Tag: l’orto

At the end of this weekend we are both knackered, hubby and myself… maybe we overdid it this time. Today it was sort of sunny so we went on the mission impossible of putting the chitted potatoes in the ground. Hubby’s soil is really heavy, though, so we ended up digging ust enough for one…

Although we cannot complain as the weather is affecting some people in much worse ways, I must say that the constant weekend rain has started getting at me quite badly. I try and go out anyway, but mud is everywhere and there’s only so much you can do. Not everything was gloomy, though. We had…

The buds are bursting out of their scales on most plants, and the wind of the last couple of days was warm though quite strong: it blew away one of my greenhouse tents and down my greenhouse door (a blessing in disguise, really, as I found a couple of lost bits which had made it wobble for…

After a bad day at work I decided I needed some carefree time all for myself, and no thought of studying whatsoever. So I got a day off and spent it all outside: in the garden, which is now much tidier and shows the emering bulbs that were previosly buried in overgrown grass and weeds;…

I must say that the tinsely bit of sun we got today made a huge difference to my gardening motivation. And so did going to the allotment with my husband: it’s a nice feeling looking up and see that he is digging. I have unearthed another ten or so paint cans and tubs and cut…