The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

It is raining. It went really dark, then bam.

 

[derrick]

Lovely sunshine here.

 

[screenman]

Warm and misty here, off to spoons shortly for brekkie, then some retail.

 

[welsh dragon]

Good morning. Not raining here. A bit hazy, but looks like it might be a good day.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning from a misty moisty Coventry. Washings out, breakfast eaten, yesterdays washing ups got to be done, having had a house full of family yesterday morning the kitchen looks like the aftermath of a chimps tea party.

 

[jongooligan]

Good morning all. Strange how the retirement thread disappears from the first page when all the workies are having a bank holiday. Glad to see it back where it belongs.
Me n the mutt had Waldridge Fell to ourselves for a long walk at 7 o'clock this morning so feel we've got the jump on today. Feel robbed of all ambition though but that's OK when your only ambition is to recover from yesterday's ride.

 

[arch684]

Morning all, lovely day here warm and sunny.Going to Loch lomond today

 

[Drago]

Enjoyed a bank holiday lay in with Mrs D. The news says parts of Northampton were badly flooded last night, so hoping @PeteXXX is ok.

 

[PaulSB]

In truth a person with more knowledge than myself suggested it help get rid of the bugs that create the brown area's in the hedge, we shall see.

Hmmmm.......good luck with that one. The bugs which cause this are a variety of different aphids and on some conifers scale insects. There are several other causes, disease, fungal infection, drought and poor trimming.

Aphids are the commonest cause, 50%, of browning. Scale insect is questionable. I would check to see if either are present before spraying - the aphid may have left already!

Once the browning has occurred the chances of regrowth are slim.

Controlling aphids on garden plants where you can see them works with washing up liquid solutions. I doubt it will work on scale insects. In both instances getting the liquid in deep enough to hit everything will be a real challenge.

 

[GM]

Good morning peeps. Back from the desert fully refreshed and raring to go, don't know where but still raring.

 

[PaulSB]

On a more cheerful note it’s a glorious start to the morning. Yesterday had a fantastic ride, 80 miles and 4200 feet, with my club. Brutal headwind for probably 60 miles but everyone had fun.

@welsh dragon I’ve learnt to cook pak choi - eating plenty of that!!

Kids turned up for tea unexpectedly yesterday. Great to see them but they are what was planned for leftovers as the basis of today’s tea!

 

[welsh dragon]

On a more cheerful note it’s a glorious start to the morning. Yesterday had a fantastic ride, 80 miles and 4200 feet, with my club. Brutal headwind for probably 60 miles but everyone had fun.

@welsh dragon I’ve learnt to cook pak choi - eating plenty of that!!

Kids turned up for tea unexpectedly yesterday. Great to see them but they are what was planned for leftovers as the basis of today’s tea!

What does it taste like?

 

[PaulSB]

What does it taste like?

The leaf tastes like “greens” that non specific vegetable we had at school. Quite cabbagy if overcooked. The stalk is crunchy and has a nutty taste. Both are slightly bitter. The stalks are good raw and I’ll try in a green salad tonight.

Last night I separated out stalks and leaf and quickly steamed. Worked well with mash and small gammon joint, hence no leftovers.

Saturday night I stir fried small amount of beef. Removed beef from wok chucked in half green chilli, two gloves garlic, sweet chilli sauce, sunflower seeds and ripped up pak choi. Quickly cooked then added asparagus and the beef. Worked really well but the sunflower seeds did nothing.

 

[PaulSB]

@welsh dragon I think you have vegetable patch? I’ve grown eight plants of pak choi. For two people four plants are plenty

 

[Dirk]

Was going to go for a gentle ride today along the Tarka Trail, but just realised that it's a Bank Holiday. No doubt the trail will be packed full of workies trying to get a ride in. Think I might go for a walk somewhere instead.