tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post4786715193737236245..comments2023-06-05T16:18:39.636+02:00Comments on Snippets from me: 52 down!Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-25962613516870126292013-04-12T21:31:15.798+02:002013-04-12T21:31:15.798+02:00Hi Tim, at last it looks like we are in for a patc...Hi Tim, at last it looks like we are in for a patch of sunshine so it will be all systems go. Hope you going to have some of this sunshine as well so you can your potatoes in, and everything else as well!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-46354236985454890622013-04-12T00:13:30.696+02:002013-04-12T00:13:30.696+02:00We haven't even started to put them in the gro...We haven't even started to put them in the ground... <br />ploughed the patch and raked it over... <br />now waiting for a spell of dry to start... <br />the Red Dukes are, as you describe, romping!!<br />Well... <br />they are first earlies... <br />they should have been in by Good Friday... <br />hohumm!<br /><br />We have had 36mm of rain here so far this month... <br />and the meadow is once again awash!!<br /><br />Bonney Chance for the coming Summer [don't know which year it will be coming, tho']Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-23084253475464931132013-04-10T18:51:06.408+02:002013-04-10T18:51:06.408+02:00Leon & Sue, well I feel older today but hopefu...Leon & Sue, well I feel older today but hopefully will feel younger tomorrow after planting a few more of those spuds!<br /><br />Niall & Antoinette, oh how sensible you are to ride around on your lawnmower to cut your grass! Wish I was just as sensible, but no, it is a scythe for me because the lawnmower is not 'meaty' enough to cope with potholes and hillocks! We are lush here too!<br /><br />The Broad, Oh dear! I bet you have to go do something else when your husband is being so helpful! Fortunately it started to rain just as he was making headway with making a fearsome looking row of clumps, so he had to stop! Whooppeee! Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-87684003968555345052013-04-10T16:41:48.275+02:002013-04-10T16:41:48.275+02:00Vera, I think you are quite wonderful! I know exac...Vera, I think you are quite wonderful! I know exactly what you mean about the 'clumps'! My husband always like to edge the beds after I've done all the weeding -- leaving great big clumps of grassy stuff over the top of my nice clean earth. I don't want him not to do it, but at the same time there is the urge to 'throttle'!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-54331715817979666112013-04-10T15:57:44.023+02:002013-04-10T15:57:44.023+02:00Well done with the spuds. We don't grow our ow...Well done with the spuds. We don't grow our own veg -- we have very heavy clay soil and the thought of dealing with it has put us off. <br />With all the recent rain we again have little puddles which means mowing the grass with the ride-on mower is postponed ... and the grass is getting lush :-(<br /><br />However, forecast for next week is much more like it so me might be able to start tidying up properly after winter. Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-55881664188116902712013-04-10T14:13:11.187+02:002013-04-10T14:13:11.187+02:00Like tatties - exercise is good for you. Might fee...Like tatties - exercise is good for you. Might feel older for it but younger with more of it.<br />Leon Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609891995057827081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-64692871801089308042013-04-10T06:27:10.968+02:002013-04-10T06:27:10.968+02:00The Squirrel Family, nothing like gardening for ge...The Squirrel Family, nothing like gardening for getting rid of the old aches and pains and giving one new ones to replace them!<br /><br />Diane, most of the 52 potatoes planted were romping away, but the rest are 'quieter', which they need to be because we have just had another soaking of rain! <br /><br />Horst, hi. We do have a rotovator but it is not powerful enough to do a proper job. It is only a year old but already falling to pieces! Not to worry, at least we have got a lot of soil tilled, although it is clumpy, but we do have animal bedding to clean out of the animal pens soon, so that will be put onto the soil next winter. Good idea about the shavings, although it is straw we put down for our animals. <br /><br />Jessica, wow, so you had a surge yesterday as well! Lets hope our energy keeps going because the days are galloping away with themselves and some of us (me that is) have not planted one single seed yet!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-58844869642256788302013-04-10T00:01:02.873+02:002013-04-10T00:01:02.873+02:00Exercise does help.. I dug over both new veg beds ...Exercise does help.. I dug over both new veg beds yesterday and felt so much better for it. <br />Good luck with the rest of the spuds..rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-46297401488623876182013-04-09T21:47:11.146+02:002013-04-09T21:47:11.146+02:00Good luck on planting the rest of the Garden. It&#...Good luck on planting the rest of the Garden. It's too bad you don't have a rotovator. That way you could get the soil broken down. What you may what to do in fall is to incorporate a whole lot of wood shavings into the soil to loosen the soil in spring. The people with lots of horse use wood shavings in the stalls to keep the stalls clean. That's what they use here anyway. Easier to clean with shovels.Horst in Edmontonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523290699599403329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-41147734299599457042013-04-09T21:27:41.638+02:002013-04-09T21:27:41.638+02:00You are doing better than us! I planted a few a co...You are doing better than us! I planted a few a couple of weeks back, but the main bulk are growing madly in the barn. The bed is saturated and impossible to work in at the moment!! The onions are also in dire need of planting! Keep well DianeZimbabwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279761983880323632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-85499866420081756422013-04-09T19:01:08.778+02:002013-04-09T19:01:08.778+02:00Well done on finding the energy, we have all been ...Well done on finding the energy, we have all been there......longing for spring and spending too long in the garden centre/ gazing at seed catalogues <br /><br />enjoy your evening and hope the aches and pains stay awayThe Squirrel Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970265671489926403noreply@blogger.com