tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2085384255240320142024-03-05T03:16:12.778-08:00Shoestring GardenKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-6645302106600929152010-11-30T09:04:00.000-08:002010-11-30T09:04:08.041-08:00New Beginnings<div style="text-align: center;">Yes, finally, finally we have moved. It was all very uncertain for a while but on the 19th of November we where assisted by friends, family and neighbours an we're finally all in!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And as we are making so many new beginnings we have decided to start a new website which will be all about both the house and the garden, we hope that everyone who has been kind enough to follow my ramblings on here will take a little look at the new site, I assure you it will be the same old nonsense just under a different address.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So a big thank you to everyone who has taken a peek, left a comment and linked to us here, we hope to see you again soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-5823476490168369692010-10-07T23:41:00.000-07:002010-10-07T23:41:45.662-07:00Still Here........Grrrr why, why does selling a house take so loooong! How very boring the whole process is, and why do people who are selling house to other people think its ok to not have any of the vital paper work that potential buyers need to see ready and waiting?!<br />
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Calming breath...as you can tell we still have not moved, but you really don't want to hear all about that, its boring and results in me swearing colourfully. So what else have we been doing besides tearing our hair out. Not much actually, hair pulling takes up a crazy amount of time, as does the number of jobs we have recently got from our agents. The exact same thing happened last year in the run up to the wedding, although I cant complain as we really do need the money...mostly to pay the enormous solicitors bill for all this extra leg work he's doing!!!....calm...calm.<br />
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So I thought I'd put up some picks from our recent 1 year anniversary trip to London...<br />
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We stayed in Kensington just up the road form the Natural History Museum, which was as brilliant as I remember it being when I was 12!<br />
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Look me next to dinosaur bones...cool!<br />
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I was amazed that Rich had never been, I think its fair to say he was pretty impressed and its free to get in...FREE!!!<br />
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Another reason for visiting the Natural History Museum was that over the summer they have been running and exhibition called Butterfly Explorers, which is basically a big poly tunnel on the front lawn, full of live butterflies!<br />
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Knowing my obsession with butterflies Rich kindly indulged me by taking pics of my holding them, it was amazing, the best part of the whole weekend!<br />
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</div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-66094733940811252592010-09-08T06:57:00.000-07:002010-09-08T07:00:32.847-07:00So Much HappeningSo so much happening at the moment, visits to the bank, our solicitor, trying to find enough boxes to pack my growing piles of stuff...wondering if the new house will be big enough for all this crap!<br />
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So the blog has been a bit neglected, sorry! So here are some pics form the last few weeks...<br />
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This is definitely the find of the day, I LOVE it way more than is healthy, we already have several very old etchings of Oxford, this one is of a school in Newcastle. The guy wanted £5 but we only had £3, which he very kindly excepted after I said it would be much loved at our house! Its now hanging next the Oxford one in our bedroom.<br />
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</div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-15426691959222873432010-06-27T08:32:00.000-07:002010-06-27T08:52:03.867-07:006 MonthsAnother Sunday morning and another <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">carboot</span> sale (the best way to spend a Sunday in my opinion!) When we go round the boots sale I have a little list in my head of things to look for, stuff for us, stuff for friends, keeping an eye out for unusual presents I can squirrel away until the right time. When I see the prefect thing for someone it is the most exciting moment, then the rush to get to the stall before someone else beats me to it and the haggle (its only the right thing if I can get it at the right price!)<br /><br />This morning wandering round I got that little shiver of excitement, "Dad would LOVE that" I thought, oh ya...right... laps of memory there..."Dad would have loved that" I'm 6 months to the day to late.<br /><br />So Rich and I brought it anyway, in the knowledge that yes Dad would have loved that, so we'll have to love it for him.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZduiDrJJ9SNU-6SALHAv8BCSsvPYNzVIE0p6cwaU91EnQrftXSv_J_LhvfsV6HyPd1jrpJP_Q08a_96QqmpSqHMT8zmElC_H3FaWBr0II-3AtXOParS_Xd-Ev6E_xBSr6hJZoE_kp3xS/s1600/DSCF8405.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZduiDrJJ9SNU-6SALHAv8BCSsvPYNzVIE0p6cwaU91EnQrftXSv_J_LhvfsV6HyPd1jrpJP_Q08a_96QqmpSqHMT8zmElC_H3FaWBr0II-3AtXOParS_Xd-Ev6E_xBSr6hJZoE_kp3xS/s320/DSCF8405.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487480575423964594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dad would also have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">appreciated</span> my haggling skills, should have been £10, I got it for £5!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh063DDDpRDCkezltXmaAxiXApgrMiut0-AYUBLNlZk57lFd4T6-dS8SYl1WDF4qBh4ymzX2I7B7uUpcGfyKMmhpebYEj9yetwoYJuAvoWU4MLqMi4ZlXNw-PAPby-fosYa4eIvFi1rs2pF/s1600/DSCF8406.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh063DDDpRDCkezltXmaAxiXApgrMiut0-AYUBLNlZk57lFd4T6-dS8SYl1WDF4qBh4ymzX2I7B7uUpcGfyKMmhpebYEj9yetwoYJuAvoWU4MLqMi4ZlXNw-PAPby-fosYa4eIvFi1rs2pF/s320/DSCF8406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487480587451381874" border="0" /></a>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-78470813980330056472010-06-23T10:16:00.000-07:002010-06-23T10:36:19.073-07:00Moving On Up<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span> so huge apologize for the lack of posts, but here is the reason...<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LrKZG2OS4Ytxl-7gqb9opzd2V7sRgfAtKBkYHnn6gW11hO4mgM_KxMtqOO4yZia8isq_HibneJJdK1C6MORHgzJa7xE1JbyqQspEJa_DuSE0vIitK-eeRTm3NTLLHq_H-rzGbZObasgn/s1600/forsale1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LrKZG2OS4Ytxl-7gqb9opzd2V7sRgfAtKBkYHnn6gW11hO4mgM_KxMtqOO4yZia8isq_HibneJJdK1C6MORHgzJa7xE1JbyqQspEJa_DuSE0vIitK-eeRTm3NTLLHq_H-rzGbZObasgn/s320/forsale1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486019815630265794" style="cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Yes peeps, its time to let someone else take on the Shoestring Garden, after much sole searching we have decided to try to buy another house that we have seen (in here you should probably insert the sentence "Kat badgered and harangued Rich into buying another house mere weeks after finally finished our existing house")</div><div><br /></div><div>The reason for the move are many and varied...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ok</span> no there not, basically we just need a bigger house, ours is only 1 bedroom and we always knew we'd have to move eventually. Working from home takes up a lot of space and quite frankly we've run out of it.</div><div><br /></div><div>So were will we be jetting off to if the house sale gods see fit to bless us...</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2KSEhmf4lJ5sNobUd2zUDFntRge-oNjMFeAD4_9-FbXRGOS2r-55ruFVAPWQago299S3nDPfvQlG7mdZjW21oPUijJo4qtyC9fF2JmToz4fA4irLPqueOgS8EsBBlLyxExQ4SM90Mc-w/s1600/forsale2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2KSEhmf4lJ5sNobUd2zUDFntRge-oNjMFeAD4_9-FbXRGOS2r-55ruFVAPWQago299S3nDPfvQlG7mdZjW21oPUijJo4qtyC9fF2JmToz4fA4irLPqueOgS8EsBBlLyxExQ4SM90Mc-w/s320/forsale2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486019828211752066" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Well about 2 doors over actually! </div><div><br /></div><div>So things are a little tense right now, we have to wait to see if anyone wants a little cottage like ours (with an amazing garden attached!), we're not kidding <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">our selfs</span> here, the chances of us getting the new place are slim...I'll probably be back on here in a week saying we're staying put!</div><div><br /></div><div>So the garden posts will continue unless something major happens, and of course the blog will move with us if we go! On the plus side the new place has a bigger garden, a whole 5 feet wider, I can hardly wait!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Fingers crossed!</div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-70579180963913584782010-06-14T08:15:00.000-07:002010-06-14T08:58:59.022-07:00Things Are Afoot......Yes indeed, things are afoot which have been taking up rather large amounts of time, leaving little for gardening or blogging, but more on that in another post.<div><br /></div><div>Our Rocket that I sowed in the last post is coming on well, we're looking forward to having it in our sandwiches soon.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtUJxbNQ0wv2OkLAF3sVZTCAObYFLvHz5D21sa2E3jfosNX3Eq80Qk22cIhCE_pqtw7lM-G8jUDDkL9Oc4PfErxi3BzN98Dq5NpbD9n2S07G8vvIDlvHVrLcG4deaqwrM3law2iEms6-z/s1600/DSCF8335.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtUJxbNQ0wv2OkLAF3sVZTCAObYFLvHz5D21sa2E3jfosNX3Eq80Qk22cIhCE_pqtw7lM-G8jUDDkL9Oc4PfErxi3BzN98Dq5NpbD9n2S07G8vvIDlvHVrLcG4deaqwrM3law2iEms6-z/s320/DSCF8335.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482650218101673186" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hpu3jnzIS0vdt2mabMsF6DMxXnSYrdagbnhByfzS-cRAKDhT-GQW1DikBcucRqPN0R_nVSzq2IW1fPSgTh_l_7tmOHBSI0SwyXmQ0Pcln_eWDic9q6Z5tiqGx-bSibfTBvDTtK1pPAcY/s1600/DSCF8250.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hpu3jnzIS0vdt2mabMsF6DMxXnSYrdagbnhByfzS-cRAKDhT-GQW1DikBcucRqPN0R_nVSzq2IW1fPSgTh_l_7tmOHBSI0SwyXmQ0Pcln_eWDic9q6Z5tiqGx-bSibfTBvDTtK1pPAcY/s320/DSCF8250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482651286539486722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The tomatoes are looking good, we've got our first green fruit on the vine, one of the striped<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "> </span><a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_plants/tomato_plant_tigerella/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Tigerella</span></a>...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55mfRLxt24ZR8TdQNg-DRS-PoxMlvChJUgNZ_a7tq-BgyGqLvy0C9CGTRdf3mwRVPCb-2Ziy9Fl6S0JYruTj0H9SVOw860T0uVdVijRFV-DJBsgOr0K4gbTsYg09fcHi9dXAzHu3Ya4DA/s1600/DSCF8338.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55mfRLxt24ZR8TdQNg-DRS-PoxMlvChJUgNZ_a7tq-BgyGqLvy0C9CGTRdf3mwRVPCb-2Ziy9Fl6S0JYruTj0H9SVOw860T0uVdVijRFV-DJBsgOr0K4gbTsYg09fcHi9dXAzHu3Ya4DA/s320/DSCF8338.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482652444289250306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>...buts that nothing compared to the Chillies which are going mad, covered in flowers (Rich is already planting to dry some and make chilli oil with others!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy5p-TO_U-VCfthEMutr-7Mm8xTrx5mz53_kLnFSP-q5jjIwVL7WRM_UrcklIVpBpG3YzSwkf5vYSBLUrG8G7BClbb_G_2p7BgJMotuEQ7OpbZ4cKtJuqhG4r1DdmJsnr5vm7oWrpDIN7/s1600/DSCF8339.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy5p-TO_U-VCfthEMutr-7Mm8xTrx5mz53_kLnFSP-q5jjIwVL7WRM_UrcklIVpBpG3YzSwkf5vYSBLUrG8G7BClbb_G_2p7BgJMotuEQ7OpbZ4cKtJuqhG4r1DdmJsnr5vm7oWrpDIN7/s320/DSCF8339.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482652452005992626" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The main veg patch is doing well not we've got some more sunny weather, the weeds are also doing well, so I'm out there as often as I can to try and keep on top of them.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3inFl_QQiPUjtzLU4NP2huguePmLNl5W1EfIff1z01jjvYjtGGWVESc9KmODDAZKw4tT_Nt4A-fOO6HfCRY-jUjU3gOVLwCUw5Fl1nAVg2h1gEAUKiKFENlivH68huCf_P1DHrvN8IlN/s1600/DSCF8340.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3inFl_QQiPUjtzLU4NP2huguePmLNl5W1EfIff1z01jjvYjtGGWVESc9KmODDAZKw4tT_Nt4A-fOO6HfCRY-jUjU3gOVLwCUw5Fl1nAVg2h1gEAUKiKFENlivH68huCf_P1DHrvN8IlN/s320/DSCF8340.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482653586744283202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Peas are really taking off after a slow start, they got very munched on by the the damn slugs again so we had to resort to the organic slug pellets (we tried several other method last year and nothing worked so in desperation of having some peas at all this year I've fallen back on the pellets) They are looking very pretty on the willow wigwams.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOnNfChFa9i-woEiSjRRHxLEfbKR2a7ojPdvTAbq2XTZed9um_JWsrJJ34QXzvjg6qPhRTLkWeITuEli75iKkeOmpluqxkTR2l1mpzeiFFi7ROdROVw4nw6ocI0SG1nDCrTzn68EfPZQT/s1600/DSCF8341.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOnNfChFa9i-woEiSjRRHxLEfbKR2a7ojPdvTAbq2XTZed9um_JWsrJJ34QXzvjg6qPhRTLkWeITuEli75iKkeOmpluqxkTR2l1mpzeiFFi7ROdROVw4nw6ocI0SG1nDCrTzn68EfPZQT/s320/DSCF8341.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482654954956220690" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I picked up a little Patty Pan Courgette when we where back in Shropshire the other week, from the Ludlow farmer market. We haven't done courgettes before so I fancied giving them ago.