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Last post 18-06-2013 2:47 PM by Clematis. 6971 replies.

• 20/06/2012 02:30 PM	In reply to
  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 3,125	Reply | Contact YIKES Lillyrose - Is the kettle alright? - er JOKE!, no seriously, really do hope you are OK Have to say that is the sort of thing I would do, thinking well its only a couple of inches, why bother take it off the top first Begs a question though, why were you moving it?

• 20/06/2012 02:41 PM	In reply to
  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973	Reply | Contact  I dropped my bread maker instruction book behing it Susiq. Glad it's not just me lol. Hand is going a lovely shade of black and blue and my thumb is killing now

• 20/06/2012 05:24 PM

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  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,499

  Reply | Contact  Hi all..Oh lillyrose what are we going to do with you !...take care my friend   and be careful . What a sunny and warm day it is here today, so I have been out in the garden this morning. Hope you enjoy the tuna lasagne Sue.Nicola is having a day in Stratford with her college friends as it is their last day in college today. Cheryl has been out for a meal with her friends and I have just cooked some liver and kidneys for Dave's and my dinner, with mushrooms and onions, as the others don't like that. No Miranda we are not fussy on Guinness here so have more than enough for the beef stews. It was Dave's prize so maybe he will sell it somehow. Good Idea Phot's I will have one or two though to help him out when he is watching the footie. I am sure that your begonias are looking a picture in your cow trough Susiq...you know I am going to ask you for a picture now....I'm off to Aldi tomorrow Susiq, and  lillyrose they have a remote control bell there for £4.99, and I will also pick up some strawberry plants too for our strawberry tower. -Richard

• 20/06/2012 06:28 PM

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  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,503

  Reply | Contact  Those Begonias will look good in the cow trough Susiq, hope you managed to get done outside today in the lovely weather. You're not having much luck with your injuries lately lillyrose, hope your hand heals nice and quickly  If it was me moving the fridge freezer forwards by a couple of inches, I wouldn't have cleared the top either and on the top of mine is the ice cream maker, a large plastic cake tub which is too big to go in a cupboard, the preserving pan and a tub of mealworms, and the mealworms quite often fall off the top when the fridge door is opened if I haven't put the tub far enough back... Ooh Richard, save me some liver and onions please and hope you get your strawberry plants ok tomorrow. sue1002

• 20/06/2012 07:24 PM

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  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,499

  Reply | Contact  I've left some liver and onions for you Sue as we only had half of the liver so there is the rest left here for another day  Hope I get lucky tomorrow with the strawberry plants and the doorbell... Evensong tonight Susiq, there are only two of us reporting for communion as the other pilgrim, Alan, has gone to Bideford Devon, for a week's holiday...  Longest day today 20th June as it is a leap year and it is quite light tonight too -Richard

• 21/06/2012 08:38 AM

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  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,503

  Reply | Contact  Morning all, it's a wet one here and still lashing down.  I'd almost emptied the water butt by the back door last night on watering all the pots, baskets and things inside the greenhouse and it's now full again Yes Richard, I'd noticed it hadn't got dark properly last night when I let Sasha out just after 10pm but never gave it a thought about being the longest day of the year.  Hope you enjoyed your night out. Have a good day everyone and will catch up again after work. sue1002

• 21/06/2012 11:40 AM

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  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 3,125

  Reply | Contact Hiya all, Hope you are not in as much pain today Lillyrose. Ha I've got a drawer stuffed to the gunnels with all the 'guide' books for various appliances, they keep falling out the back of the drawer into the cupboard below Wet and miserable here too Sue, yes I did manage to get loads done yesterday, still no where near finished though! Well at least you've got plenty of water now for the next time. I will take a pic Richard when the weather is nicer, its so dark here today I don't think a pic would turn out very well. Wish you luck with the new door bell! Hope you enjoyed communion last night Can't believe it was the longest day already, it was lighter at 10.30 last night than it is now! OH is busy putting our new Gold Award sign up in the lane outside the lodge, even though it is pouring down! Me and my mam having been having a little flutter this week on Ascot, I think we are both just about evens at the moment.

