At last the spring bedding is planted up.
It's not the rain which caused the delay
but the mild weather.Bizzie lizzies,godetias,
and other annuals cheerfully flowering away
with no regard to the season,but they had to
go. Now they've been replaced by pansies,
polyanthus,narcissus,and tulips.We lifted them together,
me and the Plucky Little Woman,then I went ahead
forking over and breaking up the soil and raking
to a reasonable tilth,she followed on with
a trowel,dig drop fill,dig drop fill,
until the beds were full.
It's our 55th Anniversary this month,
55 years since I carried her across the threshold
of the house we still live in today.
Food was still rationed so it was a case of
fruit and veg and National Growmore in the garden
Now it's patio,lawns and borders rockery and shrubbery,
but I have kept a small vegetable plot (organic)
which currently has second cropping early
potatoes (for Christmas),leeks,onions,and garlic.
Look after your bit of land,friends,they're not
making any more.
Best wishes from the PLW and yours truly
Sam.