I can't believe it's been a whole week since I lasted posted on here 🤯 Things have been pretty mundane and we've not been anywhere special for a day out. These last few days have been a bit damp and drizzly and so we haven't done a lot. I've caught up with the ironing while the weather has been cooler, and otherwise just been pottering in the garden doing the dead heading and harvesting a few tomatoes and cucumbers (14 so far off just one plant) Of course, we have also had to visit the allotment to water. It really doesn't matter how much drizzle we get, it just doesn't soak into the ground 🤔
We are still harvesting:
Raspberries
spring onions
tomatoes
cucumbers
&
harvesting and freezing:
Runner beans
French climbing beans
The peppers in the greenhouse are turning yellow so will be ready to pick soon and, at the allotment, our sweetcorn is still standing despite other allotmenteers having had theirs eaten by the badgers 😓 Gray has built a metal 'cage' around ours and they are growing in a raised bed to deter the animals from digging underneath to get in. We can only live in hope that we can harvest at least some of them before they get in......
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Our Grandson reached the dizzying age of 18 yesterday and we all went out for a meal last night to celebrate. We went to one of those 'Fusion' type buffet restaurants where they serve all kinds of meals; Chinese, Tai, Curries, English, Italian etc The choice is amazing but we couldn't eat until 7.30pm which is far too late for us oldies. The food was hot and tasty but poor Graham had indigestion all night due to eating so late.....
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This morning we had fully intended to have another day out at the Black Country museum but Gray felt a bit 'not right' so we didn't go. Whilst he was watering the allotment, I took another batch of 15 cards to the Hospice shop, making 190 to date. Two were sold before I'd even left the shop....
Thanks for popping in. Do stay safe and well wherever you happen to be,
Angie 💗
As 'oldies' we can't eat late either, I'm not too bad but OH really suffers and any processed meat, bacon/sausage creases him. He also can't tolerate milk or cheese any more, it makes cooking interesting! I seem to be dead-heading all the time and watering the pots and baskets. We had a day out at Chatsworth today, only the garden and park, but get in for free as 'friends' of Chatsworth, otherwise its £20 each for the garden and £7.50 to park. Have a good week. Xx
ReplyDeleteNothing much happening here, more rain due tomorrow, will find another book to read.
ReplyDeleteI was getting the potatoes out of the raised bed yesterday, after pulling the stems off a week ago and then not watering the bed for a few days while they 'set' their skins a bit. But I was shocked at how dry the whole bed was just a few inches down, in fact all the worms had migrated over a foot down trying to find moisture.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been nice to see those cards selling while you were still in the shop. I bet they have regular customers on the look out for new deliveries.
We are oldies and can't eat too late. We prefer to eat out at lunchtime but the youngsters prefer evenings at about 8 o'clock, gulp. Indigestion awaits. Regards Sue H
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