It is not even 9am yet and I have been very busy, I have just sat down to type up this as I am waiting for the kitchen floor to dry after mopping it.
Already this morning I have had a shower, put two loads of washing on, cleaned and hoovered the bathroom, hoovered and polished the rest of the house and mopped the floor. It wasn’t an in-depth clean purely surface but if the weather is as good today as it was yesterday I want to get outside and get some jobs done. I don’t want that little niggling feeling at the back of my head that says I have other jobs to be doing! I want the head freedom to just do what I need to in the garden.
We have had a good week and a great weekend in terms of the weather and getting some more work done. There is always work to be done here but some jobs are more urgent than others and getting in front of myself with the weeds and extra growing space before the seed sowing commences is high on the list.
With the rest of life it has been a pretty normal week with not a lot going on but if I am honest I live and breathe gardening so that suits me fine 😂
In the front beds I have been cutting back dead foliage, pruning the roses, weeding, mulching because once that is done it can just be left to do it’s thing. I do have a few bits I want to dig up and divide but the soil is too wet at the minute, I don’t want to be standing on it and compacting it, hopefully another dry day or two and I can get started.
John has been busy putting together another two of the raised beds we bought, they are metal sections with a million (or so it seems) screws and bolts, he then fills them two thirds of the way up with partially broken down clippings from the compost heap. Then a layer of cardboard goes on top of that before a layer of compost/topsoil mix which will be what I plant into. There is good depth to these which is something we lack at ground level so it is always the best way to grow anything here.
I have some seeds on the window sill in the kitchen, snaps and sweet peas, both are germinating and growing well, I am determined to be on form and on time with sowing and planting this year, we will see how that goes 🙄 I also aim to grow a lot more veg again this year having not done so last year, I missed not having much, it is part of the reason we have allocated more growing space. The flowers were taking over but this year the small tunnel will once again be for tomatoes and cucumbers and one or two of the new beds will be for other veg, not masses but enough for us.
A short catch up this week as I am sure the floor is dry now, the next lot of washing will be finished and I am hungry and need some toast 😊
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