Saturday, 2 August 2025

The Week to the First Saturday in August

The first Saturday in August is usually the day I dash out to deliver entries to the the Flower and Produce Show and then go back to help with stewarding for the cookery judge and to see if I've won anything. Not this year, I'm not in the WI there anymore and not growing many veg to have to show and baking for the cookery classes has got very expensive to do. I'm not bothered as it's either very hot in the marquee and/or very wet outside and they tend to have the same events every year.

Brother-in-Law was brilliant last Monday as he came and cut the horrible Yew hedge out the front of the bungalow, it took me an age and too much energy last year with my electric hedge trimmer but with his huge petrol driven machine it took less than an hour to cut, while I cleared up all the bits and he could reach to cut right across the top, which I've never been able to do.

Then there was the  Keep Moving Group, a bit of batch cooking(and cheese scones as a thank you for BiL) and all the usual house stuff . I had another fail with Wordle, only a few days after the previous fail, so it didn't matter - I think the word was Savvy, another odd one. I discovered a new series, series 3 of Whitstable Pearl, on the U channel, for anyone who's read the books by Julie Wassmer. 

It had been an uneventful week so on Thursday I decided on a 'Tourist in East Anglia' trip out. Which I'll write about as soon as I can get the photos to load properly. The internet connection was very poor on several days last week.

And then the excitement of food shopping on Friday and gee whizz I bought a new frying-pan! 

And I still can't get into Chris-in-Porthcawl's blog. Tried various things but it's still blocked by virus protection.


Have a good weekend

I'll be back Monday



 

15 comments:

  1. We've got a thick laurel hedge at the back of our garden. It's worth the financial of paying to have it chopped by a pro with mega trimmers to avoid the physical pain of hacking through with loppers and trimmers and saw. He shreds it cuttings into mulch too.

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    1. Luckily Monday was Garden waste day so we filled the bin and when it was emptied I half filled again

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  2. I have the same problem with Chris's blog

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    1. It's an odd problem as only affecting just this one blog

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  3. Really enjoyed the Whitstable Pearl. I have not been aware of problems with Chris's blog.

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    1. Jan mentioned it the other day and I've found it blocked for several weeks now

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  4. My husband used to cut our high hedges and would then have a bad back for three months. It's worth paying someone to do it once a year, they do a brilliant job and haven't constantly raised the price which is even better.
    I am amused that I also regard the grocery shopping trip as a trip out, must be getting old! Mind you I enjoy a good trip to the recycling centre too. Small things.
    Penny

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    1. I quite like food shopping now it's only me and I can browse, although I don't usually buy anything exotic or unusual!

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  5. I read Chris's blog on my phone, I disable my home internet connection and use my phone wifi, which allows me to view, a bit of a pain, or I wait until I am away from our home and again read it on my phone.

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    1. I'd not thought of that. It's all very odd and for weeks I thought it was just me

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  6. We used to have one of those tall unmanageable hedges. It had been neglected for years before our time there and we never did get it organized.

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    1. The yew hedge was planted by the previous owners and it does protect the bungalow from view a bit but I'm glad I can now see right over the top if I stand on my front doorstep.

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  7. It's good that you got your yew hedge cut. They're very dense and dark, but keep the evil spirits away.
    I still can't access Chris' blog, though I've tried different browsers. I just read the 'headlines' now!

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    1. I really don't like the yew hedge but it is useful and a fence would need repair and upkeep too so it has to stay

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  8. Hedges, although nice for so many reasons ,are a pain to cut as we get older, our new place has loads of hedging, most of it blackthorn!
    Alison in Devon x

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