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Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:12 am
by Primrose
Like the bell! Do you ring that when you want somebody to bring you a cup of tea ??

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:54 am
by robo
Mine are nothing like that westi just got tiny tip showing but it will grow I do love asparagus

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:01 pm
by snooky
Waiting for my delivery of crowns for my new Asparagas bed.Coming from Holland ,so might be a while .

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:01 pm
by oldherbaceous
Had my first jab last Saturday, and was saying to everyone, that it wouldn't make me feel rough....big mistake, as I was really rough for a full 3 days and still feel a little washed out today...and I have only been to work for 5 hours. So not sure why it affected me like that, it was just like having full blown flu, every joint and muscle was so painful and on fire.

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:52 pm
by Monika
Oh, poor OH! I hope you feel on top of the world again soon! Did you have the Pfizer or AstroZeneca jab? It appears that the latter seems to cause side effects in some people. All our offspring in the UK (all nearly 60 years old), their partners and some of the grandchildren (vulnerable, health care workers etc) have had the jab and only those who had the AstroZeneca one seemed to be affected, but none as bad as you!

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:35 pm
by Geoff
Consolation, my son (GP) says a reaction is a good sign it is having some effect. Might be that he has had two Pfizer doses and reacted to them both and I have had one AstroZeneca with no effects, second booked for 10th April.

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:52 pm
by oldherbaceous
It was the AstroZeneca jab, Monika...i'm nearly firing on all cylinders again, thank you.

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:32 pm
by peter
I had the AstraZenaca first jab and a slightly uncomfortable day after the jab day.
Having had covid itself at Christmas the jab side effects were like a mild breeze next to the storm of 87.

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:48 pm
by Westi
It's true OH! The bigger the reaction means the bigger your natural antibodies ability to fight back. At the end of the day though those with lazy antibodies that don't hear the starting pistol will wake up quietly & get almost the same % of immunity by the end of the race. A bit of a tortoise & hare thing, but we cross the line pretty together. (Also a bit, big bit, about the way the different vaccines work as some are synthetic & some are the dead virus).

You will most likely get a reaction from jab 2 as well (not as bad). The important thing is you & everyone else on the forum will be here to chat for a long time, read the posts or whatever they are comfortable with.

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:42 am
by Geoff
Brrrrr and Grrrrr! I look at three different versions of my weather forecast and none had frost for last night, what did we get -2.9°C! Haven't ventured out yet to inspect, still -2.1°.

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:46 am
by Monika
Ah, well, Geoff, don't ever trust the forecasts ...... I didn't and covered up anything 'touchy', just in case.

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 11:09 am
by oldherbaceous
Hope everything is okay, Geoff!
Been and done 3 hours this morning at the Big house, and it was indeed fresh....

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:21 pm
by Geoff
Nothing damaged thanks. I haven't got anything outside but I have stuff under cloches in the cold greenhouse and the polytunnel only I didn't put the cloches back over them last night. It wasn't at its coldest for very long so it didn't get into them but the cloches are back on tonight and fleece over some pricked out trays of hardy annuals. Been a glorious if rather chilly day, levelled the moles' playground then mowed it and then padded down all the divots with a rake where the runs had caught in the mower. I think I need to find a way of rigging up a roller I can tow round with the mower.

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:37 pm
by oldherbaceous
Well a frosty start and a chilly breeze but, it has been lovely and bright, so managed to get a couple of things sown... a double 30 foot row of beetroot and a double 60 foot row of broad beans. Aready have a frame of carrots sown and 2 rows of Swift potaoes planted, so getting a few bits in. Have a few bits and pieces coming on in the grenhouse too...

Just getting ready for next few days, that are meant to be bitterely cold.

Re: Early Spring Bits and Bobs

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:07 pm
by Primrose
Well I hope everybody has got their garden fleece and thick coats and hats out ready for tomorrow. Looks like being a real icy blaster!