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 Hi Manicscousers,

It's wonderful !   :) I have woken up to find many new friends this morning --     :o [ did I say that right ?!?]

Thanks so much for saying hello, Hope you've been somewhere warm and sunny.

Will have to look you up on the map -- only   know where Liverpool is, is that ignorant or what !!

Would be interested to compare our plots as they are far apart  climate wise,I suppose planting times will vary a lot  - but expect we both enjoy the same problems with extreme weather !!
Have wanted to create an eco system [ dont really know in depth what that means ] but would like to create some shelter, shade and complimenary planting.   When the packet says ' plant in full sun' -
I dont think they means ' shrivel to a crisp ' ,  as the sun is so 'strong' now.

Better go -- i'm ' rabbiting '

Floss xxx

 Morning cornykev,

It's great to hear from you, thanks for posting   :D

I'll try to be sensible too  --  afraid it wont work tho !!

Enfield eh,  whoa -  I was born and reared in Wood Green, between Bounds Green and Muswell Hill --  In the shade of the Ally Pally, spent my summers [ yes we had them then ] dawn till dusk in the Durnsford road openair Swimming Pool - 10/- [ 50p] season ticket which we used to pass through the back gate for our friends to get in- ummm, enough of my misspent youth.   :-X

I have heard tell that you are a Spurs fan .... well,  I support a dedicated, fanatical, ardent, obsessed Spurs
fan who is my son,  we cheer and groan with him and he has taken me to some great matches !
OH is a committed Birmingham City fan, so have to divide myself between  ' Oh well, next time ' and ' nice one'.
Wish Spurs all the best, ' nice one'.   ;D

Look forward to more chats,

Floss xxx

 Hello Borlotti,

It's great to hear from you, thanks a lot for posting,   :D

Like you Borlotti, I would be sad without my lottie now,  the chats , plant swapping and being missed if you go awol for a while, apart from the really good bit of growing and eating your homegrown food.
Dont mind the weather either - to a degree ! and have often soldiered away in the drizzle without   
realising I am getting seriously wet - mad lady !!
My  son gave me his chest freezer a couple of years ago and I dont know what I would do without it
now. Did feeze some thickly sliced, seasond and roasted courgettes yesterday -  a  first, so shall defrost some later to see if they surved ok.  Hope you enjoy using yours to the,  all those goodies to enjoy
later.

I agree and I shall never, ever leave this site - unless I'm ' buttoned ' off !!.  just to mention, I've lost mine !  has anyone seen it ?

Hope you have a lovely trip to Italy in Sept,  are you going anywhere near Perugia ? My daughter has
lived there for 25yrs now, and my little Italian grandson is a darling [ 5yrs], will see him soon.

Lovely to chat with you,

Floss  xxx
   

I also spent loads of time at Durnsford Road swimming pool, sunbathing and chatting up the boys.  It is now a garden centre and has been for some time.  We have an indoor pool at Southbury Road, that once was outdoor.  Also spent all the school holidays at Barrowell Green open air pool with my children, next to the rubbish dump in Winchmore Hill.  It was cheap to get in as I took them every day. Took my daughter, granddaughter and myself swimming recently and it cost nearly £10, couldn't do that everyday.  Well must do some housework and then go for a walk, guess where I am going (allotment). I am going to the Italian lakes with the Ramblers, walking holiday, in September.

 Hi emagggie,

Thanks for saying hello,   ;D

So good to know that you're not far away, we can compare thunder storms and such like !

Better day today though and aim to go down the lottie to see if I have any decent sweetcorn left,
had two really  good cobs, gave a couple to the grandchildren - had no responce as yet ?
Then discovered some of them didn't mature properly !   Dont think they got watered enough ?
or was that elusive sun !

Looking forward to picking everyones brains,

Floss xxx

 Hey again Rosebud, 

  - hope you're not kidding me and ck  really supports Arsenal !!! I'll be mincemeat  :-\

Me definitely a crazy peep, but in the nicest possable way ! Perhaps we could have an emoticom
type image,  like your lovely Rosebud - as big as, and depicting toys flying out of pram - with the occupant not seen,   for said crazy peeps ?

