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The Passing of a Gang Member
May 2nd Friday. Widget (above) aged 18yrs passed away peacefully in the morning in her bed. I phoned Dad who then in turn phoned the girls to let them know. Widget was Laura`s cat. She came round to see her and give her a cuddle. I asked Laura what she wanted to do with Widget and she wanted to bury her in the garden. We went to the local nursery and Laura choose a beautiful crab apple tree (above) that was in full blossom so that when we buried Widget we could plant the tree on top to remember her by. Portia came home from work to say her goodbyes as well.A lot of tears by all.
Jamie came home for the bank holiday weekend. He looks different everytime I see him !!
It was a good weekend. On the Sunday Dad brought Jamie up to the allotment shop where I was doing my turn. Jamie spotted the lawnmower and decided he would mow the grass outside the shop, bless him!! Dad was cooking Sunday lunch and we had a full house, nanny and grandad from next door and both the girls came as well. Jamie seemed pleased they were all there.
Portia has finally vacated her room lol. Portia certainly moved in style, everything in black bin liners !!! She has moved in with her friend and she seems to be happy for the moment. The bets are now being placed for " how long it will be before she returns home" She popped in last Sunday with her friend after she had run 5km for Race for Life. Dad and I both congatulated her but thought she looked very pale. When she came round a few days later she confessed that she had done the run after having been out on the Saturday night and was a bit hungover !!! This is the child that never drinks!! See whats happens when they leave home lol.
Chris (Dad) and I have been been busy sorting and tidying the house. Chris did the spring cleaning (result) and I did the garden lol. Its really strange having the house all to ourselves, not only is it quiet, its stays clean !! Cooking is easy for two along with the washing up. We have quite a nice routine going now lol.
Brie the beagle has her life off to a fine art, with nanny living next door with the other two beagles Ted and Duke.She knows exactly what time to jump over the wall to get the treats nanny is dishing out lol and when we go out she goes straight round to nannys to lay on her chair, some guard dog !!
Work on the allotment has stepped up a pace now as everything is growing like mad. Above,the runner beans and mange tout are now in and also the poatoes which are now through the ground and being earthed up almost daily.
The old polytunnel is now full of growing crops, these are the purple podded peas and next to it the broad beans are starting to develop. There are also tomatoes that are producing their first flowers, plenty of lettuce, the peaches are reaching ping pong ball size and the grape vine is threating to take over !!
The new poly, in the grow bags are a selection of peppers and aubergines, the tubs right at the back are full of new potatoes and the bath tub has beetroot and carrots in. I pulled the first few beetroot the other day and Chris cooked them, even I tried one, they were so sweet. What you can`t see is behind the bath tub is lots of polystyrene cups over the tops of asparagus shoots so I don`t tread on them. We have been having asparagus for about 5 weeks now and its still growing.lol
The raised beds are all planted except for one. They contain; garlic, onions, beetroot, spinach, cabbage, broad beans, broccoli, french beans, carrots and shallots. And the last bed will contain outdoor cucumbers hopefully.
This is the strawberry patch that I inherited with the plot ! I don`t even like them that much lol. Chris is going to get the Jam pan out and get Jam making !!
This is one of the raised beds in the process of being hand weeded !!!!!! These are parsnip seedlings, the problem is they have the same seed leaves as weeds so you can`t tell the difference until they get their second leaves, by that time as I said the weeds have mounted a revolt lol. Its just the intial weeding that takes so long, now I just pick off the weeds as they appear.
Well I told you to get a cup of tea first before reading lol.
I have finished for now !!
Have a great day
Amanda and the gang
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