Yawn,yawn, wakey, wakey 2017

Good morning all my friends have a lovely weekend,I am a little below par this morning but I will shake it off

 

Aloha everyone,

@wiseowl I wish you better

@"M" I'm sure Ozzy is really happy now.

@CanadianLori make sure the alarm doesn't go off as I don't want to be disturbed

@moyra hope you're feeling better

@Zigs Did your mate turn up yesterday?

I'm having bit of trouble with my back (not the usual problem of having done too much bending or lifting) but, I think, I caught a chill in it the other day when I was out walking in the town centre. A biting wind picked up and I wasn't wrapped up warm enough . The muscle below the right shoulder blade (yes, I still have just a few muscles ) feels as though it is caught on something. It eases when Mrs Shiney massages it but comes back again but only hurts when I breathe in deeply (or rest on my right elbow) . There's no problem bending or lifting.

I got the propagator fixed but not as good as it should be, but it's working perfectly. Where there were cables exposed on the surface I thought it would be easy enough to just excavate a channel in the sand and gravel and settle it in and cover it again. The first problem was that when excavating a channel it all started caving in from either side. So I had to, carefully scoop out a lot of it and put it in a bucket.

I thought it would then make it easy to lay the cable back where it should be and replace the sand and gravel, but no. I had forgotten that underneath those cables was another layer of cables - well I did make the thing over 40 years ago So I had to make sure none of the top cables were sitting on top of the lower ones. got that done and replaced the sand and gravel but thought the cables weren't deep enough to be properly efficient.

So, off to the builders' merchants for some split bags of 10mm shingle for the surface. They no longer sell the split bags (used to be half price) but send them back to their supplier (what a waste at a retail price of £2 per bag!). Two bags later the propagator is looking good and working highly efficiently. So I reckon Sarafi will move back in

Mrs Shiney is out all day at a flower arranging demo and classes somewhere in Cambridgeshire. Unrelated to this trip, she's giving a demo, herself, on Tuesday to the W.I.

So I can get my girls over for a rave up

Mower has gone to hospital - I think it has back trouble .

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!

 

F is English (although he wasn't ). We don't want any of that foreign metric stuff here!!!

My propagator is running at 70F - 75F at the moment. Some that warmth seeps out from it and keeps the chill off the greenhouse. Just put the first three trays of chillies in there (12 pots to a tray). It will be good for propagating the seeds.

 

Good morning I have just planted some new Cranesbill(Splish Splash) I was having a bath ,sorry about that,in a raised bed,20 gladioli Blue,orange,white ,Yellow,and some white bleeding heart plants,Forgetmenots,also have potted up some giant Marigolds and poppies,still some masonry painting to do and potting up some runner beans,this year I am going to try Enorma.Scarlet Emperor and Lady Di

 

@wiseowl Isn't it a little early to sow runner beans? Unless you're going to be growing them under cover.

 

Good afternoon @shiney my friend I always sow my runner beans on the 77th day of the year its an old family custom and to day is the 77th day,they are all in individual pots in the green house and will get me off to an early start in May when I shall harden them off and then plant them outside