tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post2671935713571136256..comments2023-06-05T16:18:39.636+02:00Comments on Snippets from me: Veggies? Um........Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-76980315201191671392015-04-07T23:19:31.792+02:002015-04-07T23:19:31.792+02:00Anonymous from Connecticut, hi, and thanks for you...Anonymous from Connecticut, hi, and thanks for your offer of helping out!<br /><br />Kerry, we managed to get outside today after having spent the weekend indoors painting, and it was lovely. As for my birthday treat.....I think a stroll around our farm will be all I need to have!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-84993240946498339562015-04-07T23:17:25.995+02:002015-04-07T23:17:25.995+02:00Tim, thanks for the info, and have had a look on t...Tim, thanks for the info, and have had a look on the website. It looks most interesting, so we are thinking about having someone in to help once we have the downstairs bedroom done, which should be in a couple of months. It would certainly help with our workload this year. We do have a lot to do apart from the normal smallholding and renovating work, and having someone in to help would definitely make things easier for us. Thanks, you are truly a gem.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-73755882594846493262015-04-07T09:12:28.335+02:002015-04-07T09:12:28.335+02:00I'm always torn between the house and the gard...I'm always torn between the house and the garden, but when the sun shines I have to be outside. Have a wonderful birthday and don't forget to treat yourself to something special xKerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018609709080980312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-3441729635962974912015-04-07T02:21:56.451+02:002015-04-07T02:21:56.451+02:00A Happy Birthday also. Wish I lived in the neighb...A Happy Birthday also. Wish I lived in the neighborhood for I'd come and help you weed-but alas I live in Connecticut. I always check for an update and am glad to see you're back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-49153130944607181852015-04-06T23:20:42.600+02:002015-04-06T23:20:42.600+02:00Vera, when you get the room to house someone else....Vera, when you get the room to house someone else...<br />get onto the Workawayer website.<br />A friend put us on to them...<br />you provide board and lodging and the Workawayer returns that with 25 hours of work... a week.<br />We have just got our first one...<br />absolutely superb...<br />that extra pair of hands has enabled us to achieve in the past week...<br />what would have taken a month.<br />He's doing three and a half days for his twenty-five hours... and went to La Rochelle for the w/e.<br />It isn't always the case that they are good... <br />there are always freeloaders... but you can just ask them to move on...<br />and leave a bad review on the site... <br />thus warning others...<br />we are going for "older" people... <br />but the 79year old is fully booked for this year... <br />however she is taking bookings for her 80th year... <br />her reviews are amazing!!<br />But my feeling is that it wouldn't half make us feel inadequate!!!!<br />If you are mainly Organic growers, you could also get yourselves a Wwoofer!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-31079512432333394902015-04-06T08:08:15.481+02:002015-04-06T08:08:15.481+02:00TIM......Happy birthday for the end of this month!...TIM......Happy birthday for the end of this month!!! Have just re-read your comment.....Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-35848749924449181792015-04-06T08:07:08.564+02:002015-04-06T08:07:08.564+02:00Horst, nice to hear from you and hope you are well...Horst, nice to hear from you and hope you are well. <br /><br />Tim, bless you as ever, and thanks for the good advice. I don't think you realise how much you inspire me to carry on, and I much value the comments you make as I also do my other fellow bloggers. It can be a bit of a ploddy pathway sometimes when one is building a smallholding and renovating at the same time, but this year should see an end to a lot of the work so hopefully next year we shall be at full steam ahead for veggies, writing, and everything else we hope to achieve! And a happy birthday to you too, for whenever your birthday is this year. Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-22922201096148896102015-04-05T23:32:13.537+02:002015-04-05T23:32:13.537+02:00Not nudging... just concerned...
now...
