home made soup and washing on the line.

A much more productive day today, than last Saturday.

Spring is defiantly here and I have been able to put some hours in the garden. After a nice morning of a lazy breakfast in front of Saturday kitchen I slowly prepared some home made veg soup for lunch.

It was yummy if I say so myself.....

I was then able to turn my attention to the garden. I started by hanging the washing outside for the first time this year! I love the smell and feel of washing that has been dried outside......

The flower bed has survived the winter well, I think there have been a few casualties of the snow but not too many. Its time for some serious dead heading and weeding.

Before

After

My rampage through the garden was brought to an abrupt halt when I managed to slice half my fingernail off.
(no pictures, that would be gross)

I was so gutted as I was doing so well, but it was to uncomfortable to continue. The garden is springing to life, slowly. I am a bulbaholic, there are hundreds in this small flowerbed,

But there is always room for a few more......

(they were bought before lent)
A day at home means no temptation, so I am keeping to the 40 day's of no shopping!

Shopping seems really trivial, having watched any of the news in the past 2 days.

Please look at my friend's post flora and purl, my wish would be that everyone would be ok, Although I know that will not be possible. As I watched the images in the news of the past few day's I have found the scale of the disaster so hard to comprehend. seeing images of buildings, boats, cars, trains and planes being swept along by the massive wave. You cant help thinking of the the thousands of people who will have been killed or injured and the millions of people whose lives will have been affected by the tragedy. My thoughts and prayer's are with them.

There is a tree in the kitchen!!!

I sent LSp a text last week with items to pick up on the way home from work.

It was the usual, bread, milk, apples etc..

I was somewhat surprised to be presented with this.......

Owing to the weather and my lurgy, It did not get planted at the weekend (it also did not make it onto the to do list for some reason). 

It has even started to bud, 

So I best get out in the garden and find a place for it..... next door have apple tree's so there is a good chance it will fruit unlike our barren pear tree!.

My thoughts have been turning to the garden and my plan's for this coming year, I am defiantly going to put in a new bed along the left hand side of the lawn.

The good thing about this bed is that it is south facing, it will be a traditional strip bed alongside the lawn and will have a mix of rose's,  perennials, bulbs and some climber's.

I am thinking of making it very colourful the bed at the pond is full of blue's and whites, but I now want a burst of some fab plant's in a riot of colour's.

I am looking forward to all the planning and planting.....