Warmth at last
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Lots of rain lately and now it’s warm and sunny. The tulips are clearly appreciating the weather we’ve been having lately! I’m certainly appreciating the weather this weekend (although it is threatening rain for later on today, despite the lovely morning we’ve had) - although since it’s seemed to be chucking it down every time I’ve been at home and vaguely likely to do some weeding that did mean I had rather a lot to catch up on yesterday. Two hours of it, to be precise, and that’s not even starting on the raised beds! I am now achey. Still, the raised beds won’t take long - just need to be raked over and have some compost thrown on in preparation for those seeds which are hardy enough to brave the randomness that has been April weather so far.
I started lots of veg off indoors last year, but haven’t done so this year, so they will all be taking their chances outside in the not too distant future. Possibly under fleece, depending on whether the weather is going to stay as warm and sunny as it is at the moment (ha!) or whether it’s going to hail on us again! I’m going to hang onto quite a few of the same things I did last year, but also try a couple of things I’ve not grown yet - beetroot, sweetcorn (even though we haven’t got room for a particularly high yield I’m not sure I can resist!) etc.
Strange times lately, about which I can’t really blog too much as some of it is work-related. There have been a lot of changes lately, and I’m not convinced that everyone is too delighted about them. Comes down to whether you believe more in a particular structure or in your existing workforce, who may or may not fit into that structure if that’s not what was in mind when they were employed. Interesting times, again (I should be used to this by now. Really ought to make a start on that best-selling novel, it would solve all of this rearranging that seems to happen on a regular basis when one works for other people!). I’m not too far off the end of my contract, so I’m at Considering My Options time. There are a couple of irons in the fire (well, I’d be bloody stupid not to be keeping an eye out if things are uncertain in my current place of work, wouldn’t I?), so we shall see.
