While summer is still many moons away, I have taken a few steps that create a tenuous thread that links the cold wet miserableness of today with the hot, heady endless days of late summer. I sowed my pepper seeds. I normally do this with great fanfare on the 1st of August, however this year I was somewhat detained by the warm sea and sun … Continue reading It is still early days but…
It is so easy to see life passing by when the seasons anxiously waited for, although some with greater excitement than others. And so we wake up today, firmly in the grasp of winter. Although having said that it isn’t too bad at them moment. It is gloomy, but not chilly and damp but not sodden. So far so good. This is a bit of … Continue reading And another season clocks in
And I wasn’t ready for it. I had my eye out for it, as everywhere south of us had snow. We never get snow, but I don’t know if I should be happy about this or not. I’ve never had the opportunity to build a snowman in my back yard and it seems like it would be a fun thing to do. The boffins had … Continue reading It can’t be a frost outside, winter is still three days away!
Sowing the seeds of love, we’re off to a seedy start, I’ve sowed the seeds to a new season… I could go on, the clichés are endless! Entering into August puts us one month closer to spring and the weather is beginning to play with us. One week it is warm and sunny and we haven’t had any heating on in the house for a … Continue reading Some ideas on Pinterest may seem like a good idea at the time…
I cleared another three beds yesterday. Or should I say I cleared 10% of the garden. That sounds way better described like this. I am such a hard worker doing 10%! But if the truth be known, it was actually kind of easy. The soil is soft and crumbly and not too wet, so the weed roots just slipped right out. The other thing is … Continue reading It’s my garden – I can change my mind if I want to.
While I was off spending time with family and making marmalade, dramatic things were happening in my garden. The temperatures had been falling all week and it was getting really cold. It had been so mild for so long that the thought of a frost didn’t really enter my head as a possibility except as a vague risk that would destroy my peppers and make … Continue reading We had a frost – and I missed it!
