Don't be alarmed folks.. read on.. She's just eaten the first reallyreally ripe Yellow Fig of 2015! Last year they were ripening as of August 6th but we are not surprised,this year for the weather has been decidedly iffy and these guys come from Cyprus! How or why they are nice enough even to grow in this country is a miraculous mystery BUT they do and are truly scrummydumptious.
She cut the grass, remember those briars she cut back in June, well, sadly they're all big again but at least this lot are not evil old ones and can be dealt with.. slash and burn will be the approach as that useless-so-called friend of hers never finished the job.. grrrr.
It was all a big messy mess BUT at least the thieving bastards hadn't nicked her pears, so she picked them herself, they're Doyenne de Comice and these are the first she's ever had off her own tree as the thieves have always managed to pick them before she could.
Then she ran out of strimmer wire.. grrr.. she's pretty sure that she took a new roll of it down there not so long ago, but find it, she could not. So she'll have to go via Wilco at Fulham Broadway tomorrow morning to pick up another roll.
Yes, there is much work to do and this weather is perfect for doing it, the rain we have had has loosened the soil so you can actually get a fork or spade into the ground. She has the wood with which to make the raised beds.
She just has to get stuck in and do it! Monday is a day for doing other stuff, she's going to see the management crew at Morrisons to discuss food and drinks that she needs for the barbecue on the 29th. She'll garden on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. That will make a dent in the list of what needs to be done and she must remember to get petrol for the strimmer.
Thursday is a stay at home day.. the painters need access to the exterior window frames and doors etc, so she has to be here in order for the front door and the windows to be open. Boring but necessar and we know there's always something to do at home, isn't there? Well, there is in ours!
We have had supper.. a large bowl of fusilli pasta with garlic, oil, herbs and spices, one of our most favourite pastas. Now it's paper reading time and catching up with bids that have come in today for the Silent Auction.
We are having an early night as she has to rock'n'roll tomorrow.. adios amigos.
GeeGee Parrot.
August 15th, 2015.
Aka VJ Day.
She cut the grass, remember those briars she cut back in June, well, sadly they're all big again but at least this lot are not evil old ones and can be dealt with.. slash and burn will be the approach as that useless-so-called friend of hers never finished the job.. grrrr.
It was all a big messy mess BUT at least the thieving bastards hadn't nicked her pears, so she picked them herself, they're Doyenne de Comice and these are the first she's ever had off her own tree as the thieves have always managed to pick them before she could.
Then she ran out of strimmer wire.. grrr.. she's pretty sure that she took a new roll of it down there not so long ago, but find it, she could not. So she'll have to go via Wilco at Fulham Broadway tomorrow morning to pick up another roll.
Yes, there is much work to do and this weather is perfect for doing it, the rain we have had has loosened the soil so you can actually get a fork or spade into the ground. She has the wood with which to make the raised beds.
She just has to get stuck in and do it! Monday is a day for doing other stuff, she's going to see the management crew at Morrisons to discuss food and drinks that she needs for the barbecue on the 29th. She'll garden on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. That will make a dent in the list of what needs to be done and she must remember to get petrol for the strimmer.
Thursday is a stay at home day.. the painters need access to the exterior window frames and doors etc, so she has to be here in order for the front door and the windows to be open. Boring but necessar and we know there's always something to do at home, isn't there? Well, there is in ours!
We have had supper.. a large bowl of fusilli pasta with garlic, oil, herbs and spices, one of our most favourite pastas. Now it's paper reading time and catching up with bids that have come in today for the Silent Auction.
We are having an early night as she has to rock'n'roll tomorrow.. adios amigos.
GeeGee Parrot.
August 15th, 2015.
Aka VJ Day.
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