An Afternoon In The Garden

Weeding and Ants
Having never really spent much time doing anything out there I decided it was time I did something in the garden. I asked John what I could do and he said I can pull up anything I wanted. Starting on the pots, I pulled up whatever was inside with the intention of moving the begonia into one of them. What I hadnt thought about was one of the plants had spiny little thorns and we have no gardening gloves at home. Maybe I need a gardening jacket too, as I have scratches along my shoulder from one of the other plants. I also found a few ants nests, but only after I realised they were running up my arms. I was a bit worried about using ant killer so close to the pond, so had to be a bit careful. I know they're weeds but I couldnt bring myself to pull up the yellow flowers that are growing from behind the fence. When the flowers fall off and into the pond they look really pretty. I havnt yet finished out there, but my next job will be to move the begonia, after iv brought a little bit of compost home from lotty as the soil in the pot is full of old roots. Then I think i'll find some flowers to plant as iv not actually planted any flowers anywhere.

Lots Of Food From Lotty

After what seemed like hours at the dentist, we were off to lotty with a big box of cuttings from the garden. It was getting on for 5 o'clock by now so it was a quick visit. Whilst I went off and gave the greenhouses and a few outside plants a water John and the Blur were off picking for our dinner. I dont know if iv said before but there are two kinds of people, those who pick and try everything, and those who dont. John and the Blur wonder round trying everything (the Blurs even brought pea pods home in her pockets) whereas I dont. Im still not quite sure why, though I think it may be to do with the pleasure of growing and seeing the food develop. None the less I knew the time would come when we had to pick off the first of our chilis. But seeing as it was Mexican for tea the time was right. John and the Blur also picked peas, courgettes (there are some huge ones now), onions, shallots and radishes.

Once home John prepared all the veg and its wasnt long before we were tucking into fajitas. I wasnt sure how much the Blur would eat, but it was more than I expected. I even came back in to find her sneaking the last tortilla out of the foil and filling it with rice and peas, this was after a big glass of milk to take the burning away. I really enjoyed the fajitas, and after watching John im sure it'll be my turn to make them next time. Thank you John for our amazingly good dinner.