Hi, crikey I so wish it would rain! This morning I looked around the garden and thought ''now where did I water last, what haven't I watered for a week, is anything looking wilted, sigh!" giggle. I normally am quite organised re my watering regime but at the moment I am trying very hard to weed the main perennial bed and this means that I am discovering areas that I thought were well-watered are actually flaming dry! Ack.. Hence I end up watering an area out of sync. Such a problem, giggle.
Yesterday I got quite a bit more weeding/cutting back done, in amongst getting bitten by rotten mosquitos. It was slightly humid with cloud coming and going so they were out in force in the morning. Mid-afternoon we went to the Sarau festival and it was really good. We wandered around the various stalls and I tried my first ever Perry - pear cider, delicious! We also bought some glorious peaches that are crisp, sweet and delicious! We enjoy having sliced fruit for a snack around 8.30-9pm so these peaches are perfect because they don't break up into mush when they are ripe. I can't remember what variety they are (we got some last year too) and I forgot to ask. They are the most gorgeous shade of deep pink with white flesh with a pink flush to it. Yum!!
I thought I'd get my canvas finished yesterday but when I looked the gessoed flower again I decided it needed more texture before I painted it so today I am hoping to get it finished completely. I'm excited!
It's Nelson anniversary day today so John has the day off. He has been building a raised bed in the kitchen garden in an area that was basically a convulvulus bed. It is the 14th bed and I haven't been able to use it since it was first dug around 4 years!!! ago. He's lined the bed with black polythene, put drainage holes in it for obvious reasons (which eventually the convolvulus (bindweed) will get through and put another layer of permeable weed cloth over that. I'm hoping the drainage will be good enough - who knows it could end up retaining moisture quite nicely in the summer. I must go and take a photo of it as John is out buying soil/compost mix for it right now.
Okay I'd better get into the garden, I can see the sun coming out - oh POOKIES!! Smiles..
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