The Potting Shed

Morning all Very Happy

It's still warm here, but it did freshen up last evening and even got a bit cool! I'm hoping to slope off home a bit early today so I can watch Wimbledon...

Millie killed another chick this morning - I think this one was a partridge Sad

She's such a horror!

Tomorrow we have grandbabies galore coming to visit - two for an overnight stay and two for the day. We're taking them all, and their parents, to the [url=http://www.alnwickgarden.com/]Al ...

Beautiful hot and sunny day here. Very Happy

Millie with a leg warmer, wonderful stuff Nanny!
Take care with your knee Libby.

Nothing planned, hope everyone has a good day. Smile

Quietly chuffed, my first seeds have germinated after nine days! Very Happy

pak choi!

O.K. so why doesn't it say in the recipe books:

"Don't try making your first ever batch of marmalade in the middle of a heatwave"

Well is didn't in mine but anyway M******** had a load of grapefruit in the cheapie bin yesterday so I just had to have a go...

Lovely rich colour
Peel is cooked nicely & is spread through the jar
A little runnier than I would like at the moment
(hoping it thickens a bit more when its a bit cooler)

But boy does it taste good!!!
& I ...

Thanks for your donations, I've finally got round to getting the form filled in and sent away, with a cheque for £40. I'll post pics of the certificate once it arrives. Smile

We eat alot of chicken and I do like to try different recipes, most of mine are based on healthy eating so feel free to swap to mayo or something similar.

CORONATION CHICKEN

I use any left over chicken or you can cook some in water with curry powder added. Chop into bitesize pieces.
Use lowfat fromage frais, stir in some curry powder and 1 tbspn mango chutney to taste, mix together.

Morning all Very Happy

It's absolutely boiling here - not a breath of wind and almost sunny! Apparently, the route I took with the dogs yesterday (and today) is Not Approved Of by the gamekeeper - something to do with pheasants I think. Our landlady asked yesterday if anyone had told me not to walk along there but I said I'd carry on until someone did! She said that was fine with her... Laughing

I've bottled my elderflower cordial this morning (which also involved clearing u ...

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I never bother with it but oldest daughter insists, likes her clothes to "smell nice" and doesn't like plain fresh air! Rolling Eyes

Methinks she's a bit of a cuckoo in the nest, I never bought her up with fabric softeners! Laughing

Anyway, I found the following recipe and she loves it, better than the "real thing" she says.

1 cup of bicarbonate of soda (cheap as chips in Chinese supermarkets)
1 cup of white distilled vinegar
2 cups of hot water
few drops of essential o ...

Planted out more runner beans and cucumber.
Planted out Sage and Anise.

Harvesting

Alpine strawberries
Cut and come again lettuce
Rhubarb. Rolling Eyes