Good morning. The sun is shining brightly today and it looks as if we will enjoy another day as lovely as yesterday was
Beth and I spent several hours at the allotment in the sunshine yesterday.
We sat under the trees at the back, Beth and I, feeling very content. The allotment lay out is a bit 'girly', I suppose, but it makes us feel happy. We could get more produce out of it, I am sure, but we like it just the way it is, we really do.
We came home for a cuppa and Beth watched the first Great British Photography programme which she thoroughly enjoyed. She did a pre-uni course in photography more than half her lifetime ago in order to get some sort of qualification needed to do a BA in art (she never got to uni, she got pregnant instead!) so this was fascinating for her. I didn't watch the second programme, on last night, because I was very tired. I have it recorded and will enjoy it today.
Today, the lovely Sharon is coming round to do my hair and then I will be going back to the allotment to finish off what we didn't do yesterday. As often, I have a Little List - not so little really - but once that's all done it really is a case of weeding, watering, mowing and watching the yearly miracles happen. Aren't we lucky!
I'd better stop rambling and move on to t'other blog. Time is passing and I need to tidy up the kitchen a bit - Sharon does my hair in the kitchen as the floor is easier to sweep afterwards.
Wow, those bean canes look tall, how did you get up to do the horizontal cane?
ReplyDeleteThey look taller than they really are, I think. We stuck the canes in the ground first, then tied then as high up as I could manage and no higher. That meant that the cross cane was reachable - just. My arms did ache afterwards but they're fine this morning. It was easier with two of us - Beth held then together while I tied.
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The allotment is looking wonderful and your hard work has paid off.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Diane. It's quite 'homey', not the least bit posh but I think it feels friendly.
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Your allotment looks so neat and organised. My runners and sweetpeas are just starting to take off and will soon be up my rickety cane structure. It's amazing what a few days and nights of warm sunshine can do.
ReplyDeleteIt really is, isn't it? And it sounds as if the fine weather is doe to hang around for a while. We'll be grumbling about needing rain soon, of course. :-)
DeleteAnd thank you - your garden is looking fab too. Worth the hard work, isn't it?
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It's all looking very good and should be very productive. If by it looking 'girly' you mean lovely, neat and extremely practical that is exactly why I like it. I do think the female of the species can usually find better ways of working and laying things out than the male :-)
ReplyDeleteWe tend to think ahead to the weeding, the harvesting and the general layout, and to the little things that will make life easier.
I think you're right, that's what I did mean in a way. It has odd little corners and groups of stuff instead of too many rows. :-)
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I think it looks great and shows how much hard work you've put into reaching this stage.
ReplyDeleteI watched, and enjoyed, the photography programme last night but won't comment on it until I know you've seen it.
Thanks, much appreciated. :-)
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The allotment looks lovely, girly or not - well, you are girls!! I do think us females think in a different way to men - I know husband and I definitely do. xx
ReplyDeleteYes, I think we do really in some ways. I think the allotment definitely shows female influence.
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The allotment looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHow do you make rhubarb gin? I have heard of rhubarb wine, but not gin.
God bless.
I'll write about it in the next post, Jackie.
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It's all looking wonderfully productive. It must be so nice to work together on the allotment with Beth.
ReplyDeleteIt is, it's friends together and I so enjoy it.
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