saturday
a walk into ewyas harold, down the drive, up dicks pitch and then continuing using the shady pathway along the edge of the common (too muddy to use in winter). probably two miles all told.
the purpose?
to pick up a few beers for himself (his brother had drunk all horsemouth's beers during his visit leaving just three ciders and a bottle of stout), and to pick up a few 0% beers for his mum.
and to pick up a loaf of bread also (he ended up with 4 bread rolls instead).
it's a hot day out there
horsemouth (the prudent) is waiting for it to cool down/ the garden to go into shade so he can go out and do the watering (and perhaps a little more weeding). the growth has been prodigious in the week he has been away. horsemouth is trying to get back on top of it all.
gardening and food
the spring onions and the carrots (in fact anything he planted directly into the soil excepting the potatoes) have been a thoroughgoing disappointment - he's been trying to weed gently round the few that have come.
nonetheless seeing the growth in the marrow plants has encouraged him.
there are some cucumbers he could lift from the greenhouse (sadly himself and his mum are not cuke fans particularly). no tomatoes yet, but remind him to get the new tomato plants in and the 6 remaining runner bean plants also.
one of the pepper plants in the conservatory is giving peppers, the other shows no sign of them.
he should lift some of the spinach (before it starts to bolt) and in fact he did, together with some runner beans that he has just eaten for dinner. tomorrow they should eat the peas he picked and shelled already (before they start to roll).
the beetroot are still a bit small.
monday is supposed to be the hottest day with the weather breaking wednesday and thursday. this evening it is a fair bit cooler.
horsemouth is being boring - he's neither at the leigh on sea folk festival nor is he watching glastonbury. you'll have to tell him about it.
a cool morning (but as we all know that proves nothing).
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