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8saWbLniopbxGnyB9fJpzP260TYpOf0JNuJrp-J0Dy2Vgsh-rk0GckIPA5BlMcpsniSbtnzuqUiFDxR2UWLqJBZjOGAx4iXU7WlJUJQSMBpneg4d1NBg44zrx4BEzmYJMY_3-4jR10Pnc/s1600/DSCF8342.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8saWbLniopbxGnyB9fJpzP260TYpOf0JNuJrp-J0Dy2Vgsh-rk0GckIPA5BlMcpsniSbtnzuqUiFDxR2UWLqJBZjOGAx4iXU7WlJUJQSMBpneg4d1NBg44zrx4BEzmYJMY_3-4jR10Pnc/s320/DSCF8342.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482654966807196866" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">I'm so enjoying just be able to wander down the garden of an evening and water a few things, blissful!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div></span>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-52551255443393109042010-05-26T08:48:00.000-07:002010-05-26T09:16:26.921-07:00TreasureOk yet another post of stuff I found at the carboots, sorry!<div><br /></div><div>Last weekend was another good one, the amazingly hot weather helped, we got a vintage metal Horlicks crate (should have been £6, we got it for £4) and 3 old Ladybird books (£1 each, we got 3 for £2.50) which Rich and I sort of collect...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLhjRV7B93FAhQGAyTd1TeJI3GZKmYFBI93NX2AOmPwt3edL7TM1WfvqCHUjZcsWEvXm_oyHVJO-8peaesrMu6pBvNyUyRj1E9gRTJFAhla841DLr7_QSgitygcrwREXNj-gJlnHuIQs9/s1600/DSCF8241.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLhjRV7B93FAhQGAyTd1TeJI3GZKmYFBI93NX2AOmPwt3edL7TM1WfvqCHUjZcsWEvXm_oyHVJO-8peaesrMu6pBvNyUyRj1E9gRTJFAhla841DLr7_QSgitygcrwREXNj-gJlnHuIQs9/s320/DSCF8241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475607520525178722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I decided to use the crate to plant Rocket in (Rich's favourite!), so I had to sort out a lining, we had some old willow screening off cuts from the fence and a few old empty compost bags...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEU3sABEVg8uCPrZoSovBIOJu-NZP2EcjxrHVvUgGfxiYnQgA2rMsqVgbsmTvMK0s7lDwRVZSC1b8u-WYY7iNlBiU3Pt5MH8F8AY69bfKcJZ2eoOHAeZBm8VgRWbMXZ6qBA-g8GE71BJNT/s1600/DSCF8243.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEU3sABEVg8uCPrZoSovBIOJu-NZP2EcjxrHVvUgGfxiYnQgA2rMsqVgbsmTvMK0s7lDwRVZSC1b8u-WYY7iNlBiU3Pt5MH8F8AY69bfKcJZ2eoOHAeZBm8VgRWbMXZ6qBA-g8GE71BJNT/s320/DSCF8243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475607529695833218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Some fiddly work...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNXvxqLjjXvIKQ-_zWVLqZ33UQucAW9j05y-J3KXlJqDoem0SbQ3DnsbKy4tTN2GEJe9xQHpTV15iqhk-z6ce9njb9tBTkylplG_76OPdDMrlxt1NyFKbDLlRYOAVaDlBJ3MeXnOE8hNU/s1600/DSCF8244.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNXvxqLjjXvIKQ-_zWVLqZ33UQucAW9j05y-J3KXlJqDoem0SbQ3DnsbKy4tTN2GEJe9xQHpTV15iqhk-z6ce9njb9tBTkylplG_76OPdDMrlxt1NyFKbDLlRYOAVaDlBJ3MeXnOE8hNU/s320/DSCF8244.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475610361890164274" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then the cut up compost bag...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH33M5DeogbLphmQ4TuVuFV99-ptsRCe5fv46w0z6jrv5hO5sPVHnHzF1gKM-I4xj-wBIk_3vs0yXRw8sYeUrnQp2G833QCFmq1cEpGYXRSCKG4dsnWFHDPMsZ_OGBDCf3LnkS6nwE0xO0/s1600/DSCF8245.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH33M5DeogbLphmQ4TuVuFV99-ptsRCe5fv46w0z6jrv5hO5sPVHnHzF1gKM-I4xj-wBIk_3vs0yXRw8sYeUrnQp2G833QCFmq1cEpGYXRSCKG4dsnWFHDPMsZ_OGBDCf3LnkS6nwE0xO0/s320/DSCF8245.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475610377169527650" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>yes it did look at bit of a mess but once the compost had filled it out it look much better (honestly!)...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmuv1BR7s0jpmeBHStmKkIOXOzuqCz0B3qj22F1o5HG9q3hLwD7omBGH-1i006BipuUeAWEkY08e2ABmaL-9SayI8dJoaYjCat5dcpBpDEjC5-t3VQFpftQ38e7ee2m1jPT0gdHKhEua1/s1600/DSCF8249.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmuv1BR7s0jpmeBHStmKkIOXOzuqCz0B3qj22F1o5HG9q3hLwD7omBGH-1i006BipuUeAWEkY08e2ABmaL-9SayI8dJoaYjCat5dcpBpDEjC5-t3VQFpftQ38e7ee2m1jPT0gdHKhEua1/s320/DSCF8249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475610384316614882" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>...and here's the finished result sitting by the pond all planted up with seed! Right where Rich can keep and eye on it! Mmm a good day of booting and recycling!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-20992159952110646742010-05-10T10:12:00.000-07:002010-05-10T10:42:30.855-07:00More Car Boot Goodness!<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Arrr</span> finally the car boot season is up and running again, and like an addict I breath a sigh of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">relief</span>!<div><br /></div><div>So what <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bargains</span> did I bag this weekend ( I can tell you really can't wait to see!) well not that much actually, it was threatening rain which put <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">a lot</span> of people off, not us though!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUJ-GgSPqVXFEu6RuSzjhd1a9tBCi78fD1s5YWerCeNc6E6ZoVzn1L4txkzZQ2tfbPCUeUTzTSozFxySQeeNkMno-Wh3PRjw0AIoHqWxzlbhJMJkZSG2kwiYapX8o4Bgq86-tjwBid8ic/s1600/DSCF8227.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUJ-GgSPqVXFEu6RuSzjhd1a9tBCi78fD1s5YWerCeNc6E6ZoVzn1L4txkzZQ2tfbPCUeUTzTSozFxySQeeNkMno-Wh3PRjw0AIoHqWxzlbhJMJkZSG2kwiYapX8o4Bgq86-tjwBid8ic/s320/DSCF8227.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469692119055584306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I got a MASSIVE Foxglove for £4, something that looks like a really big Cornflower (not label) for £2 and half a dozed duck eggs for £1.50....</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpS7bPNRPGgGA9jUWP_oXDdm_1vgfP4hdxKUH_rHCWyoWFxnvwvdUZIa7z0pjZ_RLBRNMKoIXuPv0x9D1G3XUlTMgDV8aep6jQVxaXtC162heDjvsodteklCCGoNgXxBx0nuM_jScIcWTi/s1600/DSCF8228.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpS7bPNRPGgGA9jUWP_oXDdm_1vgfP4hdxKUH_rHCWyoWFxnvwvdUZIa7z0pjZ_RLBRNMKoIXuPv0x9D1G3XUlTMgDV8aep6jQVxaXtC162heDjvsodteklCCGoNgXxBx0nuM_jScIcWTi/s320/DSCF8228.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469692128473276466" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I have wanted to try duck eggs for ages, but our local shop only sells hen eggs. I can't believe how huge they are! Apparently they make good cakes, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">that's</span> the only excuse I need!</div><div>Anyway <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">here's</span> the plants in there new home by the pond...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1jQvvkozEElbSLdj7PKhMfA7Ps5hg3K3y7Cao0HyMPvVqlXp-RC5vqhVjdHbLkWS53oN8afA-R2eM2nV8z_EQ-_PpB32W9BgtjbWappxo_d3yUwtmIKTB0_5HQQ5Zu-lBpUR-7dTFeam/s1600/DSCF8230.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1jQvvkozEElbSLdj7PKhMfA7Ps5hg3K3y7Cao0HyMPvVqlXp-RC5vqhVjdHbLkWS53oN8afA-R2eM2nV8z_EQ-_PpB32W9BgtjbWappxo_d3yUwtmIKTB0_5HQQ5Zu-lBpUR-7dTFeam/s320/DSCF8230.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469694098781727698" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BO65nlC85GT9J04XvXSP_v8wae4mQxdw2AubZCu7uX6mp5rUIEq5JUYAafIaFALtUVAhrlla6mGfN2xRnT9XweEsQ9_-7yF5RC1qtzXXDb3ffVBWvATO1X1wswAkMmyvA0llgNjpckKm/s1600/DSCF8231.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BO65nlC85GT9J04XvXSP_v8wae4mQxdw2AubZCu7uX6mp5rUIEq5JUYAafIaFALtUVAhrlla6mGfN2xRnT9XweEsQ9_-7yF5RC1qtzXXDb3ffVBWvATO1X1wswAkMmyvA0llgNjpckKm/s320/DSCF8231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469694106710268322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The rest of Sunday was spent <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">potting</span> up Rich's Chillies, my Beetroot and some French Runner Beans Rich got me...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd7CQSGtw9NLFglyvyq8RXqBRrPc5seOX5FOLgeeHFwBos4cBNyIRp2-eYNdXYAKgum1e6_dyBD3Xt37eVAkL_D_IdprY9CVS1GC4-wq9a6imXbdMTVtBxTdQs4Vispnj1dY8c0ZcdfT0/s1600/DSCF8232.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd7CQSGtw9NLFglyvyq8RXqBRrPc5seOX5FOLgeeHFwBos4cBNyIRp2-eYNdXYAKgum1e6_dyBD3Xt37eVAkL_D_IdprY9CVS1GC4-wq9a6imXbdMTVtBxTdQs4Vispnj1dY8c0ZcdfT0/s320/DSCF8232.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469696407595094738" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>...and yet another willow wigwam!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_MRh5qCYrUJl8LJCXmgN_byDyZVXSD_f76jHBb5YI0FPrQdQNpicoCPJ7Bn6lpqMkx-QhLYijd_4ftlcMh0S7uZDLPTkaUVwoH3If0dmWivvSc96vOAnsZYM6UNMdrPoUwhy3Ffpy0dz/s1600/DSCF8236.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_MRh5qCYrUJl8LJCXmgN_byDyZVXSD_f76jHBb5YI0FPrQdQNpicoCPJ7Bn6lpqMkx-QhLYijd_4ftlcMh0S7uZDLPTkaUVwoH3If0dmWivvSc96vOAnsZYM6UNMdrPoUwhy3Ffpy0dz/s320/DSCF8236.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469696387248198226" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Its all looking a bit Beatrix Potter! ( if you ignore the half coke bottles on the raspberry posts...and the big white <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">motor home</span> in the background...and the concrete garage, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ok</span> it doesn't look at all like Beatrix Potters garden)</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5Y2SdfYIKL0LGd5YAdRW4uH0moN3v9fQdxZjWGEmHjh9iLs7xCgdLVrG24dfF3IkuFgH0SMFcgMwyTKqbe_OQlJabucdYHX0IkcByF8DB01wEsVQNHYfPyz93xM3rSecwLyXuk6FRx3u/s1600/DSCF8234.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5Y2SdfYIKL0LGd5YAdRW4uH0moN3v9fQdxZjWGEmHjh9iLs7xCgdLVrG24dfF3IkuFgH0SMFcgMwyTKqbe_OQlJabucdYHX0IkcByF8DB01wEsVQNHYfPyz93xM3rSecwLyXuk6FRx3u/s320/DSCF8234.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469696401983535186" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-17810156529651130812010-05-10T09:45:00.000-07:002010-05-10T10:11:07.703-07:00For The Love of Apple CratesI love old apple crates (yes I am very sad!) a couple of posts ago I showed you the 3 we <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">brought</span> from <a href="http://www.gardenalia.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Gardenalia</span></a> in Bath, they where a bit rotten and very wormy in places so have spent quite a few weeks residing in the greenhouse waiting for me to give them a bit of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">tlc</span>...<div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl24NoZszcQ-x1hJ-Jg3nVCsc9KiVBPB7-qN-w6rYwBXmzrYMtQzx-LZmg8EaZs7yv86LUtLqpTHKyECzrFQoTa2acyTxC7Xy91p50c6mOxoR7Ea1VJPSdmwahGirXVhhqmFcbuh85qycE/s1600/DSCF8130.JPG.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl24NoZszcQ-x1hJ-Jg3nVCsc9KiVBPB7-qN-w6rYwBXmzrYMtQzx-LZmg8EaZs7yv86LUtLqpTHKyECzrFQoTa2acyTxC7Xy91p50c6mOxoR7Ea1VJPSdmwahGirXVhhqmFcbuh85qycE/s320/DSCF8130.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469686522018542338" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The plan was to make a veg storage rack as we are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">always</span> short of space come <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">autumn</span>...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI95kC0otpOXxxBes2unGngtqf2TJsXC4RXYR_LmxLLlcX28qOkiOphwnrISbFw0IR9ykDhB_GjlIUrjVswGXdaKa6CnGhS3cySv0tLThjXdwv7Hru2uvinWaHSu4CTR3au-rvWnuK4gV/s1600/DSCF8132.JPG.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI95kC0otpOXxxBes2unGngtqf2TJsXC4RXYR_LmxLLlcX28qOkiOphwnrISbFw0IR9ykDhB_GjlIUrjVswGXdaKa6CnGhS3cySv0tLThjXdwv7Hru2uvinWaHSu4CTR3au-rvWnuK4gV/s320/DSCF8132.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469686502715584338" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">soaked</span> in woodworm treatment I decided to paint the insides white, which really <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">brightened</span> them up, that and a good sand was all I did...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQgiqefJ-gDzVOboX80RWtfw0d7pQ-saDYcZWWWeLSobPhJ70zCuSV-u8S6ZL5UWxNifnEvdF6xOqw9g72WVXy5kKpV46BJ3EddPxHWpITaFd9OO2BNNQz2VrQoaEytr6dhPE0t0GC1EF/s1600/DSCF8238.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQgiqefJ-gDzVOboX80RWtfw0d7pQ-saDYcZWWWeLSobPhJ70zCuSV-u8S6ZL5UWxNifnEvdF6xOqw9g72WVXy5kKpV46BJ3EddPxHWpITaFd9OO2BNNQz2VrQoaEytr6dhPE0t0GC1EF/s320/DSCF8238.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469688054110105314" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I may but a plank across each one to stop the veg sacks rolling out but apart from that I'm really happy with how they turned out!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CwZc5rjHc70ICBq7L51SncwiPVUZ-eRGIvqP1SzVLhcBfD_0XpemppFM8dv0mDw8CzVMV6b2I7ViEhMA4qjBoMHXy4_3zxiSJrGmNdxbagKmk30Rxyoku2ZOTTpA6DEuniQh23caUODw/s1600/DSCF8239.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CwZc5rjHc70ICBq7L51SncwiPVUZ-eRGIvqP1SzVLhcBfD_0XpemppFM8dv0mDw8CzVMV6b2I7ViEhMA4qjBoMHXy4_3zxiSJrGmNdxbagKmk30Rxyoku2ZOTTpA6DEuniQh23caUODw/s320/DSCF8239.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469688045600418066" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm having to resist them temptation to put books in them, once I do that I know I'll never use them as a veg rack...must resist...!</div><div><br /></div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-41408451512585716352010-05-05T11:08:00.000-07:002010-05-05T11:44:39.219-07:00Bank Holiday Weekend Part 2!More Pics, sorry!<div><br /></div><div>So as we had the Monday off ( woohoo!) Me, Rich and Mum decided to make the most of it and have a day at the sea side, Lyme Regis in Dorset to be exact, we're only a couple of hours away in Bath so its ideal for a day out!</div><div><br /></div><div>I totally LOVE Lyme, it feels like Bath only smaller and with a beach! We had a little walk along the sea front, admiring the amazing beach huts as we went...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4w-zCLbg5e6va8NgTfawIIq-b7yJNJ2vQkKncs36tSlH8ciUzoWVSpY8TWWyYSegrUjE78nyRqOvfhyphenhyphenAFO1p0QX9OSWtI9Y6ia4JMxQyemZU1XbsQerI6xVhsvIQyOoBpXRBG0r9zkB7/s1600/DSC00056.