{"id":10193,"date":"2022-11-12T16:55:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T16:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=10193"},"modified":"2022-11-14T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T10:46:11","slug":"a-second-week-away-from-the-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/susan\/a-second-week-away-from-the-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"A second week away from the plot"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Another non-gardening week last week.<\/p>

Preparing for our new carpets to be fitted involved taking a desk apart. Whilst doing this a large piece of wood fell on, Martyn’s foot. The result was a badly grazed shin and a bruised foot. This meant that he could only manage to wear a certain pair of shoes that were unsuitable for gardening or walking anywhere muddy.<\/p>

My sister had a fall and needed a visit to a local minor injuries unit and I had a bit of a problem with my knee which, fortunately, seems to have sorted itself out. All in all, Ruby was the only one operating on all cylinders.<\/p>

We also had to go shopping to kit out our guest bedroom, so were being kept busy with non garden related activities.\"\"<\/p>

Fortunately, neither Martyn’s foot nor my knee stopped us from walking so, as we couldn’t do much else, we paid several visits to Nostell, something which met with Ruby’s approval.<\/p>

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The only problem was that, due to Martyn’s footwear, we had to keep to the paths and avoid any muddy or wet areas.<\/p>

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It was very windy so I’m not expecting the leaves to stay on the trees for much longer.<\/p>

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The lone cygnet is still on the lake. The parent birds are being very tolerant and not chasing him or her away.<\/p>

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Flocks of black headed gulls have now arrived on the lake swelling the numbers of resident water birds.<\/p>

Canada geese can also sometimes be spotted flying overhead and also browsing in some of the fields.<\/p>

\"\"Ruby has a new hobby. She has become a squirrel spotter and is bemused when they ‘disappear’ up a tree.\"\"<\/p>

We have to keep her well away from the wide variety of fungi that are now growing. I don’t think she would try to eat them but I wouldn’t want to risk it.<\/p>

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I have absolutely no idea what varieties of fungi we spotted or whether any are edible or poisonous but they are interesting to photograph.<\/p>

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The field where Ruby usually has a game of chasing her ball is now fairly muddy so we had to find another location that was not only free of mud but also cow pats.<\/p>

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\u00a0That brings us to some of last week’s meals.<\/p>

I made a bean casserol<\/a>e that used some of our leeks and garlic. \"\"<\/p>

I also made a turkey chowder<\/a> into which went some of our potatoes, an onion, garlic, parsley, and frozen sweetcorn and red pepper. Instead of single cream. I used oat cream which seemed to work well.<\/p>

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Finally, I made a chicken and leek crumble<\/a>, which used some of our shallots, a leek and some parsley. It was based on the linked recipe, however I made a base sauce using chicken stock as the milk was completely absorbed by the chicken during poaching.<\/p>

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That’s all for this week as always keep safe and well until next time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another non-gardening week last week. Preparing for our new carpets to be fitted involved taking a desk apart. Whilst doing this a large piece of wood fell on, Martyn’s foot. The result was a badly grazed shin and a bruised foot. 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