a weblog with an allotment attached
7 May 2008
Stressful event number 1 this week is now out of the way. I’d love to report that it went well, but it was something of an ordeal. The outcome was fine, but the process was awful.
Tomorrow I am going away for a few days with work so will not be blogging or gardening until I […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 5:43 pm
30 April 2008
Last year I had hoped to break my duck, as it were, and finally grow myself some peas. Unfortunately, excessive rain combined with allotment indolence, leading to complete allotment abandonment scuppered those dreams. This year I am better prepared and more hopeful. My pea seedlings are planted out and more seeds are sown.
My […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 11:14 am
15 March 2008
Just a quick post before I throw myself in the shower to get clean and shiny for our trip to Paris.
I will post while we are away.
Assuming I manage to find time between the food, the shopping, the sightseeing, the ambience, the eating, the art, the eating and the eating. Did I mention the eating?
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 8:12 am
14 March 2008
The universe is playing games with me. Today is my last day of working before my holiday tomorrow and I have got a cold! Sore throat, wobbly legs, achey limbs and dizzy head are threatening to turn my holiday into pants.
So, I’m taking a cocktail of zinc, vitamin C, echinacea and nurofen. I refuse to […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 4:35 pm
13 March 2008
The past few weeks have been a bit of a blur, leaving little time for thoughts of gardening. Work in particular has been taking up a lot of time and energy, but it’s been so darn gracious about it that it’s difficult to be churlish. I’ve quite spectacularly managed to complete an emormous piece of […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 10:44 am
15 February 2008
So, once again I forgot to mention P’Soup’s birthday. We turned three years old on Monday and I only thought about it today. This is what happens when I get so bound up with work. Shocking.
We’ve not celebrated yet, but we will be having chocolate mousse tonight and may even put candles in it to […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 5:04 pm
9 February 2008
We’ve had visitors today discussing important business stuff with Owen. I was shy (hard to believe, I know, but I’m always a bit awkward around new people) but they were lovely and said some very, very nice things about Owen and his work. Which means that I like them very much - anyone […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 5:45 pm
5 February 2008
10 essays marked, moderated, feedback written up and related admin passed on
9 exciting seed and plant items to order for the potager - ooh!
8 sides on an octogon (I struggled a bit with this one - can you tell?)
7am - the time I have to start work tomorrow if I’m going to get everything done […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 10:24 pm