21-05-25

Morning, everyone.  Welcome to Wednesday - this week is passing so quickly!  Today's weather looks weird - clouds, possible storms, then bright sunshine, lower temps . . .

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Isn't it funny the form housework avoidance can take, eh?

After Groove (really good, as always, and the last of this block), I decided to head straight down the A141 to the Hanging Gardens and then to Greenbrook garden centres.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself looking round but - no Sungolds.  It seems that, round here, Sungolds are not the thing this year.  If it  were a bit earlier, I would consider paying a fortune for three mini plants online but it is nearly the end of May and anyway I have no room for any more pots, not once the plants from Chris are safely tucked into their home.

Did I come home with anything else - what do you think?  Of course.  Not loads but some.  I got a nemesia, the vanilla scented kind that is so beautiful, and another dianthus, just a baby one and I have nonidea if that will survive the season or not.

I was thoughtless and got a 'set' of baby corn plantlets because they looked so lovely and healthy and it wasn't until I got home that I remembered they need to be planted in a block and I have no space for a block.  So they have gone into three pots, not big ones, which I have arranged so they are clustered rather than in a line and fingers crossed that will do.
I live in hope!

And I fell for another tomato too, a 'novelty' kind called Sweet Casaday.  The novelty is the colour, rad and orange stripes.
I do like to get a wide variety of types.  They look so nice in a tomato salad, all those different shapes and colours.

So now I have < deep breath >

Rapunzel

Buffalosun

Gardener's Delight
Honeycomb (x2)

Sweet Millions (1 plus two from Chris)

Shirley

Peardrops

Santa Victoria

Cocktail Crush

Chocolate Cherry
Alicante
Sweet Casaday

Tumbling Toms (x2)

and

Moneymaker (x2)

Some I have tried before and some are new names to me.

The pots for the plants from Chris are all loaded up, ready and in their place and I look forward to an interesting harvest, hopefully.

I decided to tackle the corner that almost every garden has, where the compost bin, the garden canes and the spare pots stand.  It was overrun with ivy from next door so I cut that all back (it took ages), swept up most of the old, dead leaves and generally made it all much more accessible and tidy.  It took for ever and by the time I'd finished that and tidied everything up, I was zonked so that was that for the day.  I came in, got the ironing done and the rest of the housework is top of today's list.  

I'm at home until the afternoon so plenty of time for housework before I go to Knit and Natter and then on to Personal Training.  And I want to start a loaf too.  No chance to get up to any mischief today!

Have a great day, everyone.  xx