This week

I started stripping the turf off the garden by hand - but it was very hard work and took ages - so my friends at Travis Perkins brought a turf cutter up just before Mum went into hospital.  I didn't work perfectly but was so much quicker and more easy than the alternative.  Very shortly I had 4 areas stripped and with a bit more manual work the beds will soon be ready for planting. 

As Meg enjoys helping me so much I thought it prudent to put up the sides of the fruit cage to prevent her from digging up the new plants or running off with the makeshift cloches (1/2 pop bottles).  Before I'd finished I realised she'd rolled under the netting commando style and was digging holes looking for moles behind me!! Huh!!

This is the garden today:

 This bed has only half cleared properly - its still got some turf that the cutter missed! - I needed to get some of the plants in - Red and White Runner Beans are in with a few Nasturtiums are in under the bamboo poles.

And an arty shot of the Runners:

These still have to go in - some are not yet ready, but plenty are:

Did you spot the onions in the laundry basket?


Last weekend Chris and his girls, and Lil and Chris came to visit and I roped them in to remove the garage door.  They left me with a gaping hole which prompted me to do the next bit in the garage.  After purchasing a second hand window through ebay and collecting it from Newport,

I measured it very carefully and built a wooden frame to house it.  Its now been insulated and boarded out on the inside, and I've put blue plastic on the outside ready to cover it with wooden boarding, and help with the waterproofing.

 (Big Chris is coming up tomorrow to look after Mum while I go re-enacting and I'm hoping he'll help me fit the window.  I'm praying the hole is square as the measurements are to the millimeter!)
Now that was in place I was able to move Dad's wood working bench to the front, under the window.  My measuring previously was pretty precise and it fitted snugly behind the door.

Ironically, it works well as a desk and I've been sitting at it to do Casuals Clobber accounts! - there's a great view of the road and I can see all visitors before they arrive!

As you may have noticed, Meg has found a new 'favourite place'! - She also can see everything that's going on!