Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend

Baileys_Babe · 4 April at 12:40PM

Your new aquilegias are a lovely colour, your garden is looking beautiful, thank you for sharing.

Two of my favourite plants in one place aquilegias and foxgloves 😄

Blackcats · 4 April at 1:52PM

great news about Ash doing so well. We do all worry about our own pets and the pets we "know" on here.

Glad the builder's quote is a pleasant surprise.

Happy Easter!

Moorviews · 4 April at 2:12PM

Those are gorgeous and I wouldn't have been able to resist them either! I am enjoying seeing the clumps of aquilegia leaves appearing around the garden and spotting the seedlings. We have mostly the wild dark purple ones but there are some that have white centres. I used to have a beautiful white one but it succumbed to Mr MV's over zealous weeding. He is a menace in the flower beds, or cobbles, as anything vaguely green gets rooted out! He doesn't realise what treasures can be found if you look carefully.

I am very pleased for you that the builder's quote was okay and that Ash has a clean bill of toothy health.

DawnW · 4 April at 3:58PM

Beautiful aquilegias! I do find though that they all cross breed and seed themselves and most end up purple. I did have some bicoloured pink and white ones appear last year though.

KajiKita · 4 April at 5:47PM

Those aquilegia are very pretty 😊

Chuffed for you that the wall cost is a sensible one and I would have been writing a list instantly if Mr KK said that to me, sadly he knows better than to ….! 😉😂😂

KK

foxgloves · 4 April at 6:17PM

Thanks for all your comments, which I always enjoy reading. Yes, I was relieved about the builder's quote as I can cover that from the House & Garden Pot, as long as nothing else is discovered during the work.

Agree that the aquilegias were a great bargain. They will doubtless inter-breed with existing ones. @DawnW, the purple genes must be the dominant ones in your garden then. Here it's pink with white middles often tipped with a tiny bit of lime green! Mum once gave me some seed for a variety called 'Apple white' so maybe those crossed with my pink & mauve ones. Free plants though, so all colours welcome! Just been down to the greenhouse & put 3 layers of bubblewrap over the vegelets as there's a robust wind getting up, even though we are not northern enough to be affected by Dave the Storm.

Really enjoyed baking our Easter cake. It's Mary Berry's coffee sponge but I've added a layer of caramel to the coffee buttercream filling for extra squidge. The little chicks are the Easter bargain which has kept on giving for.....it must be around 15 years.....a box of 36 from the old 99p Shop! My other great bargain from there was reels of wide festive wired ribbon which tied into the most lovely bows around Christmas cakes or on door wreaths. Worst thing I bought from there was a set of ice lolly moulds from which it proved utterly impossible to release the lollies. It went to the charity shop in rhe hope that it would find someone with more patience than me!

It's Mr F's cooking night so I'm going to try & get a couple more clues in the crossword & read. Planning to watch the 'Peaky Blinders' film tonight. I can hear that Soot has just presented himself in the kitchen & requested a 2nd dinner. Permission denied!

F x

teapot2 · 4 April at 6:48PM

That cake looks very yummy 🤤, I have some of those wee chicks too and cute little painted wooden eggs, had them for many years but can't remember where I got them.