General Chat

I hve dead headed the patio plants this morning and fed the chickens and cleaned out their nest box but not the house as its really warm now but not as warm as you lot have had its only 20 degrees here and the suns just gone in. I looked at my ironing this morning and walked away. Watered the sweet peas in the big tub and wound the long beans round their supports and fed the toms, cue and beans and the short beans.

The squirrels are in the Hazel tree already and dropping all the husks on the floor so they'll need sweeping up and I must water the beans down the garden under the Hazel tree.

25 degrees here, still humid but there is a slight breeze, no sun.

It’s the same here Mandy. I did get my ironing done soon after 9 am but I couldn’t see what I was ironing anyway because I had all the blinds closed. I then spent half an hour in the garden on deadheading and easy jobs and planned to come in and vac through downstairs. That didn’t get done as it was becoming too hot and humid so since then I’ve just been blobbing about. Looking forward to some rain tomorrow if the forecast is right.

Phew to hot here for ironing and hoovering it's 28 degrees and so humid just moving makes you hot ,I did get the feeding done before it got to hot but the ironing can wait there's nothing in the pile that we really want .

Bathroom and cloakroom done so that is the H/W for this week.

Just dusted and vacuumed the lounge and dining room, gave the kitchen surfaces a wipe and now thinking about doing the bathroom and cloakroom. 21 degrees and again very humid.

Morning all,

We had some rain in the night as there are puddles ,I had the bedroom window open as it was so muggy but I never heard any rain ,this morning when we got up it was sunny but its now clouded over a bit ,might be in for a few thunder storms over the weekend .

I must have a hoover through today do some ironing as the pile is getting bigger and feed the cues and toms , so that will fill my morning .

I have a load of washing in and have watered the tomatoes and also done a bit of Admin on the PC. Now better have breakfast.

I still can't get into my card games I play each morning with my coffee.

Morning girls,

17 degrees here and pc is still telling me expect 1 to 2cm of rain on Sunday. It grey and overcast today not even a glimmer of blue sky.

Nothing planned for today so I suppose it will be a little more housework, ugh........... need to finish the hall and do the big bathroom and wash my hair so I think thats quite enough for today.

Good morning

It was a sticky night and it’s promising to be a hot, muggy day. BBC Weather is telling me it’s already 21 degrees and feeling like 25. It’s supposed to get to 29 again later and I am sure it will feel even hotter.

I haven’t made any plans for the day. There are things to be done but I will just do what I can manage in the heat. Neighbour is away and we have to water her garden as well as ours so that takes time.

Stay cool, keep hydrated and enjoy your day.

Good morning all. when I went to bed it was 21 degrees so I thought I was in for a hot night. (that woulld have had such a different meaning many years ago!)
As it happened I went to sleep quite quickly and had a fairly good nights sleep , waking early before 6am and getting up a couple of times. It is only 17 degrees now, suny with some cloud and still dry.

I don't have any plans for today, if it stays not so hot/humid I will do some housework and hopefully a bit of tidying in the garden. yesterday evening I did go out and pull down some of the perennial sweet peas which had finished flowering, I could do with getting the rest of it. It will be brown bin day on tuesday.

Well it was Primark that is why cheap but it is all well made and doesn’t look cheap.

Still no rain here, not sure what the temp is it is a bit muggy but not as bad as before

Gosh Anng that was a real bargain.

Stu's just gone after a nice Kelly's icecream for dessert in a waffle cone. I did bubble and squeak, sausages, carrots, broccoli and an egg and it went down very well. He came down on his electric byke.

I am so full up I can hardly move!.

Hope you all sleep ok tonight its a bit muggy here after the fine rain today but it has wet the earth so the plants will like it.

Goodness Vera that was a burst of energy. Good coffee that.

Yes my tomatoes are all outside but I have had enough to keep me going so far, quite a lot of the sun gold.

I did go to town it was dark and looked like rain and was a bit chilly so I wore a light jacket which was in my carrier bag by the time I got the bus home. I did get a pair of shorts and a camisole. Both really cheap tried them on at home and they are very well made and fit well. I thought if we had more hot weather they would be good. Camisole was £2, and shorts were £3. I couldn’t believe it.

My tomatoes are very behind this year even though I sowed the seeds and they germinated early. Mine are all outside and we usually do well with them but not this year. We have a few toms coming but they are still small and green. OH is looking after them now and I know he is watering and feeding with tomorite. At this rate they won't ripen before the first frosts come.

The little nearly dead 50p fuschia I bought yesterday seems to be responding to being repotted in fresh compost and soaked. It's perked up quite a bit already.

This week seems to be rushing by. I did a bit of general tidying first thing and then we went to our Thursday coffee meet-up. We didn't get back from there till 1.30 but since then I've got towels all washed and they are now going round the dryer, we've had a bit of lunch and I've prepared tonight's meal, tidied the freezer a bit so that I can find things and done a bit of admin.

It's very grey and overcast but hot and muggy. It feels like a storm should break at any minute but we are not promised any thunder or rain until Saturday.

I'm now going on to the book thread to put an abbreviated version of a long post I did yesterday which disappeared just as I was going to press submit. I am beginning to think there must be a parallel universe somewhere gathering up all our lost posts, lol.

Feeding and watering Mel.

Anng are you feeding them or just watering them? I use liquid seaweed and tomorite and mine are usually nice and sweety aharp which is how I like them. My cues are just starting to grow the plants up the top of the greenhouse already and I think I shall have to take it across all the tom plants. If they all ripen at once I shall be giving all my neighbours cues. At least I have four families I can give them to.

Been doing housework!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hoovered and dusted the bedroom and hall and at last I have got the christmas tree out of the hallway and bunged it in the study. I could'nt believe how heavy it was ans now understand why oh left it out of the loft.Tidied all the kitchen and got the sausages out of the freezer this morning so they are ready to cook. Cooked cabbage and broccoli yesterday and thats in the fridge so just has to go in the micro but must do some carrots and pots now. I may make yorkshire puds as I shall cook the sausages in the oven so must take advantage of it.Not sure whether to do bubble and squeak ot not. Hav'nt had that for ages.

Still can't get into my card games on the pc.

Mandy I grew some tiny red currant sized tomatoes last year but they were a bit of a pain to pick as they squashed when too ripe and they were so small so were almost all sking. But yours sound a bit bigger. My sun gold are the size of blueberries. But this year so far they are really sharp, last year they were sweet.

No Anng not to bad this morning as soon as I felt them Colin dabed them with the After Bite pen and this morning they don't itch at all but I can feel all the raised little bumps on my neck .

Shopping all done ,we called into the fruit and veg place ,they used to do the market in town and lots of other towns but I think they just have the unit now ,everything set out in a huge refrigerated warehouse so you take a basket and help yourself , last week we had some lovely ripe apricots so I got some more this week ,they had packets of the tiniest tomato I have ever seen , Tomberries they are the size of a blueberry, lovely and sweet so I'm going to save some seed and see if I can grow some next year ,I had a job to see them when I cut the tomato in half .
And they had English strawberries this week Vera so they are not over yet .