A gardnin' day today. I;
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Built and installed the new arch from Wilkos. It's tall.
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Planted a bleeding heart and a chocolate cosmos
underneath the arch
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Lots of flower buds coming on the bulbs now,
including quite a few snowdrops
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Sorted out pots from the first plastic tub –
some were looking ok and some not so ok. I have sorted the plants out and will
reuse the compost.
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Used my new 40-pot tray from Wilkos and sowed
onion, chard, pea, mint, tomato, verbena, and amaranthus. These are now in the
box, and the box is upstairs.
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Did chard, onion, pea and summat else that I’ve
forgotten in trays but have left them outside with no cover.
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Lots of seedlings in the second box are growing
well! I have two rhubarb seedlings. I’ve never grown rhubarb from seeds before
but I somehow have a packet in my collection.
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Also thousands of lobelia seedlings (because
they are tiny and it was hard to sow one per compartment).
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Swept the slabs because I made a mess
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Spring onion, pak choi, and strawbs from the drip
trays in the kitchen are now potted up and in a fat ball tub to take their
chances.
A good day! I sat and watched the birds for a while too. Today
I have seen woodpeckers, crows, pigeon, gull, nuthatch, blue tit, great tit,
long tailed tit, and I have heard the song thrush again.
I have downloaded more 28 day challenge things. I am going
to work on my flexibility over the coming weeks – I cannot scratch between my
own shoulder blades at the mo – and I am also going to concentrate on eating
better.
With that in mind:
Exercise today: none. Heh.
Dinner today: I have soup and beer bread. David hasn’t eaten
yet because he has had a funny tummy. Too much cheese.
Most of the photos are from the garden today but I have very
much enjoyed pottering around and getting bits done.
My wrist is still strapped and I desperately want to start
the stripy socks but it just isn’t worth making the tendonitis worse. I am
going to need a working wrist for work over the coming weeks to move compost
and build raised beds.
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| No more seed sowing for a while......! |
