It's a beautiful day here, I hope the sun is shining where you are too. And, as is only fitting on a sunny spring day, I have been behaving in a most typically Sunday way.
1. Took the dog for a long walk in a nearby wood. Saw lots of little tufts of green leaves so hoping they'll turn into bluebells soon.
2. Went to the garden centre and bought lots of organic peat-free soil for our raised veggie beds. Last year we totally underestimated how much soil compresses down over time and our vegs didn't have enough soil to grow in. I've learnt my lesson, have thrown on lots more soil and will wait for it to settle down before sowing.
3. Planted my chitted first early seed potatoes in a low stack of tyres. This worked really well last year as you just keep adding soil and another tyre as the plants grow. Plus, it frees up the beds for other crops. I got my tyres from our local garage. The owner told me that all of their old tyres are recycled but growing potatoes in them sounded much more interesting! You can read here how I got on with my veggie endeavours last year.
4. Hung a load of washing outside on the line to dry, wind blown dry clothes are somehow lovelier than those which have air dried in the spare room.
5. Completely unrelated but I just spent a v enjoyable half hour photographing the reels of thread I bagged at my favourite antique/secondhand store yesterday. I already have wool that matches perfectly (no prizes for guessing my favourite colours) so snapped them too. I may not have photographed them outside in the spring air but the warm sunshine was flooding into the room making the light the best it's been for photo taking all year.
6. Will soon be off for another dog walk, then a read of the papers with a drink or two in the local pub, followed by a bowlful of homemade leek and potato soup at home. Pretty much a perfect Sunday! Hope your weekends have been equally or even more lovely.
I've not yet had my first 'pegging out' laundry day of 2010 yet. But it's definitley not far away now.
Love your thrifted finds - beautiful colours and photos :)
Posted by: Julie Kirk | Sunday, 21 March 2010 at 16:02
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Posted by: Christine (MiniMak) | Sunday, 21 March 2010 at 23:44
You're planting your 'tatoes very early! We go by the Ancient Law of the Old Man From The Allotment Who Knows Everything About Everything... he says to put yer earlies in on Good Friday and your mains a week later. And we're too scared of him to disobey.
Posted by: Dom | Monday, 22 March 2010 at 12:27
Ah, I don't have an Allotment Old Man to advise me. What do you do when Good Friday is in April and the seed potato bag says sow in March? Or if you're super impatient and want to get going? I'll hang on for my mains though, just as the Allotment Old Man says.
Posted by: the green gal | Monday, 22 March 2010 at 12:48
The prettiness of your photos more than makes up for the thread-envy I'm feeling. Ha!
We planted raspberry canes out over the weekend, but have yet to deal with the seed potatoes. I think I might pass Allotment Man's advice on to my spud-gardener, and see how he goes!
Posted by: Kirsty | Tuesday, 23 March 2010 at 09:19
Beautiful photos! I love the colors- so inspiring!
-Becca @ The Bee Zoo
Posted by: Becca | Wednesday, 24 March 2010 at 21:11