Is it ever too late

 Popping these net bags over my strawberries is working, we shared the first berry to ripen, I check every few days to see if I need to bag more. On my tower which is six levels high, each level with 3 plants, it's going to be a bumper crop so I have left the bottom level for the wildlife, I'm happy to share. We will now get a small regular crop which taste way better than any from the supermarkets.

I got 2 packs of shallots, they were half price, I'm a couple weeks later in planting them, since we visited Cornwall and had such a lovely ploughman's lunch, we have been making them at home, and hubby eating pickled onions, so I suggested I would grow some to pickle at home. I also planted some parsnip seeds which started growing on wet kitchen towel.

I saw this begonia on our local pant market stall, just £4.50, it will go in the middle of the hosta tub I just love the colour, hubby got a salvia, with blue spikes for his front garden, he very kindly let me take cuttings, they root easy and I get plants for free.

I finished another book, I was beginning to think this book might not be as good as others written by this author, a tale of mom's in USA, perfect homes, families, lives, which I do find boring, then she changed the narrator and opened up the book, what lies beneath these people. I enjoyed the second half more. Book 41 read this year. 

I had very little to do on Wednesday, so I did more work on my 2023 blog book, for me it's a simple task, just very repetitive, each post becomes a page with text and photo's, my title and dates all have their font and sizes, you can see more here and here. I am way behind with these books, if I finish a year I will get it published, I have published more than I intended, but I do like to see our grandchildren included. We did walk to the village, it was market day, I got 2 pairs of long shorts for gardening, they were a great price.

I've not watched much of Chelsea flower show this year, it just does not interest me, I did watch the hour where they showed all the gold medal winners and the show overall winners, sadly all the gardens seam unreal to me, I feel the same about Gardeners World on TV and the magazine.

I'm having an off week, I'm not tired or ill, just lethargic and for no reason, it started on Monday morning, I woke up tired after a good nights sleep, and it has hung over me all week. I'm not crafting or reading much, just lazing about, maybe it's just what I need. 

We are very pleased with Lilly, she has been using the cat flap to go out for over a week, but refusing to use it to come in, on Wednesday when it rained she used it for the first time, I gave her a treat, so she knows it a good thing, now she has her daytime freedom, for now we still lock the flap at night.