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4w-zCLbg5e6va8NgTfawIIq-b7yJNJ2vQkKncs36tSlH8ciUzoWVSpY8TWWyYSegrUjE78nyRqOvfhyphenhyphenAFO1p0QX9OSWtI9Y6ia4JMxQyemZU1XbsQerI6xVhsvIQyOoBpXRBG0r9zkB7/s320/DSC00056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467850320977211378" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>My favourite is this one, the colours are so seasidey, I love that its a bit flaky too!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvDMh1l3b9__QRb0hsDT4ITiUmb3C7Rbe6vG5ajbKaHucv9WeKJ0Ovvg_3Z7Qe6JdtI6PfW3X1W5Ei2dWjhJFAXqAnSx3WdkiC3b1rAJbqcMtz449GXfqrWE36vQcrHx1POiYPMdJiGd0/s1600/DSC00057.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvDMh1l3b9__QRb0hsDT4ITiUmb3C7Rbe6vG5ajbKaHucv9WeKJ0Ovvg_3Z7Qe6JdtI6PfW3X1W5Ei2dWjhJFAXqAnSx3WdkiC3b1rAJbqcMtz449GXfqrWE36vQcrHx1POiYPMdJiGd0/s320/DSC00057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467850322770039986" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We discovered that there was the tale end of the fossil festival going on, with people carving stone...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAnZd7B7IlJ1BE6OXIzY5yYTZqWyZtWB4T0Zl2-bOrIYryRYWNOaKKEj_2i4Utklol4f_CXSejLvJyzAlG0jQvDXGHoiMfh77tsJxFwIsLcB7Hloh1Grmlhy9W3NddYjYAWhGAFUuhOI4/s1600/DSC00053.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAnZd7B7IlJ1BE6OXIzY5yYTZqWyZtWB4T0Zl2-bOrIYryRYWNOaKKEj_2i4Utklol4f_CXSejLvJyzAlG0jQvDXGHoiMfh77tsJxFwIsLcB7Hloh1Grmlhy9W3NddYjYAWhGAFUuhOI4/s320/DSC00053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467850007774507026" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>...and balancing stones (?) something I'd never heard of before, I later discovered it was this <a href="http://www.stonebalancing.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">chap</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNlMdpFzu8LkC65B_5p6Z9bOwi6CVJi8isp9BrWXfnPwkelGqPjCa89_jdWeQJqI_P1M1pDtn2ZSvnoo8LMjitTB8BjfI3_df-xV2unywB7uWkMHQMdSo6gbUb1eMqYa2T5klsj5HjNS2/s1600/DSC00054.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNlMdpFzu8LkC65B_5p6Z9bOwi6CVJi8isp9BrWXfnPwkelGqPjCa89_jdWeQJqI_P1M1pDtn2ZSvnoo8LMjitTB8BjfI3_df-xV2unywB7uWkMHQMdSo6gbUb1eMqYa2T5klsj5HjNS2/s320/DSC00054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467850226606825906" style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Weird but quite cool too!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_FYcyT8rNIl7XoEqMisbY00PUTX1RfjmlJ_HoAn9rKX1YFBtH3H_Ct9Xht260USeYd_Nnpw8TpoFvGi7NWZ_U96is19EN1M7yeyuMec4dvObMC__mDnuFj09i_DQfYFP_U1W-db-ak07/s1600/DSC00052.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_FYcyT8rNIl7XoEqMisbY00PUTX1RfjmlJ_HoAn9rKX1YFBtH3H_Ct9Xht260USeYd_Nnpw8TpoFvGi7NWZ_U96is19EN1M7yeyuMec4dvObMC__mDnuFj09i_DQfYFP_U1W-db-ak07/s320/DSC00052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467849995797700962" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Rich and I both love this quote!</div><div><br /></div><div>Lyme has one of the most wonderful garden shops I've ever been in, I wanted everything in there, if your ever on the South Coast go at take a look at <a href="http://www.ginger-beer.biz/index.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Ginger Beer</span></a> (thankfully they also have a website!)</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3jvPO379CdnAH104C9HWkKnlr83DatiMDhn_JaP2iGbdySFro050yblTDTpaCK51Hi7ydDDqQ2iQfCZY6oUPYkkBSzNPfnoNJwXUvOOxWcAzESk-_Nqf-TpI7C_pJuV6KuL5knnhUI5D/s1600/shopfront.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3jvPO379CdnAH104C9HWkKnlr83DatiMDhn_JaP2iGbdySFro050yblTDTpaCK51Hi7ydDDqQ2iQfCZY6oUPYkkBSzNPfnoNJwXUvOOxWcAzESk-_Nqf-TpI7C_pJuV6KuL5knnhUI5D/s320/shopfront.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467852219162174786" style="cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBTp_TpmLMJf2MNxstr2eNTyfzATA2bFOVPn7M6dqIJO2uMGN_Alk-O-rTaCk7t6_GXuTFYwpGSrfddXtdeI-woSALZN_BwZziLYaQ1fXGEBBWUzA3gHnpbXlLrxSHYpdNXXvYRqCnmGA/s1600/about+us2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBTp_TpmLMJf2MNxstr2eNTyfzATA2bFOVPn7M6dqIJO2uMGN_Alk-O-rTaCk7t6_GXuTFYwpGSrfddXtdeI-woSALZN_BwZziLYaQ1fXGEBBWUzA3gHnpbXlLrxSHYpdNXXvYRqCnmGA/s320/about+us2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467852213294912594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After drooling at that for a bit we went for a walk along Monmouth Beach, this is the beach where you can see all the ammonites embedded in the rocks.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPC7HOByO6J1QltxDNha88-RuZ6rWOR2ZXunIzHPJiOVGXt9HWRwP88Thb-QTK5_W7NZVyJtmddpzlxlsc5OeXTyZr1iD2Z-EaBmZzOUzFgRCFCP9S5_AF5w0LVbRkJxkKPQRcXKZDzDR/s1600/DSCF8172.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPC7HOByO6J1QltxDNha88-RuZ6rWOR2ZXunIzHPJiOVGXt9HWRwP88Thb-QTK5_W7NZVyJtmddpzlxlsc5OeXTyZr1iD2Z-EaBmZzOUzFgRCFCP9S5_AF5w0LVbRkJxkKPQRcXKZDzDR/s320/DSCF8172.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467852208904730322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Its so insanely beautiful I couldn't stop taking pics, sorry lots of rocks coming up...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2CUIqsodaQnMe6h2fHLyABPatTrOy39JUTChX5ltfp6X4tvUh-ExjOadePQt_xCgKNblZG7TlrzB8zOhPVjF3wX_mGavPin1KIYSlgQNDUseK33MNVxw9sM-qE08pJcgOYG2NVG4i82z/s1600/DSCF8175.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2CUIqsodaQnMe6h2fHLyABPatTrOy39JUTChX5ltfp6X4tvUh-ExjOadePQt_xCgKNblZG7TlrzB8zOhPVjF3wX_mGavPin1KIYSlgQNDUseK33MNVxw9sM-qE08pJcgOYG2NVG4i82z/s320/DSCF8175.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467853347298544354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_SHRrDtitAlCPbHXQqACbhcrvRDzqv7G9rKJ3Mgq0pe6DBqQpLeUliB9wRyKWIxnKI457ZNZAGwu753ccMG-ATaFKV2BcY_qluVpwOzPmJZCIKtS28zDD_vgnQRfLZroD_mmwkwIsZum/s1600/DSCF8174.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_SHRrDtitAlCPbHXQqACbhcrvRDzqv7G9rKJ3Mgq0pe6DBqQpLeUliB9wRyKWIxnKI457ZNZAGwu753ccMG-ATaFKV2BcY_qluVpwOzPmJZCIKtS28zDD_vgnQRfLZroD_mmwkwIsZum/s320/DSCF8174.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467853339355096306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is Mums dog Eddie, Richard wants it making very clear that he's is nothing to do with him!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4dv_4LIvHr7JOR_1NNtGesXZwWuvPVti9h8XzgD9gy64xjhQb-NQoyLFB9PbypScvxcR7A8DclxWyi7kuLbVud6JoB_fck1Mfuecw-ID0WF16bwOxQmafUK2xcgTUR8tfvvOUOsg4g0-/s1600/DSCF8179.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4dv_4LIvHr7JOR_1NNtGesXZwWuvPVti9h8XzgD9gy64xjhQb-NQoyLFB9PbypScvxcR7A8DclxWyi7kuLbVud6JoB_fck1Mfuecw-ID0WF16bwOxQmafUK2xcgTUR8tfvvOUOsg4g0-/s320/DSCF8179.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467853887435842226" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Aren't those fossils amazing!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZxjWVIcDxETVMuh9BsJ_sJU83zerbQKPuU55-llmaTOQv6_eeVIdKJS5FBC2ZJ0axl91ZESO7o6mmtitq3h_vkAGWP4twry7PPQBz2ZdLOHupooEpkNHt9MlVCcxh_98nDDog81ou_q_/s1600/DSCF8180.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZxjWVIcDxETVMuh9BsJ_sJU83zerbQKPuU55-llmaTOQv6_eeVIdKJS5FBC2ZJ0axl91ZESO7o6mmtitq3h_vkAGWP4twry7PPQBz2ZdLOHupooEpkNHt9MlVCcxh_98nDDog81ou_q_/s320/DSCF8180.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467853892722314642" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We even brought back a couple of little souvenirs (because I haven't got enough crap in the garden!)...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW4n6GUCkMgs6h-0bTMT4P4uv_ntViRm2vZghhJ5FC0jLTJMHNstq6F9Ml8xmQeWWdyqBL0IkJt1KigxsCXghygwBWf_hgEgoYOrehUwUoWdMrx7UwhjgWdSkLyvTyecJ3WoBxw4svE1y/s1600/DSCF8206.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW4n6GUCkMgs6h-0bTMT4P4uv_ntViRm2vZghhJ5FC0jLTJMHNstq6F9Ml8xmQeWWdyqBL0IkJt1KigxsCXghygwBWf_hgEgoYOrehUwUoWdMrx7UwhjgWdSkLyvTyecJ3WoBxw4svE1y/s320/DSCF8206.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467858051954086594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSz1CyaodKrxBLqIDgm6wLva341WyZ2jSUZQDwq1wNkLNp6aBdBl47Um-JP4jHECj8ss48D6vS3ScEryrqXClVhZF9DhPoQjCDXAE9dTzJNlLHTcLrkvaKAk_DMWI4gfWFN09hYP2YJpXz/s1600/DSCF8208.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSz1CyaodKrxBLqIDgm6wLva341WyZ2jSUZQDwq1wNkLNp6aBdBl47Um-JP4jHECj8ss48D6vS3ScEryrqXClVhZF9DhPoQjCDXAE9dTzJNlLHTcLrkvaKAk_DMWI4gfWFN09hYP2YJpXz/s320/DSCF8208.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467858056372050130" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I'd love to say we found them but Mum brought them for me off a guy at the fossil festival for £1 each!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxNF73H4i8sXHTDe5XRhzbGhmxPC-5WcB-CvzBxhlQPXwa0bkOtjpg2o9Unq_1GZoXRZ29XhJnlto7Kv5hJwBpiIHFoVYdq7TCTTT7WDM2xxTg1PihfECkzTzHTilUWgyphuzS5_3Lcxk/s1600/DSCF8183.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxNF73H4i8sXHTDe5XRhzbGhmxPC-5WcB-CvzBxhlQPXwa0bkOtjpg2o9Unq_1GZoXRZ29XhJnlto7Kv5hJwBpiIHFoVYdq7TCTTT7WDM2xxTg1PihfECkzTzHTilUWgyphuzS5_3Lcxk/s320/DSCF8183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467853899998931330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So another brilliant day and a very good weekend in all, marred only slightly by the fact that my Dad wasn't there, but I think we enjoyed it for him...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-56469952236199632842010-05-05T09:51:00.001-07:002010-05-05T11:07:28.641-07:00Bank Holiday Weekend Part 1!<div><br /><br />I warn you now, these are going to be very picture heavy couples of posts, sorry but there was just too much to take pics of this weekend!<div><br /></div><div>Mum and her woofer Eddie came to stay this weekend, as it was the Bank Holiday (for anyone outside the UK, it means we get Monday off too, woohoo!) so as usual the weather forecast was abysmal, pretty standard for this country! </div><div>However we actually managed to dodge most of the showers and had a brilliant weekend, Saturday Mum and I went into Bath (Rich gave us a bit of girly time and selflessly stayed home and played on his Xbox, what a kind chap he is!) </div><div>There was much looking in shops and having of lunches (as usual), if its a dry day in Bath it is now law that we go to the Walcot Saturday Market, Rich and I have procured many treasures there over the years and this weekend was no exception...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-9FxbGZFEwfV3kHlHd12k7AVnh9-sL2f7_ubvsYgR1al_xKLryP3Nis9zUgPDGlm8fQVsi15XUrUONTlR84ZT3rBum5IB_9SZaC0Yaz3cRMnzqMwPKgy_X7JkWjqKE8s5N7Cn5qxhz9O/s1600/DSCF8216.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-9FxbGZFEwfV3kHlHd12k7AVnh9-sL2f7_ubvsYgR1al_xKLryP3Nis9zUgPDGlm8fQVsi15XUrUONTlR84ZT3rBum5IB_9SZaC0Yaz3cRMnzqMwPKgy_X7JkWjqKE8s5N7Cn5qxhz9O/s320/DSCF8216.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467831946980207298" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 296px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Now some of you may wonder why exactly I would want a Lobster Pot, in my defence...its so pretty! I couldn't leave it on the nice ladies stall, its just so amazing, I'm going to keep loo roll in it in the bathroom! </div><div>Anyway after all the strenuous buying of useless fishing equipment we spend the evening with our feet up! </div><div>Sunday we managed to get in the garden between rain clouds, we even got the odd bit of sunshine, we had had our latest parcel from <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Victoriana</span></a><a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"> </span></a><a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Nursery</span></a> on Friday night so I was itching to get as much planted up as possible.</div><div><br /></div><div>I got my <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/pretty_perennials/auricula/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Auriculas</span></a> planted in lovely little terracotta pots...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljFde_1OIwxLoScRFUyTkTI24LJVg0dlVFiNmWxo8SQTc0dyHoU023cGXpQlaBpjNetQWzy-Yp18x-xmsKhnHF1aOGLdumvydb-w0B4gN-EkQg85_aV192H7ntLNm2jkALhfWYo0hyY8v/s1600/DSCF8207.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljFde_1OIwxLoScRFUyTkTI24LJVg0dlVFiNmWxo8SQTc0dyHoU023cGXpQlaBpjNetQWzy-Yp18x-xmsKhnHF1aOGLdumvydb-w0B4gN-EkQg85_aV192H7ntLNm2jkALhfWYo0hyY8v/s320/DSCF8207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467833903468979202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That's the meter cabinet their sitting out, I hate those horrid white boxes, its right on the front of our cottage too, luckily with the bench in front of it and these little plants on top its not to bad now!</div><div><br /></div><div>We also planted the <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/flower_seeds/sweet_pea_seed_spencer_mix/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Sweet Peas</span></a> up on the patio this year, they are my favourite flower and I wanted them where I could see them all the time...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZHwBOfxwL-6mCFsaXt38SGPtRz4uMdvgOuzj-oEWYZ27BY1pnifX1oC1RuaT5hWtrm0c6WuxTt-H-Qy8JnAPbDU6csWgu-aJVZGhTBme58dD9AgYDsQd73xVlgPfSTSIR9Te_3Qk6tfT/s1600/DSCF8204.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZHwBOfxwL-6mCFsaXt38SGPtRz4uMdvgOuzj-oEWYZ27BY1pnifX1oC1RuaT5hWtrm0c6WuxTt-H-Qy8JnAPbDU6csWgu-aJVZGhTBme58dD9AgYDsQd73xVlgPfSTSIR9Te_3Qk6tfT/s320/DSCF8204.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467833738575317522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I can't wait for that amazing scent they have, smells like summer to me!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHtvhPKPr0CshpXC9wnOd7apYPtP_Vz4sFAAfzHXwjtadjCcrMYirf8XuN8zXRHw6s-U816cymYQFdDpUIBMfuS7uhFwiDXdezmChixjDsW_6V6VtOaq9Ytws6sM6idyD3KvAdVCcO3nx/s1600/DSCF8209.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHtvhPKPr0CshpXC9wnOd7apYPtP_Vz4sFAAfzHXwjtadjCcrMYirf8XuN8zXRHw6s-U816cymYQFdDpUIBMfuS7uhFwiDXdezmChixjDsW_6V6VtOaq9Ytws6sM6idyD3KvAdVCcO3nx/s320/DSCF8209.