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Funny old weather at the moment (when isn't it?) but we have been able to eat outside again for the first time in ages: great!

We were just finishing off a bottle of wine for lunch yesterday and a photographer from Gardening Which rang to say he wanted to come over. It seems he had been asked to take photos of our plants because of a trial on biological control I am taking part in. If I had known, I might have done the weeding and got my hair cut; as it was, it was as much as I could do to sober up before he arrived, 20 minutes later!

With my son back off to Uni this week, I have not got as much gardening done as I might have. I did make a good start on pruning our Rosemary parterre in the front /side garden. Typing this, I am filling the house with a warm herby scent.

I e-mailed a local maintenance landscaper to see if he could help with our garden. I thought it only fair to warn him who I was and that as a result I might be a bit demanding. He turned down my offer of two days work a week: silly me; next time, I'll keep my mouth shut!

Lettuce sown directly in the ground last week have already germinated. Lets hope they push on fast enough to get a crop out of them.

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