13-05-25

Morning, everyone!  How are you all today.  Friday already - it seems no time at all since I was packing for my weekend away!!

A bit of a garden update:

The runner beans are in.   - there's far too many  as there were about six beans in each of six compartments and they were so hard to separate so I did what I could and will see which are strongest and cut the others back.  The first to climb the pole wins, as it were.

(That tiny one on the left is from my sowing - such a difference)

I have pretty much decided I will do it this way from now on.  The tray of plantlets was cheaper than the packet of seeds of which hardly any actually germinated - no idea why not!  I know you don't get the variety choices  but I'd rather have consistency.
Mind you - who is to say I won't kill them off anyway!

The pepper in front to the right seems happy enough!

Not terribly pretty cucumbers but they still live and they've grown a bit.  We will see . . .

Chris and I sat out in the garden to have our coffee and chat and it really was very pleasant with the bees buzzing around the flowers.  The foxgloves seem to be great insect attractors which is nice.

When she had gone, I got the beans in and then started hacking chunks off a shrub with some loppers Chris and Steve have lent me.  It's going to look awful in the shorter term but should, I hope, send out growth from lower down.  It was just too big for the bed.

I also cut one of the rosemary bushes right back to ground and will have a go at digging out some of the roots today.  I don't need that much rosemary and it would be nice to have something a bit different there.

(and I just caught the brown bit collecting with the trimmings, yay)

At Groove, I was the only one there in person with someone on line as well.  It felt  bit odd at first but then Jen turned up late so there were two of us.  It was very humid so we did it inside, thankfully.

That was yesterday.  Today, I will be doing my bit at Slimming World and then Alex is coming over for lunch.  Should be good.  

Happy Friday, everyone.  Stay cool and hydrated!  xx