Thursday daily

[dinahsmum]

Good morning - a coolish but dry morning here.
A day to see what has happened to the allotment whilst I've been away ... looking at the garden at home I have a feeling of some trepidation! That's what comes of going away at the wrong time for the garden but the right time for significant birthdays.
We had a nice meal last night - tuna steak and harissa chips for him, crayfish and rocket risotto for me. And SIX puddings! A really nice idea, with just a couple of spoonfulls of tasty things in oversize shot glasses. It was fun to share.
So - dog walk and gardening to take up most of 'office hours' - I'll get back later.

[Leesy]

Hi there,
It is raining very hard here today which is abit annoying as I am wanting to get quite a bit of washing washed and dried ready for our holidays on Wednesday.

DM - Glad that you had a lovely meal last night and WOW six puddings (yummy)

Have a great day Pauline, Maxi and Maisy Moo Xxx.

[Erin]

Morning all, dry and bright here today but the clouds are starting to creep over, chilly too.
Off out to work in a few mins and thats about it for me today, I plan on coming home and having a chilled out evening with a good book.
Hope everyone has a good day

[Kazz]

Hiya all overast here and cold............;( I plan on getting inot the gardens too as you DM the weeds etc have flourished.......... won't take long and maybe to others it looks fine to me "out of control" but have to be in the mood, and I'm not......maybe I will start and it will "switch me into Percy Thrower mode.

Erin what book are you reading and how is your move progressing?
Leesy stick it in the tumble dryer....
DM I love those shot things great idea, your meals sound scrumptious.

Have a good day all.

[Leesy]

Originally Posted by Kazz

Hiya all overast here and cold............;( I plan on getting inot the gardens too as you DM the weeds etc have flourished.......... won't take long and maybe to others it looks fine to me "out of control" but have to be in the mood, and I'm not......maybe I will start and it will "switch me into Percy Thrower mode.

Erin what book are you reading and how is your move progressing?
Leesy stick it in the tumble dryer....
DM I love those shot things great idea, your meals sound scrumptious.

Have a good day all.

I would do Kazz, but I haven`t got one
The sun looks like it is trying to come out now so I am going to try and hang some out now

[yola]

I couldn't live without my tumble dryer!! Having a garden the size of a postage stamp means my dryer gets action all the year around.

DM - I love those little taster deserts. When I had no children and more money we used to go to some nice eateries that did these 'taster' puds . . . a nice idea!

Today it's overcast but dry and warm. The blasted flies in the office are driving me crazy; must remind OH to spray the room thoroughly when he leaves tonight. It's the boys' last full day at school today - tomorrow they are only there until midday. Then next week it's holiday care . . . they are back at school but for wall-to-wall play time and fun and games. I have the added hassle of making up packed lunches

Must get on as having been out of the office pretty well all week, I have much to catch up on!

[janey83]

Afternoon all.

Its cloudy here and cool, was raining quite heavy before but only for 10 mins.

Home from work and relaxing... I may even have a nap in a bit, thats if I can be bothered!

Have a nice day all.

[dinahsmum]

Soft Fruit Alert!
Strawberries, raspberries, boysenberries, gooseberries, redcurrants (the birds having eaten the blackcurrants before I had chance to net them ). Pounds and pounds of them. The strawberries are only just OK, so have to be eaten quickly, the bosenberries have already been frozen, the gooseberries will be frozen tomorrow when I can face the topping and tailing, raspberries will sit in the fridge till I decide what to do with them.
The allotment wasn't too bad at all from 2 weeks of neglect - I must be doing something right!

[angieh]

How many gooseberry bushes do you have DM? We have only one and had a bumper crop this year. Made 3 lots of jam and 3 servings of fool!!! Guesstimate 12 lbs - off one bush!

Early raspberries have all been eaten - we have the autumn ones still to come.

[dinahsmum]

I've two full grown bushes Angie - the only thing I inherited on my otherwise neglected and overgrown allotment. They're red ones. A bumper crop for me too - lovely plump berries and pounds and pounds of them. I've still a few more to pick but gave in to the complaints of my back and left some for tomorrow. I don't know what weight I've picked - it's a carrier bag full and it feels very heavy!