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HELLO FORKERS 🌷 April ‘22 🐣🐣🐣

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,826
edited May 2022 in The potting shed
It’s April!!! Its only a little ‘daffy snow’ as my Ma called a snowfall that fell on the daffodils … 
… and here’s a new thread to chat with old friends and new about all the bits and bobs of life, and hold each other’s hands when times is tough …

Refreshments are provided ☕️ 🫖  🥐  

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,826
    Brrr! We don’t often get a wind straight from the north here, but the sleet is rattling on the landing window … and that faces due north ….

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,036
    Morning @Dovefromabove, 

    'Daffy snow' here too, although it had an icy crust on it when I was scraping the car window to get Charlie to school.  :open_mouth:

    Charlie has gone in with his formal application to the new school, he had to have three recommendations by teachers and the principal and I was very proud to see what glowing recommendations they were too. Entrance exam, interview and Brevit to get through now.... poor lad, it's a lot of pressure when you're only fourteen. He is quietly confident, although a bi worried about the interview. I am sure they all will be though. 

    Off to volunteer at a Coffee Morning this morning, don't ask how I managed to get myself into that.... all in a good cause. 

    Catch up later, have a good day all. 
    "To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul." — Alfred Austin
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,826
    Well done Charlie … fingers very crossed for him 🤞 

    The temperature is rising a bit here thank goodness … I need a trip out to the farm shop later this morning … when I’ve written my list … ☕️ 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • tui34tui34 Posts: 2,853
    Good April morning to you both @Dovefromabove and @D0rdogne_Damsel  and good afternoon @Pat E   I think you change the clocks this weekend - making things easier for communication with my friends and family.

    Cruel wind today - 3°C on the weather station but the wind makes the temperature drop.  

    Cruel times for you in the UK with the cost of living rise.  It's incredible!!  As I mentioned yesterday, there is a bun fight for flour, pasta and sunflower oil - all incoming from the Ukraine or thereabouts.  Of course, if you put that out on the news, then there is a beeline for those products, whether you need them of not!!  Anyway, when I went to do a monthly shop end February, I noticed that things had gone up considerably by around 30% !!

    Despite the wind, a walk down to the local market and if it's more sheltered down there, a quiet coffee in the ...sun !!  My egg lady should be there - they again will be going up what with the price of wheat.   Sheesh!!

    Stay safe, stay warm.
    Tui



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  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,429
    Good morning all
    Good evening @Pat E
    Not sure about Grandma's theory @Dovefromabove it's not settled here as the ground is wet but there's plenty of snow and gusty winds.... not looking forward to gardening today!!!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,826
    edited April 2022
    If you’re travelling over the bridge this morning @WonkyWomble you’d better check first … it was closed an hour ago due to an accident! 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,429
    Thankfully not today @Dovefromabove but thank you anyway.... bit more local today!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,826
    Brrr! Hail!!!

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 11,814
    The wood heater has been on all day!  
    S. E. NSW
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,166
    Happy April to everyone,  no snow on the Daffs here but the shed roof is very white. I  hope that wind drops. 
    AB Still learning

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