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Yep I've just eaten again... Def the cold weather, so just for comfort.

GP just phoned with blood test result. Not all doom & gloom, just try a wee bit less of the full fat cheese perhaps?? I did actually have some rather yummy brie the night before..... so probably a true picture of my eating habits!

Do peanut butter & jam sandwiches count?? well I need food to take the next lot of painkillers......

Car already out, but will delay shopping till all the lunchtime workers back at work.

Have continued on the file sort out whilst waiting- now have a HRW recipe file before daughter takes her book back. Will do the rest of our stuff later on, then OH can stop moaning about the state of spare room. I did point out about his workshop/study....  J.

Chris Beardshaw to join Beechgrove Garden

Off to line that spare shoebox with foil Obs. J.

Is this spring worse than last year's?

I've not sown any more seeds yet. Those that have germinated will need pricking out this next week, & noway this yr can I risk them in an unheated, cold greenhouse even with fleece layes/cloches. So am resorting to trying to move stuff around on various sills desparately trying to create some more space.

It's all going to come at once isnt it.... bigsighsmiley. J.

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Well have put the washing out- just my garden fleece & scruffy gillette x2 as they were filthy & at least the wind will dry them reasonably for when I can actually use them again! Instead of the big coat am still using whenever this yr.

Hard luck to the lurgy sufferers, hope evryone improves soon. Am snotty & aching, but mine not the lurgy, just drug induced.

Am also running out of sill space. Will need to prickout cosmos soon & then real trouble as have far too many..... Think will take daughter some of the houseplants she owns, that'll help a bit.....

Bjay, we have a Siskin visiting sometimes. Havent seen it recently though. J.

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Morning all.

Just keeps trying to snow here too, but now brilliant sunshine again. Do I put some washing out.....

Spent yesterday attacking the files/boxes of paperwork sort out. Phew, shredder is tough, might be smaller than previous, but no, took a right hammering yesterday & still smiling.

Wheely bin half full again, only another month to go 'til collection... & the filing system for househould is starting to look a lot more sensible. Why oh why had I duplicated files?? Anyway, only the remaining half of filing cabinet to do so that's today's task, after GP phonecall & an Aldi shop.

OH's car passed it's MOT no problem, & service being done today. The 3 of them in the office all have the same time for MOTs, ie now, so that should help OH's memory ????

Daughter got the sneezes/snuffles too, but luckily has this morning off work so that's helping her. My back muscle 'went' again early yesterday morning- ouch- so am being very careful again & yes, taking more painkillers....bigsighsmiley. The propagator is now plugged into a timer- yay- so no need to bend down to unplug it first thing. It's on a sunny sill & above the radiator so dont have it on during the day.

Now I'll catch up. J.

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The yellowing 2cnd shrub does look like a Skimmia. The yellowing leaves could mean that it's in too much sun. Normally evergreen, they are woodland understorey plants so shade/part shade positions are best. Also if your soil isnt acidic/neutral then it will struggle.

The flower buds on it though almost look like a Viburnum, they also cope well in part-shade/shade. Some of those are deciduous, others deciduous, but those remaining leaves do look more like an evergreen. J.

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The low-growing conifer looks like a Juniper to me. They grow more horizontally than upright. You can keep it trimmed back if you want to keep it. Ends up looking like a green carpet. IME it doesnt respond well to hard pruning, as it doesnt regrow from old wood, but it does provide ground cover. J.

What's the weather like in your area?

Brass monkeys outside in that wind today. Back garden exposed to the East wind, so no escape.

Was below freezing first thing today, although actually warmer (less cold) than at bedtime last night. Think it reached about 1-2C, but it certainly didnt feel even like that!

All our snow has gone, but daughter's garden still covered, about 12miles further North.  OH stayed over in NEast Derbyshire where it snowed non stop all day yesterday. J.

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I put the heating on for about an hr after lunch, then managed without until about 4.30 when despite wearing xtra layers it got sooo cold in this East facing lounge- just in the wrong direction today/this week for the wind!

At least the jeans were dry enough to iron straight away & pop onto airer.

Just had my filled pancakes with stirfried kale. Let's hope that my kale survives the pigeons, caterpillars etc this yr. Last yr was a complete disaster, but even by now I'd have eaten all the home grown with needing the ground clear again. J.

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sotongeoff wrote (see)

Thankyou Derek

I also clean the toilet and bathroom and hoover and put washing in the machine-do not announce it to the world-but then I want a quiet life

No chance if we gang up on you! J.

Care & maintenance of elderly Bramley apple trees.

Suggestions for planting in a sunny, boggy site.