buy yourse...Not nudging... just concerned...<br />now...<br />buy yourself a PanicSonic and join the rest of the "bread when you want it" fraternity...<br />and Hippo Birdies in advance...<br />I'm three years behind you towards the end of this month!<br />And put down green manures on the unworked bits of the potager...<br />and, for this year, do the allotment thing and grow the things that are unavailable, unless you grow your own...<br />or too damned expensive...<br />and loads of tomatoes, because they are the most useful fruit of all!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-58780159060815925282015-04-05T21:37:29.878+02:002015-04-05T21:37:29.878+02:00Happy Easter Vera, its nice to here that things ar...Happy Easter Vera, its nice to here that things are coming along at the smallholding. Spring is starting to settle in here and it won't be long before we can get in the garden. Hope you get to put in your veg garden soon so that you can have some great vegetables to eat this fall.Horst in Edmontonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523290699599403329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-67474931434948201722015-04-05T20:19:10.363+02:002015-04-05T20:19:10.363+02:00Kev, good idea about the weed fabric, but we have ...Kev, good idea about the weed fabric, but we have pigs who are keeping the weeds down, plus are acting as rotovating machines! <br /><br />The Goodwife, thanks for the birthday wishes....and I think we are so blessed to be always looking forward and not back. Keeps me young, and as you stack up the years you will also stay young in heart!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-22924858664914363272015-04-05T18:51:06.166+02:002015-04-05T18:51:06.166+02:00Happiest of birthdays to you! I feel the same abo...Happiest of birthdays to you! I feel the same about age. I don't look back, only forward, forward. I've never in my life understood those folks who say, "Oh I'd give anything to be back in my 20's or back in high school." I have no regrets, and am so thankful for the life I've been given and wouldn't go backwards for anything! <br /><br />Ps, I can't wait to see the pictures of your finished room. It sounds so beautiful with those white walls and all that exposed oak wood!Mama Messhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541998872594946053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-78154437827775950732015-04-05T18:28:30.252+02:002015-04-05T18:28:30.252+02:00Duta, thank you for your kind words. I tried to ha...Duta, thank you for your kind words. I tried to have a read of your blog, but although the blog itself came up on the screen none of the actual blog itself did. Will try again later....<br /><br />Jessica, thank you for your best wishes, and I am so glad that someone else has trouble with trying to everything that needs doing!<br /><br />N Dave, I have missed being touch with what is happening on your patch as well! <br /><br />Diane, it has been warmer here today, but there is still a chilly wind hanging about which makes us keep our thermals on......thanks for your best wishes, and I hope that your grass does not romp too far ahead of you and your attempts to mow it!<br /><br />OFG, I like my age, and I am glad that you also feel the same about your age. It means that we are in a good place in our lives. Great read over on your blog about the car throwing a sicky, but sorry about the unexpected expense it gave you. VxVerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-54106534941274930662015-04-05T16:11:28.959+02:002015-04-05T16:11:28.959+02:00I agree with you about the addiction of it all. Th...I agree with you about the addiction of it all. The more I do the more I want to do! I wouldn't worry about not gardening much tgis year if you haven't got time but I'd be tempted to buy some weed fabric to cover the area to stop the weeds taking hold and to make it easier next year.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-85483537199254973182015-04-05T14:37:50.122+02:002015-04-05T14:37:50.122+02:00happy upcoming birthday!!! i never want to be youn...happy upcoming birthday!!! i never want to be younger - or another age - either. i'm happy where i am. i'm very excited to hear about your work inside - i think you've finally hit a momentum and need to keep it up. i'm hoping to work outside today.. so i'll be one of those veg bloggers soon!<br />:-)Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-77499257466863829982015-04-05T14:05:14.691+02:002015-04-05T14:05:14.691+02:00We are also behind in the garden this year. It ha...We are also behind in the garden this year. It has been too cold for me to get out there. I have cut the grass once but it needs doing again though at the moment it is too wet. <br /><br />Happy Easter and I hope you are feeling better. DianeRhodesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159888599601532530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-28106238683755952772015-04-05T11:22:25.412+02:002015-04-05T11:22:25.412+02:00I missed your posts Vera. Glad to read your makin...I missed your posts Vera. Glad to read your making plans on your smallholding. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-50466398469509949082015-04-05T11:15:48.905+02:002015-04-05T11:15:48.905+02:00I am similarly torn between house and garden at th...I am similarly torn between house and garden at the moment, it is impossible to do both well. There has to be an element of accepting that something will have to wait! <br />Have a very lovely birthday Vera. <br />rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-69712575822779765482015-04-05T10:36:54.042+02:002015-04-05T10:36:54.042+02:00Happy Birthday to you!
You've accomplished qui...Happy Birthday to you!<br />You've accomplished quite a lot in your smallholding. <br />May you achieve whatever goals you still have, inside and outside the house, smoothly and efficiently!DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.com