An optimistic, (Very Early Spring), Bits and bobs.
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alan refail
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When OH posts a "Summer bits and bobs" be prepared for bad weather
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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Well after it raining all day, and now snowing heavily, it can only get better as each day passes, YIPEEEEEEE.... 
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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It is grey and cold and wet and windy and miserable here...
No digging today...I have cleaned behind the cooker, washed 5 fire engines
, moved my Merry Tiller fittings out of the front room 
so we could put things from the kitchen in there ready for the decorator coming tomorrow.
Funny old day really..
Clive.
No digging today...I have cleaned behind the cooker, washed 5 fire engines
, moved my Merry Tiller fittings out of the front room so we could put things from the kitchen in there ready for the decorator coming tomorrow.Funny old day really..
Clive.
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I've just had two weeks of solid decorating for someone, so working at the big house Friday, and the digging over the allotments yesterday, came as a pleasant relief. Looks as if it could be snow clearing duties for me tomorrow, the way it is starting to settle.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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started putting a new shed (new to me ) up for the chickens on friday, it was a nice day worked right through to 6 p.m. trying to get finished but failed i still have to finnish the nesting box's and put in a couple of perches its not stopped raining since i went down the allotment today to try and get it finished gave up after half an hour and went to the plot holders meeting that was scheduled for this afternoon
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Snow settling everywhere here now.
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Still raining here - back garden is again a bog, floor is covered in muddy paw prints, cats are sulking - but got seeds in so I'm happier than the other half who is still waiting for a clear night to try out his Xmas telescope!
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oldherbaceous
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We ended up having a lot of snow last night, so been busy clearing the older folks paths in the village. I got going early, so the snow was a lot easier to move, than when it's been walked on. The only problem with doing it so early was, there was no coffee or cake from anyone...
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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OH . thats your good deed done for the week, not many here clear their snow away not like they used to, just around their cars, I am lucky my next door neighbours have been and done mine although they are in their 70's.
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it is snowing here this morning, but not settling, I think we are a degree or 2 over freezing at the moment. it did absolutley tip it down all day yesterday, kind of slushy rain. so, we are feeling a bit fed up and the allotment has not been visited for a few weeks. although my dad did manage to help his neighbour empty and repair his pond on Saturday.
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Dear Bren, i am lucky, as i get a lot of pleasure from helping others out, when i can. Probably the same sort of feeling as some others get from buying themselves something new.
I hope that doesn't make me seem a little tight fisted.
I hope that doesn't make me seem a little tight fisted.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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There's no fool like an old fool.
It snowed hard here last night but today's sunshine has thawed most of it other than on the moors and north facing slopes. The forecast is quite decent for the rest of the week, albeit cold. Hopefully, I shall get the last winter digging done on the allotment, a patch of about 25'x15', at the moment covered with green manure which I want to dig in. And we want to wheelbarrow another 10 or so loads of manure onto the plot.
The strong cold NE wind is drying all the washing beautifully! It's an ill wind ......
The strong cold NE wind is drying all the washing beautifully! It's an ill wind ......
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Whilst everyone around our patch of Lincs had snow over the weekend, we didn't - which was great for the gardener me but not so good for my poor old 'wanna go play in the snow with the land rover' other half 
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The snow didn't settle with us...only a little on the front lawn and on the car windows. It was actually dry on the paths this morning...and we went off down the far end of the kitchen garden to prune and tie in the wall Roses and to cut down and fork over the bottom border....this meant wandering away from where we were working last week...but it made sense as we were sheltered from the North East, rather cool, wind...
Volunteer Trevor, of Northern Fruit Group fame, was tutoring our regular Monday Volunteer on Apple tree pruning so a Newton Wonder in the old Orchard got a thin out too.
Decorator arrived at home here....and has been busy in the kitchen....so its a bit draughty at my hallway computer station this evening as we try to shift the heavy paint fumes...
Clive.
Volunteer Trevor, of Northern Fruit Group fame, was tutoring our regular Monday Volunteer on Apple tree pruning so a Newton Wonder in the old Orchard got a thin out too.
Decorator arrived at home here....and has been busy in the kitchen....so its a bit draughty at my hallway computer station this evening as we try to shift the heavy paint fumes...
Clive.