April 13, 2008...3:00 pm
A quiet weekend at home
On Friday, the forecast for lousy weather was right so we did a spot of shopping in the morning. Mulch was the top priority, but some seed packets of nasturtiums, sunflowers and Livingstone daisies also found their way into the trolley, along with more seed pots (too cheap to pass up) and potting compost. Not surprisingly, the afternoon was spent in the conservatory as I messed around with watercolours whilst Jon potted up propagator trays of runner beans, peas, mangetout and the flower seeds we bought that morning. It was just as well we had something to occupy ourselves with as Sami had a bit of a limp, ruling out any walks, and then we had a power cut that lasted two and a half hours or so.
Saturday. The weather was slightly better than the previous day and we still need to plant up onions and shallots, but it was a not good day for planting root crops according to the lunar calendar. Sami still wasn’t up to a proper walk, so Jon paced around the garden looking for odd jobs to do. New mulch was laid, herbs planted out (not strictly the right time but he was bored so I didn’t stop him), patches of daffodil bulbs that had failed to produce for several years were uprooted, and war was waged against the dandelions – for some reason, his pet hate. Oh, he also washed the windows but that doesn’t count as gardening. Meanwhile, I struggled with my watercolours.
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