Garden Girl Blog

We are getting a new garden path, the old one started coming apart because we put salt on it due to the amount of ice we get. The new one is natural stone so we hope it will last better, and we are going to try and use less salt!

The men came yesterday and made a start,  I think it was a bit more work than they had planned and they had to go off for extra supplies.  I was at work all day today but the seem to be been doing a bit more.  I hope that the rain holds off and they can get it finished by the weekend.   Work tomorrow but will be able to catch up on progress on Thursday.

Keep busy.

I need to go out into the garden and clear pots and the path round the house.  We are getting a slabs down starting Monday and they need to have all my pots moved out of the way.  I think I am going to be busy, at least it is going to be dry, so I will wrap up and get on with it.

Have a good day.

I have only just realised it is 5th November.  Wonder if there are any fireworks we can go and see at the weekend.

Day off today but have a few things to get sorted, so am going to be busy.  I am also getting my hair cut, which is long overdue. I always make the mistake of not booking when I am there, I then ring up after a few months when I really want it done straight away and have to wait another six weeks and end up looking... well a mess.

Have a good day.

The car is being fixed today after our accident the other week, I will be pleased to get it back and all sorted out.  I also hope they have given it a clear but that is maybe just wishful thinking.

the smell of beef and ale stew cooking in the oven, apple crumble made and ready to go in the oven, M&S luxury custard in the fridge and knowing that I am going get to eat the lot.  Okay so I am a piggy but I am going to enjoy it.

Me that is..

I have been out in the garden, well more the greenhouse for most of the day.  Everything in it was going moldy and I still had plants from the summer in there.  It needed to be sorted so I did.  Being inside was okay but then I had the bright idea it would be easier to wash the outside while it was wet from the rain and then maybe the empty flower pots could do with a rinse.  So I did the lot.  I was soaking by the end and even my knickers and socks were wet.  (is that too much information?... maybe... )

A hot shower later and beef stew in the oven and I feel human again.  Now where is my wine...

Last weekend we went to Pitlochry for Sunday night.   The car was out of action so we went on the motorbike, very careful packing and wearing most of what I needed for the weekend made this possible.

Our first stop was at the public loos in Crieff, my legs were not working after our ride on the country roads.  You had to pay 30p to use the facilities, I had not got any money, in the name of traveling light, and the husband only had a £10 note.  I told the lady I only had a note and she said she did not have change but she would get some.  I said I would see her on the way out.  I came back to her desk and she had piles of 50p's waiting for me, she said she had nothing bigger.  I really did not want to put all these coins in my pockets so I told her I would pay her on the way back the next day, she was not happy and was telling me I had to pay now.  It may sound rude but I did just walk off, saying I would pay another time.

We then went on to Aberfeldy for a Highland Safaris, we went off in a 4x4 looking for animals.  We got to see some deer and a mountain hare, it was good and the guide really knew his stuff.

We then went into Pitlochry and found our B&B, we had a really nice room and the owner let us put the bike in his garage.  He was a very nice man indeed.

It was getting on so we went off to find some dinner and had a lovely meal in a local pub, after that we went and got our bus to go to see the enchanted forest. It was not quite what I had thought it was going to be but it was okay and the trees looked very different from during the day and it was nice being out and about.  Here are a few pics.

The next day we had a quick walk up to the hydro electric dam and the fish ladder in Pitlochry, we even got a brief sighting of a red squirrel but I was way to slow with the camera.  We then made our way home.  We went back to Crieff to pay our debt but it was a different woman and she would hear nothing of me paying and thought it was very sweet that we had bothered to come back.

Click pics to make big.

Very wet at the moment, not sure what we will be doing today, I had thought I might go and tidy up my greenhouse but not so sure now.

Have a good day whatever you are doing.

I was trying to do a search to find out just why the post people are striking.  I could not really find anything specific so wonder if anyone here knows.

I went into the collecting office yesterday and I was tempted to ask but changed my mind, the man already looked grumpy.

I was out in the garden for several hours today and sorted out lots of my pots and moved things around.  Two pots in front of our garage were quite tall and kept falling over in high wind.  I have replaced them with smaller ones that will not fall over.

I am pleased with everything I got done and the front garden is almost ready for the winter now.  Might just have a few more plants to come out but they still how flower on so I left them for now.

I hope the rains stays off for a while tomorrow so I can start on the back.

I have sweets ready in case kids come round later.  Often the neighbours bring their kids out and they love getting a few sweets, well the kids do not sure how impressed the parents are.  The husband is thinking that if the kids do not come he will be able to dip into the sweets!  We will have to wait and see about that.

All is well hope to get out in the garden today to do some tidying up but need to wait and see if it is going to rain.  At the moment it looks like it could go either way.

Have not had any time to come in here but today is my day off.  Have lots to do but will make some time later come come and visit.

Blue sky today so looks like it is going to be nice.

We are back from our night away.  Further details to follow but all I can say is I hurt.  My body and the motorbike do not go well and I hurt all over.

It is raining and we will be setting off for 100 mile bike ride in a few hours....oh dear.

We are off to Pitlochry tomorrow to go for a Highland Safari and also to go and see the Enchanted Forest show.  We are only away for one night so do not need to pack much.  We had thought that we would have to hire a car to get there, but then someone suggested we could go on the husbands motorbike.  With careful packing we can do it!  I will be trussed up like a turkey in my leathers, which I have not worn for years and hanging on to the husband. I also hope that it stays dry!

It is a solution, the car will be looked at on Monday and I hope they an start work on it next week and we will get our night away at no extra cost.

Here is his bike.