Gone to seed

It's a busy time in the greenhouse, here I have loads of seedlings, mainly flowers, plus a few cucumber and tomatoes. I have started the task of potting induvial seedlings, I will only sort as many as I need, the rest I will spread out in the seed tray and once they have grown some more I will offer them to neighbours. 

On the small greenhouse shelves I have more plants in individual pots of various sizes, most of these are flowers, some are small purchased plants I have grown on, again I have more than I need, I'm aware I can easily loose a few at any point.

 

One side of my raised veg beds is now a cold frame, these plants don't need to be under glass, most of these I have raised myself from cuttings, under the plastic domes are my cabbage plants, I have 7, 3 did not make it, these are all looking good after moving them. They are under my netting.

This is my newly created salad bed, it has a cover to keep Lilly off, I have various seeds in here, there is also a perspex cover which I pop on over night. It's working well, the mixed leaf salad has healthy growth, I can also see spring onions and radishes coming up.

Each day this week I have spent an hour outside, getting little bits done, most of the time inside the greenhouse, I should have plenty of strong flower plants. Our local pet shop has their flower strips back in, 4 or 5 plants for £1.49, this year I only purchased 2 packs, I have most of what I require.

My greenhouse is a busy spot, it's always full at this time of year, I do love to spend time inside, the joy of seeds growing into healthy plants always gives me great pleasure, I have opened the door every day, my window has an automatic opener, it's in the sunniest spot in the garden. I have very little to do elsewhere in the garden, just a bit of weeding and dead heading my daffodils, I'm waiting for my tulips to open, in hope I have the blooms I'm expecting.

Lilly is very happy we took her onesie off on Thursday, in hope she would leave her wound alone, after a long session of grooming where I watched her, she is not bother by her scar, it's the next step in her recovery. If all goes well we are thinking of letting her outside on Saturday, after 14 days locked inside. 

We both had dentist this week, no problems for either of us, we then popped to B&Q, hubby had a few things to get, I got another candela, I love the orange flowers, we got a few different bags of compost, all Westland brand, I don't ever purchase Verve as I have had poor results before.

It's a big one

This post is my 2500 post, I started back in February 2009, I'm in my 16th year of blogging, I have never posted everyday, on average every 2 or 3 days, I can't call many post exciting for anyone reading, some have been very exciting for me. I publish each year into a book, which I do love to look back on, with or without the grandchildren. Thank you for being here, remember as much as I love to post, I get so much enjoyment from popping over to visit each of you. 

This is our weather for this week, for the first week in April not unusual, it is wonderful to wake up with blue skies every morning, we have just had a very dry March, so I am worried, we do need rain, my garden water buts are all low, I am using them for my pots, I will run out of stored rainwater soon.

We got Lilly a small sized onesie and she is much happier, the vet is very pleased with her, all we have to do now is keep her inside for a week longer, which she is still not happy about.

 Not an original plot, which did not put me off, you wake up every morning with no memories, how can this be different, as usual a great twist near the end. Book 34 read this year.

Another new author to me, it's a modern style of book, these for me can be hit or miss, whilst the story was good, I did not fully enjoy this book, I knew it was going to be tongue in cheek, in this case a bit too far fetched for me. Book 35 read this year.

Another great read, this author knows how to twist a plot and throw in unexpected people, I did not see the end at all. Book 36 read this year.

Daughter went to parents evening at George's school, his teacher was very pleased with his progress, daughter saw his handwriting, and last week at home he read his first book to me. All much more than we expected, his teacher said he is determined to learn the same as his classmates, super news.

The sown flower seeds in my greenhouse are now tiny seedlings, I have far more than I need, it's a shame my sister lives so far away, I will pot on loads, but not all, so far I will have snapdragons, asters, zinnias and french marigolds, which should fill any gaps in our small flower beds.

I have been sorting my raised veg beds, when checking I realized it's not great to have runner beans next to onions as I had planned, the onions steal all the nutrients the beans require, so a quick rejig, I have transplanted the cabbage plants next to the onions, they had only been in the ground for a week and will work well together, there is enough room for me to place peas at the other end of the bed. Once the broads beans are finished I can plant the runner beans, which is not perfect, but I will add to the soil before putting the runner beans in. 

March round up

 Just a tiny craft spend, but it is the gardening season, I had not planned for the £30.99 spent on netting which hubby got me, I did add it to this list. March is always expensive, so many lovely plants, it's shocking how quickly these smallish amounts together become huge.

Nothing on clothes, I'm hoping for a nice low spend year. Hubby got me a jumper for Mothers day.

I have read 12 books this month.

Household spend was good, we already had all the outside paint left over from last time, expensive time at vets, Lilly is now sorted.

All's good in the kitchen no waste, watching what we eat, it's all normal for us. 

Weight, not shifting any pounds, I swing between I need to lose the pounds and at my age should I worry, I have lost a couple of pounds this week, I am going to try harder through April, in hope I can get back into more pairs of my trousers. 

Two mum's and three daughters

Today is Mothering Sunday, it's an important day here, not timed too well this year as we entered summertime and lost an hours sleep last night. Hubby got me a nice jumper, which I saw and loved. My mum is no longer with us, so I have my daughter and her daughter, plus her two boys here today.

Daughter and her three came for lunch, hubby cooked a roast. Will helped me put together an afternoon tea for them to take home for mummy, I struggle to purchase one as both George and Molly have to be dairy free. We went to our local park the children on their scooters, it was sunny, warm and full of families.

Daughter and Will on rope climbing frame.

 Another new author for me, it started slowly and very flat, I think it was supposed to build a tension, whilst the story did unfold and build, it was not the thriller promised on the cover. I did enjoy the ending as it was unexpected. Book 31 read this year.  

This is a brilliant read, one of her best books, gripping, interesting, with the most beautiful twist near the end, which I had no idea was coming. I could not put it down and feel really sad now it's finished. Book 32 read this year.

Another good book, I enjoyed it without knowing how it would end. I do love medical backgrounds, this was the same time frame told by different people. Book 33 read this year. 

We had a good start to Sunday, I woke up to hubby trying to sort his phone, it had not changed time, strange, Alexa who always displays a clock was an hour different, we checked loads before deciding Alexa was incorrect, everything else was right. a bit of fun on a sunny Sunday morning, she who must be obeyed was wrong, we had our electric shut off Saturday, as we had a new gas meter installed, we think it caused the upset. It's been a perfect day, we are now sat in the quiet, looking out on our sunny garden, another day making memories.

I have again picked up a sore throat and cough, which is no surprise as I always pick up these type of germs, so we have not been out and about anywhere, the irritating cough is driving me crazy. I'm not doing much outside, infact there is very little needs doing outside, I do walk around and check things most mornings, it a small walk which gives me huge pleasure. It's been really cloudy most days, and with Lilly stuck inside we have not sat outside much, the view from our sitting room is very enjoyable. 

We are in the final few days of March the weather has improved, but still swings back cold, no more night frost, I am looking forward to the garden season. Friday we had beautiful rain, much needed rain, enough to keep the garden and pots happy, but not enough to fill the water buts. I have not picked up my stitching, it has been consigned to the unfinished pile, every moment spent is outside, the dry days are a bonus and a worry, we still need more rain, it's been really dry here this month.