{"id":108613,"date":"2021-08-06T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=108613"},"modified":"2021-08-06T08:30:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T07:30:53","slug":"summer-bears-fruit-and-upcoming-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/debbie-flint\/summer-bears-fruit-and-upcoming-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer bears fruit! And upcoming deals!"},"content":{"rendered":"

How happy I was this week to be able to pick a few of my lovely strawberries from the planters I bought from QVC. The ones on the balcony are doing well, especially when I feed them with Richard Jackson’s<\/strong><\/a> plant food. I can almost tell they have a growth spurt immediately afterwards! The only problem is there are two large magpies who think it\u2019s their buffet table! I just hope there are a couple available when Blake comes to stay at the end of August. The raspberries are just flowering again too, and really taking off in all the sunshine. It was 36\u00b0 on the balcony on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Ladies of Posara writer’s lunch!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Also last week, I was delighted to be joining my author friends, Merryn Allingham and Carolyn Mahony\u00a0 for our annual get-together. Litty Williams couldn\u2019t come because she was poorly, but usually would be there. It\u2019s our chance to take stock of what we\u2019ve all achieved. Merryn has been particularly prolific, so has Carolyn. Her Inspector Grace series is doing really well. We went to a place near Saint Pancaras station, where we find somewhere central to all of us, and put the world to rights as usual. I promptly went off and got both of their new books. Came home inspired, as usual. I\u2019m getting there with mine. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

First weekend I did not have my babies to stay but was brother-sitting as he was feeling poorly, so had lots of company on my three days off. Made myself a nice lunch and posted about it online (go and see the post on Facebook.) Plus did lots of gardening. Can\u2019t wait for my Yard Force<\/strong><\/a> cultivating tool to arrive as the flower beds are getting overgrown with weeds. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Snippets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jewellery reveal<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Yes, all will be revealed, quite literally, when we bring you some more beautiful gems and an announcement next month. Until then, check out some of these. The new Diamonique<\/strong> <\/a>watch with baguettes<\/a>, it\u2019s gorgeous! I\u2019ve been given a white one I think and this is the one I will be wearing on air if you see it. \ud83d\ude42 Simulated diamonds have never looked as good. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Dave the cat gets a haircut<\/strong><\/p>\n