How can it be only tuesday? I am so tired as it’s really busy at work at the moment. This evening I finally re-potted my basil, coriander and rocket. They looked cute and healthy in my mini greenhouse, but tiny and helpless in their new seed tray home. I wonder if they’ll survive and grow…
gardening
Tired!
I can’t believe another weekend is over. It’s gone far too quickly. Today we drove up to Crew’s Hill and visited numerous garden centres, recommended to us by our neighbour, Mary. We didn’t buy anything as we’re still deciding what we want decking, paving, lawn, whatever… We finally finished watching Lost season 2 which was…
Ground in the garden
I have a poorly boyfriend who has the flu but that hasn’t stopped us from shopping at Exmouth Market this afternoon. I was absolutely horrified to read that Hazel Blears has an Orla Kiely handbag. Orla Kiely is my favourite designer and I have enough handbags and accessories to wear something different every day for…
Cleaned out!
Right now I am all cleaned out. We have spent the day finishing off loads of half finished projects, so we have filled holes, painted walls, chopped up trees, cleared the garden and cleaned the house from top to bottom. I take great pleasure in cleaning bits of the house that were clearly never touched…
Composting
Today we are feeling very proud of ourselves. We have ordered our first compost bin to recycle all our kitchen waste from here. Apparently it takes 6-12 months to turn into something good enough to actually use…. I’ll have to make sure I don’t get bored trudging to the bottom of the garden with my…