I ENJOY WEEDING !!!!

Lyn and I went down to the plot this morning to get it straight before our trip,and it needed some serious weeding as things have grown very quickly in the last few days maybe because of the very warm weather.We started weeding and it wasn;t very long before I thought to myself that I was actually enjoying the task,now thats strange as I have always thought of weeding as a necessary task and certainly not one to be enjoyed.So whats different here,perhaps its the lack of pressure like having to get it done before Monday morning as in the past,perhaps it was the lovely weather,although iv'e weeded in lovely weather before and still not liked it.More likely it was thinking that by doing this task then the end result will be that much better.I don't really know ,but what I do know is that I was enjoying myself and so was Lyn.
We were joined at the plot by one of the locals who has only 5 teeth in his head and speaks with a very broad Norfolk accent so you can imagine the fun we had trying to understand what he was saying.Anyway he kindly gave us 30 shallots which we duly planted,so now we have spuds,strawberries,shallots,friut bushes,cabbages,and waiting to go in broad beans,and spinach.This is quickly becoming a GOOD LIFE GARDEN.

FIRST PLANTING

Well as you can see we have planted about one third of our plot,and it was bloody hard work.15O Potatoes.40Strawberry plants,15 Cabbages,and assorted fruit bushes.When we come back from seeing Jonny we will be putting in some Broad Beans, French Beans and some Swede and that will be it for this year.Putting in the spuds was back breaking and not as easy as Hugh Fearnly Whittingstall said it would be.But they are in and the buggers better start growing.One of the pictures below is the entry list for the produce show in September which we may or may not enter,it all depends on growing results,although Lynn will enter one of the cookery classes.First prize in any class is 60p with the runner up getting 40p,so as they say its all to play for as the stakes are so high
Who would have thought that this time last year we would be considering entering a produce show.I suppose this is what country living is all about.If it is then we love every minute.

TOO BUSY TO BLOG

I have just realised that it is over a week since Ilast blogged and the reason is I have been too busy .I never really believed those people who used to tell me that once you have retired you will be as busy as if you were still working.Well they were telling the truth.Every day that comes we seem to have a whole list of things to do,not nasty work things but nice retired type things if you know what I mean.So what have we been doing this last week.Well the allotment is taking a lot of our time,but I am pleased to report that we had our first plantings today when 40 strawberry plants went in.Tomorrow will see some fruit bushes cabbages and loads of potatoes,accompanied by soggy newspaper and the finest of organic muck.
Running a close second to the allotment is golf,which is coming along nicely.Besides playing a couple of rounds at Swaffham we have been up to Denver to hit some balls as well as playing a round up there.Today Lyn and I walked round 9 at holes at Swaffham in the late afternoon.Hardly anyone was around the weather was glorious and there were plenty of pheasants strutting their stuff.Tomorrow we will be going over to Methwold for their Easter car boot and auction.Bellringing was fine on Thursday night and the next session will be our last until the end of summer.Bowls starts soon,but we are undecided about taking that up as we have so much else going on.Had a nice dinner party last Wednesday,did stuffed mushrooms(JAMIE)followed by a fish pie (NIGEL SLATER)followed by lemon tart(RAMSAY)followed by cheese and biscuits(ARMAN).So that it for this week will keep you up to speed on the allotment as I am sure you are all besides yourselves in anticipation as to how things are going to grow.
Finally I no longer look as though Lyn has socked me in the mouth as all bruising has gone.