We’re doing feeds four times a day that take absolutely ages. The kid’s lambs suck up the milk in no time, but the older two are still learning how to use a bottle as it isn’t how they started out and it takes forever. I’m trying not to dwell too much on their start or get attached. I think the key is don’t look them … Continue reading Lambs are a huge distraction
I was VERY calm when I heard the crash. I was even calm when I saw the mess. I surprised myself as to how calm I was when I realised it was my tiny pepper seedlings that were no longer on their warm heat mat, but lying about the floor with dirt and labels and little green leaves everywhere. The fact that I passed a … Continue reading The ups and downs of gardening.
I was mooching about the place wondering what to do when Hubby the Un-Gardener came in and said he could ‘make my day’ and handed me a package that looked a lot like my bolts. Yay. I love internet shopping. You just click on what you want, pay for it and it turns up and all without you missing a beat in the garden. No … Continue reading My bolts arrived – Hooray!!!
The greenhouse project has ground to a halt, mostly because I have used all the ‘good’ bolts. The ones left are either stripped or seized and now I have a dilemma. I’m not sure what to do. New bolts are very expensive; however they are cheaper than an entirely new greenhouse. So I have cast aside my greenhouse while I ponder an effective solution. So … Continue reading For the want of supplies.
I am trying not to throw all my eggs into one basket as I have a lot of work to do across the garden to get it spring ready and so if I concentrate all my efforts in one area then others will suffer because of it. So I am juggling loads of different projects and loving the challenge of it all. This is going … Continue reading Weeding and building.
I have a dreadful problem with procrastination, especially if it is a task I don’t want to do, or I get the idea for something but decide it isn’t important enough to go at the top of the list. Then I end up with a list – or even a sub-list that contains a whole lot of things that would only take a jiffy to … Continue reading Some things just don’t belong on a list.
We are almost halfway through Assembly August and I haven’t assembled anything! To give me a little bit of credit, I have stripped down the greenhouse and removed all the bolts. I now have to clean it and then start to put it together and I have kicked off the growing season by sowing my peppers, I’ve winter washed my orchard and the rains have … Continue reading How has it come to this?
Not the greenhouse, and not the peppers and chillies, but my spirits are up and so too is my enthusiasm. I am in a crazy time where there is loads to do and so little time so I need to race back outside and do cool stuff that I’ll tell you all about soon. So in the meantime here is a picture of my greenhouse … Continue reading What’s up?
He was right to do so too, but don’t tell him. Having had no luck with finding instructions for assembling my greenhouse online, I decided to contact the company and ask for help. They were amazing. The greenhouse is old. The lovely people who gave it to me had it in storage for eleven years and I’m not sure how long they were using it … Continue reading Hubby the Un-Gardener curbed my enthusiasm.
It has been unseasonably warm and I found myself in a tee shirt – in the middle of winter! Mind you I was working pretty hard. Slightly panicked by the thought of July having almost passed us by in the blink of an eye, I seem to be looking at what is left on the list. However I really should stop and reflect on how … Continue reading How is it July is nearly over?
