Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2024

Good morning all!

Sunny and bright but nippy. No frost.

Did an hour in the garden yesterday - got covered with paspalum grass heads - they are so sticky I need the tweezers to get the bits out!! I had a sore back after an hour so came in, but I was satisfied with my tidying up.



Have a safe and pleasant day everyone.

 

Good morning @Tui34. I had to look up Paspalum as it is a new one to me - my new bit of knowledge for today! Maybe once the gutters are cleared I can look at cutting back perennials in my garden that are in need of a trim.

 

I've probably spelt it wrong @Ladybird but it is an international weed - a bit like a sparrow. It's everywhere!! It has grass heads that "adhere" to anything except rubber or plastic!!

 

10/10 for spelling @Tui34! Sounds a little in its behaviour like our goose grass or sticky willy. I have had to pull lots of them off my gardening scruff (and off Cricket!) this year.

 

Good morning from frosty East Clare.

There was lots of goose grass in this garden when we moved in, and I had a couple of years pulling up every little bit I found. I thought it was now confined to the hedge, but it seems to be popping up again in the border. I blame the neighbour's cats for spreading the seeds via their fur!

Knit & natter this morning. Some of our regulars are quite elderly and drive from a bit of a distance, so they might be put off by the frost and patchy fog. It's got an hour to improve, though.

 

Ooooh @Ladybird4 , I used to love an Ocado delivery. Since moving to Wales we are just a couple of hundred yards outside their delivery limit for this particular area. We regularly see their vans passing within spitting distance, it's so frustrating! I've begged them to reconsider the boundary but they say it's down to distance from the depot for the safety of fresh and frozen stuff. When we look at their postcode checker (which we've been keeping an eye on for almost three years now!) they still say "we'll be there soon".
Can easily get all the other supermarkets delivered, even Waitose and their nearest branch is on Anglesey!

 

When the kids were living at home I always began my Christmas food prep as soon as they went back to school in Sept. I lived near Bracknell market so used to be able to buy well ripened fruit etc., on a Sunday afternoon, just before they closed, really cheaply. I would fill a large ice cream carton with layers of exotic fruits, store in the freezer and serve as fresh fruit salad, (the family are not keen on Christmas Pud.), the Brussell sprouts would be prepped and frozen, also parsnips and potatoes, parboiled ready to roast. Stuffing and bread sauce would be made and frozen, mince pies and sausage rolls as well. It made Christmas Day so much easier.
Each job is not big in itself but when put with everything else takes a mammoth effort. Now that I am in my dotage my daughter has taken over the reins which is lovely but I still like to have a dabble with one or two dishes as my contribution to the day. The "other in-laws" are staying home again this year so no "veggies" to accommodate and feed. I am thinking Thank goodness!.
Today I am going to take Rob for a slosh around the Village Green before I go to the chiropodist, hopefully in the dry.