, as I am never truly relaxed unless my cupboards and freezer are full of food. If rationing is ever reintroduced, I am ready for it!

Summer, I bought the March issue of Gardener's World magazine. In it, they have given some ideas for nectar-rich flowers in pots. Their suggestions are Lavender 'Munstead'

Geranium 'Glenluce'

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Salvia 'Lubecca'

Polemonium 'White Pearl'.

They also mentioned marigolds, sedum, cornflowers and borage.

Hi everyone xx

Been so busy hardly get time for myself these days.
Hope you all well, and El you are enjoying the time time with your brother. That cake looks lovely, it wouldnt last 5 minutes in my house! 

I have a friend like you Yogi, her freezer and cupboards are bulging with food! 
Talking about freezers, my chest freezer decided to defrost itself, not really sure when, but last night the stuff inside had defrosted. I have been handing out food to all that will take it and been cooking the roast and chicken, so have saved some stuff. Now it has one lonely pizza inside it! If its not one thing its another here ! 

Aww Skylark, I hope you managed to save most of the food, by cooking it or giving away. That's the only thing when freezers go wrong, you ended up with loads of food that needs cooking before it goes off.

Hi Yogi, i am going to join Aimee,s club, everything electrical is not working as it should here. Hoover not got suction either, had it to bits, think it may be a sock up the hose

Plus , just coloured my hair with the same one i have used for ages and its turned out very red  It should be medium brown. Where is Summer when i need her ! 

Oh no, you have had a bad run of luck.

How did the sock get sucked up the hoover - has your son been using it?

Re the hair dye, I had a similar problem. The box said light golden brown (my usual, but not natural, colour) and it came out much darker than normal. It's probably much nearer to my original, nearly black colour but it's too dark for my aging skintone now.