Please have you got my button ?

Floss xxx

 

Quote from: GrannieAnnie on September 01, 2008, 03:15:40
Hi Flossy,
I don't really belong on this site (wrong country, wrong climate and no allotment)
GrannieAnnie

Well i for one think ya belong AG  :-*.........just keep it quiet as to what country ;).

just to show what a nice lot we are FLOSSY, we can still be friends tho you support Sp*rs

I'm up here in Sunny Chester, or rather Sunny Interval Chester. Today we are having our first winter squash. Don't know what it is, as they've gone ballistic this year, and I couldn't follow the trail back to the label  :D I think it's a blue ballet one

Hi Flossy, just popping back, I thought I was right when  I said your other  post had been overlooked, as I said they are a very friendly bunch..

Glad to see you have had lots of conversation now and I can see you fit right in.

I always say we are a bunch of nuts,,but always room for another one.

XX Jeannine

Another reason for new posts being overlooked: this site has so many forums that tempt one to add one's two cents to, that it becomes impossible to keep up with them so sometimes it means skimming over, reading but not posting.

I have to restrain myself posting or the garden will never get weeded and I'll only become a cyber-gardener. 

That said, it is disappointing to post, especially a picture, and get no response, but it is a rarity I assure you for these A4A folk to be silent (on any topic) and some of the funniest posts are when they veer off-topic. Better than late night comedians. Just luv it ;D

Hi Flossy,   
Sometimes i don't post,but that's because I'm shy :-[.

 ::)

 Pleased to meet you GrannieAnnie,

Sorry I,ve been so long in saying hello !   :-[

Had to shoot down to the lottie and dig !  We have a new lottie man from the Council, and he was
due to make a visit soon.  As I've had 1/3 of my plot covered from beginning of winter thought he might dissaprove !  Did an 8x6 patch so it's looking better.

I know you do belong, cos I've been reading your posts for some while,   ;D

Oh thanks, you've posted me again x

I shall be really grown up next time if I dont always get a reply,  I think I must miss a lot too as I generally come into A4A in the mornings and again about 4pm, but not during the evening tho, tend
to be idle and watch the tele.

Thanks for saying hello, 

Floss xxx

 Gee thanks Rhubarb Thrasher, x

Oooh , want to see Chester too - Lots of history and many Roman remains I believe.?

Would like to try something in the squash line next year, my butternuts are behaving like Triffids,
Have spotted two fruits about the size of pears  ! --  dont think I am going to win on these really,
we made butternut soup last Feb and I kept the seeds.
What does Blue Ballet look like please , I would expect it to be round?

  I'm worried that peeps are getting overdosed with my posts and I must be taking up valuable
room,  can you all shout GET OFF in unison - and I'll go quietly, :-[

Thanks for posting me, good to say hello,

Floss xxx

 Oh yer froglegs,  really !?

  Thanks for saying hello - must a took a lotta courage --    :-*

  Floss xxx

 Hi betula, 

  Thank you for my smillie,

  Talk soon I hope,   :)

Floss xxx

Hi Flossy I also lived in Wood green, moved here about 1970/71, I'll have to ask my Mum that one, I also used to go to the southbury road lido many moons ago, things have certainly changed in Enfield over the last 10/15 years. SPURS fan yes, still go when I can but with most of our games live these days me and my mates watch most of them in the pub, certainly cheaper and smoke free  ;D. Yes Rosebud they did do well and maybe Sam will treat us to a match ticket one day.  ;D ;D ;D

Hello Flossy

I've been away too - and am just catching up, so welcome!    Have just spent two weeks back in England - my old home of sunny Cambridge and Norfolk! - and had a great time. Have to admit as we walked around I wondered how close I was to some of the people who post on here!  :)

I'm not so much of a chatterer as the others  :P  and as I'm still learning loads from this site I tend to ask more questions than offer advice!  I don't live in the "right country" either, or have an allotment (I do have part of the garden turned over to veggies though!) - but that doesn't stop people being helpful and friendly!