A Bargain Waiting To Be Had

Norton Conyers was being very photogenic yesterday as we started work in the new vegetable plot. The space is filling up rapidly now we've added all the brassicas and leeks, only enough room to squeeze in some celeriac and courgettes I think. Everywhere I looked I wanted to snap photos of the lush green growth made even fresher with the backdrop of stormy skies. Weather wise our luck held in the morning as we started to plant out this years salvia collection, a task made easier with the rich damp earth, but after lunch heavy showers made things more arduous and certainly disgruntled Shandy who took shelter beneath a shrub with a look of complete disgust on her face!

We spent the rest of the day clearing the greenhouse of the dahlias which will be planted out next, we are taking a risk that there will be no more frosts now, but the plants must harden off first and the change of temperature will check their growth and stop them becoming leggy. The Zantedeshia aethiopica were next to be put in their customary place by the orangery wall, we now have so many that Giles has decided to offer some for sale, a whole tub bursting with potential blooms for just £12.00. That is a complete steal of a price, you would pay at least triple that in a posh Harrogate florist, so come and grab a bargain whilst you can!

"Life is the greatest bargain, we get it for nothing"
Yiddish proverb