a weblog with an allotment attached
25 May 2008
Today is Owen’s birthday. Happy Birthday babe! As you can see, he’s as relaxed as ever about it. That would be the bucks fizz he’s had for breakfast.
Today is also our little cat’s birthday, we think (long story).
So, birthday celebrations all round today. Alas, there will be no birthday barbecue as it’s [...]
Filed under: Archive photo — Clare @ 9:21 am
24 May 2008
It’s been longer than I intended since I last posted – for which I apologise. My stressful week went fine but was followed by further busy-ness that has left little time for inspiration of the green-fingered kind.
This weekend is Owen’s birthday (more on that tomorrow) so our plans have been to do nothing much today [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 2:09 pm
7 May 2008
Stressful event number 1 this week is now out of the way. I’d love to report that it went well, but it was something of an ordeal. The outcome was fine, but the process was awful.
Tomorrow I am going away for a few days with work so will not be blogging or gardening until I [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 5:43 pm
6 May 2008
This week is going to be pretty stressful because of various work things that are far too dull to go into here. Suffice to say that my tummy is in knots. It’s not pretty.
As the weather is so utterly gorgeous I have been combating that stress by enjoying the sunshine and sticking my hands in [...]
Filed under: Hard labour — Clare @ 4:50 pm
5 May 2008
If there’s one vegetable plant I can grow it’s climbing french beans. They were the first thing I grew in this garden, in a pot on the patio. When we were struggling with the allotment and overgrown with bindweed we still managed to harvest enormous quantities of french beans. It’s only natural, then, [...]
Filed under: Baby plants, Hard labour — Clare @ 3:24 pm
3 May 2008
We forgoed (forwent?) our usual Saturday lie in today and got up early in order to (among other things) take a trip to the garden centre and buy some 8ft bamboo canes. Our car is a Mini, not designed for ridiculously long garden equipment (or, in our experience, anything larger than a tablespoon [...]
Filed under: Hard labour — Clare @ 6:42 pm
2 May 2008
The prospect of fine weather and a weekend in the garden makes me feel like it might actually be spring.
Filed under: Seasons - spring, This much I know — Clare @ 3:27 pm
1 May 2008
Success!
After voting today (a traditional May Day activity, I think you’ll find) I went for a walk in the sunshine with my gardening assistant, secateurs in hand. We wandered down near the canal and found a very convenient fallen tree, desperate to give up its broken branches to a higher purpose. My peas [...]
Filed under: Baby plants — Clare @ 2:22 pm