After my 30 lengths at the swimming pool, strawberries and greek yoghurt for breakfast and a quick squirt of sun lotion, I had visions of a whole day on t'allotment but it's been so hot that would probably have ended in heatstroke. Maybe I should grow lots of tall sunflowers to provide shade, my plot is sunny all day round - lucky me!
Hubby is able to get me a regular supply of spent filter coffee from a cafe near work, I have been busily filling my composter and spreading it round my tomatoes and runner beans to keep slugs away - everything smells lovely :)
My red onions have been eaten raw in salads and were delicious. I have become obsessed with woodchip! It makes everything so tidy.
Apart from allotmenteering (is that a new word?) I had a day trip to Brighton - first time lying on the pebble beach this year! (although I have had some lovely foreign beach holidays, Brighton is still special as my 3 aunties lived here and their sister (my granny) took me to stay with each of them every Summer.
They all sat on the beach in stripy canvas deck chairs while I splashed about on the shoreline. This merry-go-round must have been there all my life.
My posts are brief as I have to wear a splint for 8 weeks due to arthritis in my thumbs. I am managing to work ok and get on with most things but it can get very achy at times. Currently I don't have a home laptop, typing on my mobile phone so proves tiresome... bye for now :)
