Yawn, Yawn, Wakey Wakey!! 2016

Haven't had time to catch up. Just got back from holiday and off to sort the garden out.

 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your good wishes.

I'm gradually getting things sorted. Phone messages, emails and snail mail dealt with. Picked loads of beans and courgettes, watering done and just turned the sprinkler off (will continue with sprinkler tomorrow.

We've had a hectic 10 days touring around in the 30+C degree heat. Flew to Munich (dodged the bombs) then on to Salzburg, Vienna (went to a great concert), Budapest, Linz, Bratislava etc. Now we need a holiday!

Just downloading our couple of thousand photos.

Keep well and have a comfortable night.

 

Good morning all my friends on this Bonus of a July morning ,are we all full of the zest for life,of course we are,to day I am preparing the soil for some turf laying in the front garden in order to extend the lawn,the turf is arriving tomorrow morning,anyway I digress.have a most enjoyable day and keep smiling

@shiney a warm welcome back my friend

 

Aloha everyone,

Good wishes to all of you that are not feeling too good.

@wiseowl Thank you very much and all the best to you and your family from Mrs S and myself.

I've managed to get some water to part of the veg garden (had the sprinkler on it for four hours last night) and it's starting to show a good response to it. The sprinkler is now working on another part of the veggies.

Although we had friends coming in every day to water the greenhouse and pots/baskets and everything under cover they always seem to miss a few and we're hoping those will recover. Apparently there has been no rain in Shineyland for the ten days we were away.

It's interesting to see the change in just ten days. Some flowers have finished and others are in full bloom.

Sadly, our golden plum tree has come down (split straight down the middle) . It's my favourite plum and the tree has been there since 1939. We'll cut away the collapsed part and see if the remaining part survives but it doesn't look good as the trunk is split vertically.

More courgettes are ready for picking, where they had all the watering yesterday, and I'll get Mrs Shiney to pick them as I'm allergic to the leaves. I'm also allergic to the leaves of cucumbers, tomatoes and some conifers . That's why I always wear long sleeves and gloves when working in the garden - just in case anything else may affect me. Also, it keeps my hands looking pretty .

I've now got to iron two weeks worth of shirts!

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!

 

Morning @Zigs my friend let us know how you get on

 

@Michael Hewett

Thanks