End July

Well weather – more eye rolling – we have had a couple of weeks of intense heat – so yup you guessed it – frazzled plants as I just couldn’t keep on top of the sun and heat where my plants were. Full sun on the packet doesn’t mean full sun at 30 degrees for several weeks.

Anyway this week looks a little cooler and I WILL – AM tidying a little to re-organise the garden and hopefully get some organisation into the total chaos – I usually check everything with “him in doors” just because I do really no other reason – anyway he was out! yup out out – COVID times!!! people don’t really go out out! – all day, weather was cool and perfect to be honest so I cut the grass and decided to put down all the cardboard I have been hording to make no dig beds and put my pots on it…

I have mixed up the pots – my idea to begin with was have all the same things together – but you know what thats NOT what I wanted so I just picked a pot up and moved it or changed it or whatever – I mean trying to have a cutting garden growing in pots is apparently a crazy idea and silly plan – I don’t have a choice – pots is what I have to-do so the plus side I get to move things around.

I have made the decision to leave the back side bit of the garden wild this year EG now full of weeds – hey good for wildlife – we have slugs – snails – frogs – bees – birds not to mention a host of other wildlife they can all go here and enjoy life and I can have my cut flower bit that they can share as long as they don’t destroy!!!

So I was sure when he got back he would comment and say why did I put it there blah blah blah – not because he is nasty or anything but it never would have been where he would have put it (also I have kind of taken over some of the grass). But he never said a word – now not sure if I am grateful that he just let it go or ummm that he didn’t notice… well whatever – I sat under the new umbrella that we have – very exciting I have never owned an umbrella before – this was gifted to me from my mum – oh this space after 8-9 months is finally beginning to take shape and I think I am feeling some love come creeping in and happiness

I berate myself all the time about how crap I am we are still living out of boxes and not all moved in – gleeming Insta Style – but the truth is it takes me time and I am apprehensive as to what and how much to-do as we rent so at any given moment may have to move.