• 21/06/2012 02:09 PM

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  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,499

  Reply | Contact  Hello everyone! Hope your bruising has gone down now lillyrose, you had quite a bit of a bump there yesterday. I got lucky with the doorbell Susiq there were plenty there so I bought one and also bought 3 trays of strawberry plants too, so now I have eighteen, there were plenty there too. The plants look really healthy and some are  in flower, so that is a little job for me later to plant up the strawberry tower. I will take a pic of them later. Well done with the Gold Award too Susiq ...I am not surprised about you getting that as the lodge is beautiful. I had a good night out with my pal last night at communion Sue, and we enjoyed a few bevvies there. Nicola is busy baking wedding cakes in the kitchen, she has two to do for this weekend and another two to do for next weekend. Hope work goes well for you today.I will catch up later too. -Richard

• 21/06/2012 06:48 PM

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  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,503

  Reply | Contact  Hope your OH didn't get too wet putting the gold award sign up Susiq  All my 'guide books' (along with the receipts and guarantees) are stuffed into what used to be my sons book bag from primary school, and that is full to bursting in one of the unit drawers. You'll have a nice lot of strawberries off those plants Richard, did you manage to get them planted up?  I bet your kitchen smelled wonderful this afternoon with all those cakes that Nicola has been busy baking   sue1002

• 21/06/2012 08:16 PM

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  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,499

  Reply | Contact  Thats a good idea to recycle your son's schoolbag Sue I didn't manage to get the strawberry plants in this afternoon as we had a large downpour here. It has since cleared up but starting to get dark now so it will be a job for tomorrow Nicola has finished baking for the day now Sue and the kitchen did smell nice. We made a beef strogganoff again today as its one of our favourites. We make it with natural yoghourt instead of fresh cream..I will find the recipe if anyone fancies trying it... -Richard

• 22/06/2012 10:47 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,503	Reply | Contact  Morning all, it's pretty breezy here and it's just started raining, how's that for timing getting back from town Hope you get those lovely looking strawberry plants planted up today Richard, looking at those, it won't be long before you get a few to pick.  OH was able to pick three that were ready from the hanging basket yesterday. sue1002

• 22/06/2012 11:38 AM

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  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,499

  Reply | Contact  Good Morning all, It is pouring down here Sue, breezy too, and it look as though it is set in for the day -  so no strawberry planting unless it clears up.  I was very pleased with the strawberry plants they look good. DId you buy new strawberry plants or did you save them from last year? our last lot didn't fruit well maybe I should have fed them better. I came across this idea for a mini 'greenhouse' handy for screwing to a wall.. -Richard

• 22/06/2012 01:43 PM

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  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,503

  Reply | Contact  Yes Richard, the strawberry basket is a new one that we bought at Homebase a few weeks ago as the old one wasn't doing too well but I think that might be because they'd got a bit basket bound and could have done with splitting up.  OH likes these ones better too as they are a sweet variety, they're putting out a few runners too so I will be able to pot those on to make some more plants. The mini 'greenhouse' would go well on your shed wall  sue1002

• 22/06/2012 07:14 PM

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  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 3,125

  Reply | Contact Hi all, Just got back from Mrs Mopping near the borders! Goodness me, the A1 was badly flooded just outside Berwick, our nacky old escort wouldn't start this morning after last nights downpours here, so we used my mam's Jimmny - thank god we did, the escort would never have made it back through the flooded parts! Anyway, those strawberries look really great Richard, like Sue says, it probably won't be long before you get loads of fruit off those ones Nicola is obviously going great guns with the wedding baking Like the way you have put your son's old schoolbag to good use Sue! I'm pooped, its been a long day and another change-over to do here tomorrow, so will be more behind with the gardening again I can't believe this damn weather, its like the monsoons you see abroad!

• 23/06/2012 09:57 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,503	Reply | Contact  Morning all, we were supposed to be in for a wet weekend and it's rather lovely outside at the moment with the sun shining down but that wind today is a bit brisk and nippy. You're lucky to have the use of your mum's car Susiq, to get you through the flooded parts, hope the waters have receded now!  I can imagine the state of your kitchen floor from P&P sue1002