Bits and bobs No3.

[oldherbaceous]

A Rabbits life sounds so tiresome.

Very good Geoff.

[lizzie]

Great joke Geoff....i liked it

As for cars, I used to drive my mums 1980's Datsun Cherry which was a very reliable car.

My first one was a Fiat Puto which I had until last year whaen it eventually went to the Great Scap Heap in the Sky. It was very reliable and I loved that little car.

The one I have now is a Daewoo Tacuma 1.6L. Not a bad car but a bit heavy on the go-go juice. Wish i'd bought a deisel now. Never mind, maybe next time. It does what it says and is great for getting in pallets etc.

As for cookoos, been hearing them for about 2 weeks here, and the woodpeckers have been going beserk for about 2 months now. The squiggles are everywhere giving the poor old dog a right run around.

The trees are now starting to blossom and look so pretty.

Ahhh, nature, what a wonderful thing it is. It brings me such joy in springtime, my other favourite season next to autumn

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Lizzie, you sound like that woman i used to know, it didn't matter when i said i had heard the Cuckoo, she would always have heard it two weeks before.

Or are you winding me up.

And by the way, Summer and Winter are pretty nice as well.

[Weed]

That lady you used to know and her early cuckoo OH....a bit like me then

[oldherbaceous]

That Lady was not a witty as you Weed.

[lizzie]

Would I ever, ever, EVER wind you up Herby?

It was 2 weeks ago in the woods where I walk the pooch. Sounded lovely too

[oldherbaceous]

Just another thread that made me smile, while reading back through it….

[Clive.]

..and I'm two more Skodas newer.... and I even got the pile of magazines sorted out by the side of the PC here...

.....except another magazine pile has developed and on most chairs in the front room too..........

C.

[Myrkk]

I wonder how these people are doing today? It’s an odd things forums. You get to know one aspect of a persons life but their reality is far more nuanced and complex. I hope they are all doing well.

[robo]

I live in St Helens it’s not far from Liverpool I’ve not heard a cuckoo in ten years although my plot backs onto wild fields and woods the tomatoes in my pollytunnel are about three months behind a normal year on my plot I have 8 apple bushes some more like trees all have apples on they are the same as the tomatoes last week I picked 8 plums I counted six on the bush still growing my other plum tree hasn't a one on it i have 2 Kentish cob knut bushes both doing well plenty knuts for the tree rats this has been the worst year lcan remember

[tigerburnie]

I have had a mixture of success and fails, I sum up the summer thus, I have not had to top up the wildlife pond or the water butts and have cut the grass almost every week. A first for all of those things in the past decade, but it has been a bit warmer and a lot less Harr rolling in off the sea.

[retropants]

Robo, my tomatoes are the same, only just been able to harvest a few last week, really late, they'll be over before they've started! Green beans had a nice big harvest 2 weeks ago, but nothing since. Chillies in the greenhouse are doing well, been picking them since July. Aubergines are just starting to crop, although there is one in the fridge, picked a few days ago that was the only early set fruit, the rest of the flowers did nothing. Cherry tomatoes in baskets are getting up to speed now, but again, so late. It's been an odd one this year. On a more positive note, our hedgehog is out and about most evenings. I hope he/she likes the house we built for him/her a couple of years ago. It is a nice fat fellow, so hoepfully will make it through another winter.

[robo]

About 5-6 years ago (time flies)I caught a hedgehog in a trap obviously I let it go I left it on the top of a raised bed I had just turned over it ran to the path were it ran towards a tree trunk I was useing to divide my plot up with over the next few days I had 3 more all released the last one was a baby it ran squeaking the same way the rest had

[Myrkk]

Have you seen them since Robo?

[Westi]

Dry morning as forecast but it was pretty soggy, so had to stay on Plot 2, so still haven't got the spuds up. Not optimistic many will be in good enough condition to store now though as there is an abundance of slugs around. Harvested all the sweetcorn which was a disappointment as all but about 3 were those mixed kernel pale colours which I am sure I did not buy as I've had them before & they aren't very flavoursome so don't know what went on there, but I'm sure will be OK as soup. But that bed is empty, weeded, lightly dug & fed ready for the Chinese crops which I planned to sow but I was enjoying the weeding - not the amount mind, but got another 4 beds done as well as it was really easy to pull the weeds up!

Did a bit of general tidying, putting things back where they should be as I've been driving my self mad walking around looking for where I left things. That was about it, not too much energy expended but visibility looking tidier. Tonight & tomorrow we have another warning that heavy rain is expected but improving after this although temp dropping a couple of degrees.