I promised some allotment news so I'll just get the boring stuff out of the way first (although you might find the allotment news boring...hmmm....hadn't thought of that before ;) Anyway, the GC are now off school for the foreseeable future as it's closed until further notice. They are jubilant to have an extended holiday but not so keen on working from home...lol...it must be done!!
My regular monthly craft fair is also postponed until further notice (unsurprisingly)
G had a phone call yesterday afternoon apologising for the cancellation of his appointment and promising a review in 3 months time. They need the staff in order to help combat Covid-19. He will be on morphine patches for the next 3 months at least then....
Happier chat following NOW!
G has made a start on the new allotment. He has begun 2 raised beds, put some manure down and laid bark chippings to make it easier to work around the beds....
We brought the mini greenhouse from our last home. At the moment it houses an over-wintering Canna plant and odds and ends which haven't, as yet, found a home elsewhere. On the ground is a metal trellis we were given which will come in very handy later on.....
This is the inherited apple tree, which produces cooking apples, we think. G has given it a light trim but it will need much more work later in the season to get some air around the middle...
There is also a smaller tree a few feet from that and we have no idea what kind it is. Only time will tell....
We discovered a rhubarb crown when we first took over the half plot in December, so G covered it with bark chippings to protect it. When it began to show signs of growth a few weeks ago we covered it with an old dustbin we found on the plot. After a week it was putting on a spurt....
As G and I are now social-distancing to be on the safe side, we are hoping to pop to the allotment later today when everyone else has been and gone to see if it has grown enough for some Rhubarb crumble. I do hope so :) We will be in the car door to gate, so to speak, and the allotment plots are well spaced out. I really hope we will be able to continue to go. G has put in potatoes and broad beans so far and we have loads of seed from a gardening magazine freebie to sort out.
Edit: DD & GC have just popped to the door with some flowers, cards and chocolate for Mother's Day. It's DD's birthday next Tuesday so the visit also solved the problem of how to get her card and money to her. It was so hard not to hug but we did the elbow bump thing and lots of blowing kisses instead. This thing WILL PASS.
If you want a smile just copy and paste the link below to see the lovely Dame Judy Dench's message...
https://twitter.com/i/status/1240249008125337602
That's all for now. Stay safe wherever in the world you happen to be x
Our first day of spring saw us getting snow and cold temperatures. However things seem to be looking up next week.
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Fingers crossed, Jackie, that the sun is on it's way.
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That was brilliant, what you did with the rhubarb. It looks very vigorous. Mine is coming back, too. How exciting to have established fruit trees!
ReplyDeleteWe are very lucky with the fruit trees even though it's a lucky dip what they actually are!
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I'm sending you a virtual hug Laurie (((hug))) we all need one right now. And do watch this space for allotment news!
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