Ravendale House

I’ve always been fond of growing things from scratch, and have grown many trees from the seeds and berries that I’ve found lying around. Many years ago in fact in the late 1970’s if I was guessing, I sowed several acorns and was soon rewarded with several little oak trees.

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Today we said goodbye to an old friend. Our Flymo Turbolite 400 finally gave up and died. He was no longer in the first flush of youth, in fact he was 8 years old and hadn’t been well for a while, but it was still a sad moment.

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A few years ago when were living in our previous house, we did some alterations to the garden that required some extra top-soil. We checked the local paper and found a farmer who would deliver a ton of top-soil for a reasonable price, and even better than that he would deliver it the same day.

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What a disaster. Only 2 days ago I was thinking how well my cauliflowers were doing. Yesterday when I looked they were like umbrella skeletons, no leaves left at all. I’m so upset.

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The plug plants are now all planted out, either in tubs or in the garden. It’s up to them now, but so far they’re disappointing. Let’s hope they prove me wrong.

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Not much gardening getting done at the moment due to poor weather and a poorly cat. I can’t seem to concentrate on anything, and it’s been much too windy to be outdoors anyway.

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Yesterday I mentioned how the tomato plants in the conservatory are giving me cause for concern. It’s difficult to explain why, but they just don’t look as good as I would have expected them to at this stage, having been planted into their grow bags for several days now.

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As promised today I continued with the grass cutting programme, though to be honest I was so shattered after yesterdays exertions that all I could manage was the strimming. There is still a lot of grass to be Flymo’d, but that will have to be for another day.

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