2026 - What I did today.

I had a day out with DiL. In the meantime, himself, having emptied two water butts on his precious grass seed, decided to scrub the butts out. They live behind a summerhouse under the copper beech. The beech debris (bud casings and flowers) always manage to contaminate the water, no matter what filters we install, and they make the water stink to high heaven, hence the cleaning. Having got the tubs empty and away from the summerhouse he's now rubbing down and retreating the timber. All we need now is some rain to refill the butts.

My tasks today are myriad; I can choose from planting out peas from modules, gh shuffle, potting on toms and cucs, pricking out flowers, planting raspberries and strawberries, weeding, trying to break up solid dried out ground, digging up bluebells. The list is endless.