Lots of things going on in my life and in my head, not all of it good. I am trying to reclaim my lunchbreaks and actually have a break but it isn’t going well thus far. I have taken today off work as a mental health day because I feel like I am getting very close to being signed off for a few weeks and I am trying to avoid that.
I have made a two week meal plan for lunches so that I don't have to decide what to eat. When I was working from home all the time I was doing really well at having good proper breaks, but now that I am back on site I am just not doing it. And I need to.
Today I have decided that I am not going to schedule any
more blog posts relating to the journey home from Saudi. I feel like I am
half-arsing it, and that’s not something that I want to do or enjoy doing. I would
rather do it properly, with date correct pictures, more background info, maybe
memories that I have incorrectly remembered from the trip. It was more of a
vanity project I think, but I would rather do it properly with more time to
prep it all. So that’s that. No more posts, but I won't delete the other ones - yet.
I haven’t left the house today except for going out in the
back garden and trimming the planters in the front garden / on the driveway.
In the garden I have:
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Pricked out and potted up lemon balm, verbena
bonariensis, basil, and foxglove seedlings.
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Sowed a crap ton more seeds including
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nasturtium (obvs – also sidenote, I now have ten
different types in my tiny garden),
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calendula,
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tagetes,
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clary,
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globe thistle,
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artichoke,
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sunflower (now I have another 16 to find space
for, on top of the 16 that are growing, and the 16 that I planted out two weeks
ago… 16 because I can get 16 toilet roll tubes in a haribo sweetie box, and no they can't go to the allotment as I already have 16 there too...),
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poppy,
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common toadflax,
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white campion,
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chives, and
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mixed red flowers for wildlife.
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I have also planted up the mint cuttings from
the kitchen windowsill.
I need a bigger garden.
In the front garden/driveway I cleared up the leaves,
trimmed the roses, chopped down the remains of varying bulbs, cut back the
buddleia as it had dead bits, and then planted seeds in the planters:
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Nasturtium (obvs)
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Calendula (also obvs)
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Tagetes (…)
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Poppy
So hopefully this summer the garden will be FULL of joy and
life and happy and bright and colour. I also noticed today that the little
over-fence hanging pots wot I got last year are also popping up with new growth
– I put seeds in them last weekend. No guesses what?
What else have I done today? Not a fat lot. It’s been a good
day. I’m not one for relaxing but pottering around the garden doing bits and
pieces has been reet good.
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| Monsieur Hoppity is still in the garden. We are pretty sure it is a migratory locust and probably not a monsieur. Last seen between the courgette pots. |
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| Last weekend - potted up the courgettes, squash & pumpkins. I now have 18 plants in the garden... |
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| Over fence pots. They have snowdrops and crocus bulbs in, and are now planted with (guess?) nasturtium and possibly some other things. I want flowers cascading down the fence. |
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| Ooh look more nasturtium |
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| Turned all the lights back on because they went spazzy last year but they seem to be working ok now |
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| This was about 10pm - still light |
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| Liatris |
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| First strawb from the garden! |
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| Gladioli |
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| Foxglove, clem, flamingo |
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| Basil seedlings, grown from seed |
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| The blue bucket is now full of vegetation from the front garden waiting to be put in the green bin. |
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| Snaps! I bought these last summer at Sainsburys, it was a MASSIVE plant, I got it home and planted it as a clump. When it finished I split it into 5 and replanted them, and they've survived over winter outside even with all the snow, AND they're now flowering again! Not bad for a fiver. |
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| ....Nasturtium, of course. Also some other things. |
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| Clematis wall. There's more flowers up top but these ones are HUUUUGGGEE |
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| BuzzerButt |
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| Foxglove, seed tray (guess), amaranthus, tomato plants. Caulis in the trough planter and gladioli in the yellow bucket. |
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| Haribo tubs with sunflowers, hollyhock plugs (mail order, none of my seeds have grown), varying trays of things. THINGS. Other trays include aquilegia, pak choi, possibly some snakes head frittilary. |
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| A wee seedgrown verbena bon |
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| Green and green and green and green. The planter has hibiscus, chives, strawbs, sunflowers, nasturtium, and I think tagetes. Pot to the right is yellow raspberries, pots at the front are mostly mint. |
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| And a wee foxglove to finish, |
