Yesterday was a day of paperwork. I had a few breaks - I find I cannot keep going as I used to be able to. After a while my brain gives up and I find myself writing total rubbish which is a sign for a break! I had intended to do a bit of refreshing gardening in the evening. On Saturday I went to Wyvale and found dahlias at three for a tenner. I like dahlias and these were very pretty shades of pink and just right to fit in a space in my middle bed where the bulbs are now dying back. So I dug some whitebells up, cleared away some leaves and made a nice space. Ah, well, it won't go away and at least the ground will be well soaked when I do get round to planting them. I also found some trailing geraniums which will soften the bricks around the beds and a yellow tomato which looks as if it is a tumbling variety from the way it is growing. I think I will treat it as a tumbler and place it on a few blocks to raise it up - or no, I know, I will plant it in a big pot (for watering) and put the pot in one of my raised planters. It will make a nice display as well as being useful!
The vegetables in the willow planter are growing like fury and I have had some radishes. The mini gem lettuces are thickening out nicely and the carrots are also sending up nice green growth. But, if you remember, I was trying seed tape. Never again. Given that some of the seeds didn't germinate, it has made for very sparse lines of shoots and the most recent rows I sowed have been sprinkled seed, not from the tape. You live and learn! The other thing I have now done is planted some salad leaves seeds in another pot, so in three weeks or so I should be starting to harvest them (given some warm sun).
And today. Back to school. It will be lovely to see the children again and I can hardly believe that the school year will be over in six months! Amazing!!!
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