Getting on with it

 A very cold night but a pleasant warm day once it got on with it....but still cold in shade.

Workshop sorting and making a start on the garden today 

Coffee first, in a mug from Peter Gregory ( opopots) in Waikouaiti

The rhubarb is sure that spring is here 

Stove in vaguely the right place. The things above it will be going soon, and the sheet on the right is over a metal ware rack which needs welding back together.

I found the other wheel!!

The green manure had died over the winter, so nothing to dig in..I must find a hardier sort for next winter. The soil is loose and fairly dry, so the weeds came out easily. The garlic is coming along nicely at the far end.

You can see the polytunnel beds the other side..and to the right is a shorter bed waiting to be weeded too. That one still has some leeks still standing.

I have a large bush..or maybe it is a small tree...a severe haircut this afternoon. It is still big enough to disrupt the "wind tunnel" effect between my house and next door...but now Nan over the road can sit in her front room and almost see my garden and the front of the workshop.

I have threatened to add a flagpole and run up a flag when I'm in there !!

Paddy over the road died early yesterday morning..he had been taken to a care home a week ago, and ironically had been moved to the same unit where Pirate died. It is a lovely spot to spend your last days, with the sound of birds, the water flowing in the river and the breeze in the trees....

I'm meeting with the chairman of the art and craft group on Sunday, plus one other committee member.... here's hoping!