A walk round the garden

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all enjoying the weekend,   the weather isn't perfect but it's nice having an extra day off the Paul,  we didn't get rain yesterday but it was quite windy, not cold though.   We went to a local Farmers Market,  apart from the plant man there was nothing much else to see,  it's such a shame that more stall holders don't use it, there was literally one selling honey,  one selling pork pies, a coffee trailer thing, a tiny cake seller and that was it,  it's a really big space too,  the last time was the same (its monthly) but we thought maybe it was a one off.  I thought there would be local farm produce etc, but not so far. 

We spent the afternoon in the garden,  planting the last of the vegetables,   we now have New potatoes,  Maris Pipers, Sweet Potatoes,  Runner Beans & French beans,  kale, Spinach, Brussel sprouts, parsnips, carrots, spring onions,  garlic, courgettes, tomatoes,  cucumber & aubergine! 

Enough to keep Paul busy,   I can see the look of delight in his eyes when it rains and he doesn't need to water!!  Thats without all of the pots of flowers! 🤣😂

Above you can see...

Geum, such a pretty orange flower, beautiful Foxgloves,  I absolutely love watching the Bees going into those little flowers.  Aquilegias and more foxgloves. 

To me this could be one of those Color Cube cards, its a bonus rose from Lynne & Bill next door, so pretty. 

This Periwinkle grows like a weed,  I love those pretty purple flowers.

This beautiful rose is called Marjorie Fair

This Cranesbill also grows likena weed! So pretty though with those dark centres. 

This rose is literally the size of a tea plate,  so so beautiful,  it's call 'Deep Secret'  

So simple yet so beautiful Rugosa Alba 

These are old steps that go up to the decking, they have deteriorated over time but I have a 'vision ' I am going to place pots of flowers on each of the steps, I love how it looks. 

Lastly today I just wanted to share yesterday's Sourdough loaf, the last two have been granary loaves with lots of seeds,  this one is a 'Croissant Loaf' .....

The crust is light and flaky like croissants 

The inside is soft and buttery

You add 4oz of grated cold butter to the dough as you are doing the 'stretch & Folds', it smell makes your mouth water.  Back to the healthy loaves in the week. 

I hope that you all enjoy this Bank holiday Monday,  

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx