What I actually ended up doing - Today ☀️

 So first of all I wanted to move all the seedlings from my bedroom windowsill into the shed . So to make space , I had to get this hanging basket out and move it into it's place under the kitchen window . 

             I still have a few tomato plants indoors....just incase the worst happens .

I have some fleece to one side should we get cold weather , I also have a foil survival blanket which I pull down that reflects the light from behind them .

Next I shovelled earth into the wheelbarrow to partially fill the potato tubs .

Next the potatoes went on top and then I used some nice compost for the next layer to give them a good start .

 I will just keep earthing them up as they grow . These should be ready to harvest end of May I think .

I do this so my grandchildren can enjoy harvesting the potatoes 🤗🌿

                🌿  So that's the spuds in tubs done ! 🌿

                    And then this happened ......blue sky ! 

I was told to go and put a pretty frock on , we're going to Godolphin Manor .

We love this place ! There is a second hand bookshop in there and a lovely cafe  , loos and ramps for prams and wheelchairs .  I'm not sure if wheelchairs and prams can access all parts of the garden and today we were sorry to see so many fallen trees after the recent storm Goretti . Much of our usual favourite pathways were therefore closed off .

It is a splendid house . We didn't go into the house this time .

   I just love to walk around the beautiful gardens and enjoy seeing it change with the passing seasons .

 Then home ....

 

   .........and straight off up to the shed to check on my seedlings . I hope they'll be o.k. tonight .

I didn't get everything done that I had wanted to do ...never mind .

                  I'm aching from shovelling earth ...tomorrow I'm resting .

                        I hope the sun is shining where you are . ☀️

                                     🤍 Love and Peace 🕊️

                                                    

Tomorrow

 

Jobs for tomorrow -

 Plant my potatoes in tubs . Albert Bartlett absolutely delicious and Soraya for a little bit later on .

Venture into the jungle , trail blaze my way up and along the top , prune hydrangeas , roses and Photinia "Red Robin " , check on a couple of young saplings that I planted last year and fight brambles .

I want it tidy before the lovely Azaleas begin to flower .

And I want to get this bed a little bit more ready .🌿🌿🐰 My chives are coming up nicely , but being nibbled by cheeky bunnykins !  🐰🐇🌿🌿 So I need to invent some sort of cover with the blue water pipe stuff and netting again ...probably .....  🤔  

My Rhubarb is very slow to grow this year , maybe because we haven't had a particularly cold Winter . I'm not sure ? Maybe it needs a good feed with something . I'll have a think about it ...hmmm ....

Meanwhile up in Buckinghamshire ....

       Not only is my brother's Rhubarb three times the size of mine ....🙄........

 

....... but , he is making pies and crumbles galore !  🤩    He is the champion of all Rhubarb growers and pie makers !   🏆🌿🌿

Weather has been "Oh ! My goodness ! Sunny and very warm !  🌤️Very strange and wonderful !☀️

    🐝  I saw my first Bumblebee of the year basking in the sunshine !  

           Sorry   🤣  ....... you can zoom in a little bit !           

I couldn't get down any closer as I would have been kneeling in squelchy muddy grass . Normally I don't mind having muddy knees but we were about to go out .

                   Tomorrow I can enjoy getting my knees muddy  !

                                          All fer now my lovelies !  

 

                                                         Love   Debbie  x

                                                           🌿🐝🌿

Labyrinth - second cut of the year 🌿

             🌦️   Very tricky cutting damp grass , but it had to be done .🌦️

Also , I had to use the small lawn mower because we have mislaid the batteries for the larger one .

With the larger lawn mower I can do the labyrinth path in one go .

With the small lawn mower I have to go around twice !

I hate these stupid battery operated lawn mowers !  I just like to have one that plugs in and goes on proper electricity .

 Hopefully Ricardo will find the batteries and next time I can use the big lawn mower and  the labyrinth will look much sharper .

                I put all the grass clippings under the bean-frame  . 

   🪻The grey plants are Lavender 🪻🪻🪻They will attract bees in to my beans 🐝🐝🐝

When they flower I can sit down in the middle and breathe in the Heavenly fragrance ! ☺️✨

                                                            🌿💚🌿