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467835417501967954" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's our <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/exotic_fruits/goji_berry_potted/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Goji Berry</span></a> next to the pond, its in a nice deep pot, hopefully this will keep it happy!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH67VnaIrAnGLw07eThd3ZCOuep7-pDGfwOYv5vvcXq0ZjXmNaMt3brm3sL5WD0JYj6hVk2QuPSWGz4SnRSquARbip5pZY6Ke9SMFgiLobHAGY1FtZdu7s9iScJ_yIQZeOG9sHp5Fx1ofN/s1600/DSCF8212.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH67VnaIrAnGLw07eThd3ZCOuep7-pDGfwOYv5vvcXq0ZjXmNaMt3brm3sL5WD0JYj6hVk2QuPSWGz4SnRSquARbip5pZY6Ke9SMFgiLobHAGY1FtZdu7s9iScJ_yIQZeOG9sHp5Fx1ofN/s320/DSCF8212.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467835526588272482" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>As you can see the tomatoes are going well, the odd bit of sun really helps things along.</div><div><br /></div><div>I seem to have had a very wicker heavy weekend this week, I brought 2 more of these willow wigwams from <a href="http://www.gardenalia.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Gardenalia</span></a> for the bargain price of £20 for the 2, I hope my <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_plants/pea_plant_victorian_colossal_climbing/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Peas</span></a> appreciate my bargain hunting!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6IkvBsaN9F6my-x47J0QH_P8jgps_2_isrp3iEn5_OqMZ9l6R2tQdsir9yPX5A-J_QGmucVMtck7L4sA9t6dGDaqk7sKcwqnwKQ7jlUh2hieEjWJpP0AHOa0GMIsAH73hJuvlHSXpsKZ/s1600/DSCF8213.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6IkvBsaN9F6my-x47J0QH_P8jgps_2_isrp3iEn5_OqMZ9l6R2tQdsir9yPX5A-J_QGmucVMtck7L4sA9t6dGDaqk7sKcwqnwKQ7jlUh2hieEjWJpP0AHOa0GMIsAH73hJuvlHSXpsKZ/s320/DSCF8213.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467835794253301826" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I ordered another 10 <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/herb_plants/chive_plant/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Chive</span></a> plants, I think I have mentioned that I was trying to line the edge of the veg beds with them, as this always seems to be a bit of a dead area, I love Chives not only are the great in food but they are so pretty when they flower.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCqeGMhB0XB5oEV5TjqpJcYk4-iRLbw_I0q3t6lpJ_uvBJQJz8HslqkH0YcwdVx2M7oWYE9ZWG3sY-IXJa8sNwn-zwqREZW7hl3QjQEKZPuhEK1KhBe1QWC3Wf-JZmHDG4fAjwM4QeWd4/s1600/DSCF8219.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCqeGMhB0XB5oEV5TjqpJcYk4-iRLbw_I0q3t6lpJ_uvBJQJz8HslqkH0YcwdVx2M7oWYE9ZWG3sY-IXJa8sNwn-zwqREZW7hl3QjQEKZPuhEK1KhBe1QWC3Wf-JZmHDG4fAjwM4QeWd4/s320/DSCF8219.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467843463032072066" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Another herd I wanted to try was <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/herb_plants/fennel_plant/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Fennel</span></a>, I've never grown it before (and am not entirely sure how you use it!) but I'm willing to try anything this year! 2 Plants are now at home in one of the Belfast sinks (as it was the only spot I had left!)</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOvw7bzdaQyLb8TpuPZtrSjwQWm-pfdD1hI8yet1M-ACGhHFWuvXPQnazoszPN_x1GhU7cLNw8uQ-tH40Yi-r3X8N4xy1BgKvYePZMVYhU4XYS1Z0sScqe4k5mZh8vUbR8wIFv2OhvOeh/s1600/DSCF8217.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOvw7bzdaQyLb8TpuPZtrSjwQWm-pfdD1hI8yet1M-ACGhHFWuvXPQnazoszPN_x1GhU7cLNw8uQ-tH40Yi-r3X8N4xy1BgKvYePZMVYhU4XYS1Z0sScqe4k5mZh8vUbR8wIFv2OhvOeh/s320/DSCF8217.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467843691242733298" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 295px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And lastly my <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_seeds/brussels_sprout_seed_long_season_cropping_blend/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Brussels Sprouts</span></a>, they are tucked into a corner where they can be left to just get on with things!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0NX0JP310kDW89rrDfdYvBPEy3HJIhWUCObLCgj1Li2uv7Gp5f9KT0csJtThM4Wn04WMc2p7WFMIEOI8Z7_KMj1W5vY3UoHZF3gAy6Utsq0ms6b0BpxUOEEgaib9HIYcXyazFETKonDC/s1600/DSCF8218.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0NX0JP310kDW89rrDfdYvBPEy3HJIhWUCObLCgj1Li2uv7Gp5f9KT0csJtThM4Wn04WMc2p7WFMIEOI8Z7_KMj1W5vY3UoHZF3gAy6Utsq0ms6b0BpxUOEEgaib9HIYcXyazFETKonDC/s320/DSCF8218.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467843685753827474" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We also have more of the <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_seeds/beetroot_seed_boltardy/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Boltardy Beetroot</span></a> which we grew last year but I haven't cleared a space for that yet, and more Chillie plants than you can shack a hot spicy stick at (Rich is very pleased!) Those I'll plant up tomorrow. </div><div><br /></div><div>Phew, I think I need a weekend off after all that!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms9Fl8JxluqnaROgXG82_IYwOurEse0krY62aiIQFaWVG2GSX8SB0rzt_7yRomWr4gIyhW4Ce9ZjSVry8m05Z-WQQVRtnf1iS7dOyZpOU-lZHWRzcJoDioHtij4K58uhgZnr1_kUFFY11/s1600/DSC00049.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms9Fl8JxluqnaROgXG82_IYwOurEse0krY62aiIQFaWVG2GSX8SB0rzt_7yRomWr4gIyhW4Ce9ZjSVry8m05Z-WQQVRtnf1iS7dOyZpOU-lZHWRzcJoDioHtij4K58uhgZnr1_kUFFY11/s320/DSC00049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467837869956095378" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div></div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-19806740972303134732010-04-26T13:30:00.000-07:002010-04-26T13:45:28.570-07:00Bee HouseI felt in need of a little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">DIY</span> project last week, 3 days tied to my desk and not being able to spend time in the garden and the lovely sunshine was enough. So on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Thursday</span> evening I set myself the task of build my own little Bee House, I'm sure you've all seen the ones they sell at garden centers...<div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBJBHG_HGoUXedm565ZMIuuGmXk487yH8b83zKB0KIvE3nT6bYwpIDmCGCyf0ejPO7CSVzn9mBsMxkrJpdNdymRKpdLJmOjvlnEFvV5coGxJYkM9iGPvU6JIhpp2f-laMuLHXsgeHIjqE/s1600/12489.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBJBHG_HGoUXedm565ZMIuuGmXk487yH8b83zKB0KIvE3nT6bYwpIDmCGCyf0ejPO7CSVzn9mBsMxkrJpdNdymRKpdLJmOjvlnEFvV5coGxJYkM9iGPvU6JIhpp2f-laMuLHXsgeHIjqE/s320/12489.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547129109214770" style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>...very nice but a little on the pricey side, and this time of year all spare pennies must be saved for the boot sales! So as we had a lot of old canes around the place I gave it a go.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKcUiPvgMvpDGrKjLmWoyojr0_i8lR0RkSucmll2gOfpblNM61ijn2jaRv488DWzcaMQFnp1SD_Jm2p_92ghtOslctXIck31pmO907lqDpFrQ-qQ70twIg60WUlubNNU8JUr5QqpGbtVz/s1600/bee+house6.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKcUiPvgMvpDGrKjLmWoyojr0_i8lR0RkSucmll2gOfpblNM61ijn2jaRv488DWzcaMQFnp1SD_Jm2p_92ghtOslctXIck31pmO907lqDpFrQ-qQ70twIg60WUlubNNU8JUr5QqpGbtVz/s320/bee+house6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547658504552722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I cut the canes up into 10" length with a hacksaw...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBOj6Coh7jN4BVyLl3UFnlWXc7SBvX1QhBRiioH2dxqIIy7hRsbyGqys2m4NYUGm0n0MpnRO-xILHm0q9yMNK5Wq45dbUN31_xkJtDIO9RL7LewOBb5VMLV2a_iiVzVzoqf1BFDLMjE32/s1600/bee+house5.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBOj6Coh7jN4BVyLl3UFnlWXc7SBvX1QhBRiioH2dxqIIy7hRsbyGqys2m4NYUGm0n0MpnRO-xILHm0q9yMNK5Wq45dbUN31_xkJtDIO9RL7LewOBb5VMLV2a_iiVzVzoqf1BFDLMjE32/s320/bee+house5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547655756889202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then bundled them together like fire wood and tied them with copper wire...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5JwKSFMrXYMoldb97xJxsGJOUCMgCuCsXfCB-hbtlx3DqeTA1HvOpWImu7F1phwrNo7t7SQN1TWzNNg8A0YgOXcj-M_UNf8AIbrDKNMkjZxjsorjZkjACcRV-4-T2FxT9p_Ip9ZN_6V5/s1600/bee+house3.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5JwKSFMrXYMoldb97xJxsGJOUCMgCuCsXfCB-hbtlx3DqeTA1HvOpWImu7F1phwrNo7t7SQN1TWzNNg8A0YgOXcj-M_UNf8AIbrDKNMkjZxjsorjZkjACcRV-4-T2FxT9p_Ip9ZN_6V5/s320/bee+house3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547145178085778" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>(<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">that's</span> me <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">concentrating</span> while Rich took pics!)</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0M_1WP4EqX4gM-SyXL9qKaKm4Rv2Agv3eWMljtJMvj1KvlFCZVZwfX3FEQ5oizaz7TbTeEwTXdVGZhq2p2sQl0xzbNjbwck9r1GDdxJbNJQdo9NtT7CJsrmDnMYJ7MutkrJgjR2Mle5L/s1600/bee+house4.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0M_1WP4EqX4gM-SyXL9qKaKm4Rv2Agv3eWMljtJMvj1KvlFCZVZwfX3FEQ5oizaz7TbTeEwTXdVGZhq2p2sQl0xzbNjbwck9r1GDdxJbNJQdo9NtT7CJsrmDnMYJ7MutkrJgjR2Mle5L/s320/bee+house4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547151234711762" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then I wrapped some green garden string around the ends to cover the wire up. </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQC-TAUXK6B80PJggqb3_8QYtXMKu0mIq54n23Y1PdeNo2JXK625MtvWFi2FZ6Nx3jyAC4B9Axm0yqL5E4t5BCfmKiXavC83FtsvYyUdsyb0g_tkRWw840MOZAgNdupMUzPCsxVYgSjDaY/s1600/bee+house1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQC-TAUXK6B80PJggqb3_8QYtXMKu0mIq54n23Y1PdeNo2JXK625MtvWFi2FZ6Nx3jyAC4B9Axm0yqL5E4t5BCfmKiXavC83FtsvYyUdsyb0g_tkRWw840MOZAgNdupMUzPCsxVYgSjDaY/s320/bee+house1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547136204200258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm really chuffed with the end result! and it cost me the grand total of bugger all, just half an hour of my time!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCtfh9tPG23adsWOgbc9QLfHMYWD9dmGnvlfu3dmr9qttpbEJq4J8PmY2A0WnTLLEmGKQCm_9zIMh2aOPCIppuTiCBlGqcgakUqqy3ZvUG5tG30lbYNwKJV1TvoJ6Xq88OhMsE4qyQuFn/s1600/bee+house2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCtfh9tPG23adsWOgbc9QLfHMYWD9dmGnvlfu3dmr9qttpbEJq4J8PmY2A0WnTLLEmGKQCm_9zIMh2aOPCIppuTiCBlGqcgakUqqy3ZvUG5tG30lbYNwKJV1TvoJ6Xq88OhMsE4qyQuFn/s320/bee+house2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547137951973378" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 192px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ok</span> not quite as smart as a shop brought one but I don't think the bees will care, hopefully this will encourage them away from the other side of the shed where the chicken coop is coming together, apparently them keep crawling into the old nail holes in the wood Rich is using! Cheeky bees!</div><div><br /></div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-3219331154062575602010-04-21T10:55:00.000-07:002010-04-21T12:56:17.841-07:00BusyWhere have I been?! Sorry life got on top of us for the last few weeks, there was holidays away in the sun, mounds of illustration work to wade through, chicken coops to work on, new computer to buy then load all my software on and in the last week the horrifying realisation that the Landrovers MOT is up on the 1st of May and the chances of her passing are slim to say the least (welding, over heating, knackered alternator ect ect.....big black Landrover shaped hole in our bank account...again)<div><br /></div><div>Poor Rich, he's been either under the Landys bonnet, crawling under my desk with wires or measure lengths of wood and trying to decide exactly how much square footage your average chicken needs to live on, I have spend most of my time making tea and asking if I can help! My poor lovely husband, no wonder he's going grey!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, a v.quick catch up on the garden and hopefully more pics this coming weekend.</div><div><br /></div><div>My <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/soft_bush_and_cane_fruits/raspberry_cane_polka/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Polka Raspberries</span></a> are starting to show some life, I cant wait for them to fruit, we don't seem to have any problems with birds on the All Golds (Rich reckons they cant see the yellow berries as they blend with with the leaves better?) I think I will have to net the red ones.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33-wrvo_4vvRMbK4huREtuPftZ-RsbnfUJYy-g0u7hzboIeMCKCXsvN7Imp7ZQiCnmvgSHZiVMHwR8n75-epBXKK4vT7l5UdlZhlcDrELfOMmzqtC1mMlnfPi6DAJwbcJTsyLP64hODF9/s1600/DSCF8152.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33-wrvo_4vvRMbK4huREtuPftZ-RsbnfUJYy-g0u7hzboIeMCKCXsvN7Imp7ZQiCnmvgSHZiVMHwR8n75-epBXKK4vT7l5UdlZhlcDrELfOMmzqtC1mMlnfPi6DAJwbcJTsyLP64hODF9/s320/DSCF8152.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462666693721050242" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I had my first batch of plants from<a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"> Victoriana Nursery</span></a> the weekend before last, I was really please as I was desperate to get my tomaotes in and going. This year I'll have 4 veriaties in the greenhouse, <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_plants/tomato_plant_tigerella/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">'Tigerella'</span></a> which we grew last years and was brilliant, very tasty! '<a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_plants/tomato_plant_shirleys_pixie/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Shirleys Pixie'</span></a> as small bush tomato which should give us v.small sweet fruits to go in salads and sandwiches.