This weekend was a very productive thanks to the beautiful weather and the football that was on TV which meant Stu was kept well out of the way!
Saturday started early for me having a bit of retail therapy set off for town at 9am and spent too much money (shh don't tell Stu) on gardening stuff, got a blueberry for £4 in Wilkos, loads of seeds on 2 for 1 in Wollies and pots and seed trays all for a £1 in poundland. Got home with my bounty at 10.30 and then the hard work started! after potting up the blueberry and giving it a good drink, I set to work tearing down the Ivy off the corner and the roof of the outhouses as it was eating into the wood and drainpipe. Decided to leave it on the side as it gave good wall coverage plus with a bit of heavy pruning every few months hopefully it'll stay under control and head next door to the horrible neighbours! I then set about pricking out my toms but this had to be aborted as my mum arrived with the last of my boxes from home, I've finally cleared out the loft after 5 years of not living with her! also gained a sofa and some coffee tables for the conservatory so we now have a livable room, rather than the cats playroom! so after a few hours of hard graft there I finished pottering in the garden, sewing grass seed and the like to be whisked off to the supermarket.
Sunday wasn't quite an early start as was exhausted from Saturday and not looking forward to emptying all the mouldy boxes. made a start on the aborted tom seeds and chilli seeds so now all pricked out, also started transplanting some of the larger sweet peas as need the space in my propagator. Put them outside into my plastic greenhouse. Some of the toms already look like there not going to make it but that's OK as i prob don't have enough room for them all anyway! Chilli's all seem fine, think them need less papering than the tomatoes. Bit concerned the onions aren't doing anything so have moved them into the plastic green house in case it was a bit to cold for them. Planted up some other seeds, nasturtiums though will be lucky if they sprout as the seem a bit mouldy, petunias, some other flower i forget! basil and chives since the first lot went head over heels in the winds last week (greenhouse has now been tied to the guttering). all the mini plants in the greenhouse are being moved inside at night and outside during the day at least for this week as next weeks its supposed to get cold again so we'll see how we do! Spent a rest full afternoon going through gardening mags getting all the info i wanted and dumping the ones i don't, had a bit of an energy spurt and painted some more of my shed its looking very blue and Mediterranean can't wait to go and see what colour I'm going to do the top think it should be either a creamy yellow or Pink, haven't quite decided at the moment its very calm and cooling! Was planning to use the old pallet as raised bed edges but after spending 2 hours trying to break it up into something useful decided to was too rotten and was worth burning with all my weeds and holly bush cuttings, made a good fire though (in the fire bucket) it got rather hot and i spent ages make sure it didn't set the patio funiture alight or break it! Also had a bit of a brainwave whilst i had the jigsaw out (a girl and her toys) that horrible old wishing well that I've been wondering what to do with, well i've cut the tacky bit off the top and its now a very workable and nice looking planter, thought i might keep going with the blue theme and paint it blue too! its full of stones at the moment making it a pain to lift but once I've got them emptied and made sure its got some good drainage holes I'm sure it'll be perfect for something!
So all in all a productive weekend was had and lots more jobs now to do and add to the list.
