New Growth

The glasshouse is starting to produce some fine seedlings.

Isn't the growth of plants from mere seeds just incredible?

Well I think it is anyway.

So excited to see these sprout from the earth

Some good success so far...

I mowed the top lawns this afternoon.  The batteries ran out though (of course!) before I could finish the lawn, which is really frustrating, but it is what it is.

I went for an early morning walk, 4 miles today.

I found a little peaceful grove or grotto.  It was so pretty.

Looking up at the cliff

I couldn't believe how dry the ground has become after being soggy only last week.

Almost home...

I got home just in time to see my garden waste bin delivered.  Now whilst I now have four compost bins, not all of the garden waste can go in there, and I don't want to just dump it all in a corner of the garden, so ordered a garden waste bin.  Just weeding the front this morning, picking up the stinging nettles I weeded the other day, and cutting up a couple of buddleia branches, has almost filled it!

This blog post is a little out of order, but hey, who cares?

I woke to the smell of freshly baked bread.  My breadmaker is certainly coming into good use now I feel like I am burning off the energy that enables me to eat a couple of slices of bread a day. 

I made a couple of face masks for my lovely daughter in law who works in Sainsbury's and managed to get them posted as well. I wore my mask to the post office, not sure what they thought, but hey who cares, safety first.  Not having a spleen I have to be extra careful.  I did discover that the elastic wasn't tight enough, so will have to attend to that.

I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Friday in the Garden.

A productive few hours were spent in the garden on Friday - split up to before lunch and after lunch.

I wanted to clear a space next to the wooden compost bin as I am getting another for my birthday and wanted them to go side by side.  There was all sorts of rubbish partly 'buried' in this space, rocks, bricks, an old metal trap (?) plastic plant pots and an old carpet just dumped.  I dug the carpet up and the other rubbish and have started different piles ready to be dealt with.  Some will have to go to the tip I think, some will break down - the small roots etc, and the wood we will eventually put in the chipper machiney thingy that we don't have yet.  Yes great technical terms there, the name of it escapes me at the moment.  I also need to do a brick/rock pile as they are currently along the brick wall.

All ready for the new bin when it arrives.  I wish there had been space for the two plastic ones to also go side by side, but there isn't so I may rethink what I will do with either the second one, or both of them. 

After lunch I planted out some seeds in the vegetable beds and the glass house.

I've planted some of my Dad's Dalmation beans and my friends Blue Lake (I think that is what they were called) in this bed as well as some carrot and spring onions.

In here I have planted some spinach and salad vegetables.

Various seeds planted - tomatoes, cucumber, courgette, radish, and sunflowers.  

I really don't have any idea what I am doing as it has been some years now since I have grown any vegetables apart from beans, I probably need to read my gardening book a bit more, but I just wanted to get going and by doing I will learn.  

I also started trimming around the fruit bushes.

I used my garden shears to cut round them and had my sleeves rolled up as it was quite warm...of course I forgot about the stinging nettles, and now several hours later, my forearms are still tingling and stinging from them!

I forgot to take after photos, but still have some more trimming and clearing to do, so will hopefully get that done in the weekend.

It was really lovely working out in the garden today.  It is a big garden and there is a lot of clearing of rubbish to do, but it will be worth it and it feels good when you are making progress.