Moving forward and upwards

savingholmes

Hope you feel better soon. 
Love how much of a gardener you are becoming - talking about inter-planting and - of course - the add on to that - companion planting.

savingwannabe

I just dont know how you do it. I feel so lazy but you are inspiring me to have a go! I do hope your sleeping improves. 

MovingForwards

Thank you SH and SW

I've suppressed the gardening desire for years, tried to fill my time with other things and now everything I've wanted to do is coming alive and I'm having fun.

I'm not sure how I do it either and it must be sheer determination.

Today I kept so many plates spinning, but remained upbeat and chirpy when sending emails. If I'd been a physical presence it felt like I could have the full focus of people, in reality all I'm doing is wearing a management hat, not standing for any rubbish, advising people how to do things and calling meetings to get things organised how I want them to be.
- if only I could do that across everything I'm doing, it would make for a nicer and more relaxed working week.

Have to try and get ready as it's a gorgeous evening and I need to water the garden!

doingitanyway

Sorry you are having a hard time with health right now.
Wishing you a restorative sleep tonight

savingholmes

Gardens bring such joy. If you let your radish flower they produce tall delicate stems of white flowers...

MovingForwards

Thanks DIA and SH

Sleep will happen when it's ready, if I stress over that it will make it worse.

Due to the hot weather some cabage, cauli, raddish, lettuce / salad leaf have all flowered, I'm leaving them to it. What's the worst that can happen? I end up with new plants! Flowers look pretty too 😃

All my herbs, toms and strawberries are in flower.
Some spuds, spinach, beans and peas are flowering.
Fruit bushes are fattening up.
My borage and comfrey are flowering, roses are covered in buds, random flower bulbs are popping up.

Another couple of days and I will be putting the last of my plants out and doing a bit of weeding.

For now, it's chocolate biscuit time 🤗

savingholmes

Glad you are enjoying flowers too...

MovingForwards

Definitely enjoying everything about my garden and wider area.

It's raining, not heavy, but enough to give everything a good water.  I am tempted to pop out, missing the wind-down time 🙈

So far my new job role keeps getting rejected, but the new version of other role has been approved; it will still be about 3 months before it's filled and someone starts.

TomBo was helping on the allotment today. All SIL's veg has been planted.

I only have a few bits left to plant out in our garden, then all my windows will be empty. They look bare now and it feels weird.

I've dug out my coffee voucher and we are going to use that this weekend, have a little trip out somewhere. Not much else planned aside from pottering around, which will do me good.

We're having pork chops tonight, apple strudel and cream for pudding.

£26 in the bank, £2 is bank fee, 4 days until payday.

savingholmes

Enjoy pottering

MovingForwards

Thank you SH

I'm looking forward to it and will try not to do too much.

Somehow my payslip was available early and the backpay has been included. When I get paid next week I can repay the savings I borrowed in full, with a little leftover for next weekend.
- It is tempting to send all the backpay to the mortgage though OR
- £500 to mortgage, £200 to savings and the rest for treats.
- Will chat with TomBo.

Submitted utility readings, bills are a few pence over £30 for the last month.