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We paid a visit to this little lady at the weekend.


Tilly ....isn't she gorgeous.

We always take a treat of some apples or carrots for her, well it would be rude not to as she provides the black gold that grows our lovely veggies.

'No carrots in here then'



She's a little devil though, into everything.  I had to coax her into her stall with a juicy apple, so that  Mr could get to work loading up the muck.  She always has another one at the gate when we say goodbye. 

I love spreading muck....am I strange?  I think I'll leave it there.

Spent a lot of time on the allotment this weekend, getting it ready for all the plants that are growing in the greenhouse. 




Courgettes, butternut squashes and marrows all coming along nicely.



After our epic fail with carrots last year, when we sowed directly into the soil, we went back to planting in drainpipes.  You just slide the seedlings out of the pipe and into a trench.  We'll be doing more of these in the next month or so.



Mutant rhubarb!  That isn't a child's fork either. Luckily, we have another plant to harvest from, as this one never seems to ripen properly,  hence the neglect. I must take those flower spikes off, but want the bees and bugs to have some fun with them first.


On Saturday we went to Wells market to check out fruit and veg plants and picked up six lovely strawberry plants, only £1.00 each.


Picked up some books, also £1.00 each, which will be passed around to family and friends after reading.  


Our visit wouldn't be complete, without visiting our favourite Thai street food stall.  It was so good, the main reason we go there on a Saturday. I love the fact that they doesn't use plastic too.


Once home, we hit the allotment again, as my sister called to say she was there working and we felt guilty.  We took the dogs, and they lay around in the sun while we worked. They were rewarded for their good behaviour with a long run here.  The fields were blanketed in buttercups which looked so pretty.




Sunday we totally blitzed the house between us, de-cluttering more areas of our home.  Every time something goes, it makes me feel lighter somehow.

Well, I have to say that my favourite thing this weekend was feeling the last of the days sun on my face, sitting in our now tidy garden after all that hard graft.

Whether you've  had a hard work weekend or a nice leisurely one, I hope you enjoyed it.

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