Sunday on the plot

Sunday 6th June
The rain last night has wet the soil and made the plants perk up standing to attention like solders on parade.
The air is fresh and we keep having small showers but not enough to fill the water butts.
I took Barbara out for lunch at the garden center in the village its nice food and makes the day seem like Sunday I lose track of what day it is with not working on Fridays (still not used to it yet).

Spent the afternoon on the plot setting up the watering system for the green houses.

The first one is a micro system that cost about £10 with all the bits I still have some bits left over (as you do) the tomatoes are set in B&Q builders buckets 99pence each when I bought them.

This one is made up with hose pipe and soaker hose it looks like it will be the best but I will have to wait and see.
The Tomatoes are set in the ground with Chilli's along side of them.
Cost about £12.

This bed has courgettes ,Runner beans, peas, and Garlic / dill

This bed has the Broad beans in the bees were out around the flowers when the rain stopped.

The beet root needed the water and has grown over night.

The bed next to the beet root will have leeks in it in the next week or so.

I have had the first new potatoes out of the bags in the green house Ive put them out side now so I can get on with the tomatoes and chilli's.

I try not to be tied to the garden if I can as its a simple life that I'm looking for.

I have been doing some work for the wood work show at Springfield's Thursday were putting the stand up.

I plan to be there Thursday and Friday I have other arrangements for Saturday and Sunday being the good ladies Birthday and that.

I rang my daughter this morning It seems that my grandson Finley and all the family have been laid up with the colds and Flue that's going around.

He started to crawl about he was after the dogs food this morning she has to keep a close eye on him now he so quick.

Well I have to go as I have to get all my things ready for work as I have to meet a gang starting a new job tomorrow at Moulton then in the afternoon I have a asbestos awareness course its the second one in a year but the new company wants everyone to go on it.

Life is so simple if you go with the flow as I have started to do, You get no work done but you don't get stressed about anything.

The plot across the road

The weather is cold and cloudy and I have been to work this morning so this afternoon I took the dogs down the drain for a walk.

The other day I said that there had only been 2 swans on the drain this month which was unusual but today there were 10.
There were also 2 sets of ducklings 4 half grown ones and 8 really small ones.

My camera Battery charger has packed up so i have not taken any photos on this afternoons walk.
so I have put some old ones of Toffee & Blue in the sun.

The plot across the road has just started to produce some food with these the 2nd bunch of radish not bad for cheap wilkos packet of seed.

This is the plot Before I harvested the dandelion flowers for wine I have now cut the grass and the beds are starting to show signs of life.

The carrot's and Parsnips are coming through the lettuce in the beds is growing at a fast rate I will have to put some more in so I can keep cropping all summer.

I have some more beds to build this year and I have the wood already to build them.

The bean frame is a bit of a bodge but it works and cost nothing as I had all the
wood and screws plus Insulation tape.

I have 2 Apple tress, 1 pear tree, black current bushes, Raspberry, Blue berry, and strawberry plants.

In the green houses I have tomatoes plants and chilli's plus potatoes in bags just about to flower.

In the beds there are Courgettes, Squash, Broad beans ,Runner beans, dill, Peas, Potatoes, and Onions.

The plot has nettles in the hedge and we have planted comfrey both to be used for fertiliser for the garden and Glass house.

I will try to keep up the weeding but if i don't then does it matter as long as the weeds don't seed.

The nettles make a good tea and most things on the plot you can use for something.

I think I have Barbara's cold coming So I will have to get the blackberry vinegar, whiskey and Hot water out.

I like to think it may cure you but if it doesn't you feel a lot better after you have drank it.

Put 25mm in a teacup or in my case a mug 1 tot of whiskey or brandy then top up with hot boiled water.

We make our own fruit vinegars, mostly Blackberry, Damson, and Raspberry full of vitamin c and are great over Yorkshire puddings or ice cream.

You can marinade meat in it over night ready to make sweet and sour meals the next day.

Any way ill catch you tomorrow