Jane’s Boredom Busters (BB) - episode 5

Hello everyone.I hope you are all keeping well.I can hardly believe another week has gone by.I took my eye off the garden 'til today and could hardly believe that it has almost turned back into the jungle it was at the start of the lockdown!It is amazing how quickly the things grow that I want to get rid of.My seeds on the other hand, have hardly changed size at all!I may end up having to make a trip to the garden centre at some point.I decided to delay the blog when I saw the jungle, and spent ...

Hello everyone.I hope you are all remaining well.I can hardly believe another week has gone by.I am still working in the garden.Some of the plants, trees & shrubs are doing really well.The azaleas and some of the roses are out.My tomato plants are about 3cm tall now, but my French beans and many of the other seeds I planted have not grown!Not always ideal to use seeds with an average age of 10 years, but I thought it was worth a go!I am not particularly green fingered!  The NHS GoodSam ...

Another week has gone by already.I am in the very lucky position to have got miles behind with things at home, so have been using the opportunity to try to catch up, and must say I have no idea where the time goes.Gardening & painting timber externally has taken up most of my time.Despite having been "on call" for the NHS GoodSam volunteering for well over 300 hours (as have lots of you), not a single job!If I had known that at the outset I would have volunteered at more other places too, be...

 Good morning all!Thank you to everyone who contacted me with such positive feedback about my first blog.Firstly, I would like to give personal thanks to everyone working within the NHS, for their dedication, passion and hard work.I understand it is a stressful job anyway, without having to deal with pandemic on top of everything else. It doesn't stop there however.  All of you who work in the care industry, whether at nursing homes or in people's own homes, are again putting yourselve...

Good morning all!I hope everyone had a good Easter.What a lot of changes there have been in the last month or so due to the Covid-19 pandemic.I have finally decided to try and do a weekly blog.I hope I will be able to provide you with some useful ideas and tips that you can use at home with your dogs and cats or other pets.Most of us have at some point or other, been in the situation where we have had to reduce or even stop our pets exercise, due to injury or surgery.Over the years one of t...