What I ate today.

Hi Lee Leelaloo , yes Casablanca will grow well in the UK. It's a hardneck variety rather than a softneck, there are a couple of differences. Hardneck varieties will store for 4 to 6 months whereas softneck varieties can store for up to a year. Also, hardneck varieties most likely will produce a flower scape from the centre of the bulb. It's a straight thin stick-like shoot at the top of which is a flower. If you see that forming it's best to remove it otherwise the bulb will not store well. Once the flower scape is removed you can cut it up and use it in a stir-fry. 

There's an excellent article on how to grow garlic on the RHS website,

www.rhs.org.uk and search for 'how to grow garlic'

Tvman x

Thank you Tvman.  We had marinated garlic sirloin steaks, chips, salad and mushrooms in creamy sauce last night.  Very delicious, Jon cooks the steaks outside on the gas BBQ.  Going for lunch to the pub today.

Lee 2 x

Morning Lee2, Sheila and I had crispy chicken and kimchi, followed by spotted dick and ice cream. Congratulations on your 31st anniversary.XX

Thank you Eddie that looks delicious.  What is kimchi?  When is Sheila going to Australia?

Lee 2 x

Hi  Lee2, Kimchi is a hot/spicy cabbage dish from Korea, and I took Sheila to Heathrow yesterday, after a lovely night in Cambridge, I'm having a couple of nights in Dorset with family before heading home.

How are you doing sweetheart.

Eddie xx 

Hi Eddie

If you are going through Cambridge again, let me know, maybe we can meet up x

Hi Stella I would have let you know, but Sheila only decided to go to Cambridge a few hours before we went, I think that awful stabbing on the Doncaster to London train made her wary of travelling by train.

I was sorry to read about your small rise in tumour size, but glad your treatment is still working, I saw my oncologist on Tuesday, my cancer is now in my left femur. right rib, and almost certainly my left lung, but the tumours in my spine have shrunk, so a little positive.

love Eddie xx 

Oh Eddie, I am so sorry about your cancer spreading. How are you managing with them? Are you in much discomfort? 

How are the twins? And the rest of your family? What is your Christmas plan? Xx

Morning Stella, I'm so so my friend, I have an appointment with a pain specialist, to see if there's anything I can take that won't mess with my heart, and the twins and all the family are well, even my auntie who lives locally, she had a stroke, ischemic, and the meds have worked really well, with no haemorrhaging so she's almost 100%. 

Christmas plans are anyone's guess as I have my aunties from Scotland staying with me .

love Eddie xx 

Sorry to hear your cancer has become more aggressive Eddie. I hope your team come up with some suitable pain meds to help you manage it. I know you are extremely positive and resilient - that will help.