2021 - What I did today

Busy day today! 

Went to the garden centre (Scotsdales) in the morning and bought a dozen or so plug plants - they had a "pick'n'mix" section with lots of fuchsias, petunias, calibrachoas, verbena, etc - all things I was looking for. Also grabbed a couple of aubretia, partly because it's a great early flower for bees, but also for nostalgia's sake, as we used to grow them in our garden when I was a teenager.

On a whim I also bought a small lemon tree for the conservatory, on the excuse of it being my birthday next weekend - it was expensive, but I made a chunk of change during the week selling some unwanted chicken fencing, and my tomato seedlings should raise a few bob more next month. Plus, free lemons!  

After lunch I did some chores in the back garden: moved a hanging basket and put up the mason bee release box and nesting tube, put up another bracket in a quiet spot and moved the bird feeders there (they haven't had many visitors so far), weeded around the tulips, and did some general tidying.