Paola Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Begins tomorrow. Thanks for this heads up, didn't realise it was clock changing day. Let's hope the weather changes too Tessa I have been counting down the days for weeks for this day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Just looked at the 24 hour weather forcast on the BBC website and it shows sun for 6pm Did anyone forget? When I first left home in 1986 the clocks changed backwards about a month after I moved in and I got it wrong. I got a call from a friend in the afternoon and I was complaining about how the day had disapeared and she said but it is only 2pm I thought it was 4pm yey 2 hours gained happy girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basset Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I love it when the clocks change in the spring. The extra hour of daylight every evening is so brill!!! I determined to make the most of it this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 It's been a gorgeous day here today got lots done in the garden.Built a mini greenhouse thingy and planted some tomatoes, peppers, marrow and herbs to put in the said greenhouse thingy.Oh and I cleaned out the cube..YAAY. So satisfying especially after all the rain we've had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Gorgeous day here too. Faffed about in the garden tidying here and there and played with the hens. So waterlogged out there though. It will take a month of dry weather before I can abandon the wellies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Yep, wellies only in my garden too. Lovely day though, fettled the Eglu, and played with the chickens until DH decided to use the hired angle grinder to cut the paving slabs into shape for the runbase horrible noise, so went back inside. Chickens have been freeranging for 6 hours today and are still out there roll on summer. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 been a gorgeous day here, really lovely warm sunshine almost teeshirt weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Quarter past 7 and they are still out, rootling around in the chippings Been a lovely day, planting peas, tomatoes and general garden tidy up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 still light here! my girls will be tired tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 It's been great! We have been out in the garden all day from 11am until 7.30pm & the girls have too! Audrey had a dustbath in a washing up bowl & they have had raisins, sweetcorn, grapes & cherry tomatoes. Chippings have been flung everywhere, but they soon brush back. Blanche has been sunbathing with her wings fully out and her body lounging on one side as if on a chaise longe! Cut off the low branches of the trees in ' the woods', ready for our new chicken enclosure...had a brazier going for twings and dried leafy bits, the logs are going on our coal fire in a minute..It's lit ready & roaring, nice & cozy. Also planted my pansies in my tubs - after Audrey had bit the flowers off most of them. Put my onions in, more french beans, planted up seed trays of snap dragons, more margolds, impatiens, dahlias, giant pansies... Also planted pots of chillis, beetroot, lettuce (more of) Radish, lettuce, brocolli & phlox eggling have sprouted already! I must get & plant some herbs tomorrow. I have an old kettle that I want to plant chives in. So now we are having lasagne, garlic bread, with a baked potato we baked in the brazier burn up! Having the potato with the homemade butter I made this morning - it started of in a milk bottle, but was finished off in the Kenwood. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I love the light evenings..........it makes all the difference Roll on summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Cor Emma, I'm exhausted just reading that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Gorgeous day here too yesterday. It was nice this morning to be woken by Indiana the cockerel at 6.30 rather than 5.30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Cor Emma, I'm exhausted just reading that Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 So now we are having lasagne, garlic bread, with a baked potato we baked in the brazier burn up! Having the potato with the homemade butter I made this morning - it started of in a milk bottle, but was finished off in the Kenwood. Emma.x I've had a weekend of sowing seed and potting up too, ready for the allotments. Chitted seed potatoes and onions going in soon too. How on earth do you make butter? I'd love to have a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 What a lovely day yesterday was, so unexpected, we cleaned the car out ready for out holiday next week, then went out for a drive to play with the new sat nav and ended up having a picnic watching the narrow boats at Gloucester Docks in the sunshine. When we got home we cleaned out the summer house and did some other garden tidying including changing the pond pump which breathed it's last on Saturday, then had a cup of tea in the summer house watching the chooks in the sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 lovely day here again, not a cloud in the sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Yesterday was fab - cleaned out the chooks run while Gucci and Prada keeled over on the doorstep to sunbathe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
