Saturday 31 August 2019

Another Saturday Round-up

I found this junk computer-generated comment on an old post

it said.......... I should assert barely that its astounding! The blog is informational also always fabricate amazing entitys

Er?.............. No Idea - I just deleted.


 The problem with making  really good compost.............is that I'm too lazy and it's too much like hard work to do it properly AND with lots of grass to cut there are too many grass cuttings. I've been mowing down the meadow footpath without the box on the ride-on mower, just a bit less to tip out but even so I need three big heaps on the meadow to empty all the summer grass cuttings and several other small bins for all the garden/kitchen and small mower grass. Imagine how difficult it would be to turn and aerate all that!

Anyway, last week one of the hexagonal compost bins was full of new stuff and the other still had some old semi-decent compost in the bottom so early one morning before it got too hot I emptied all the good stuff into the wheelbarrow and then pondered on where to put it as my garden is still more or less full of plants. Eventually  I used it to fill two huge pots and topped them up with multi purpose and they will become extra strawberry planters for the plants that have been in smaller pots since I got them in that "Bargain Offer" in the spring. Back in February the strawberry bed was looking sad and I thought the new plants would be needed there but this years summer weather has been perfect for strawberries and the two year old plants are still looking good and have grown and multiplied.


Car booting over Bank Holiday weekend didn't cost me much. I just found these.....a Summer Chintz bowl, an engine and trucks to add to the Brio box, one of the Cars vehicles for Jacob's next visit plus a wooden cooker/sink unit + a bag of play food etc  ready for Willows 2nd birthday. (Gone into the loft at their house already, forgot to photograph it after I cleaned it up)


I borrowed "What Vegans Eat" from the library earlier this summer and had to return it before I got round to copying some of the recipes. £2.00 paid in total for things pictured above. The cooker unit was a big bargain at £10. Saving so much on big presents leaves money for small things for my little people.

To make up for these purchases......out to  a charity shop has gone a pyrex pie plate that I've not used for ages,  and 3 cookery books ditto.

As well as the sweetcorn (for better or worse) this week  I've also........ put peppers in the freezer, pumped up the wheelbarrow tyre in the hope that it hasn't got a puncture, swam and had a visit from Son, DiL and Willow one day and Youngest, her OH and Florence on another day.

Also enjoyed the surprise of  a few bowls of late summer raspberries. There's just one cane of yellow
raspberries in amongst the jumble of canes and much pruning will need doing when the weather cools down a bit and still some autumn raspberries to come later too.

When I dropped some bits into the Oxfam shop I noticed they were running Secondhand September, looked it up when I got home..........This is an easy-peasy pledge for me............No new clothes in September, well that's no problem!  It would be a bit like me getting sponsored for the "Go sober for October"! ............simple!




This week I'm grateful for................
The unexpected raspberries
Lovely library books
The fun of searching car boot sales
Gorgeous grandchildren

Have a lovely weekend folks.
Back Monday
Sue

27 comments:

  1. And Eye Art Exhibition. You forgot to be grateful for it.

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  2. Morning Sue, you do get some lovely bargains at boot sales. We always say each year we'll go to more, but it soon fizzles out....we have to travel quite a bit to get to any good ones, which husband isn't keen on doing if they're early in the morning. And they all now seem to charge at least £1 entry, which he begrudges paying if we then don't buy anything! Have a good weekend.

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    1. It's saving me a fortune on stuff for Grandchildren.
      Luckily there are no entry charges at any boot sales around here

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  3. I roared! Your opening comment which lead so neatly into making compost! Compost is about all those random generated comments are good for. You have impeccable timing.

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    1. Purely accidental! although I'll take the credit

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  4. Some good buys from the car boots. I brought a lovely brand new vinyl tablecloth with different birds on it for a £1.OO at the charity shop which is in my Christmas box. I overslept this morning I had a nasty dream i through I was lost and ended up crying so I was to late to be able to go to the bus (we only have 1 day) so I plan on garden this morning, I noticed a Sedum plant that had the stems had been eaten away it was that by GS brought for my birthday so I will have to see to that.
    Have a nice weekend Sue the weather looks good here.
    Hazel

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    1. Much warmer here than they said. I've been gardening too

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  5. I would compost the spam comments!
    I have hardly bought any clothes all year so shouldn't find the Oxfam no new clothes for September a big problem. I am thinking of doing a car boot sale soon - not done one for years so may need some good tips from you!

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    1. The comment was the most obscure one I've found.

      Hope you have help for car booting as I've vowed not to do anymore as it's hard work on my own - although I'll probably change my mind by next year

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  6. You always find such great bargains at these sales. And the raspberries look just wonderful.
    xx

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    1. The raspberries are an unexpected treat because the main crop finished in July and the Autumn ones not ready for weeks yet

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  7. The excess of spam comments, that started like yours and then got a bit cleverer and started 'almost' reading like proper comments, are the reason I switched off Anonymous commenting on my blogs for now. It was too time consuming and annoying having to check and delete them.

    You got some good bargains there, but the title of the book made me laugh.

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    1. I don't get much spam or trolls thank goodness and Mumbai Escorts seem to have disappeared.

      I want to make the onion bhaji burgers from the book

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  8. I love your " go sober in October" comment! Easy for me, too!!!
    Hot and dry here...after months of way too much rain, none in sight now....

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    1. I'm a failure as I've never been drunk in my life!

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  9. If you run out of time to write out recipes from a borrowed book a tip is to photograph the recipe on your phone or tablet and then write it out later - Vera

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    1. i had planned to photocopy them at the library as my printer won't photo copy anymore. Now I have the book to keep

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  10. Ohhhh, raspberries my absolute favourite.

    You had a lovely week.

    God bless.

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    1. My favourite fruit too and more here than we thought when we first arrived. Delicious

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  11. We have the excess grass in our compost too. Results are a thick black sludge after a year. We are trying a few different things to get better results this year but it is too much to turn it as recommended. No clothes September? I was jealous of dresses worn by other shoppers on Thursday, so I came home and found some material from my visit to market and a pattern from my stash. Should have done by 2nd at less than £3.

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    1. That's good, even better than buying secondhand from Oxfam shop which is what they are hoping people will do

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  12. I need to get on with compost making in earnest. I've not done much in this past year, which is a waste of the compost bin we have. Nice bits from the car boot again, Sue, especially a wooden cooker/sink set! Scrummy raspberries:)

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  13. I can join that challenge lol. I hate buying clothes.

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