Is it chilly today? Is it hot? It all depends when you were asking. It seemed to change from one to the other in a blink of an eye. We watered the garden in the morning anyway, as there's no rain forecast for a few days yet.
Gardening
I cleared and sorted another two tubs, and planted beans; borlotti and dwarf French. Now I'm all out of compost so I will have to rest from my labour's until some more is delivered. That's probably a good thing for my elbow, which is slowly improving. I've also evicted load of snails which were hibernating in all sorts of hidden nooks and crannies. The first skirmish in the long battle to come...
One of the pots had a few puny leeks in it; we had these with our sea bass at lunchtime. BB did all the lifting of the tray in and out of the oven today, so the cooking proceeded smoothly without any risk of dropping it!
I shan't bother to grow leeks again; they clutter up a pot for too long.
Music
Something languid for when the sun was out; The Old Castle from 'Pictures at an Exhibition' composed for piano by Mussorgsky and orchestrated by Ravel.
It's been an odd sort of day here too, chilly and windy this morning, then really hot sun in the afternoon. One just doesnt know what to wear!
ReplyDeleteCardigan off, cardigan on, cardigan off, cardigan on...
DeleteI love the Old Castle! This is what I always play when I get out my saxophone! I must plant some beans too. Horrid slugs ate all my peas!!!!
ReplyDeleteI learned the castle as a piano piece many moons ago. Your slugs have got going early if they have already eaten your peas. Beasts.
DeleteChilly here first thing, but the day ended quite nice. Sounds like you've been busy in the garden
ReplyDeleteHusband has done the heavy work for me!
DeleteKeeping slugs and snails from devastating our garden is an on going battle.
ReplyDeleteWe planted our little beans out today. 18 peat pots that hopefully will grow and produce well.
18 plants! That's a proper plot! Mine's more of a hobby plot.
DeletePerfect music for a languorous afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought too.
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