A proper weekend

Hello m' handsome axe tossers,

I've not forgotten about blogland. I've just been super busy working extra hours and trying to keep the house in order. That makes the weekend all the more special and a return to that 'Friday feeling'. I've missed Gardeners World on t' tele for the past fortnight, so I'm not sure what Monty at Longmeadow has as jobs for the weekend, but here's what's been going on gardening wise here at Long Mizzle.

The hedge trimming has begun in haste. The blobby Camillia has had a drastic skirt lift trim, the scraggly budleja has been hard cut back and the bay tree re-pom-pomed. The Vebena Bonariensis is trying to steal the show here, but look at that text book pruning in the background!

 

Now I can adorn the new voids with hanging things -

Take a look at these posh, fleece lined gloves the viking brother got me for my birthday... 

Well, that's the nicest they'll ever look again as Monsieur, who normally does not partake in garden jobs, wore them when took the lobbers to the mutant Hawthorn tree in the front garden. It had reached our neigbour's telephone wires, so had to be tamed. Monsieur was all bloodied and scratched and looked like he'd gone ten round with Mike Tyson that night (This is where you tell me Monty sensibly has leather clad arms).

So vicious were the brambles, I thought the devil most certainly had already pissed on them. But that doesn't happen until Michaelmas day on the 29th of Sepetember apparently.

That's not the only thing Monsieur's been cutting. He took the secateurs to my hair this morning. Let's just say it's much shorter and choppier than planned. Saved myself £30 at the hairdressers though 'eh. What's that old saying - what's the difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut...

Two weeks.

With all this wood chopping, it makes me wonder if there's a more fun way of doing it. I sense a new hobby coming on this winter...

Axe Throwing at The Celtic Tossers

 Here follows some harvest gossip  -

'Harry' new potatoes grown successionally in old compost bags. Plus some new ones started, on the middle patio by the fig tree. Two bags per crate - they can be moved into the greenhouse or covered with cold frame panes if needs be.
 

The most gorgeous, candy striped 'Chioggia' beetroot -

Hello Radicchio - 

The heart extracted, washed and ready for a stir fry with sweet plum sauce  -

Lots of Braeburn apples - 

Delicious in a crumble, scattered with the frozen blackcurrants -

The last ripening tomatoes, outdoors -

and under cover --
 

Orange chilies with colour coordinated washing -

Grapefruit sized Cantaloup melons, seeds courtesy of Cherie -

And still lots of Dahlias -

That's all from me today. Thought I'd better stick my bonce in to say a quick hello. I'll strive not to leave it so long next time. It's a hearty stew and some Games of Thrones for us tonight (once the kids are off to bed).

What have you been up to?

Lulu xXx

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