the garden/ things that are not the garden

no kilvert today (kilvert tomorrow). 

and then a pretty good run our through the end of may and the start of june. soon he is up in liverpool (what for horsemouth cannot yet say). 

in the same period the weather gets brighter, hotter, sunnier (about time).

the garden

horsemouth has planted out the sprouts. checked the beetroot. first flowers on the runner beans in the greenhouse. tomatoes doing ok. onions doing ok. peas doing ok (but possibly not enough of them). won't know how well the potatoes are doing until horsemouth digs them up. broad beans still a bit short. 

a tray of basil to separate out. the spinach is still doing well. the gooseberries (and the other berries) are on their way. the rhubarb is gigantic. 

a plan to 'refresh' some of the pots with asters. 

everything quite a bit behind where it was this time last year but then it has been cold. 

things that are not the garden

the sheep (and lambs) have been moved up to julie's. horsemouth has put the chickens to bed for the night (they were most disgruntled at being locked up so early).  

a beautiful day. being an idiot horsemouth spent most of it being anxious. he did some watering and planting to take the edge off it. 

having been to see an orchestral version of tubular bells his lift to the bell-ringing was off to see tim berners-lee at the hay festival. horsemouth therefore walked in (and if needs be he could have walked back). 

the bell ringing went well (horsemouth didn't let go of the rope). after the bell-ringing the pub. 

it's a beautiful morning