Snipper

Nice having alerts on one of my apps for lighting. Nice and warm and not too windy. Lawns cut, harvested some asparagus and chemical warfare against the the weeds. Lunch to cook. I’m doing roast chicken today. Mrs S making a black currant pie in an attempt to use up the blackberries we froze last season before this years ripen.

Hi, Many thanks for your suggestions. Most helpful.

Current situation. Weather basically moving east

Nice and boiling.

Might be blossom drifts tonight if my Apple tree is anything to go by.

Micro brewery? If I visited it would be a real home from home. Make some really good beer here. A thoughtful son gave me some very nice equipment. Fortunately I had converted my detached garage into a garden room with worktop, sink and hot and cold water. It is my man den so no complaints from the management. If your mate wants another unhealthy but nice additional hobby how about curing and smoking bacon and fish? Attach photo of a cold smoker I made.

So you are 84 like your avita? Time for an update? I really hope you have lovely day whatever. Very kind regards. Snipper.

And the wind. Not really other thank goodness my new fencing was put in last Friday. Anyone interested growing stuff and want seeds at a reasonable price use this firm. Used them for the last few years. Simple packaging. Delivery so far has been prompt and not expensive. You will need to check out their website for recommended growing instruction. Not shown on the simple packaging. Premier Seeds Direct – Grow The Best WWW.PREMIERSEEDSDIRECT.COM

This very dry weather with a chilly feel makes it very difficult to decide when to sow or plant tender stuff outside. Having a cloche or some other cover might make all the difference. My greenhouse is crammed. So potting on stuff into slightly larger pots helps to keep them looking good before hopefully planting out. Trouble is potting on causes all sorts of stress. Plenty of light is also needed but not so much that it scorches everything. I have painted the outside of my greenhouse on the south side with some shading really helps. The most annoying thing is all those self sown seeds (like tomatoes), will be brilliant. Big problem is we all want stuff to be early. Be more relaxed and most things catch up. Being patient seems to be the watch word of life nowadays.

My Oregon home weather station has died after many years of questionable accuracy. It had the advantage for me of a couple of remote sensors with a good range so I could see the temperature and humidity in my greenhouse and outside that is about 50m from my bedside table. Looking for a reasonably accurate replacement. No particular budget but start from the premise that I don’t want any expense. Not looking for an all singing and dancing unit that is difficult to place the outdoor equipment and I would not keep up with. Rainfall collection possibly (but I do have an Oregon one). Wind speed possibly but God gave us trees to see if it windy. Something that is easy to view and relatively accurate but not looking to download data necessarily. The principal requirement are remote sensors of reasonably accurate. As I have numerous thermometers and humidity meters, non of which read the same when in the same location, accuracy will be taken with a degree of scepticism. Any suggestions to consider please? I have an open mind to some degree. Thanks.

As last year was fairly wet does anyone know the current state of aquifers / ground water supplies?

Snipper is always very reserved (unless pushed). Think Mrs Snipper has forgotten when I went crazy. But when I did, and do now occasionally it it is more than nice apparently. Hopefully she isn’t lying.! Lunch was bacon sandwiches. My home cured and smoked bacon. So easy. Now supping one of my home brews. Nice and hoppy and quite strong. Trouble is with a nice evening like now it is just nice to walk round my weedy patch checking what needs sorting. Beer in one hand and secateurs in the other. Then there might be chatting to neighbours over the wall. Pity some cannot enjoy a bit of private garden.

Wind not too bad here although getting a little bit stronger but not much. If it get too strong and cold I’ll go and hide in the greenhouse. Lots of jobs on the go. Clearing last of broccoli prior to rotavating one of my vegetable patches. Dug one of my compost bins out and spread it about so I can refill with lawn rakeings and chopped up broccoli stalks. Amazing how much green stuff you can loose into compost bins. Should be exhausted by lunch time.

Like making rolls and buns. Do you happen to have a bread maker? If yes it is all relatively easy. Wack the ingredients in and leave whilst the bread maker makes the dough. Couple of hours or so later without any input. Pour the dough out onto a surface and knock it back a bit. Cut into appropriate sizes. I tend to make rolls of about 80gm each. There is a technique for forming the rolls. Check out YouTube. But possibly you might have that sorted already. Made cheese and dried tomato rolls yesterday. Yummy. I did sort of cheat and used a Wrights bread mix. About £1 but gives you great rolls or bread. Customer services is good if it goes boobies up..

Got a paraffin flame gun. Sounds like a V1 rocket. So good at zapping those pesky weeds. Up to 2000°c. To be honest just fun using it provided you don’t zap anything important. Like your prized plants or shed.

Interesting in what way? Steady as you go for an ongoing and widening eruption?

Some nice shots

Certainly some of the new growth on some plants has been singed off. None to sure if my plum crop has been trashed for this year. Tree is covered with blossom.