tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post2117792961108202195..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: Update from the hillElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-61406589398440763622011-08-14T10:50:06.288+01:002011-08-14T10:50:06.288+01:00How wonderful to be back from holidays and to be a...How wonderful to be back from holidays and to be able to pop over to visit your blog. Your potager and cuttings garden sounds heavenly. Sigh. Black cornflowers? Oh my goodness. Your life sounds, in my opinion, as life should be; full, rich, and a tiny bit chaotic too ;-)<br /><br />Enjoy.millefeuilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608950213999238191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-56923531695503789182011-08-14T09:25:49.718+01:002011-08-14T09:25:49.718+01:00Wonderful photographs; makes me feel it is summer ...Wonderful photographs; makes me feel it is summer after all.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07196996670154316003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-86548601698762633922011-08-13T10:41:36.449+01:002011-08-13T10:41:36.449+01:00Gorgeous. Can't wait to see that new kitchen. ...Gorgeous. Can't wait to see that new kitchen. Our garden is heaving with produce and flowers too, but it's rained so much I haven't picked much, so there are giant courgettes and the caterpillars are enjoying the cavolo nero. I will have a picking, squishing and weeding splurge today though, the rain may well be in the clouds above but it's not falling yet! <br />I've never grown orange cosmos, but I feel a packet of seed coming on...Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378174162151683519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-5652604233209374262011-08-13T07:35:24.120+01:002011-08-13T07:35:24.120+01:00Hopefully the dozing quilt won't wake up until...Hopefully the dozing quilt won't wake up until Autumn and the damp dark weather sets in. I refuse to acknowledge the reproachful knitting, it is buried deep in the hope that one day my fingers and wrists will be up to the challenge of finishing two sleeves. Love your over flowing flowers.Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-19182723065223474812011-08-12T21:52:37.533+01:002011-08-12T21:52:37.533+01:00If it's just one stitch that you've droppe...If it's just one stitch that you've dropped on the sock, I would use a shortish length of yarn to catch it, and just weave in the ends. Saves having to undo all your work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-91847140737723843022011-08-11T14:18:25.866+01:002011-08-11T14:18:25.866+01:00I once had knitting in a bag from when I knew I wa...I once had knitting in a bag from when I knew I was pregnant...until the babe was 5! <br />Needless to say I never did complete..Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-58502513315046310782011-08-11T11:26:58.281+01:002011-08-11T11:26:58.281+01:00hi your gardens looking splendid it looks as if it...hi your gardens looking splendid it looks as if its enjoying this weather mine certainly is [bar the wind]. see ya soon xbodran...https://www.blogger.com/profile/11838798193878553386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-88990745780713953852011-08-10T18:57:58.659+01:002011-08-10T18:57:58.659+01:00Yes, I too know that feeling. Too much to do and p...Yes, I too know that feeling. Too much to do and projects shelves. I am black and blue from beating myself up and what am I doing? Browsing and commenting inanely on blogs. No wonder the world is coming to an end.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-43231570824867417572011-08-10T18:40:20.934+01:002011-08-10T18:40:20.934+01:00Oh and me! I think you've written this post fo...Oh and me! I think you've written this post for me as well (only I'm not so handy with needles). We've just dismantled the kitchen so at least I know I'm not alone!Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-66721283875796004442011-08-09T23:27:04.588+01:002011-08-09T23:27:04.588+01:00Marcheline - every time I type your name I wonder...Marcheline - every time I type your name I wonder where it comes from. Maybe I could take the view that if you have started a new project, I am absolved from finishing one!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-39109053407608088162011-08-08T22:59:49.092+01:002011-08-08T22:59:49.092+01:00Ah well, you win some, you lose some.
