Mundane News

[mybike]

Yesterday I gained another two square yards of garden.

There is an extremely large photinia in the front garden that was casting a lot of shade. So I pruned the sides quite a lot, and now there is ground beneath it that is not permanently in shade. I will need to find someone very tall, to help me prune the top.

I have looked up plants that like shade, and some of them are already elsewhere in the garden. So they will be moved. Currently there are some geraniums there, and they can stay there.

A Broom, the flowering variety, rather that the sweeping variety before you ask, had grown very leggy in the shade. So I have taken cuttings (with a heel on it) and potted them up. I have very little success growing things from seed, but a fair amount of success growing things from cuttings, even without a green house.

Plants like foxgloves do not want to have seedlings in my garden. One of my neighbours thinks it is because of the farmer spraying the field of wheat at the end of my garden. Should I buy some special "seed" compost, and try again with seeds?

I've got some bushes I'd like to plant under. Let us know if you have a great success.

 

[mybike]

You have your own loo so you can hang any way you like........ in there

I will confess to turning things around in hotels. Must be a sign of my immaturity.

 

[potsy]

Fantastic news, our local pub has just won the 'Best Venue' award at the Leicester Comedy Festival. So chuffed for Alan, Sarah and all their team. I do have the best pub ever near me.



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Hardly a surprise, the whole of Leicestershire is a laughing stock

 

[TVC]

Hardly a surprise, the whole of Leicestershire is a laughing stock

No danger of you appearing on the comedy circuit I see.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning. My wife burnt some pop corn in a saucepan last night, apart from creating a new form of glue the kitchen doesn't half honk!

 

[Gravity Aided]

I am hoping to get out on the newly repaired and refurbished mtb tomorrow, unless it starts pelting down rain.

 

[Speicher]

I woke about 20 minutes ago thinking it is just gone 9 o'clock.. At time of posting this it is 8.14

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My radio controlled clock receives a signal from somewhere near Frankfurt, Mainflingen I think. It shows the days of the week in German. I bought it at an event to raise funds for the Cats' Protection League.

 

[Maverick Goose]

The sun is shining.

 

[potsy]

All you can eat buffet in the works canteen

 

[Speicher]

You do realise that, post Brexit, it won't work anymore?

Fortunately I do not need an alarm clock. I have some watches that you twiddle the ickle hands to the correct time twice a year.

 

[Smithbat]

Fortunately I do not need an alarm clock. I have some watches that you twiddle the ickle hands to the correct time twice a year.

I wish I didn't need an alarm clock. I have 4 alarms to wake me in the morning and I still turn over for that extra 5 minutes.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Fortunately I do not need an alarm clock. I have some watches that you twiddle the ickle hands to the correct time twice a year.

I have one set to summertime and one to wintertime...saves a lot of faff.....

 

[Reynard]

Two cats that want their breakfast is quite effective as an alarm clock. As well as the usual plaintive meows and hopeful purrs, Lexi will bite my nose and Poppy tends to park her bum on my face. Kind of hard to ignore...

 

[Reynard]

Got a nice lamb curry simmering away in the crock pot. Will do some pilau-ish rice to go with it later, and some spiced spinach.

The girls had to test the lamb before I used it to check whether it was suitable for consumption.

 

[tyred]

Paper's hanging the wrong side....

Are you sure? Perhaps better to call an expert on such matters for confirmation.