I had insomnia 3 nights in a row last week and it drove me crazy. Then I realized I had suddenly started drinking tea at 4pm. Nipped that little habit in the bud and have slept well ever since. The fire looks so cozy and the glow from the greenhouse out back is charming. What a mood, jazz on the record player to boot. Who would mind being awake at that hour with such ambiance?
Join the wide awakens club Tony,I,m up every morning between 3/4 am,trouble is I fall asleep at 9pm so really slept enough,once sleep patterns begin to change it doesn't return to normal for many of us.
Tony, I know that feeling only too well, it's as if your body says well you've had a couple of hours, that'll do, so you toss and turn then sit up and read for hours, and fall asleep just as the alarm goes off ! 😉 They say if you stay out of fashion long enough you'll be back in fashion one day, I knew I was keeping my Vinyl collection for a reason ! The "kids" say "Dad, get with it, nobody buys CDs anymore, you should stream !", then the next moment they're buying Vinyl - go figure ! 😂
I know that feeling so well Tony. Most nights I don’t sleep but come 0600 I finally nod off….. it’s a really hopeless cycle I may if lucky sleep the third or fourth night. I’ve tried laying quiet, listening to an audio book that does work some nights, getting up making a warm drink, even natural sleeping tabs but they gave me horrendous nightmares. Trouble is by 2pm You have to take a nap. Maybe research is correct it’s the long stint of working permanent night shift during my forties. But I know how you feel and can offer no advice. So here I am 0140 just watched you had a warm drink and still wide awake. Night Tony
I think that's normal for the Bhut Jolokia Chillis. Very hot and Superhot chillis tend to be very slow growing especially at the start. Your floppy onions look like my Zebrune shallots. My Elista shallots which I've planted right next to them in the same Container Wise tray (doing half and half) are standing up nice and straight.
I'm 55 and up and down with sleep which is exhausting isn't it Tony. I've got a 13 year old dog and a 10 year old cat that I swear are in sync with my sleeping patterns. 😅 Or am I in sync with them? 😂 I've hated winter as my happy place is my garden. Watching my garden awaken its own sleep cycle is beautiful. Bring on the summer, head phones and planting. ❤ I totally get you.
My bhut jalokia have rubbish this year, I've sown 2 lots and neither has germinated.. yet, I'm wondering if it's the seeds, I have lots of other chillies up, not as well as jb's. 😊
Good thing I have central heating in my house. I don't have to think about heating. The temperature is always 28 degrees. 28 degrees during the day, 28 degrees at night. It's always the same.
Hi Tony, I'm 68 and go to bed sometimes at 2am or later but as soon as my head hits the pillow I'm wide awake ,it doesn't help that my husband has restless leg syndrome and sleep apnea and he snores and gurgles he gets up at between 4&5 am and I then zonk out till 9am.😕
I have four of those Sunblasters, but I only use one per shelf - perhaps I should get some more and double them up like that. I have the same style of shelving and I use the hanging clips and cable ties to fix them to the shelf above. The downside to that is you have to raise the seedlings up when they're small.
I'm also in to my records Tony and have the same deck as you....I actually work backstage in Opera for the ENO and prior to that 22 years at the Royal Opera House...I like Opera but my record collection is more Dead Kennedys than Barber of Saville which I'm actually working on right now 😂
Tony, did you know that South Dene Nursery in Gateshead had a couple of pallets of the Sylvagrow compost in stock a few weeks ago. It was just over £7 a bag. Probably a bit nearer to you than Heddon. Might be worth trying them. 😀
Hi Tony, welcome to my world, I am 61 and a menopausal lady & I'm up at stupid o'clock, 4.30 am most mornings & last night 2am, so, yes Tony, I feel your pain. What variety are the rot free onions? Your seedlings are looking really healthy. I recommended the silvagrow compost to our committee. I'm not sure they were able to buy it in for our association members 🤞 thanks for sharing and take care 😊
I know your pain haha. Still shoveling out here from our miserable snow storm...approx 80-90cm of snow here,in Cape Breton some places 150cm.This all fell in 2-3days don't know where to put it anymore.God I pray for early spring.
Hi Tony, we keep our thermostat set at 22 degrees, often we turn it up to 28 if its really cold, but then we just put it back to 22, it doesnt take long at all to heat the house. I know how you feel once woken up and cant get back to sleep. I take sleeping tablets and still dont get a nights unbroken sleep, so i fully understand how you feel. I usually catch up on all my favourite allotment youtube channel videos when i cant sleep, yes yours is one of them. Loving the lights in the greenhouse.
