Tag: poly tunnel
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Hot, cold, windy but still no rain & 60th birthday celebrations.
Monday 30th May 2023: Yesterday was overcast for most of the day so I was able to get some work done outside. Today it’s sunny again so I have scorted about doing as much as possible before it gets too hot to work in. Our weather is nuts sometimes, we got from cold and wet…
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Chelsea Flower show, eye hospital & flower workshop.
Monday 22nd May 2023: I am hoping I can type more this week, the microphone way has its limits 😜 The day started off dull but the sun soon came out and there is a considerable amount of heat in it when it does. I had to water some of the pots this morning as…
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Weather – variable, Flower sales – great, to do list – getting there 😜
Monday17th April 2023: I had one of those mornings where all the things that were bugging me just had to be done and there was no putting it off any longer. It’s not that I put them off just that other jobs jump the queue 😂 So this morning I hoovered the boot room and…
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Is Spring ever going to arrive 🤷♀️
Monday 10th April 2023: Bank holiday Monday and it’s raining what a surprise 😂 can’t really complain though we have had some nice weather and at least the tanks are collecting rainwater for the animals and the garden. A comment has made me think a lot about the British flower revival and availability. Let me…
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Flower arrangements, Easter weekend & some rather nice weather 🌞
Monday 3rd April 2023: It’s early and there was a frost but it feels like a typical spring day today, the sun is shining and melting off the frost pretty quickly. I am not sure it will be very warm but it’s not raining 😁 we have now had a couple of days without rain…
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A lot of rain this week, rhubarb picking begins & birthdays galore this month 🎂
Monday 27th March 2023: Gosh the month is rattling along isn’t it 🙄 This morning the weather looks promising 🙄 dry and I can see the sun though it is a tad cold at 8am mind you the clocks went forward so it will feel like 7am until we adjust and so will the temps…
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1st day of Spring but not much warmth
Monday 20th March Officially the first day of Spring but still not much sign of any significant warmth during the day, we have the odd few hours but it is really putting things behind a bit. Having said that I have been busy so all is not lost, this morning I have got three more…
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Flowers, a bit of work in between & more flowers 😝
Monday 13th March: Eeeek it’s a big week this week with Mothers Day on Sunday, by the time I publish this I will have worked with 4/500 stems of various flowers and foliage 😲 and who knew I would absolutely love every single minute of it 🥰 My own flowers are slowly emerging so I…
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A new month, a sonic boom 😲 and of course, flowers 💐
Monday 27th February 2023: Not sure where February went it usually feels longer than that. After getting the eggs sorted and the cats and dogs fed I got on with some cleaning 😝 All the joys of cleaning, hoovering, polishing, dusting, cleaning hair out of the shower trap 😂 You would not believe how many…
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Colder weather, batch cooking & local honey 🍯
Monday 20th February 2023: The weather is holding so I took the opportunity to do a good mornings graft this morning. I went backwards and forwards collecting and depositing woodchip to mulch the smallest of the raised beds although that still took six full barrow fulls. Next I cut back the two buddliea that are…