</div><div>'<a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_plants/tomato_plant_black_krim/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Black Krim</span></a>' which sounds a bit menacing, they are a large heirloom verity which should be good for sauces and soups, also they have purple flesh which should be interesting! </div><div>And lastly we will be having a<a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_plants/tamarillo_tree_tomato_plant/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"> 'Tamerillo Tree Tomato Plant'</span></a>, don't know about you but I'd never heard of them, apparently they have a plum like fruit that will carry on producing for 7 months of the year, click on the link about for more info! Anyway I thought they sounded really unusual and we've been trying to experiment with slight less well know fruit and veg so I'm really looking forward to what we'll get. We wont get the plant till May time so I'll post a pic when it arrives.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXzAU4EHIpbRg219aWrNxUeMAtQ1aHv1AaaMc3ZqtSHmgoeOXon4E5pB8G4cIj-kdV532tO-H-mpeBXJWOPQ0kO8C_x9_N8P8ZQEqPqqwPGeiqsv36cAQrYvHHkdkQ3yd89-VHFhKfQeB/s1600/DSCF8151.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXzAU4EHIpbRg219aWrNxUeMAtQ1aHv1AaaMc3ZqtSHmgoeOXon4E5pB8G4cIj-kdV532tO-H-mpeBXJWOPQ0kO8C_x9_N8P8ZQEqPqqwPGeiqsv36cAQrYvHHkdkQ3yd89-VHFhKfQeB/s320/DSCF8151.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462666681145217410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We will also be trying out a <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/exotic_fruits/goji_berry/#GojiMedicinal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Goji Berry</span></a> plant this year, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">ccording to folklore, people living in the Himalayas who eat Goji Berries are reputed to live to 120 odd, not sure about that but I'll get back to you in around 90 years and let you know how I'm going. Anyway they are another tasty fruit that we can have room to grow so its being added to the collection</span>.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We are a bit late with our spuds this year, mostly because I ran out of time before I went away so they had to wait 3 weeks. This year we have </span><a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_seeds/potato_tuber_forest_gold/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'Forest Gold'</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_seeds/potato_tuber_edzell_blue/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'Edzell Blue'</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> which is an amazing violet blue colour (I seem to have gone for a lot of purple fruit and veg this year, there is going to be some very odd coloured soup later in the year!)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;">On top of all the fruit and veg we've also had quite a few flowers, I'm trying to bulk the few flower beds we have out (most of the beds have edible stuff in!) to encourage bees and butterflies, so <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/pretty_perennials/hollyhock/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Hollyhocks</span></a>, <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/pretty_perennials/lupin_russel_hybrids/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Lupins</span></a>, <a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/pretty_perennials/drumstick_primula/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Drumstick Primulas</span></a> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><a href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/pretty_perennials/scented_geraniums/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Geraniums</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">have gone in, some in the bed around the Peach tree and the rest in pots around the pond, things are starting to look very pretty out there now (at last!!)</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAiisk2ALEtyZvF6rEciJfC3Ny6hNvgr0L6wQvrgOtaQ6-ndabpfGjd5LvZQMBL8iQ4w8U2r4rzXgsALHYJOjuKcAprH2MNFpXBHtl7_s6CFLaAqgJfyOX4QVlzHZEuDP1g2gOTFMe6JN/s1600/DSCF8158.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAiisk2ALEtyZvF6rEciJfC3Ny6hNvgr0L6wQvrgOtaQ6-ndabpfGjd5LvZQMBL8iQ4w8U2r4rzXgsALHYJOjuKcAprH2MNFpXBHtl7_s6CFLaAqgJfyOX4QVlzHZEuDP1g2gOTFMe6JN/s320/DSCF8158.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462666705077354610" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiLgXrLkxGucWMYS8nrYK3nyc08FYPgxwVMxJ-3C5i3L3Lq5zyqnbnOtmDLQE8yhklo20I_Jteq93GmNp-fJW86_pW51GCYZQ8zK_0kpRNaeA4UkDUN735N8sr0Hhoi1ZPAsJTRk2L7xbx/s1600/DSCF8157.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiLgXrLkxGucWMYS8nrYK3nyc08FYPgxwVMxJ-3C5i3L3Lq5zyqnbnOtmDLQE8yhklo20I_Jteq93GmNp-fJW86_pW51GCYZQ8zK_0kpRNaeA4UkDUN735N8sr0Hhoi1ZPAsJTRk2L7xbx/s320/DSCF8157.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462654643980137554" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm so pleased that Spring seem to be here at last, its so good to be able to walk around the garden and see everything starting to flower, it makes my soul feel lighter.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjB5uyxdDpf-qT73XUIx2cYCjiM_5FzlwE637T5iF_3ODfH9JBK8CZuaaJ4-kYN2fSRgPCCu9kXcbpu4OSwhBach-t3zUu76XV1Ij2SWHQ7iPoLTs474nI2-oCR6s567lbcoCjD1x9zcA/s1600/DSCF8159.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjB5uyxdDpf-qT73XUIx2cYCjiM_5FzlwE637T5iF_3ODfH9JBK8CZuaaJ4-kYN2fSRgPCCu9kXcbpu4OSwhBach-t3zUu76XV1Ij2SWHQ7iPoLTs474nI2-oCR6s567lbcoCjD1x9zcA/s320/DSCF8159.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462666719488073842" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-62478726481457729892010-03-17T15:06:00.000-07:002010-03-17T15:54:46.734-07:00The Great Shed RevampThat's right, we have finally begun the great shed revamp, the first step in building what will eventually become the chicken coop!<br /><br />We have a very old shed up near our cottage, it has needed tidying up since we moved in but has been far down the list of jobs to do, however Rich has promised me Chickens for my birthday (end of May!) and the only place for a good sized coop is on the concrete slab next to the shed. This however means that all the old ship lap that covers the front of the shed has to be removed, its old and a bit tatty and the gaps between the planks would be a nice breeding ground for lice, so we're replacing it with tight fitting tongue and groove. Here's Rich removing the old planks...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2m8qzHi2sSgERuz1bEwRvoCcO7cHppviQkMLhBgGc1BAL0Wa7MeaPXCqluZA-EAGyijSs-PJpdiQvShhNq0s2N9-9TACbhFra-pl4PxO9o0YlYZpFPwyHsPBQRWqH-CIyA9gE2sVTmlI3/s1600-h/DSCF8127.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2m8qzHi2sSgERuz1bEwRvoCcO7cHppviQkMLhBgGc1BAL0Wa7MeaPXCqluZA-EAGyijSs-PJpdiQvShhNq0s2N9-9TACbhFra-pl4PxO9o0YlYZpFPwyHsPBQRWqH-CIyA9gE2sVTmlI3/s320/DSCF8127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449729395860507906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As the tongue and groove is being used outside it needed to be treated with something the keeps it weather proof, we decided on a coloured stain so from one slightly tatty brown shed to a lovely blue one...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrgJpzZpGCxtlw4VtLB_4VadO6G-BSJi7qnPg9F1eaTUu8xdHaic2oAsxVTe0RhSN2gq4LUVy9OinotVTm5F8tkk0BHQSz_Spuy8wA5RFx_g3nqFtsGw3PKO7vYfvJRL63NTP-wuS7gMC/s1600-h/DSCF8135.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrgJpzZpGCxtlw4VtLB_4VadO6G-BSJi7qnPg9F1eaTUu8xdHaic2oAsxVTe0RhSN2gq4LUVy9OinotVTm5F8tkk0BHQSz_Spuy8wA5RFx_g3nqFtsGw3PKO7vYfvJRL63NTP-wuS7gMC/s320/DSCF8135.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449729403144700386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It goes really nice against the Bath stone don't you think!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93ZrUkdfiZVCihYcmY_EuVUXSPiMiH7nX8YYOohZsTYDqoqIPlB8ywwO3uL2P4DlcatrH6YhTM1uVG4IEiCA7TDxHb4v43fkILDEASR7ONG7GC6RJSOTk-P70JLP01eXP5vEJQacmgmBr/s1600-h/DSCF8149.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93ZrUkdfiZVCihYcmY_EuVUXSPiMiH7nX8YYOohZsTYDqoqIPlB8ywwO3uL2P4DlcatrH6YhTM1uVG4IEiCA7TDxHb4v43fkILDEASR7ONG7GC6RJSOTk-P70JLP01eXP5vEJQacmgmBr/s320/DSCF8149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449729411454548098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Above you can see the space where Rich will build the coop. Poor love, he does get asked to do the impossible by me sometimes! He was supposed to be building this with my Dad so sadly now its going to have to be a solo project. I have every faith in my lovely Husband, I'm sure he's going to make a brilliant job of it!<br /><br />While Rich was making our shed look pretty, I was trying to tidy up our neglected pond. I think I've mentioned the pond before, it acts as a water butt for the run off from the roof of the cottage, I wish I could take credit for this great idea but it was the old couple who owned our house before us who installed it. Basically there's a splitter coming off the down pipe that then travels under the patio, through a flower bread and a rockery and out into the pond. I use it all summer to water the pots on the patio and every year we get a lot of frogs and newts in it (which I like to thinks keeps the slug population in check).<br /><br />Over the last couple of years it has got very over grown, so the weekend was a perfect time to give it a much needed trim...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzC8leNXqVV_pm5fODX4DkQy5U2SdrHeqIhg6skQQC-RlOuF1SG-kO-y2UCd03rmEz5lDX6DAMqhhcTv74oKTQLNEhCGVG8gHosqdUFFDIdId829pfONxGta84qdaGi6292K4WHJ80gcKs/s1600-h/DSCF8140.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzC8leNXqVV_pm5fODX4DkQy5U2SdrHeqIhg6skQQC-RlOuF1SG-kO-y2UCd03rmEz5lDX6DAMqhhcTv74oKTQLNEhCGVG8gHosqdUFFDIdId829pfONxGta84qdaGi6292K4WHJ80gcKs/s320/DSCF8140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449734027627556306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO8sb98GxU_m9l43G5AKFZDDbc_Ku7iRcIuxvr8hkjlBKHkleS6djB8yBnyxZqktHo4K-d1Vv45HDN41Uw-Ux4-jXUdDYrbZISyfYPBs8tQNuqZ-NQzFUIVey4Pb9LU70XHDkjT53jx8j/s1600-h/DSCF8147.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO8sb98GxU_m9l43G5AKFZDDbc_Ku7iRcIuxvr8hkjlBKHkleS6djB8yBnyxZqktHo4K-d1Vv45HDN41Uw-Ux4-jXUdDYrbZISyfYPBs8tQNuqZ-NQzFUIVey4Pb9LU70XHDkjT53jx8j/s320/DSCF8147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449734044042833554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A vast improvement! and as I was clearing it this little chap came out from the weeds...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje46juesf8hacbxUxIwu85xdOoH4THDnn9rssYesZ-1usAsaFcAGiyYSLoGMNAfq01fGQWsvdcQ9jUHm_BU61DiCekhGTjDjwbfgnAf411JKHoi_sA93OOkKkbAQGj9xHjH7Iv8pekSru2/s1600-h/DSCF8143.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje46juesf8hacbxUxIwu85xdOoH4THDnn9rssYesZ-1usAsaFcAGiyYSLoGMNAfq01fGQWsvdcQ9jUHm_BU61DiCekhGTjDjwbfgnAf411JKHoi_sA93OOkKkbAQGj9xHjH7Iv8pekSru2/s320/DSCF8143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449734036050889938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And lastly another little project that we will eventually get round to finishing is my new vegetable rack. Our cottage is tiny so storage of any kind is limited, and storing our crops is always tricky. I brought these lovely old apple bushels from the wonderful <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.gardenalia.co.uk/">Gardenalia</a> for the amazingly bargainus price of £7 each!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oY_sycHF4QiYLyFIZphapYsYjeLOH7nyc0FMoxTFYrN7o7m7eFd7AwPgqgGCts1YwsCdxzO53_BtkFsq93HIIT2bN0ZDbHr43D9OcZtqFbgv4v0f6ObTRXis3pCNpQiBq-GNOCMH5c7e/s1600-h/DSCF8130.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oY_sycHF4QiYLyFIZphapYsYjeLOH7nyc0FMoxTFYrN7o7m7eFd7AwPgqgGCts1YwsCdxzO53_BtkFsq93HIIT2bN0ZDbHr43D9OcZtqFbgv4v0f6ObTRXis3pCNpQiBq-GNOCMH5c7e/s320/DSCF8130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449729423155185810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These will be sanded, wood worm treated and then made into a unit for storing, potatoes, onions ect...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxN-zWSJg6EHACvjqWVtmwXDZ3D-IcwNPLFDv-lwPVM93qEc8FVOOcqqjsu0iRJCNv_C8VrSd2h_jHR52LSfV0M97R71v87kf5gjuE99pkhLXlb-AcVcNPq_pcAAo7chEtXf7YPesgXYV/s1600-h/DSCF8132.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxN-zWSJg6EHACvjqWVtmwXDZ3D-IcwNPLFDv-lwPVM93qEc8FVOOcqqjsu0iRJCNv_C8VrSd2h_jHR52LSfV0M97R71v87kf5gjuE99pkhLXlb-AcVcNPq_pcAAo7chEtXf7YPesgXYV/s320/DSCF8132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449729437528967442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Not sure when we'll get this finished, Rich and I both have books to finish up, and I'm running off for 2 weeks hols, I'll add it to the ever lengthening list!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5S24qd8Few6oZcbV51tGbj2F2sdR3uQpBFZaNBvmke4aBr6JOigJu2bVtoZgZgAktRmWpLMI6O8W0csBe3nKyywYBF7xaAJ8ldqAVN3e8DqjebctVcOJK0Yd2F3mZpQfmfj8w-ckVUodh/s1600-h/DSCF8133.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5S24qd8Few6oZcbV51tGbj2F2sdR3uQpBFZaNBvmke4aBr6JOigJu2bVtoZgZgAktRmWpLMI6O8W0csBe3nKyywYBF7xaAJ8ldqAVN3e8DqjebctVcOJK0Yd2F3mZpQfmfj8w-ckVUodh/s320/DSCF8133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449734065050475074" border="0" /></a>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-61091704519975812512010-02-25T07:14:00.000-08:002010-02-25T07:41:48.785-08:00Peachs & Apricots!Finally we managed to get our Peach all planted and snug! This is our second Peach Tree from <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/">Victoriana Nursery's</a>, we decided to give our first one away to Rich's sister Gemma for her birthday ( Gem send me a pic when its all planted up!!) there's nothing like family forcing fruit trees on you!!<br /><br />So we got another for our garden and decided to go for an Apricot as well (you can never have enough soft fruit!) We decided to plant the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/fruit_and_nut_trees/apricot_tree_hargrand/">Apricot (Hargrand)</a> up on the edge of our little lawn, in front of where the chicken coop will be going (yes, its happening this year for definite, watch this space!!) the orchard at the bottom of the garden is now full so we're having to squeeze trees and bushes in where we can, I want to make the whole garden as productive as possible!