Today I have had a helper, well for some of the day! DS has decided, now that college has finished, that he is mommys little helper :)I am a lucky mommy :)
So far he has chopped 4 barrow loads of wood, mowed some grass that was annoyiong me, cut back a tree for me and today he helped me plant squash. I am just gonna say squash because someone forgot to label them, and as there are 6 large trays, who knows what we're planting!
Before DS awoke OH and I laid the black paper that we use to suppress weeds. OH gave up with the soil digging 1/3 of the way down his side as he was too hot! So I did most of it on my lonesome!
See that? I dug soil with a spade nearly all the way around it so the wind wouldn't catch the edges. I needed a little sit after that! First tray time...
Ds setting out the plants ready to plant...he nearly lost his shorts!!
Wonder what they are...never mind...second tray...
Wonderful, thats about 160 of them plamted today (2 trays) and there's another 4 trays to go!! DS was complaining his legs hurt within 5 mins and I was faster than him :D smug mode :D
Then we went to pick potatoes...and he complained about me growing prickly things that bit him! He is fun to work with :) And so new pots for tea...cleaned my favourite way...with a pressure washer!
MMM potatoes. Got another lovely parcel from my mommy...and look what my lovely Aunie sent me...
Yankee candles...I adore them, have a bit of a collection from the discount hallmark card shop! I counted them one day and I have 40!! Mostly large ones :D And yes...its cos I smell!!
My new disco kitchen, though OH says it now looks like a spaceship :) Mommys idea...solar curtains aka emergency blankets! Reflects heat out..and as our kitchen is a conservatory we need all the help we can get. It worked nearly instantly, so we have 2 more in the bedroom where the sun hits in the afternoon. Thanks mommy, great idea x
And this is just to cause mommy aldi jealousy....I spent.....
£30.89...and I got....
Yes, choccy and crisps too...
And veg and gammon, chicken, ham, milk, pop, cereal, bread, rolls, biccies...in fact a weeks food!! Mommy wants an Aldi now!! More planting tomorrow, gotta get the poor things in, then night out tomorrow night, hopefully I won't fall asleep, and I can catch up on some gossip with looloo, tash and jimjimmyjimjimjim :)
BBS x
Is that overuse of the word potatoes?? Well, there a reason for that...potatoes!!!!!
Care to play 'guess how many rows we planted'...
Any Ideas???
Looks alot doesn't it? And theres more to do on tuesday! I'll tell you at the end!
Well, today started off with fertilizing. I dislike chemical fertilizers and prefer green manures, but we needed a little so...
Spready spready :)
Then it was time to get the planter out of its ancient shed..which an apple tree had grown over..oops blossom!
A gift for my fellow planter...this is the fabulous 1950/60's machine!
Isn't it a beauty!! And simple too. The potatoes get dumped in the green bin at the top, then me and fellow planter take them one at a time and plop them in the little cups...
These go round and drop the potatoes into the ground, which then get covered by the dics :) Simple!! But look at the seats..
MMMM comfy!! bare metal! So we have our special seat covers...
Oh the joy of old hessian sacks...so many uses (including in the past rag rug making).
So are we ready????
Tis me and DS:D He borrowed my spare overalls and everyone thought we looked like hillbillies!!
So off we went and planted and planted. It was windy today, the potatoes were dusty and strawy. And we both ended up with grit where grit shouldnt get!!
This is a VERY grubby, gritty DS:) I think the potato planting may have sent him slightly insane:D
It gives us hours of quality time together and we do it every year. You'd be amazed at what we talk about but don't ask what a soggy biscuit is...i wish I hadn't asked :-S
Well..all day..nearly...and so far there are...44 rows!! I gotta pick all them when they are grown up!!
And earnt - zero, spent - £1. OH bought the top up shopping!! And as he was worried my cress looked a bit sad he bought me TWO punnets so I could have birthday egg and cress sandwiches on monday!!
BBS x
