Gardening

You would think that in the fourth year of gardening here I would not be finding any more rubbish-but this morning I took another load of old iron sheets to be recycled!!
I have cleared and dug by the old back fence, ready to take it down and put up the new one, made from old pallets. Very smart it is too!
The greenhouse awaits the Carpenter's assistance. It needs to be bolted to its anchors as it can get very windy here.
I am preparing all the jobs so that it will work like a row of dominoes-do the first, key job, and all the others fall in line smoothly....well, that's the theory!!

Now the baking, washing and ironing are done I can return to the garden again.

Gardening

They don't get called allotments in this village-they are the Gardens.
So for two days I have been in the garden, gently gardening!!
You think that you have it all dug over, then another corner comes in view!!
I don't work fast, with an officially creaking back I couldn't if I tried-but it is surprising how much you can do when you keep steadily going and occasionally stop to listen to the resident robin!

The Compost has arrived at The Shed today! I couldn't help carry, but I could slide them off the pallets on the lorry for others-no heavy lifting allowed!
I asked how heavy they were and got the reply "80 litres"...

writing

Mountain Man has agreed we should write down what we think to say to each other, as it isn't often enough in the Winter and during lambing, and we forget when we DO meet...

It is not as easy as it sounds-blogging is difficult enough!

How can you put the colour and intensity of a feeling into words?

How can you describe what the sound of a bird or the sight of a new spring shoot has made you feel, especially if it has just made you sit in silence?

More lovely days

Two more fine days and too much work to do indoors!

Even the moss is flowering too
The path up to Rhyswg Fawr. Halfway up the mountain was enough for today, enough to be away from the traffic noise and up in the sun
Looking down Cwm 'Fapi
Digging done, I must resist the urge to plant and sow too much-it is only February and the valley is cold once the sun sets...

Still spring

Friday's sunset
Thursday's sunset

The weather is holding well, more gardeners have emerged on the allotments to start digging.
I am glad that I use raised beds and never walk on them as my soil is ready and warming instead of claggy and still waiting.
Why make life hard for yourself and the plants?!
Although not freezing, the nights are still chilly, no outdoor sowings for a while yet.
The sun hides behind the mountain from us in the valley soon after 4pm. so it's off to walk home then.

Now I am waiting again-for a different person!
I am Freecycling, clearing out the clutter, making thinking and doing easier. Now I am waiting for someone to collect what I no longer need and they do need.

Spring

Today I have done three hours of gardening in my allotments- weeding and feeding the autumn sown onion sets and the strawberry beds. More have survived than I dared to hope!

Today on the Mountain, lambing began.

socks

Trying for size
turning the heel
This has been called "the ninja sock of doom"...do this, and the doorbell or phone will be bound to ring!
Sock #1 done, sock #2 started....