Sunday, 20 April 2008

Chucklevision?

We didn't have very nice weather today, so we just popped down to check the plants were all watered. We had been away all weekend (for Lizzie's wedding, details probably appearing on our sister blog "Si's Daily Musings" soon) so we wanted to check all was well. Things seem to be ticking along, although one variety of alpine flower appears to be struggling, whereas others are booming.
On the way home from the wedding, we popped in for a lunch date at Barton Grange, partly because it's a very nice place to mooch around, and partly because the lunches are excellent. Si isn't very good at mooching, he prefers to have a purpose, so we had to dose him up the cups of tea first, and he coped admirably. We made several purchases, the most exciting being a very comprehensive set of seed trays (with lid). We are currently deciding what to put in them first. We also took delivery of the lightweight greenhouse, which is a very exciting step, but we are planning to invest in some heavy-duty weighing down equipment beforehand.
Another advantage of having some outside space is that we have room to tend to our indoor plants. For this reason, we packed the yucca up into the car (not an easy escapade, and involved a lot of negotiation of the "to me, to you" variety) and took it down to the allotment to be re-potted. It has been looking like it wanted a bit more room for a little while, and it looks much happier now.
Our photo today is not actually of the allotment, it is of one of the most exciting moments of the weekend. When we returned, our inside plants (3 varieties of tomato, 1 chilli and 1 cucumber plant) had grown significantly within 48 hours. They are doing very well indeed.

1 Comments:

At 22 April 2008 11:08 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know what Chucklevision is?! My life is in your hands whenever I set foot in Manchester and in his whenever I fly. I worry.

Mags x

 

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