Dovefromabove

What's the weather like in your area?

Dry and bright here in Norfolk with a hint of sunshine and blue-ish skies   I think a walk accross the marshes is called for .... (after breakfast )

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Morning all   Feeling much better today - I think a walk across the marshes before lunch is likely.  

Has anyone else found this? http://www.birdsongradio.com/  - it's lovely to unwind to.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! 

my bodyclock has no idea of timing!!! 

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Well, I'm feeling almost human agan and I've got my cooking mojo back  

A gammon has been simmered, glazed and baked and the gammon stock has been reduced down and put in the garage fridge to make soup some time later in the week.  Herb stuffing has been made and a big free range chicken has been stuffed and covered with streaky bacon and foil, and now it's waiting patiently in the fridge for Christmas morning .  The giblets have been simmering with bay leaves and parsley stalks to make the gravy tomorrow and an onion, cloves and bay leaves are infusing some milk to make bread sauce in the morning.  

Merry Christmas everyone 

What's the weather like in your area?

Dull and drizzly here - horrid but nothing like what some people are having to contend with - our thoughts are with those coping with floods. 

My Mediterranean herbs are in 4 inches of standing water, and we're on free draining sandy loam on a terraced slope.  Think I'll have to re-jig the herb garden in the spring - the rosemary doesn't look happy   

Grape vine

How lucky you are - I've  not had a grapevine for years - I planted one last summer but I have a while to wait until it becomes established.  I'm deeply envious.

There are several different ways of training a grapevine, so you need to have a look at yours to see which way yours has been trained - then you'll know how to care for it.  That being said, if it's an indoor dessert grape it's likely to have been trained on the cordon system  http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=286  and this will give you plenty of advice.  If your vine is well established I'd scroll down to the Year Three Onwards section, and start with the December instructions, then back up to Year Three Onwards January etc. 

Good luck 

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Oooh, a Christmas Miracle would be good (for a change) otherwise OH will be learning to use the food processor to make stuffing for a chicken tomorrow!  

companions

Still waiting Artjak? 

Zoomer44 wrote (see)

Nasturtiums are supposed to be a magnet for caterpillars and are good grown next to brassica's, the jury's still out on that one, I grew both this year, although the nasturtium was several feet away from the brassica's and a path in between, the brassica's were covered in caterpillars and not one on the nasturtiums.

 

Yep, seems to work the other way round - brassicas grown near nasturtiums keeps the caterpillars away from the nasturtiums 

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Good morning folks!  Thanks for all your good wishes - you're all very kind  - am feeling slightly more human today although still getting waves of nausea and cramps, but nothing 'serious' happening.  think I'm probably dehydrated so will try to remedy that .  Loved that video of the Nativity Play - there was a child with the same 'performance style' as that angel in my daughter's class - she never really grew out of it! 

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Thanks folks   Feel really queasy and there's been nothing on tv except cookery programmes - at least now we've got  'Allo 'Allo 

Hosta flowering - shall I or shan't I?

Butterflies

Hellebore Addiction

Hedgehog Watch!!!

The average gardener

Growing giant pumpkins

Back to the top?

Windchimes

Battening down the hatches

Signs of Spring!!!

Protecting the outside tap from frost

Ash tree disease!

Weeding - a forgotten skill? Discuss ....

Berry-eating birds will need more help this year

Strange seed pods - any ideas?