Soothing my grumpy soul with gardening...
After the thunder storm, the rain abated, just as Favourite Handyman was putting the children to bed. Oh beautiful window of opportunity... I pulled out some of the huge seeding parsley and potted up tiny parsley seedlings from underneath the umbrella. When you pull out a large parsley plant, you can smell the relationship to carrot - there is a distinctive sweet, earthy smell very similar to carrots. I planted dahlias (hopefully not too late). All of them are divided tubers from a huge one I dug out in winter. It had not been divided for many years. I transplanted one tomato into a bigger pot and two chillis into medium pots. The tomatoes have flower buds now. I pulled out more errant yams and fed some sorrel to the chooks. I enjoyed my evening session in the garden more than words can express. Inside, I have finished the knitting for the baby coat and now only have to sew it up (yes there is a little procrastination on the sewing up front). I am nearly finished knitting a doll's