Yawn... Wakey Wakey...!!! #3

good morning everyone,
by kandy weather is bad your way, its sunny here this morning but cold out there.
have a great day everyone and happy easter to all

 

Good morning everyone,

Its going to be another nice day here and no frost overnight!!

I'm off to pick up my daughter at College, so thats 7 hours of my day today......so have a great day everyone.

 

Good morning everyone,

Another wet day out there this morning so no gardening or allotmenteering for us today or the next few days at this rate.:(I shall be glad when Mr Kandy goes back to work next week because every time he has a weeks holiday the weather is miserable every time he has holiday time off from work:p

Friends of ours in the village have gone away yesterday camping to North Wales so we didn't envy them trying to put up a tent in the weather conditions they would have been getting yesterday{snow:p}

Shiney,we could do with some of that lovely sunshine you have down there at times sending up to Kandyland so we can get outside:D

The builders next door have already started laying the first course of breeze blocks despite the footings being filled with water so all those grey bricks will be absorbing the water:skp::(

Anyway,I had better go and start sowing my veggie seeds indoors or else we are never going to get them grown big enough to go out on the allotment if i leave it much longer.

Hope you all have a great day and are enjoying April{and it's showers}:D

 

Happy Easter everyone

Kandy I hate travelling at the best of times and those conditions look horrendous..

It has been really cold again here and wet and miserable but I got out yesterday to spend time with my son and his girlfriend.
Rosa I bet you cannot wait for the sunshine now so you can enjoy your garden and plants.
Penny have a good day and I bet you are glad to be picking up your daughter.
Shiney when you get your brain into gear will you let me know how you did it? :hehe:
I haven't seen Woo but a great big hello :D
Have a lovely day whatever you are doing and enjoy your families!

 

Good morning everyone.

It's an absolutely beautiful one here just south of Glasgow! Sunshine from horizon to horizon, not a cloud in the sky and it is perfectly still! My labby has had a nice run about over on the green and I'm just about to start sowing a few rather late seeds.

Helping someone out with their garden tomorrow and sunday, just a bit of pottering really - weeding, sowing a few seeds, dead heading etc - and get to borrow a spade and such in return. So although the silly over grown grass looks like it'll be staying, I'll get to put in some borders, yay! Maybe I'll try and go for that oh natural look this year lol, who needs the perfect lawn with perfect edging anyway, right? :P

Hope the weather cheers up for you all!
x

 

good morning everyone and happy easter, no rain here but quite cold and windy out there,
have a great day all.

 

Good morning Woo, Rosa,and everyone.

Lovely spring daffs Woo,I'm still waiting for most of my larger ones to flower as I have my tiny ones out but have only had one of the larger ones in flower up to yet:p

Rosa, lovely to see you again and hope all is well with your garden plants and bulbs

Shiney,thanks for that bit of sun yesterday,but could do with some more so we can get over to the lottie to get started as I only have me shallots and onion sets in up to yet,oh and my winter broad beans are all through and have had a feed

We had to nip down to B&Q to get Mr Kandy a new mouse and some polyfiller and while i left him sorting that lot out i went to have a look at the gardening stuff and found that the packets of Anemone corms were reduced from 98p down to 49p so i bought four packs although now i wish i had bought the other few packs as well as that is good value for the lovely show they put on in the spring.I have got them soaking in water at the moment.Mr Kandy wanted a pack of the freesias that were reduced as well so have them to put in when we have a dry spell:p

It is dry out there at the moment and 38.1f so looks like we shall have dry weather for the next few hours

Have a good day everyone in all that you do

 

morning kandy and everyone,
kandy everything on my patio is starting to grow lovely with all this rain ive no watering the plants at the moment.good price for them anenomes maybe go back and buy some more.
woo nice daffs forgot to mention that earlier.
have a nice day all

 

Morning Rosa and Shiney,

Just been out for a nice walk with Mr Kandy before the rain starts again and now he is watching the practise session for tomorrows Grand Prix

Rosa, I am thinking of going back down to B&Q to get those last few packets of Anemones as that is very good value but will have to go on my own as Mr Kandy is glued to the telly at the moment:D

Shiney,Mr Kandy has a piece of DIY equipment called a mouse made by Black & Decker and it is a small sander shaped like a mouse which he has beem using on sanding the wood on the stairs ready for staining.The other one he had finally packed up yesterday so we nipped down to B&Q to get a replacement and as they were on offer at £27.98p instead of £39.94 or thereabouts plus it has a bit that catches all the dust he got one,while i was sorting out the bulbs:DThe polyfiller is for what it says on the item{filling holes}:p

Good Luck with the canes Shiney,Mr Kandy does all ours but won't even think about putting them in until May time and then that will depend on the weather:pDon't overdo it too much Shiney now that you are getting a bit and hope you pay Tracey well for all what she does for you:D

Anyway,me toms are through the vermiculite and are now on the window sill,I have a pile of washing to iron,plants to put out into the ground when i have sorted out some wood to kneel on whiel I do that and then no doubt will find other things to do:D

Hope you both have a good day

PS,We have had some Easter eggs given to us so will have to see if i can fit the odd piece into my diet:p

 

Hmmm, sounds like a trip to B&Q might be in order today Kandy - thanks! Will need to pop down and see what offers they have!

I popped into Morrison's yesterday to pick up a few eggs for Jay to take into the hospice and put a tray out for other volunteers over the weekend - ended up picing up alot of plug fuschias (bush and trailing), bizzie lizzies, and some lovely first year perennials that were on two for £1.50! For that price I can have some patience in watching them grow They only had two lupins though - so will have to get some more as I do love lupins

Pleasantly surprised yesterday morning - my 10 and 11 yr old could be heard in the ktichen, electric mixer going, and comments such as 'no, not too fast, don't put it on turbo, it'll make a mess' - they had looked up a recipe for pancakes (but were more like crepes) in their 'cookery for kids' cookbook - and were busily making pancakes with strawberries, cream and maple syrup for everybody! They did it all from weighing the ingredients to cooking them - only help they needed was using the right pan after a few fails on cooking the first few. 11 yr old is in there now making another batch - quite proud of their accomplishment all on their own yesterday!

Lots of rain here yesterday - hopefully it holds off today - as the men in the family are off up to catering friends to do a pig roast and a leg of beef roast over the open fire - so crossed finger for continued no rain this morning!

Have to make a decision today - keep the allotment, or build some raised beds in the front garden. I love the size of the allotment and the soil is great - I just find it really hard getting the time to drive all the way down there - and at some times of the year, you have to go down every couple of days. It's about a 15 minute drive away - and with me working at home, I've always used my lunch hour time to head out into the garden, do some weeding, harvesting etc., and watering while dinner is cooking. So, raised beds (our soil here is horrible - solid chalk at back, clay at the front), or keep the allotment........Will head down there with the little guys today and see what I feel when I get there I think.

Well, everybody - have a great day, happy Easter and I've been informed that for tomorrow only, all chocolate is apparently calorie free........and I'm not going to question it!

Have a great one everybody

 

Morning friends :luv:
I am glad to see evryone is enjoying Easter- it is raining here but OH did manage to get the first cut of the year in yesterday and plant a small "birthday" tree for me.

Had a lovely time yesterday, today so far has been ironing, cleaning the kitchen and other boring stuff.

Shiney looking forward to seeing all your hard work now. Do I need to wear a hat?? :hehe:
I will be on my best behaviour .....I think!

I am busy making my visitors badge.