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJyKZCJa1j_fhG2ZfRxBCe2aB7sgVLm2x3QyIvUii_IEAhg9evMQ34QwlIdEkM_mmgXI5_GbyHsTnaRhyphenhyphenDbfVnza11ftl_M-8VHmx_87EFzahwTUccQbNvdY4pJF6TumdMjYkXyao1jEQ/s1600-h/kat&apricot.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJyKZCJa1j_fhG2ZfRxBCe2aB7sgVLm2x3QyIvUii_IEAhg9evMQ34QwlIdEkM_mmgXI5_GbyHsTnaRhyphenhyphenDbfVnza11ftl_M-8VHmx_87EFzahwTUccQbNvdY4pJF6TumdMjYkXyao1jEQ/s320/kat&apricot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442201171591257026" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Rich kindly obliged by digging the hole despite a nasty cold (arr my poor lovely!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1WKdHIbR3eVDeEItYYy8nJgkDdMzIQqNVNTCJn4qnzyKGKn5-LNkCLNcLNUkhuTa26W9kN8ICBCnxVxoDzBbRiSNwu4jUfBmF7LfDpsxljtv7dAOlbYfnl7iisz8x0W9WkzPHSgtrKTd/s1600-h/apricot.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1WKdHIbR3eVDeEItYYy8nJgkDdMzIQqNVNTCJn4qnzyKGKn5-LNkCLNcLNUkhuTa26W9kN8ICBCnxVxoDzBbRiSNwu4jUfBmF7LfDpsxljtv7dAOlbYfnl7iisz8x0W9WkzPHSgtrKTd/s320/apricot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442201163660024834" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ok I know it doesn't look amazing now, its looks like a twig BUT it is a twig with potential!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7jKoHmzWHCL02P1h_dSdXKqAyakdamC8FeoGXJeo1KQDBMfTpXEN0O6Q0FswmS8MlXpwJR0Xa-gXiqouv6KZOmNYTQyr1Nq_k8LRBZrJE9n8bJ_ijJLkXpg5WwY5d1kOa7ET0sssYet2/s1600-h/rich&apricot.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7jKoHmzWHCL02P1h_dSdXKqAyakdamC8FeoGXJeo1KQDBMfTpXEN0O6Q0FswmS8MlXpwJR0Xa-gXiqouv6KZOmNYTQyr1Nq_k8LRBZrJE9n8bJ_ijJLkXpg5WwY5d1kOa7ET0sssYet2/s320/rich&apricot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442201185766109426" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Heres Rich with the Peach twig (sorry I mean <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/fruit_and_nut_trees/peach_tree_red_haven/">Peach Tree Red Haven</a>)!<br /><br />This tree we planted nearer the house in a flower bed that is a sun trap in the Spring and Summer, we previously had a ornamental cherry in here but I dug it up in favour of a more useful tree (don't worry the cherry was re-homed on freecycle)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7SW0zHOamsW9zGyZ-wewNcd218YKsqyDmSQg7jE1zrA8DWGPlbUkg4TX11l6Z_WfgUsEm94HeIoSjdqkNn9fnyKWo-yRnIg4cCjl85S4c2LegeXziMKODd46ZBPfnJChzq8pvkAL3_dE/s1600-h/peach.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7SW0zHOamsW9zGyZ-wewNcd218YKsqyDmSQg7jE1zrA8DWGPlbUkg4TX11l6Z_WfgUsEm94HeIoSjdqkNn9fnyKWo-yRnIg4cCjl85S4c2LegeXziMKODd46ZBPfnJChzq8pvkAL3_dE/s320/peach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442201175973115506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Its nice to be outside again doing something productive in the garden, I feel Spring is just around the corner...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LkcGlCO_7g-QeKgrzJ-31iG8b04LGBnRrpHrao4-6XGVmf642GDQoeU7FNpRZY1stjybGbvYmMF4s-eEfigJFDx9_jSak77EAWJ6jMrOuVpRJ9NmKbQjaN9g_F4uENYJ3T0TZNfvVws3/s1600-h/crocuses.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LkcGlCO_7g-QeKgrzJ-31iG8b04LGBnRrpHrao4-6XGVmf642GDQoeU7FNpRZY1stjybGbvYmMF4s-eEfigJFDx9_jSak77EAWJ6jMrOuVpRJ9NmKbQjaN9g_F4uENYJ3T0TZNfvVws3/s320/crocuses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442201165207309154" border="0" /></a>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-70521153919586526792010-02-25T06:33:00.000-08:002010-02-25T07:12:01.809-08:00A Little Time OutRich and I had a little time out last week, we went up to Shropshire to see ours Mums.<br />We had a really good week, although I must say I am heartily sick of bloody snow now, just stop ok...and give us our spring already!!<br /><br />I was full of good intentions of taking lots of nice pics of good old Shropshire but everything was either muddy, gray, windy as hell or snowing so I didn't bother. The only day I took my lovely new camera out(That Rich brought me for xmas. Thanks Lovely!) was the Tuesday which was the nicest day of the week. I made Richard take me out for a little culture and the possibility of learning stuff! We when to <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attractions/blists_hill_victorian_town/">Blists Hill Victorian Town</a> and it was BRILLIANT!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ak2FS7VvHqab4gMCqJ3WTbhPt4fX7AelV0Sk_6FU0d9NSp0U2Xz4a8JSUdSqrLDngH_OiYDbk-x218QlZZpeO9DQwkWRqEanFHQ-BZ97owWoCw_TMr_1mSQCKHtLpMzaftFkLHPZlxmk/s1600-h/main+street2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ak2FS7VvHqab4gMCqJ3WTbhPt4fX7AelV0Sk_6FU0d9NSp0U2Xz4a8JSUdSqrLDngH_OiYDbk-x218QlZZpeO9DQwkWRqEanFHQ-BZ97owWoCw_TMr_1mSQCKHtLpMzaftFkLHPZlxmk/s320/main+street2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442191715189542658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attractions/blists_hill_victorian_town/">Blists Hill</a> is a Victorian Town, all the staff around the place are in full costume, there are shops you can go in a buy goods, a pub, fish and chip shop (ooh my god the chips are good!), chemists, bakery, printers everything, there's even a bank where you can change your money so you can shop with old currency (which totally confused me!).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhF7wtSE8LyUU7fpSFqY-oB5_cDV_8L593WHzATcQ-GP25I2rTQ6XojN7fuLVnOHPJIWoSDdmv-zPvfZjerH46CMP_2Y7Yf1pHAej1AV_TUfAuGhAxjA6R8XZego2mYeAKqEfEWIXXamoC/s1600-h/main+street.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhF7wtSE8LyUU7fpSFqY-oB5_cDV_8L593WHzATcQ-GP25I2rTQ6XojN7fuLVnOHPJIWoSDdmv-zPvfZjerH46CMP_2Y7Yf1pHAej1AV_TUfAuGhAxjA6R8XZego2mYeAKqEfEWIXXamoC/s320/main+street.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442191709071390866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attractions/blists_hill_victorian_town/">Blists Hill</a> is situated in <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/">Ironbridge</a> which is just a few miles from Shrewsbury where I grew up, consequently my school did regular visits here whenever possible (can you image 60 kids running round here annoying the staff and trying to push each other in the canal!)<br />Neither Rich or I have been since we left school so fancied seeing it again after 15 years and I'm glad to say it didn't disappoint.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEmMVXwDeyw4RFluiBKBW9fM0G91Rho9M2ixUPeuUofOH_EFqmMbNBiXdyb8xA8TVAXQovwfUhEHDkWLiZeGgszabSwJ7WXuuJzxCJnWzuKB-ybwyzd7vrH9KOcoUHX9EXmcubCWXLxoo/s1600-h/main+street3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEmMVXwDeyw4RFluiBKBW9fM0G91Rho9M2ixUPeuUofOH_EFqmMbNBiXdyb8xA8TVAXQovwfUhEHDkWLiZeGgszabSwJ7WXuuJzxCJnWzuKB-ybwyzd7vrH9KOcoUHX9EXmcubCWXLxoo/s320/main+street3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442191718430592290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The whole place is so beautifully kept, the buildings are amazing and the stuff in the shops (most of it props which sadly you can't buy other wise I would have spent a fortune!) are incredible and the staff, most of which are crafts people themselves are obviously really passionate about what their doing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwcedCRQe4jOOpmGw6pHzplZ5VllAkGwFYmnJWnADSeTQz8QPTg-9XtfnEa30t50SZyz-SWdjnK-29J6npFAmYwKt5lQvjUGL8LQSdrPjodaqCstXiUF6rZ6uoH5H0FhmjYMk3noa-j26/s1600-h/plaster+moulds.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwcedCRQe4jOOpmGw6pHzplZ5VllAkGwFYmnJWnADSeTQz8QPTg-9XtfnEa30t50SZyz-SWdjnK-29J6npFAmYwKt5lQvjUGL8LQSdrPjodaqCstXiUF6rZ6uoH5H0FhmjYMk3noa-j26/s320/plaster+moulds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442191720206163554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You can get a real feel for what life was like back then, right down to the horse and cart going up the street and the pigs and chicken every households or business seem to have kept (wish I had a pig sty like this!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_pgt_nLRkASUdaY1T3B6ydD9deMuxhyUQOxRWxRMVgyWSDNqQV9BnpjAb3RuKSxan7b6mcE1KxubVxhzBT9_94e_pRNnaGxnXP_cyA0qS5JmaHOli_Vs02gqdPMJPiNEnOGKDfIvK2I0/s1600-h/pigs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_pgt_nLRkASUdaY1T3B6ydD9deMuxhyUQOxRWxRMVgyWSDNqQV9BnpjAb3RuKSxan7b6mcE1KxubVxhzBT9_94e_pRNnaGxnXP_cyA0qS5JmaHOli_Vs02gqdPMJPiNEnOGKDfIvK2I0/s320/pigs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442195384585806370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Rich and I discussed it and decided that had we been Victorians this is the house we would have liked to live it...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_C3nTkilEquIDYBxCkso-ThIByTv_0216CIf9uSUU91DDGX03CeutVR8OBitx5D5nQXHdxiD2u4Nmzg-wwieGdAMLiJmFGeivEGMYBMkCDIplVf31n00FpLMuom93Y3_X8DOkOOQ2RTG/s1600-h/doctors+house.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_C3nTkilEquIDYBxCkso-ThIByTv_0216CIf9uSUU91DDGX03CeutVR8OBitx5D5nQXHdxiD2u4Nmzg-wwieGdAMLiJmFGeivEGMYBMkCDIplVf31n00FpLMuom93Y3_X8DOkOOQ2RTG/s320/doctors+house.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442191705150676002" border="0" /></a><br /><br />although realistically and knowing me and Rich it would have been more like to have been this one...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9s5Z2zV0DqsW3u2a4AINuFGe6fewPE6qxm3y7IVKDy2WvB3Q3YDQigRQUKZOB3EKw_U9KywfHDrt5oMDXlPdqEoIplPjHeQMwV_hOFqPfAgfifzaXyz4GI8zZ5ep9qz7lhU9TLeSm4ibz/s1600-h/squatters+cottage.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9s5Z2zV0DqsW3u2a4AINuFGe6fewPE6qxm3y7IVKDy2WvB3Q3YDQigRQUKZOB3EKw_U9KywfHDrt5oMDXlPdqEoIplPjHeQMwV_hOFqPfAgfifzaXyz4GI8zZ5ep9qz7lhU9TLeSm4ibz/s320/squatters+cottage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442195388239729954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...the Squatters Cottage!<br /><br />All in all a great day out, if you find yourself in Shropshire GO!Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-24267308901276929512010-01-26T09:46:00.000-08:002010-01-26T10:43:49.880-08:00A Bad DayDon't you hate those days where not matter what you do everything seems to be going wrong, my day started of with me wanting to beat my computer with a very large stick! Why does it decide to go on strike when every I have a lot of work on?! One of life delightful little mysteries evidently.<br /><br />Anyway my day picked up with the arrival of the post after lunch...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_rS7mPA-Jdt2R0zkQ0vTGDuFPn04SF3KrKHELqEDv5qpSZGfY_djgA5q-qXpOkLxe3zv7EB46menhmWQf-TJk7GQdkC3x-n97FCOuGhvAEZgUVTkCLnsqbi80147AFWVj6PKdKdg_G5O/s1600-h/parcel.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_rS7mPA-Jdt2R0zkQ0vTGDuFPn04SF3KrKHELqEDv5qpSZGfY_djgA5q-qXpOkLxe3zv7EB46menhmWQf-TJk7GQdkC3x-n97FCOuGhvAEZgUVTkCLnsqbi80147AFWVj6PKdKdg_G5O/s320/parcel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431108131274730866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So naturally I dumped my paying work and went to have a look...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomqn-xzcQS95fEysKpC6o6qSuGwQ84Pxytr_jafQfE7Jcju8MuHD77zHDPzA5keRrNze8p654rn2aVWT0zlXYuRpOIj0AX3rrl-XOE9VT6XJ2BZ8EZ74YcXzt6E7qrdu7xqferl7EzD8v/s1600-h/peach1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomqn-xzcQS95fEysKpC6o6qSuGwQ84Pxytr_jafQfE7Jcju8MuHD77zHDPzA5keRrNze8p654rn2aVWT0zlXYuRpOIj0AX3rrl-XOE9VT6XJ2BZ8EZ74YcXzt6E7qrdu7xqferl7EzD8v/s320/peach1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431108136692385746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Its the first of this years plants from the wonderful <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/">Victoriana Nursery's</a>, in this parcel was 6 <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/soft_bush_and_cane_fruits/raspberry_cane_polka/">Polka Raspberry Canes</a>, a <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/fruit_and_nut_trees/peach_tree_red_haven/">Red Haven Peach tree</a> , some <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/flower_seeds/giant_headed_sunflower_seed/">Giant Headed Sunflower Seeds</a> and 2 packets of <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/flower_seeds/cornflower_seed_crown_blue/">Corn Flower seeds</a>...nice!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MIBfK_M8htbgEk2f9zaVNoFaUJFFWD3nJ2AmY1ecBdghfRxhfU-IxLmw7VRjnIQwo8N5yx-gDINS7BwiV6i1OMEm8pXG8Z78YHO2FI-C0nox5xrc9sZhM1gUS1wmJ7cHY1RjKoRPfQR_/s1600-h/peach,raspberrys%26stella.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MIBfK_M8htbgEk2f9zaVNoFaUJFFWD3nJ2AmY1ecBdghfRxhfU-IxLmw7VRjnIQwo8N5yx-gDINS7BwiV6i1OMEm8pXG8Z78YHO2FI-C0nox5xrc9sZhM1gUS1wmJ7cHY1RjKoRPfQR_/s320/peach,raspberrys%26stella.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431108134833638930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I had got the bed prepared for the Raspberries on Sunday, we already had 2 rows of All Gold Raspberries that I got from Freecycle 18 months ago. They have been wonderful, really heavy croppers which has sort of been the problem, with nearly 15 plants all fruiting in September we cant eat the damn things fast enough (yes, yes I know the anwser is make jam!)<br />So I decided to take out the front row and replace them with an earlier fruiting variety to lengthen our Raspberry eating season (and it gives me plenty of time to learn now to make jam too!!)<br /><br />Anyway all this led to me order 6 <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/soft_bush_and_cane_fruits/raspberry_cane_polka/">Polka Raspberries</a>, a variety from Poland that fruits on the first years wood (excellent if you are as impatient as me)<br />So out came my trusty All Golds, to be given away on Freecycle (again)...