Growing Fast

This is how much they have changed in one week. They are losing their baby fluff and getting their adult coats.

Awaiting the Beans

After a bit of a slog the bed is ready and awaiting the runner bean seeds.

The wind sock does not really do much but other plot holders who travel into town by train which runs alongside our site say they like to see it , especially on the return journey.

In a few days the small bundles of grey fluff have started to turn a foxy red, I have now counted seven cubs, mum has her work cut out to feed them all but is doing a grand job. I have not helped in any way in feeding them. I do not want them to rely on me for food.

Meet the Foxes

Our plot backs on to the railway line. I was having a well earned cup of coffee when out of the corner of my eye I saw my new neighbors offspring.

I grabbed a camera and got a few snatched pictures. Yesterday they all came out to play with mum, five cubs in all but I had no camera with me.

I think that they are wonderful and have as much right to be on my plot as I do.

Sorted (until the next time)

Well I have finished digging the couch out of the new bed. It took me over a week doing a couple of hours work as often as I could. This bit of ground had not been dug for at least ten years and I was still finding loads of bits of plastic, bags, ties, labels.

While digging I have been watching the Great Tits going to and from the nest box. Perhaps after last years upset they will be left alone this time.

I am now going to soak my aching muscles in a bath full of Radox

C - OUCH Grass

Next Tuesday we will have had the plot for three years. There is a small bit that has not been touched and as it is covered in couch grass I have been putting of digging it. I bit the bullet last weekend and made a start. It really is evil stuff , it only goes down about six inches but some of the roots were at least two feet long. I have probably missed some but if I had rotorvated it I would eventually end up with more than I started with.

Last October Barbara talked me into joining our local Slimming World. I had a massive heart attack a few years back and gave up smoking then and started putting on a fair bit of weight. We go every Thursday and yesterday Barbara had lost a stone and a half and I have lost just under 4 stones. There is no way that I could have done so much digging this time last year.

The whole of our site is looking the best it has done for a long time and we even have a waiting list for plots.

I took both my grandchildren to see Peter Pan on ice which was performed by The Russian Ice Stars. It was probably the most impressive show that I have seen on stage. The skill and speed of the skaters in such a small space really was breathtaking. If it comes to a town near you do yourself a favour and go. Barbara is going to see it with a friend at Croydon on Sunday. I shall be digging.

Where did March go?

I really can't believe that it is now April. March seems to have passed me by. In my defence for not updating the blog for ages my laptop has been a bit temperamental but fingers crossed it is now back to normal.

Here is a picture of the plot taken a week or so ago and it really does not look much different so I shall take another this Easter weekend, as the blossom on the plum trees has really come out.

We found a real bargain at our Sainsbury store. A ladybird house and a bee house (for friendly Mason Bees) both for £3.99. They are really well made and I shall post some pictures of them at the weekend, when I will write a lot more about what has been going on on the site.