22-05-25

Good morning, peoples.  Happy Thursday to you!  We seem to have had a bit of rain overnight; I have no idea how much but I bet it won't have made any noticeable different to the water butt or sunk that deeply into the soil.   No grumbles though - better than nowt!

Thank you for your lovely comments yesterday.  I do like to have loads of different types of tomato which is one reason why I don't grow from seeds.  To get so many different packets of seeds would be far more costly than buying individual plantlets.
(The other reason is that they have never done very well in the past)

Reading over the list from yesterday, quite apart from the Sungolds, I realise I don't have any proper Italian plums, the fleshy kind that are so good for cooking with.  Something like Roma or San Marzano would be ideal and, if I happen to see one, I'll probably get it, just to make a nice, round twenty plants.

The baby corn plantlets seem to be happy enough so far.  The tomatoes are all - er - let's say not wilting at all.  Obviously, no sign of runner beans yet.  In fact, surprisingly, so far, everything I have put in seems to be thriving.  Amazing!!

Yes, it is that time of the year again - the time that I bend your ears back regularly with news about how this tomato have grown half a centimetre or why two of the runners have not germinated at all . . . 

The clematis really catches the sun first thing when it is smothered with flowers - not a great photo but you get the idea.

It takes the eye away from the bin, pots, etc, behind it.

Yesterday was a pretty nice day.  I started off in the kitchen, feeding Bubbles and Squeak.  I had so much discard, I ended up making a batch of four crumpets and a batch of pancakes which are now rolled and wrapped and in the freezer. Bubbles was particularly lively so I used her for an 80% wholemeal flours nearly-sourdough (pinch of commercial yeast added) loaf which did really well in just the one day; I won't be owning up to that one at the sourdough course though!.  That loaf is also sliced and in the freezer.

I got downstairs housework pretty much done although the carpet needs another going over, as does the kitchen floor.  

Chris left the four tomatoes she is giving me on the front step so I got them into their pots.  Lovely plants in great condition - two Moneymakers and two Sweet Millions.

In the end, I didn't go to Knit and Natter.  I'm not exactly sure why but at the moment my mental 'tolerance' is quite low and it does get very noisy in that room in Broomfield Hall.  You would think 'just turn down the hearing aids' and, yes, I could do that but then I wouldn't hear what people around me were saying.  I've been labelled as standoffish enough in the past by people who don't know and assumed I was just ignoring them (which I wasn't, obv.).

I'm not whinging, by the way, just saying it as it is.  😊

So, anyway, no Knit and Natter, but I did sit and get on with a bit of crochet before leaving for Lindsey's and personal training.  The start of a new block and she changed a few of the strength things - every new block we discuss things to keep on or change, depending on any issues/problems.  That way, it stays helpful and relevant.

Monday's circuits is a mix of strength and aerobic type stuff in short bursts, Tuesday and Thursday Groove classes are more aerobic type stuff but with what I think of as pelvic floor stuff - squats, etc, while Personal Training is individualised and we agree that strength is most important at my age - all over strength, not just core and pelvic floor.
I am so lucky to have such a good mix.

Today, being Thursday, starts with a good old chat with Chris.  I'm at hers this week.  There's quite a lot to catch up on and I'm really looking forward to it.

Then it's the rest of the housework and, given that the sun is shining, I will change the sheets and get them washed and onto the line.

Finally, it's Groove in the Garden (hopefully) so I'll be off to Lindsey's - I could do it online but it is nicer to do it in the group.

Not too busy a day, which is nice, and a quiet weekend to come too.  Plenty of time to snooze in the garden, weather permitting, or to chill in the garden room.  Those chairs are so comfy!

Have a lovely Thursday, everyone!  xx