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvofhfJSY7Bk57oSf04wAi-rriEyxQKKpIm2PhzQLg1dBk0DGoZ-EkP5pFdev03k1hfVX6RxMLAmlfZ-SteVWG9NRJ8oyz4gX-q3uzjm26Fm47giNx-68ZCpbAeY9Qjk5P5KGw8Jq2dN1/s1600-h/raspberries2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvofhfJSY7Bk57oSf04wAi-rriEyxQKKpIm2PhzQLg1dBk0DGoZ-EkP5pFdev03k1hfVX6RxMLAmlfZ-SteVWG9NRJ8oyz4gX-q3uzjm26Fm47giNx-68ZCpbAeY9Qjk5P5KGw8Jq2dN1/s320/raspberries2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431117526687224130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and the bed was dug over with some good compost from our bins.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbSUPUrv_DRaGNUabW5LKGObP7Q9vuVVzvLcszeAqpZJFzOCAQhz_l3maBhfMjjchpjno6fzvXggwBqThmgMb3gyLjxYv3C13Pc6hg3QTQCpDPWxjq61HYbHbI4bCHSUKHTVHLICU935O/s1600-h/raspberries1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbSUPUrv_DRaGNUabW5LKGObP7Q9vuVVzvLcszeAqpZJFzOCAQhz_l3maBhfMjjchpjno6fzvXggwBqThmgMb3gyLjxYv3C13Pc6hg3QTQCpDPWxjq61HYbHbI4bCHSUKHTVHLICU935O/s320/raspberries1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431108143686159106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So late this afternoon I managed to get out there and put my new canes in...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWHKLJILeNw7hO1y7dzgnn6pmzL4ficDvGQzNAvEIItr52wTDfPYk1m2mrweqTtbXhda10dyubsM30NWocQWWD28iigjBErf3e9Lgc1gZv0AA8o63WxrfHb6Vb5-bIZbhSql-qPnHuQRB/s1600-h/raspberries5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWHKLJILeNw7hO1y7dzgnn6pmzL4ficDvGQzNAvEIItr52wTDfPYk1m2mrweqTtbXhda10dyubsM30NWocQWWD28iigjBErf3e9Lgc1gZv0AA8o63WxrfHb6Vb5-bIZbhSql-qPnHuQRB/s320/raspberries5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431117536044531586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and here they are looking all neat!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPj3FTEmTtHLm85UG5xQ5Y1IgAM1MrxaHCfLlR1Gvu-0fuvUERTNMVQmqkOdi7XooMJ9uaqFaexw2jMNtyntOmywdK2tQDyoiJxJJsNcNB2aaFP83l3rKF9uL_BNVmA4RK3dn9tsz1zRb/s1600-h/raspberries4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPj3FTEmTtHLm85UG5xQ5Y1IgAM1MrxaHCfLlR1Gvu-0fuvUERTNMVQmqkOdi7XooMJ9uaqFaexw2jMNtyntOmywdK2tQDyoiJxJJsNcNB2aaFP83l3rKF9uL_BNVmA4RK3dn9tsz1zRb/s320/raspberries4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431117530863351154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So the tree will be planted tomorrow as I ran out of daylight to do it this afternoon. I have wanted a Peach Tree forever (because I'm that sad!) but was under the impression I needed a huge greenhouse or a south facing wall to grow it up, but <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/about_victoriana_nursery_gardens.asp">Stephen</a> assures me that my south facing sloping garden with good drainage will do just as well! How exciting!! I can't wait, I don't care if we only ever get 1 fruit of it!<br /><br />So a bad day that managed to get slightly better, phew!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aydpNAdqyxpJEG5GgIZYhwmGCsYRFout52leMDFqVX6u_zAULTwkMgruGjM8UysNIfapxe67smHgPNPm_mL_2yJi8yp0l3oJg_ZQtWxO3lygaw5mRvvfxMBIBHk28SsjZEiO86io9m8H/s1600-h/sunset.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aydpNAdqyxpJEG5GgIZYhwmGCsYRFout52leMDFqVX6u_zAULTwkMgruGjM8UysNIfapxe67smHgPNPm_mL_2yJi8yp0l3oJg_ZQtWxO3lygaw5mRvvfxMBIBHk28SsjZEiO86io9m8H/s320/sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431117538177641202" border="0" /></a>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-3199616060565525732010-01-20T09:17:00.000-08:002010-01-20T09:32:06.082-08:00Moving On......Not forgetting but time to move on I think.<br /><br />Well for obvious reason we haven't really been up to much, funny how much time missing someone can eat up in a day!<br /><br />The weather has just been to appalling to go anywhere near the garden, which has been very neglected for the last 2 months what with one thing and another, hopefully this weekend I will get some time to get out there and tidy up a bit, I will also be making decisions on veg to plant in the spring soon.<br /><br />Much of our time this week as been spent indoors, desperately trying to get some artwork done and also tidying up after Christmas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfgRGMuOQwb0ZYvvK69xbodgjTTMe25g8LMuydPEWuKGhrGRFFofXwZ_69dCmjZkubOwgQ5V8SYV-qP98aV-mHsRFTNbM0buSn4admeR1siwGexEirS6B07NJSK_tK29fcB-ouhmIym2G/s1600-h/living+room.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfgRGMuOQwb0ZYvvK69xbodgjTTMe25g8LMuydPEWuKGhrGRFFofXwZ_69dCmjZkubOwgQ5V8SYV-qP98aV-mHsRFTNbM0buSn4admeR1siwGexEirS6B07NJSK_tK29fcB-ouhmIym2G/s320/living+room.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428873771893047586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have finally stopped sweeping up pine needles, thank god, kept finding them embedded in my socks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsbanZ8sY-sgj-UgIeeKZ8oqJHTNNdSrdsDFEAjjeWqw9_9VtWUmnCdMVtTWKwpcCwIpsyVLTqS0_RC9nKb1lhdZvzC88cAJJQ0kPjCRiAE0jjtWuZKLHweKCNP0_dyCwm0nm0vx8wogi/s1600-h/iris.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsbanZ8sY-sgj-UgIeeKZ8oqJHTNNdSrdsDFEAjjeWqw9_9VtWUmnCdMVtTWKwpcCwIpsyVLTqS0_RC9nKb1lhdZvzC88cAJJQ0kPjCRiAE0jjtWuZKLHweKCNP0_dyCwm0nm0vx8wogi/s320/iris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428873777080902770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A few flowers around the place to make me smile.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOThZVP6phvmWgJwPb6w377l0s3_CJ3Wb3yybfhwRHVExrfyi6j_23G9SrWOA6HUPF29sZbWOLHxRMrB_WO2IlQyhTfO70e5L0Uy1fe0ewZtdLB5tCox10kUPMYk14yRX40BliZ_VxrcvS/s1600-h/candel+stick.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOThZVP6phvmWgJwPb6w377l0s3_CJ3Wb3yybfhwRHVExrfyi6j_23G9SrWOA6HUPF29sZbWOLHxRMrB_WO2IlQyhTfO70e5L0Uy1fe0ewZtdLB5tCox10kUPMYk14yRX40BliZ_VxrcvS/s320/candel+stick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428873780054669074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is a little project Rich and I did last week, I found this old cotton reel in a junk shop in Shropshire, so we made it into a lovely candle stick to go next to the stove. Very shitty chic as my Dad would say!Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-83458167759133617252009-12-31T10:56:00.001-08:002010-01-01T12:51:02.058-08:00Goodbye<div>I have written before on this blog about my Dad, about his <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">influence</span> on me and my sister and whether he knew it or not on most of the people he met. I could go on for pages about the sort of guy he was but for the moment I will <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">re frame</span> or I will end up crying all over my Mums laptop! </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BG4VKJmumCKr9JR424kBy1E8qqBWP19vxwJrv-Oo0WDgOr8uqT45yQDSPwcuz_OPzKu9u2NTUNvQLt3sD2X1qJW0DnpIAjjX_5dsvyEeL-JGcLmy9bAnSEl1xpBSXGTBrkjhWYLYKMKN/s1600-h/dad&guitar"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421478920679480258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BG4VKJmumCKr9JR424kBy1E8qqBWP19vxwJrv-Oo0WDgOr8uqT45yQDSPwcuz_OPzKu9u2NTUNvQLt3sD2X1qJW0DnpIAjjX_5dsvyEeL-JGcLmy9bAnSEl1xpBSXGTBrkjhWYLYKMKN/s320/dad&guitar" /></a></div><br /><div>Our wonderfully Dad died on the 27<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">December</span> 2009 aged just 60.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FnHa773IWYYhAfADzygiH_gnRR-c2PwoNdwFxpp76hTQukhNx8xMu5P-bc0xDT_UoFm1OHCe4XFxJgLOUDMo9E0OWsOGITAGoORomcBh37zw-pZvds54pWaasd3Fjbw23YE4L_XTXgm1/s1600-h/kate&dad2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421874332866848594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FnHa773IWYYhAfADzygiH_gnRR-c2PwoNdwFxpp76hTQukhNx8xMu5P-bc0xDT_UoFm1OHCe4XFxJgLOUDMo9E0OWsOGITAGoORomcBh37zw-pZvds54pWaasd3Fjbw23YE4L_XTXgm1/s320/kate&dad2.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div></div>To say we are all heartbroken is an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">understatement</span>, he will leave a huge hole in our little family that will never be filled.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvhMqBJmVu3VQme46-ifSCfdZ0tBkNRGSdvh-hxPSSlpQOW1OPKqgElUcgbOmC-T7IL_9FRfr9K8isna165i4bW6ZGQ0Z2BFFTC91CXZOoRgzHokGD3v39IgzOjqi4UBwi4ew8ggwURzf/s1600-h/kate&dad"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421716903935582914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvhMqBJmVu3VQme46-ifSCfdZ0tBkNRGSdvh-hxPSSlpQOW1OPKqgElUcgbOmC-T7IL_9FRfr9K8isna165i4bW6ZGQ0Z2BFFTC91CXZOoRgzHokGD3v39IgzOjqi4UBwi4ew8ggwURzf/s320/kate&dad" /></a></div><div> </div><div></div><div>Bye Dad, we will miss you forever.... I just hope they have W<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">i-Fi</span> in Heaven.</div><div></div><div>x</div><div></div>Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-29684543764681574142009-12-16T12:42:00.000-08:002009-12-16T13:04:09.525-08:00Are We Feeling Christmasy Yet?!YES!<br /><br />Yep, I love Christmas, any excuses to eat to much chocolate and sit around watching cheesy films...oh wait I do that the rest of the year as well! Ok so I get to do it with a Christmas tree in the corner of the living room, which is nice.<br />We have quite a collection of vintage and glass baubles that I've picked up over the last few years (mostly at car boots and ebay) so I really love decoration the tree.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUClRfn5NXVffGh8gARqOMYvWG72FVMeKRrJ_hp4ELHVfoa10ofMbhyphenhyphen9uiI3iBmW4p-hn0CYwwFR3SsM2RrudN2Ram4CJmlpW7QZHuuWeWd0dqn098Fpede6S-bCxr5jBTVCCBuwTNWcd9/s1600-h/baubles.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUClRfn5NXVffGh8gARqOMYvWG72FVMeKRrJ_hp4ELHVfoa10ofMbhyphenhyphen9uiI3iBmW4p-hn0CYwwFR3SsM2RrudN2Ram4CJmlpW7QZHuuWeWd0dqn098Fpede6S-bCxr5jBTVCCBuwTNWcd9/s320/baubles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415940127363962370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We also use ivy and holly collected from our lane to decorate the rest of the house...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyTK66Ns9Kv2vmEiZupxe438bv451ax8s-Y-pLRGfD05UF6wI5Jk9SVwLEJT7nOVtajZa_U9l0wYL606FtmEv0Uj7vn2TLNcqOvRIi_2jEKehhW0Tp0DMxeo8PIw-aHsnmeKsICyrzB31/s1600-h/xmas+tree.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyTK66Ns9Kv2vmEiZupxe438bv451ax8s-Y-pLRGfD05UF6wI5Jk9SVwLEJT7nOVtajZa_U9l0wYL606FtmEv0Uj7vn2TLNcqOvRIi_2jEKehhW0Tp0DMxeo8PIw-aHsnmeKsICyrzB31/s320/xmas+tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415940138790156034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I just love our tiny little cottage at Christmas, it suddenly feels cozy and warm (thanks to the stove) and very twinkly!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojAGs54qW7vPPVSGP-oO7LDFoHZFyTBdhsuTjdH1_OWJzmwzzcio5UnnQfigTXpaII0Uaw0q7GVtpJG2zWnaFyU7_IAX5qZT_Ff00hrMEn0lUkPmCXK2DRMZGo3MFM5olOPMX3Vs2za5Z/s1600-h/stellaxmas.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojAGs54qW7vPPVSGP-oO7LDFoHZFyTBdhsuTjdH1_OWJzmwzzcio5UnnQfigTXpaII0Uaw0q7GVtpJG2zWnaFyU7_IAX5qZT_Ff00hrMEn0lUkPmCXK2DRMZGo3MFM5olOPMX3Vs2za5Z/s320/stellaxmas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415940132564855218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />See, whats more Christmasy than a kitten snoozing by her Christmas tree!Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-64929508535389424142009-12-07T08:22:00.000-08:002009-12-07T10:10:58.387-08:00Apologies!I seem to have taken a little unscheduled blog break there! A combination of doing jobs on the house we put off till after the wedding, trying to finish my first children's book for the publishers deadline and the fact that our camera seems to have packed up, has meant I either don't have anything to tell you about or cant take pics!<br /><br />So here's a few bits and pieces we been up to over the last month that I managed to get pictures of before the camera gave up the ghost...<br /><br />Most of whats in the garden has gone over now, we still got some leeks and cabbages in but that's about it, which is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ok</span> by me as it seems to have been raining here none stop for nearly 2 months, and I hate getting soaked while weeding!<br /><br />I have to say one of the major success of this year for me has been the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_seeds/sweetcorn_seed_seville/">Sweetcorn</a>, I've never grown if before and once we got over the mice problem, they where wonderful. I was never a huge fan of Sweetcorn but I that has changed now I've eaten home grown, I just wish we'd planted more (on the list again for next year!)<br />Here it is having just about gone over, I was in the process of pulling the dead stalks up for compost...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_QwWh46ngHeQuyoMk3BdjFN_vQR3DDDbhKC9RuPylNMJjVXQ7QmfiLjtcav_DTzjO-fcS-hD_-LBGIiWZUtn9efhsriLmlD2LrfTf_WuaKogVeLfOsYMVIR7nBNkpuxqLPGtc9_rou0Z/s1600-h/sweetcorn.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_QwWh46ngHeQuyoMk3BdjFN_vQR3DDDbhKC9RuPylNMJjVXQ7QmfiLjtcav_DTzjO-fcS-hD_-LBGIiWZUtn9efhsriLmlD2LrfTf_WuaKogVeLfOsYMVIR7nBNkpuxqLPGtc9_rou0Z/s320/sweetcorn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412535171016565010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I also used up the very last of the tomatoes in October, I was amazed at the size of them (I shouldn't really, there called <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/vegetable_seeds/tomato_seed_giant_delicious/">Giant Delicious</a>, does what it says on the tin!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_89qXHMPdM4xKp5yVZPq05d3tONH8NSTplPkwgLrCrOLRwbz5D2YwQhLkCb3sh4eK5IvJYdVi0qiWmkgcGkRB3uuE55MpBfQ0j-p0eZEcG47E7OqtRscajMx-Zmwf8R5yKnSg7S02KJA/s1600-h/toms.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_89qXHMPdM4xKp5yVZPq05d3tONH8NSTplPkwgLrCrOLRwbz5D2YwQhLkCb3sh4eK5IvJYdVi0qiWmkgcGkRB3uuE55MpBfQ0j-p0eZEcG47E7OqtRscajMx-Zmwf8R5yKnSg7S02KJA/s320/toms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412535702161853794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I made about a ton of tomato and basil soup (about half of which is still in the freezer!)