Rob the Imp
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Deal!I will expect a jar of banana chutney in return!
Deal!I will expect a jar of banana chutney in return!
Deal!
Bah! That's an unusual way to give an opinion on something, I must say.I'm afraid to tell you that my green tomato chutney is quite widely appreciated. Or, at least, Mrs N. said "If I liked chutney, I'd like that".
Bah! That's an unusual way to give an opinion on something, I must say.
You can still have some of my banana-ginger chutney if you like, though. Nobody else wants it
The ellipsis says it all!It's a very kind offer...
We've recently finished a big revamp of our garden. We built a short, curving dry stone wall halfway down the left hand side of the garden to properly separate lawn and beds/trees, plus edged the bottom of the lawn with the same where it meets the patio outside the back door.
Where the long wall stops, we split-leveled by running it across the lawn and building 3 shirt steps in, so we have two smaller lawns now.
Also removed the old, decaying deck at the end of the garden/in front of the shed/pool room and replaced it with a patio of lovely rainbow slabs, some of them with mixed colours almost woodgrain-like in pattern.
Oh and we laid new turf, built a rockery and planted it with alpine succulents, bought a birdbath and added various new plants to the flowerbeds, like a new fuchsia.
And now I'm exhausted.
Pleased you got away with the nest rehoming! Sounds like you've been busy inside too. Hope you get chance to enjoy some of your crops and they don't all get eaten!Have been concentrating on the house for the last six months. Now completely rewired and replumbed, the toilets work and we have some carpets, which pleases the missus.
In the garden the lawn isn't too bad for its first year and the main border has been a riot of colour. The veggie patch has taken off and we are into new potatoes, lettuce and rocket. The wood mouse again had all the strawberries from the two plants. He/she is too cute to obliterate, and in any case I built him a home close by.
Cutting the hedge at the weekend I pulled out a nest with young in it!!! Hedge Sparrows, I think. Anyway I put it back in a more secure position and they are sitting again, thank goodness.
Not sure that there’s a current cure for the chafers Berks, apparently the old insecticide was banned by the EU. We had them a couple of years ago and the lawn does tend to recover. The worst part is when the crows start excavating to find them as they can completely wreck the lawn.Finished the green beans, squash (the one plant) and last of the tomatoes this week. Just a few small courgettes and come celeriac to go.
The two apple trees still have a few left on them, the rest either eaten, given away or in storage.
Chafer Beetle has had a good go at the lawn. Anyone know of a cure?