"0tterbot" wrote in message
happy new year everyone :-)

And to you and yours.

we are bringing in the new year with a lot of mulching, fertilising,
planting out and tidying up of dead things from spring (everything got out
of hand before xmas when i couldn't find the time to do anything much).
the veggie patch has had a makeover & is looking exceedingly organised &
lovely (i like an organised veggie garden, me).

I do too but I've found it grows too if it's a mess and outside my beds,
it's an appalling mess at the moment. And given the heat we've had int he
past few days it can stay that way till some coolth arrives.

so, what are you all doing in the garden atm? if you're all having beers
on the verandah & just looking at it's lush loveliness, i shall die of
envy g

Did that earlier this evening after the offspring and the granchild arrived.
The offspring even cooked dinner - all I did was make a salad and serve out
some strawberries from the garden which I'd had marinating in some sugar and
brandy - yum.