What a cracking little video Tony! Thank you! I have to agree with you about the heating! We live in an old stone house, had the heating on timed and had condensation running down the walls all the time 🙈. Our Gas Engineer shook his head in dispair, put our boiler on constant with a thermostat set at 19 (so it kicks in for a tiny amount of time when the temp dips) and hey presto, not a problem since! Genius! 😂 Have a great week enjoying that lovely vinyl - 😁👌
I'm up all night messaging to comments on my FB uploads 😂 early morning in the greenhouse with light lovely Tony, I'm always up early and go over garden, once I'm up I'm up. Steve Colwell
Three in the morning must be the key, Tony. For the past few years I've been waking up at that hour and am unable to persuade the body or the mind that to go back to sleep would be smart or enjoyable, so I'll figure I might as well be using the time to my advantage. Once I'm up and moving, I'll stay awake until some time after eight and eventually I'll fall asleep again---usually. It's amazing, though, how much I *don't* accomplish with all that "free" time! Much gardening love from Ohio, U.S.A. 😊💚💚💚💚💚😊
In my eighties, wife late 70’s, rarely either of us are in bed before midnight. I sleep fairly well on average over 7 hours a night according to my watch, including bathroom visits. I do have the occasional restless night where my mind plays havoc, more rare where cannot sleep and have to get up. This morning at 3/30am woke to go to loo and remembered had not taken rubbish bins out to front of drive for collection. So did that. But I am not an early morning person, try not to do anything outside other than feed birds before mid day. My wife though is up and down all night long every night, most nights for hours at a time. She cannot lay in bed, as soon as she wakes within a minute she is out of bed goes and makes hot drink (not coffee) reads her book in lounge. Is up hours before me, I could lay in bed all morning have to force myself to get up.
As a builder, Yes 100% agreed. 9:58 If you allow the inside building materials eg plasterboard and such, you waste upto 70% more per hour to bring it back to temperature, where the heat then brings the air temperature 🌡 to comfort levels. Especially smart boiler systems. If too cold, it heats the water to maximum set. If only boosting to keep regular, it lowers the water temperature through your pipes. You will notice by feeling the radiator. So, less gas needed ✔️
Morning Ton, I'm a very early riser but when I wake at 4 and that's it, I cant get back. I go bed at 8pm, but now these longer evenings are going to screw it up. Get on with your day out to the greenhouse and then up to the allotment in the early morning. Have a good day, I'm off to get the wood for the frames for the beds.
Agree with your heating engineer, we use the hive to control our heating, all our rads throughout our bungalow are set to full on, between 8am and 10 pm heating is set to 19, between 10pm to 11pm 18, then from 11pm to 8am 17, we don’t like heating on at night. Very rarely does the temp drop below 17. On average our boiler at this time of year is on 2 hours per day max 3 and that includes hot water available 24 hours.
Hi good morning Tony yes I’m one who gets up early sometimes about 2 or 3 I go back to sleep sometimes but this morning a centipede bit me in my BED yes in my bed twice foot and hand about 2 o’clock I took medication to carry away the pain and the thing is one give me a sting about 5 weeks ago in my kitchen garden boy those things have it out for me I caught both of them there were not too big but still they do a lot of damage LOL left me in so much pain. they say there are good for the earth but not human at all, have a wonderful day Tony.
Felt like crap today lifted a bag of compost up and wow my bag man joys of getting older 🤣 just getting into vinyl myself Tony mate being a collector of movies started with my music again hate being held to hostage with all these streaming services myself
Hi tony i have nights like that wake up and cant get back to sleep ly in bed fof hours awake my onions are like yours falling over and look like thay have stopped growing just hope thay pick up , my mate was a plumber and he said the same thing to keep the heating on 24/ 7
It's ten thirty at night down here in NZ and I've spent the day digging out concrete and planning my new garden. The wonderful thing about the internet is that there's always somebody somewhere up and awake with you. My insomnia gets whiled away watching gardeners like you Tony!
Im now in my 70s and wake around 3.30 am every morning regardless of the time I go to bed. So i sympathize with you . I put it down to wanting to enjoy as much of life as i can in my later years. Keep the videos coming, so enjoyable.
The witching hour 🧹 have an hour later on don't stress about it or it'll happen all the time... by the way have a look around charity shops for vinyl's
