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hollydolly said:
what type of soil do you have there?

here I have a Loam type of soil , which is a bit stoney.... ..it grows pretty much anything easily...

The next village and town have clay soil.. that's horrible....
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Like you we have a loam type soil, but it had been neglected for years. The previous neighbour used to let sheep graze on it to keep the grass down. The topsoil is reasonably deep, but sits on stone and clay. The garden slopes slightly and so it drains quickly. We've been trying to bring up the fertility with compost and artificial fertiliser and we now get pretty good crops.

The apple and cherry trees are coming out in bloom, though only one of our crab apple trees has blossom. It's nice to have a decent sized garden, but it's hard work at times.
 

Capt Lightning said:
Like you we have a loam type soil, but it had been neglected for years. The previous neighbour used to let sheep graze on it to keep the grass down. The topsoil is reasonably deep, but sits on stone and clay. The garden slopes slightly and so it drains quickly. We've been trying to bring up the fertility with compost and artificial fertiliser and we now get pretty good crops.

The apple and cherry trees are coming out in bloom, though only one of our crab apple trees has blossom. It's nice to have a decent sized garden, but it's hard work at times.
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Yes I know very well what you mean about hard work at times. Mine is on the large side, and it took 2 of us to keep it in it's best condition.. now I do most of it on my own which is hard, so the heavy work now I've had to get a gardener to come once a month..
 
I just watched a documentary, UnBroken, on Netflix about seven Jewish siblings who made it together through WWII.

It was made by one of the siblings, and I gotta tell ya, it knocked the talk right out of me.

If you have Netflix, you absolutely have to watch it.
 

I have been busy sewing. When I'm going to get my machine out I find all the things I've intended to hem, repair, or tailor. I finished another apron for my older granddaughter and hemmed some pants into shorts.
I am finishing a bunny costume. I made the body, hands and feet thirty years ago for my daughter to wear in a play. I have finished the bunny head.
Here's the plan: This year they will likely watch 'The Christmas Story'. I'm going to wrap it up for the oldest granddaughter and prompt my daughter to say, "Oh, that's precious! Go try it on!" or whatever the mom in the movie says. She will probably groan from the corny joke. 🙄
I'm finishing two blankets, a pillow for my grandson, and I think that's it, for now.
I picked up my last prescription for Fossamax yesterday. I'll start weaning off that drug. Kind of wish I never started it after hearing all the bad reviews.
 
Jules said:
Several years ago I started it for a few months and quit after reading bad reviews. I was supposed to take it for 5 years. My doctor wasn’t happy with me quitting without discussing it with him first.
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I'm sure the side effects are rare but too scary for me. I'll have taken it eighteen months. That's all I intended to and my P.A. is ok with that.
 
Off to the vaccination centre today for our second of two shingles jabs. Since Covid, these centres have been established in most bigger towns and offer what ever vaccine is 'flavour of the day'. The staff are usually very friendly and relaxed. We had a mild bad reaction from the first jab - the only bad reaction we had from any previous jab, so I hope this one isn't a problem.
 
I, too, noticed that it's Friday. It happens every week.

So far there's no plan for today because my brain is not yet engaged.

There are some bedding plants in a spot that doesn't quite please me. They could be swapped with some others. There are just 18 problems...18 bedding plants to move? Maybe I should be satisfied with not quite pleased.

And there are still those five sacks of mulch to spread...

DS got his new computer yesterday so he's now in Max Nerd mode and says it's like having extra brains. He told me that if he ran 26 something or others on his old one, it would take one day plus nine more hours. On the new one, the same something or others will take two hours. Ohhhkay. It's all compu-speak to me🤔

If y'all will excuse me, I'm gonna gather my wits. BBL
 
Morning graylings!!! Hooray, I broke the "wake at 3am" habit,
slept till 530 am yay....that being said it's just another day older
ya'know!!! No definite plans for the day yet....think I may have
boo-boo'd my check register, as it is not same as the online
bank sez it should be.....it rained a bit more yest evening, but
dry this morning...got to get lawn mowed again durn it....have
a great day all !!!! :):cool::love:
 
@hollydolly Me, too. I got a chuckle out of needing to be reminded what day it is.

@hawkdon So you got to sleep "late" this morning? LOL And there's nothing wrong with being a day older. Is your banking boo-boo in your favor? It could be something as simple as having transposed a number in your calculations.
 
Georgiagranny said:
@hollydolly Me, too. I got a chuckle out of needing to be reminded what day it is.

@hawkdon So you got to sleep "late" this morning? LOL And there's nothing wrong with being a day older. Is your banking boo-boo in your favor? It could be something as simple as having transposed a number in your calculations.
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I'm not reminding YOU per se... I'm just jogging the memories of anyone who forgets !...and that includes myself sometimes...
 
I just had a call from the consultants' secretary at the hospital. My appt is for next week to see him... and the secretary told me that my surgery should be within 2 months of seeing him but very likely within a month... so that's good news ..

I say good news.. but the recovery period is long and painful so I'm told, so I'm not looking forward to that part , but the abdominal condition is getting worse so it has to be done.. unfortunately..
 
IKE said:
Have got to be at the VA in about 45 mins. for my annual blood and urine sample and then go back next Friday to see the doc and chat about the results...I'm fasting and no coffee is killing me. :)
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Got to be at the VA in about an hour to go over my test results....I don't much care what he says, as long as I'm still upright and looking down at the green side of the sod I figure I'm doing pretty good. :)
 
My early walk at 7am, temp was 62, cloudy with peaks of sun wore capri pants with turtleneck & jacket as I walked down the street to local co op,needed couple items. The round trip took me 25 min. I heard a couple robins as well
I have no plans for today, read NYT get another walk in before the rain comes,whenever that happens
Re: the conversation about forgetting what day it is, a couple years before I retired, I bought a 'retirement clock'. The 2nd hand shows the days of the week,when I've had a busy week, there are times I have to look at it to see what day it is
 

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