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Just got back from Wales, it's been a glorious week away 
We were absolutely blessed with the weather - only one day of wind/rain, the rest of the time it was dry & quite sunny, & even hit 17°c yesterday! We've been staying in a cottage on the coast near New Quay (Wales Cottage Holidays - Property Details - Cottage near New Quay) with a big natural garden, with a stream running through it and a fantastic view out to the sea.
Visited a great National Trust property yesterday National Trust | Llanerchaeron to look around the restored walled kitchen garden. It was marvellous, some step-over apple trees so old and covered in lichen & moss that ferns were growing on them, but there was still new shoots & leaves sprouting off them! I'd love to volunteer in a place like that (or own it!)
The only 2 down-falls to the week were that the TV reception was pants (& no Sky or Freeview) and mobile signal was only available in the conservatory, if you held your phone left-handed & pointing North.... So evenings were a bit tedious once the kids were in bed. We played a lot of gin rummy! And also, I broke my toe yesterday, stubbing it into a chair leg... Definately broken - it went all black round the bottom of me toe
So I spent the NT visit hobbling around with a stick bought in their shop 
I didn't bother with the hospital - they don't do owt for broken toes do they? And I've got enough pain-killers & anti-inflammataries (sp?) for a whole battalion anyway.
Anyhoo, I'm glad to be back - my plants & seedlings have survived ok under the care of our friend Bob, but I'm itching to get repotting & sowing
And although I could read the 'Vine on my phone, it wouldn't let me post at all, so I'll probably waffle you all to sleep for the next few days!
We were absolutely blessed with the weather - only one day of wind/rain, the rest of the time it was dry & quite sunny, & even hit 17°c yesterday! We've been staying in a cottage on the coast near New Quay (Wales Cottage Holidays - Property Details - Cottage near New Quay) with a big natural garden, with a stream running through it and a fantastic view out to the sea.Visited a great National Trust property yesterday National Trust | Llanerchaeron to look around the restored walled kitchen garden. It was marvellous, some step-over apple trees so old and covered in lichen & moss that ferns were growing on them, but there was still new shoots & leaves sprouting off them! I'd love to volunteer in a place like that (or own it!)
The only 2 down-falls to the week were that the TV reception was pants (& no Sky or Freeview) and mobile signal was only available in the conservatory, if you held your phone left-handed & pointing North.... So evenings were a bit tedious once the kids were in bed. We played a lot of gin rummy! And also, I broke my toe yesterday, stubbing it into a chair leg... Definately broken - it went all black round the bottom of me toe
So I spent the NT visit hobbling around with a stick bought in their shop I didn't bother with the hospital - they don't do owt for broken toes do they? And I've got enough pain-killers & anti-inflammataries (sp?) for a whole battalion anyway.Anyhoo, I'm glad to be back - my plants & seedlings have survived ok under the care of our friend Bob, but I'm itching to get repotting & sowing
And although I could read the 'Vine on my phone, it wouldn't let me post at all, so I'll probably waffle you all to sleep for the next few days!
I don't think I'll be able to dig anything, but that's mostly done now & I'm going to take a leaf out of Flum's book & plant my spuds with a bulb planter 
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