It Was............

Sorry for the delay in posting, I got carried away decorating, and before you tell me off I took it easy, having breakfast, elevenses, lunch and afternoon stops! I needed to do something to get my motivation going again, as I was slowly sliding down that hole!
Anyway, you where all wrong its here.............




its a solar tube We have an inside bathroom and a neighbour had one of these solar tubes, we where so impressed we got one ourselves! They let in a load of light, the only downside is if your sitting on the loo, and a large bird (crow, seagule etc) flies over, for a split second it goes dark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But to be honest if your looking at getting one I can highly recommend them!

My Ensete has grown some more


and a second one has sprouted.......


My propagator is not really big enough for my tropical plants, but is fine for getting the veg seeds off to a good start. Bearing this in mind I started looking for a new Prop, I liked the look of this one but at £100 it would remain a dream. So imagine my joy when I found one For Sale in the local ads paper at less than half the price!!! Yes I did get it, I will post pics when its set up in the greenhouse!

Off out to play now.

Onions, Potatoes and Chickens!!

Had a very early start today... couldn't sleep!!!!!!!
Anyway had to take Mark into work as the other car is in the garage and it was too icy to use the bike!!! So zapped back and then took Tori to school, then Kathryn and I went to Devizes Market (who forgot the camera!!!!) and did some food shopping for her to take back to Uni on Saturday!!!
Kathryn is busy finishing off her room, although we may have to wait unitl she has gone back to Uni for a photo!! She has helped me in alot of my decoraing jobs but this is her first 'go it alone' room!! I must admit she has done a really good job! I'm very proud of her!
So I went down the garden and into the greenhouse to start my onions and potatoes off. Just like Lottie has done here!!! I thought this was a very good idea, but couldn't think of a frost free place I could use!!!! I think I must have had a senior moment because of course I keep the greenhouse frost free because of the tropical plants!!!! Although there is not a huge amount of room, so the onions are in 2 small trays



and the potatoes are on the green thingy...



I should have already put the garlic in, so am a bit late but what I could do is pop them into some pots just so they get some cold weather, I also need to plant some sweetpea's!

It is a glorious sunny day today, I must admit, apart from the pain in my 'bum' I'm feeling quite perky!

The chickens have become more lively, which I am relieved about and at long last they are starting to eat again! For ages we have only had 2 eggs a week but thta is also slowly increasing! But look at poor Bunty doesn't she look really scrawny!!



what I want to know is why on earth do they moult in the middle of winter? You would imagine this is the time they need their feathers!!!

Our day out!

This is the website for The Mall @ Cribbs Causeway.
We arrived at 09.10 to find it did not open umtil 10.00. But we managed to get in and find a coffee shop open!!!
Wednesday is a great day to go just look how quiet it was....



just look how empty the escalator is here



Anyway kathryn got quite a few bargains, but sadly did not get her phone fixed as they did not have the part!!! We had a great time trolling in and out of shops. Then of we went to Hobbycraft, which was not a pleasant experience as someone had turned the heating on super hot, but we still managed to buy one or two things!!!!

The painting in K's bedroom is finished, we have just got to put it all back together and once we have done that I will post a pic!! In the meantime what do you think you can you make from all this lot...



there is 2 reversible single duvet sets, bought for £7 each in the sale, some lining material and curtain tape which cost £6.



and after carefully unpicking both duvets I then made 2 curtains, one duvet cover (non reversible) and a cushion cover!! Not bad for £20!!!!! Wait till you see it all together!!!

I have at long last potted up my ginger and dates, wasn't I surprised when I found I had 3 dates that had sent up shoots, so they are now nicely tucked up in my brand new heated propagator!! This I think is where the fun begins, keeping them alive!!