Chatback number 22

[Nicos]

You can post as many piccies as you want - we have new rules for all Grapes this year to encourage entries

[Snoop Puss]

^That feels a bit like cheating! I'll consult with Mr Snoop. I've already told him I want a picture of a beetroot.

[Nicos]

Add more posts snoop - I can move any already posted if you want?

[Snoop Puss]

Snadger, I reckon just about everybody talks to whoever they're visiting at a cemetery. Nobody will think you've cracked up.

And yes, Nicos, I love using olive wood. Most of it will be from hard pruning. Really good for keeping a steady heat in the range. Makes fantastic pizza... The almond wood might be from prunings but also from whole trees that have been uprooted. Production slows after about thirty years, so the farmers regularly rip them up and start again.

Have just been out and watered a few things, including the leeks. I posted the wrong pictures in the Vine show. There are a few absolute monster leeks in among the ones still left in the plot. How they've grown so fast I do not know. Big recommendation from me for Chef's White leeks if anyone wants to grow summer leeks (they're not frost hardy, apparently).

[Bren In Pots]

Morning.

Snadger you and Helen were together a long time and you need time to come to terms with her not being with you, and If you're uncomfortable about folks walking by pretend you're taking on your mobile. xx

[Nicos]

Hi Snadge…did you hear my kettle boil? * passes Snadge a blue tartan mug of tea

Brill news about your camper - very exciting - do keep us updated with the work in progress!
And no - not cracking up…Helen was your closest friend for years - you need to continue sharing things with her xx

Right - I really must go - there’s already a pile of plasterboard and laths needing sorting….

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all
Blue sky and fine clouds … wish it would make up its mind!

We found a note in our letterbox last night from our electricity company saying they will be here at midday to replace our electricity box with an updated one. Presumably a smart one so they don’t need to send out peeps to read it anymore?
That was short notice!
Good job we have a gas hob so we can still make brews. No idea how long it will take.

Olive wood snoop?…..I have very good memories of using olive wood charcoal on holiday in Italy - it was amazingly good quality.
Oak is the big thing here but it takes some storing before it’s water content drops enough to use properly.

OH has a mate over today to help do more knocking out of the bedroom so I’m off out in a sec to load up the trailer with what they are chucking out of the window! Thank goodness no rain is forecast!

Best finish off my mug of tea first though. Got to get my priorities right eh?

See ya later peeps!

[Snadger]

Morning all

Someone mentioned 'Lonely old people' earlier in the thread and it got me thinking. I suppose I fit into that category but I am not the only one. When I look out my window at the houses around me at least half have a single person at the helm.It.s been less than 3 months since OH passed away and eventually I am managing to visit her grave without bursting into tears. I sit furtively on a seat close to her grave talking to her, all the time looking around to make sure no one is watching and thinking I have cracked up.
Anyway, snapping out of self pity mode..........I have my new toy, my Campervan sitting on the drive now and can't wait to start pulling it to bits! Priorities are a swivel plate for front passenger seat so I can turn it around and use it facing the rear with a table in front. It has a washbasin but no means of cooking so that's another priority and a total different internal colour scheme is called for.Fancy some pale blue tartan material for the seats so I will need to source that and have a go at covering them myself.

Lots to do so must get on, TTFN.

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Chilly but bright today. The cold and damp have done for the melons, but everything else is holding on, just. The sky is full of criss-crossing vapour trails. Got used to not seeing those when people weren't travelling.

Relieved to have found a man who says he will deliver almond and olive firewood of the size we want for a decent price. He's suggested we go round and see it to make sure it's what we want. Here, firewood isn't sold by the stere, cubic metre or whatever but by the kilo. Where we lived before, it was sold by the builder's rubble sack. Most villages round here have weighbridges, which makes selling by weight possible. OK if it's dry, but if it's green, you're paying for a lot of water.

Same today as yesterday, workwise. So better get on with it. First, though: coffee. I'll get it going and you can help yourselves. Last of the ginger cake in the tin. Help yourselves to that as well. The smiles are flitting around the tin too, so grab some of those as well.

Have a great day, everyone.

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Bit colder I think. Have a good day

[Bren In Pots]

Afternoon, the sun came out after I'd finished baking just in time for us to go a stroll

Peteyd here's a rather nice beetroot and apple chutney recipe I've made it a few times.

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...etroot-chutney

[Peteyd]

i found a massive beetroot hiding in the veg patch yesterday, might have to crack out the chutney pan later and get it turned into something a bit more palatable.

Hope you've all had a nice Monday

[lottie dolly]

Afternoon all,same weather here on and off,the hens not bothered by it,just find the nearest shelter bush or hut,pleased your day went well GF,is a good feeling when you cheer up a person,life feels worth while eh,sounds like some very naughty peeps in spain,as for the cauli could freeze some,as it is or in a cheese sauce ready to go,ref the rain,we did need a bit,have a good afternoon

[bramble]

Good morning all.
Sun is high in the sky here.
People on the beach since early morning.
We haven't seen a drop of rain since we arrived almost four weeks ago.
However our time is running out now.
Have a good day all.

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

Its rained all morning here so the perfect time to stay indoors bake bread and scones, at least the water butts will be full again.