The unseasonal weather continues, so we are tidying and weeding before the weather turns.
The mild weather is not a friend to the garden, with mildew growing fast.
We need some good cold weather to kill the bugs and slugs!!
Still we think of next year. The spring cabbages have been planted out, the onions and garlic are showing green shoots. Today I sowed nine large pots of Sweet Peas as the seeds had started to germinate.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Out with the old....
I am reducing my paperwork, getting rid of my demons that hold me back.
Recycling and composting, putting a waste of paper to good use.
Recycling and composting, putting a waste of paper to good use.
Sunday, 25 October 2009
weather
Today is a mixture of showers and sparkling sunshine.
The house is tidier and calmer because of that, and I will have another go at pushing the tide of paperwork away!!
The clocks went back today, and I have daylight at "my" end of the day for a while.
I baked cakes, made crabpear and crabapple jelly- very nice with an aftertaste of pear.
The egg delivery has been sorted.
Mountain Man was in a hurry today. I wonder what he was late for!
The garden can wait for tomorrow, I don't feel like getting cold, wet and grubby!!
The house is tidier and calmer because of that, and I will have another go at pushing the tide of paperwork away!!
The clocks went back today, and I have daylight at "my" end of the day for a while.
I baked cakes, made crabpear and crabapple jelly- very nice with an aftertaste of pear.
The egg delivery has been sorted.
Mountain Man was in a hurry today. I wonder what he was late for!
The garden can wait for tomorrow, I don't feel like getting cold, wet and grubby!!
Thursday, 22 October 2009
saving money
My costs have reduced- I have cheaper house insurance, thanks to the National Farmers' Union, added insurance for workshop, public liability and some other stuff- and ended up paying £3 more a month overall.!!
Then I asked them for a quote on the car insurance- £80 cheaper, which made my present company say they would reduce my bill to only £3 more than the NFU quote....£3 a year that is!!
This makes life feel much better!
Better still, if that is possible, the Geek Wizzard and K won some shelves and The Carpenter has constructed them for me- life is so much better with a tidy room :-)
Then I asked them for a quote on the car insurance- £80 cheaper, which made my present company say they would reduce my bill to only £3 more than the NFU quote....£3 a year that is!!
This makes life feel much better!
Better still, if that is possible, the Geek Wizzard and K won some shelves and The Carpenter has constructed them for me- life is so much better with a tidy room :-)
Saturday, 17 October 2009
going to market
will cost about £100 to start with, then £20 a time for the stall however big.
For three hour's selling.
Go for it!!
For three hour's selling.
Go for it!!
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Kiln Opening
Beautiful pots, pots to learn from, glaze tests and shape tests.....
Each firing sends you on to the next, aiming to do as well, or do better!
I find that I am using the wrong sort of porcelain for saltglazing-but it might do well mixed with the stoneware clay body I use.
Next step is a local Farmers' Market, and more glazing for firing in a month's time.
Each firing sends you on to the next, aiming to do as well, or do better!
I find that I am using the wrong sort of porcelain for saltglazing-but it might do well mixed with the stoneware clay body I use.
Next step is a local Farmers' Market, and more glazing for firing in a month's time.
Monday, 12 October 2009
A shock
A shocking sight greeted me today at the allotments.
Mountain Man's polytunnel had been set alight at 7pm last night
It could have been a lot worse, but the Fire Brigade arrived in less than three minutes of the call.
About a third of the length has lost its plastic across two thirds of its width.
We have enough plastic to mend it, and take it through the winter, but it really needs a new cover.
We worried more about the fumes of the burning plastic affecting the people in the terrace by the gardens.
I know we needed to tidy up that corner, but he didn't need to lose two pairs of wellingtons, two pairs of walking boots and a pair of shoes, besides spectacles, hand tools, scissors and knives and all the seed trays.
After clearing the mess we adjourned to my house for a cup of tea and lunch.
We had had enough for one day, so we went to check the ponies on the mountain, and found ten on Twmbarlwm.
Also two lads letting their dog run loose and chase the ponies as they sat and talked.
As Mountain Man said, good thing for them he didn't have a gun with him. He would have been within his rights, especially as it was going for one mare and scaring her down a steep rough slope. One stumble, one broken leg.... You don't let Rottweilers run loose on a mountain with horses cattle and sheep about.
The ponies calmed down, thankfully, and we looked across the mountain for the other sixteen-no sight of them, and at four o'clock, no time to go for a four hour walk looking for them!!
Mountain Man's polytunnel had been set alight at 7pm last night
It could have been a lot worse, but the Fire Brigade arrived in less than three minutes of the call.
About a third of the length has lost its plastic across two thirds of its width.
We have enough plastic to mend it, and take it through the winter, but it really needs a new cover.
We worried more about the fumes of the burning plastic affecting the people in the terrace by the gardens.
I know we needed to tidy up that corner, but he didn't need to lose two pairs of wellingtons, two pairs of walking boots and a pair of shoes, besides spectacles, hand tools, scissors and knives and all the seed trays.
After clearing the mess we adjourned to my house for a cup of tea and lunch.
We had had enough for one day, so we went to check the ponies on the mountain, and found ten on Twmbarlwm.
Also two lads letting their dog run loose and chase the ponies as they sat and talked.
As Mountain Man said, good thing for them he didn't have a gun with him. He would have been within his rights, especially as it was going for one mare and scaring her down a steep rough slope. One stumble, one broken leg.... You don't let Rottweilers run loose on a mountain with horses cattle and sheep about.
The ponies calmed down, thankfully, and we looked across the mountain for the other sixteen-no sight of them, and at four o'clock, no time to go for a four hour walk looking for them!!
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