<br /><br />We did have one tiny bit of planting to do before the end of the year, back in the summer I ordered 2 hedging plants for the orchard, <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/garden_hedging/cherry_plum_hedging/">Cherry Plums</a>. It was the first time I'd heard of them, but apparently they make good shelter hedging for orchards, and produce red or yellow fruit the size of cherries but the shape of plums. At the moment they don't look like much...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkEXJSWVDUBxRC3y99hU29zPbnUFvl9_w1Ftcq8_5zMtMDq-KV9Dtl8rNbO6QEAal6Rb_rbAr6jb_TE4iW6WevO-Ki41Jn9Yg-UPJ4g6iHJbFLOY_oge-bXYYwmtsJbEIDZT0zVJhv1Ag/s1600-h/cherry+plum.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkEXJSWVDUBxRC3y99hU29zPbnUFvl9_w1Ftcq8_5zMtMDq-KV9Dtl8rNbO6QEAal6Rb_rbAr6jb_TE4iW6WevO-Ki41Jn9Yg-UPJ4g6iHJbFLOY_oge-bXYYwmtsJbEIDZT0zVJhv1Ag/s320/cherry+plum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412535156956130754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...but I'm looking forward to the spring when they come to life!<br /><br />Another thing we've been trying to do this month is keep warm! As money is tight (as always!) we have been trying not to have the central heating on (thank you British Gas, I do like my fingers blue and my pockets empty!) so we have been relying more and more on our trusty little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Stovax</span> wood burner (which is AMAZING! I have probably said it before but nothing get a room cosy and toasty like a wood stove) we've eaten rather quickly through our store of logs so we're having to scrounge up gash wood where we can, luckily our local garden center is happy for us to take old broken pallets off their hands...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjmFz5wtIHlDRveGsgYKyATmNXvyfAdnV4ybZbGk8nXTiNIxSASx8m6sdRojMCylVXTTuXerUN5Q0aWmYlnbLAdN938NgH1nMln2PpPBCYS6S9X_mrNyeF8RnTmusvMgVtymRl8ORmC9g/s1600-h/landy&rich2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjmFz5wtIHlDRveGsgYKyATmNXvyfAdnV4ybZbGk8nXTiNIxSASx8m6sdRojMCylVXTTuXerUN5Q0aWmYlnbLAdN938NgH1nMln2PpPBCYS6S9X_mrNyeF8RnTmusvMgVtymRl8ORmC9g/s320/landy&rich2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412535165099614658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />see, I knew that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Landy</span> would be good for something!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCQI9f0gU4l4MHfqvPqjBTeFTH6RNQTVcGfi2tp8AsgiWxGbwJ4uA-xKbDm70_Dau8F8YplSUYEipE01ZZJc0TLepwypTiemvNSWn9nueJM10SyHVwspMsJ3qkMJ7rJExYLQ-VMqAzQjO/s1600-h/landy&rich1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCQI9f0gU4l4MHfqvPqjBTeFTH6RNQTVcGfi2tp8AsgiWxGbwJ4uA-xKbDm70_Dau8F8YplSUYEipE01ZZJc0TLepwypTiemvNSWn9nueJM10SyHVwspMsJ3qkMJ7rJExYLQ-VMqAzQjO/s320/landy&rich1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412535159650536290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The husbands not bad either!<br /><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Landy</span> has been brilliant this Autumn, she's even managed a couple of trips up to Shropshire to see our parents. Rich's Mum & Dad moved house last month, so we went up to see their lovely new cottage...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDUi2HVJTNKJ6f0BJcapUm1R-02KHXogW7rPhHyLLqFLlycWy_ov-zvIFfWVH5E5iQYa_NzPvaeq2bOxuF0Igg_Zl_arkElsb6GP6nuoxhw_10sVXXjHM7CiszIGurwSptj4a7LAAFNK9/s1600-h/cottage014.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDUi2HVJTNKJ6f0BJcapUm1R-02KHXogW7rPhHyLLqFLlycWy_ov-zvIFfWVH5E5iQYa_NzPvaeq2bOxuF0Igg_Zl_arkElsb6GP6nuoxhw_10sVXXjHM7CiszIGurwSptj4a7LAAFNK9/s320/cottage014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412548443984266898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpZhxkvPFx0XOSq41PY4otjcLEG6OX8slrCTnGR2XDHab2xyJLa6g5vF_GDXcGJs0FUmUwbWr6tPUl9vP63UL4LyJ5R6aB14EnKRA7WPvFlh-TYDTUyP8pYqWGFZTMzHvOVZuNBz3smx8/s1600-h/cottage012.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpZhxkvPFx0XOSq41PY4otjcLEG6OX8slrCTnGR2XDHab2xyJLa6g5vF_GDXcGJs0FUmUwbWr6tPUl9vP63UL4LyJ5R6aB14EnKRA7WPvFlh-TYDTUyP8pYqWGFZTMzHvOVZuNBz3smx8/s320/cottage012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412548443664904738" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Cute isn't it, I'm not jealous in the slightest!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXi20VhZccc3TnxdQLDLsO-KkfZofvGMb7oBy521YeDwLKD53S3HPlF4gCGMii1WL5VvLn_Ow5tgEDifPFJsQYejm6R1XgsBvhbP-Q7dx900hxJP2W0zd1S1Gd2ZxAKykS2nhvTfbpaBx/s1600-h/P1020566.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXi20VhZccc3TnxdQLDLsO-KkfZofvGMb7oBy521YeDwLKD53S3HPlF4gCGMii1WL5VvLn_Ow5tgEDifPFJsQYejm6R1XgsBvhbP-Q7dx900hxJP2W0zd1S1Gd2ZxAKykS2nhvTfbpaBx/s320/P1020566.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412548451601249650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...and here's me stroking the horses who live next door.<br /><br />So a bit of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hotch</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">potch</span> post, I'll try to do better from now on (and possibly nick Richards phone, which has a descent camera on it!)Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208538425524032014.post-90899437336650193502009-10-22T02:18:00.000-07:002009-10-22T03:12:02.612-07:00The Evolution of Our KitchenAgain I feel this may be a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">slightly</span> boring post for people who <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">aren't</span> me, what can I say, its raining a lot here in Bath!<br /><br />As I may have mentioned before Rich and I live in a very tiny cottage, its nearly 200 years old (meaning there isn't a straight line in the place!) and for the last 4 years we have been slowly redecorating it. When we moved in the decor was VERY dated, I think it was last done in the early 80's, don't get me wrong the place was scrupulously clean and the lovely old lady we brought it off had <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">obviously</span> loved it (she'd lived here for the last 40 years!) but it just wasn't us.<br /><br />My <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">favourite</span> room in the house is the kitchen and this was the room that needed the most work, I should explain a bit about the kitchen its is TINY, and I do mean tiny, it used to be the old back yard but in the 80's the previous owners roofed it over to extend the house. Our cottage is built into the side of a hill, meaning it quite literally sits with its bum buried, this means the only natural light coming into the kitchen come from a big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">velux</span> window in the roof because the ceiling is at ground level.<br /><br />Here is the kitchen a few months after we moved in...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlcjloHitDEH-7CmxUZulRkMnvEq6eIClQ4dHETV5jPZLL9YWvAlAOGPuGQdn5ZhIkUll1LS55X3x0RJR5KhLaf7reFkiAt7AI_j_ADbBV4OfI01a9woJTzgNUNUX3OJwhNjh92V4BpV6/s1600-h/kitchen1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlcjloHitDEH-7CmxUZulRkMnvEq6eIClQ4dHETV5jPZLL9YWvAlAOGPuGQdn5ZhIkUll1LS55X3x0RJR5KhLaf7reFkiAt7AI_j_ADbBV4OfI01a9woJTzgNUNUX3OJwhNjh92V4BpV6/s320/kitchen1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395354424187176370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrTFO0Ob86TNqBMQ98f31V4k5uFl5CqGIB5_TnYezrFguR-6PGmocZYh773PVCeqAH3HQKS4xiqVBp2BzwSd-pVFUAJ0wrTkZwRRkforgt_M_TxrYntxN5gcL1K5CfGJ4qfX7rd55tJ77/s1600-h/kitchen2.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrTFO0Ob86TNqBMQ98f31V4k5uFl5CqGIB5_TnYezrFguR-6PGmocZYh773PVCeqAH3HQKS4xiqVBp2BzwSd-pVFUAJ0wrTkZwRRkforgt_M_TxrYntxN5gcL1K5CfGJ4qfX7rd55tJ77/s1600-h/kitchen2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrTFO0Ob86TNqBMQ98f31V4k5uFl5CqGIB5_TnYezrFguR-6PGmocZYh773PVCeqAH3HQKS4xiqVBp2BzwSd-pVFUAJ0wrTkZwRRkforgt_M_TxrYntxN5gcL1K5CfGJ4qfX7rd55tJ77/s320/kitchen2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395354427470955650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Look at the tiles...beige with tea pots on...nice!<br /><br />Here it is after I finally snapped one weekend and we ripped all the tiles off...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aI12061EvQ8uLhVaxByJXfB5wuAUjXMCTYy5kralda4bcBrrFi4Y-LTctwfWinmNqf1FkDVBmC7J2CcQg6sEVGnKxendRqD8ISyxg166sZdze-CxPToqA9KdwohQJwyQyh2URanjN4vP/s1600-h/kitchen3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aI12061EvQ8uLhVaxByJXfB5wuAUjXMCTYy5kralda4bcBrrFi4Y-LTctwfWinmNqf1FkDVBmC7J2CcQg6sEVGnKxendRqD8ISyxg166sZdze-CxPToqA9KdwohQJwyQyh2URanjN4vP/s320/kitchen3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395354434774636754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The units in the above pics where dreadful <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">chipboard</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">formica</span> things, these pictures still give me the shivers. After we'd been in the house about 18 months we scrapped up enough to get 2 new hand-built units, we had them made by a great local craftsman in Bristol. We had looked at what we could buy off the shelf at all the usual kitchen places but to be honest it was the same price to have hand-built units that where made to measure (and Richard design) with Oak work tops.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88A-EtOxVmbl9ad5S4FDn1jVF_TxxtKJZL4NY5siY5zs2o7E8LUGzk0qSQcig8aif5lH-3JDJnRxIZpeftRIgEicVXJ81Q6WEXV2uz3Fg6V8Dpm8-w4dDPb5TdaLwf71slKqDVev1NI4c/s1600-h/kitchen4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88A-EtOxVmbl9ad5S4FDn1jVF_TxxtKJZL4NY5siY5zs2o7E8LUGzk0qSQcig8aif5lH-3JDJnRxIZpeftRIgEicVXJ81Q6WEXV2uz3Fg6V8Dpm8-w4dDPb5TdaLwf71slKqDVev1NI4c/s320/kitchen4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395354433522525778" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />In this pic we have the new units but a few of the crappy old cupboards where holding on, we had quite a time getting them off the wall (when I say we I mean the royal we...as in Rich!) also as storage space was at a premium we <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">couldn't</span> get rid of them until we replaced them with something. Also can I just point out the lino floor here, this stuff actually does give me nightmares (I bet it gives Rich and his Dad nightmares too as they had to chip it off the floor)<br /><br />Note to self: next time, lay new floor tiles BEFORE getting hand made units built and fitted.<br /><br />So are we ready for the grand unveiling....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAsmLod3UgX6okfr8mO7NySGiYh0XG_sQ9romqEpfR7bFS8kyV6rQUtT_gYKAWo8FfpCtrGyuZKsmt2EmjsGVgFDoY-XOUeaCePbStVrcZ29ocFzmPGWqorAg-VN-2-ea4r0JGP0aFddd/s1600-h/kitchen5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAsmLod3UgX6okfr8mO7NySGiYh0XG_sQ9romqEpfR7bFS8kyV6rQUtT_gYKAWo8FfpCtrGyuZKsmt2EmjsGVgFDoY-XOUeaCePbStVrcZ29ocFzmPGWqorAg-VN-2-ea4r0JGP0aFddd/s320/kitchen5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395354437689563826" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTReylOwj1BHHiaLffF3pmYz8YJhg_Sh5GDOAujxhmhqhCwvOOVmuNZd-iNPhljBBfoK2nW96xhSc3WohHjz6WwwhiXbz1MxBwT-dX8nubmWvtdvRaNR-V1oVtwZ9PCT_o7BYrokGIPkcI/s1600-h/kitchen6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTReylOwj1BHHiaLffF3pmYz8YJhg_Sh5GDOAujxhmhqhCwvOOVmuNZd-iNPhljBBfoK2nW96xhSc3WohHjz6WwwhiXbz1MxBwT-dX8nubmWvtdvRaNR-V1oVtwZ9PCT_o7BYrokGIPkcI/s320/kitchen6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395355501096364434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Looook</span> at the floor tiles!!! Sorry I realize I'm very sad but I've waited years for this! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ok</span> it has taken us nearly 4 years but we have been hampered slightly but lack of cash and time (and 2 redundancies!) but we have learned a hell of a lot, for instance <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ebay</span> is brilliant, don't buy from reclamation yards, they will totally rip you off, we brought all the tiles from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ebay</span> and salvo web. We worked out after that if we had bought the tiles from the local reclamation yard we would have paid about £2000, we got nearly 1000 tiles for £500, including the hire of a van to collect them and the petrol to drive them back to Bath.<br />Another little trick I discovered was when it came to buying cement, we got ours from B&Q where a standard bag of cement for the floor is about £13-£15 a bag, but if you keep an eye out for split bags you can get them at about quarter the price. I don't know if every store does this but B&Q <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Chippenham</span> does, we got 4 split bags for £16 and we had more then enough to do the whole ground floor of the cottage.<br /><br />So my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">undieing</span> gratitude goes to Rich and Rick for spending another horrible weekend once again ruining their knees and losing their sanity trying to get it all finished.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP78q1HcwUew2M4eL7kM4iQEHck008eds4N9f9zMPr0Kibd0EeSgA5PWdnjBFmA25YivARzFkAG_eNQexli47U7BF6p1grQvnumooLJDh2U_xpmArIjyRnuhT7rLxWIkkJQOGNjeqyigMS/s1600-h/kitchen7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP78q1HcwUew2M4eL7kM4iQEHck008eds4N9f9zMPr0Kibd0EeSgA5PWdnjBFmA25YivARzFkAG_eNQexli47U7BF6p1grQvnumooLJDh2U_xpmArIjyRnuhT7rLxWIkkJQOGNjeqyigMS/s320/kitchen7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395355506580380946" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So to everyone who has to suffer living with rubbish kitchens, have faith you will get <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">there</span> in then end and when you do it will be totally worth it!<br /><br /><br />P.S. Please ignore the dirty dishes I have just spotted in the last few pics, just because I have a lovely kitchen doesn't meaning I've stopped being a domestic slut!Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271164601336687678noreply@blogger.com5