I had another special delivery of fresh hens eggs, our neighbour brought them up and invited us to visit her now finished back garden, George was here so he took 2 home, mummy made him a omelette for his tea, we had ours as poached eggs on toast.
Poppy Patchwork
Poppy Patchwork
My little bit of this big World
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Nice things
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Mulch
What to do on a hot sunny day, I checked my mulch bins, this is free brown goodness, all we do is shred our huge magnolia leaves and dump them in black dustbins, I have two, then forget about them. Each bin starts full and shrinks down, other than the initial cost of the bins, rest is a bit of work. I did get heavy duty black bins, hubby drilled holes about 2" from base, I put all wire rack in the bottom, much cleaner than black bin liners.
Monday, 14 July 2025
How are you doing?
Let's start with the good, tomato plant outside is doing well, no ripe ones yet, I gave away few tomato plants to my neighbour, when I told her mine weren't red yet, she brought a bowl over, her plants are doing very well. My butternut squash has loads of flowers, I have already removed some. Runner beans in pot will soon give us our first harvest, the plants in my veg beds are full of flowers.
My beetroot will be pulled this week, the red leaf lettuce was purchased from the supermarket, I planted its root and it regrew, in my raised bed, I have another plant to go in here as well. My lettuce plants I cut are still giving, as is my cut leaf salad, I have radish and spring onions as well. My last bag of potatoes are going over, I will dig them for next weekend.
Hubby helped me make a permanent solution to hanging my greenhouse nets, just a simple curtain wire, we had to cobble a hook at both ends as there was nowhere to place the required hook, these nets have made a huge improvement in lowering the temperature inside. I only need them on the one side which makes life much easier, they also let the light through.
Sunday, 13 July 2025
Good random stuff
I have the book I created for my older brother, I will visit him in his new placement later this month with my brother Martin, so far Martin has been unable to find many photo's in Derek's house, his wedding album has disappeared, family have sent me copies of photos to use. Derek has settled in better than we hoped, it is a secure place, but within the grounds there is plenty of freedom. He still wants to go home which is impossible for him, he is much stronger now he is eating better meals and taking his medication.
Molly had her 4th birthday on Wednesday, hubby and I collected her from pre school, which she loved, back at her house, she opened our gift, it was dressing up as Elsa from Frozen, one of her favourite films, and birthday cake for everyone. Daughter always makes a collage of birthday photos. She is sharing a birthday venue on Sunday, her pre school friend's birthday was the same week, so a joint party.