Tell me som...Ah well, you win some, you lose some.<br /><br />Tell me something, please: why have my nicotiana plants (tall whites) not moved at all? I have nothing but huge leaves at the bottom but no flower stalks, much less flowers. What's going on? They went in early enough, are they bi-annual?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-27124272740301947592011-08-08T19:42:42.747+01:002011-08-08T19:42:42.747+01:00Dobby - garden has to win just now. Sadly the hole...Dobby - garden has to win just now. Sadly the hole in the side of the sock, round about where the ankle bone is. Still musing about it's future!<br />Nora - I wish I could preserve the flowers! Dried flowers don't really do it for me so I have to accept their transience. <br />Penny - chickens are fun, especially when they are not demolishing my garden!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-43445503569689973532011-08-08T19:38:06.915+01:002011-08-08T19:38:06.915+01:00Geranium cat - things get away all the time here t...Geranium cat - things get away all the time here too. I am getting better at relishing the cutting garden even so!<br />Pond side - you are right. Outside time is the answer just now<br />Linda - you would be very welcome to come round with a basket,especially if you would harvest chard and kale and salad leaves!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-6586036448526931472011-08-08T19:15:02.328+01:002011-08-08T19:15:02.328+01:00The garden looks wonderfully productive! I do more...The garden looks wonderfully productive! I do more knitting in winter - great for long evenings by the fire. Sewing is a daylight thing, so I do more of that in summer!<br /><br />Pomona xPomonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399181139470676975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-57482917373813281572011-08-08T19:05:35.960+01:002011-08-08T19:05:35.960+01:00All I can say is Elizabeth, it is better to have t...All I can say is Elizabeth, it is better to have too much to do than it is to sit around looking for something. I agree about the garden though - I seem to spend half my days blanching and freezing peas and broad beans - we are eating chard almost every day and the runner beans and courgettes are romping away. Marigolds are in full bloom and I adore them.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-41040975820553874542011-08-08T10:01:08.122+01:002011-08-08T10:01:08.122+01:00my unfinished patchwork has been neglected so long...my unfinished patchwork has been neglected so long now it has a cobweb on it!!<br /><br />I will be asking you what you do with carvelo nero when I visit as I have loads at the allotmentHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-64721527393016423032011-08-08T08:49:55.792+01:002011-08-08T08:49:55.792+01:00Hi Elizabeth, It all sounds wonderfully fruitful. ...Hi Elizabeth, It all sounds wonderfully fruitful. Here in the west there have been downpours,and cold evenings,but your garden looks and sounds full of good things.<br />I empathise with the quilt. I have embroideries with simillar sentiments.linda chiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-26184183115192005032011-08-08T08:07:54.390+01:002011-08-08T08:07:54.390+01:00Love your vased flowers. I was just turning over ...Love your vased flowers. I was just turning over the thought of a new crochet project for a friend whose birthday is coming up... glad for the nudge, thanks!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-55894365815477184812011-08-08T00:03:17.887+01:002011-08-08T00:03:17.887+01:00Your garden looks glorious, mine is in the winter ...Your garden looks glorious, mine is in the winter weeds and doldrums. I keep puting off re doing the kitchen!<br />The new chickens sound like so much fun.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177627504060328999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-16612964066429952412011-08-07T23:52:39.764+01:002011-08-07T23:52:39.764+01:00Now is the time for the outside projects, and soon...Now is the time for the outside projects, and soon enough you will be forced inside to do the knitting and quilting. The garden does look lovely and what a bounty you have from it. I hope you have a big freezer so that you will be eating from it this winter too. The flowers are beautiful. Don't you wish you could preserve them?Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-53825630496987707572011-08-07T23:28:44.620+01:002011-08-07T23:28:44.620+01:00Cally -hi and thanks for visiting. Just need more ...Cally -hi and thanks for visiting. Just need more space for tasteful jugs of flowers and less for piles of paper, carefully off camera!<br />Mountaineer - knew you would get it. Perhaps we can get to see each others gardens in the flesh before summer ends?Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-77093918758043076732011-08-07T23:03:29.522+01:002011-08-07T23:03:29.522+01:00Rachel - black cornflowers are super easy. And you...Rachel - black cornflowers are super easy. And your new garden looks inspiring. <br />Ronnie - that's why cooking as a passion is so much better than knitting/sewing. You are much more likely to finish it. <br />Chris - well we have two hen coops already but do need another one assuming the new brood succeed. I think Ian has a prototype in mind.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-294679460899331152011-08-07T22:17:50.729+01:002011-08-07T22:17:50.729+01:00Couldn't you just darn the sock? If the hole i...Couldn't you just darn the sock? If the hole is in the foot, it won't show by the time you put shoes on!<br />The garden as priority is totally correct. <br />Congrats on the iPad.Dobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900594495652477887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-39518685239915223962011-08-07T21:11:35.148+01:002011-08-07T21:11:35.148+01:00What a busy glorious life you are living! I LOVE t...What a busy glorious life you are living! I LOVE this post! It WILL get done...the kitchen as well as other projects. Things take time. Wish I could take a stroll through your beautiful.....and BOUNTIFUL garden....with a basket over my arm for harvesting!!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09623820316056914224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-55216545780139508682011-08-07T20:44:12.683+01:002011-08-07T20:44:12.683+01:00'Not enough hours in the day'- I'm sur...'Not enough hours in the day'- I'm sure that was written for you for this period. Socks and quilt will wait - this is the time for too many flowers and open doors and windows (thank heavens) to deal with the upheaval of the reno.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.com