Monday 11th May 2015 to Sunday 17th May 2015

Monday 11th May 2015
Up at 5:15  Dog walked, papers fetched. Potted 2 butternut squash and on pumpkin as I noticed they were very dry at the bottom when I planted some at the lotty yesterday.  Nipped to lotty to take covers off dwarf french beans.

Lorry broke down on A38 so not into office until 8.15.   Hectic day, most of stuff got done.  Back home for 6.15.  Tea, big dog walk.  Took missus up town to get some money.  Got Phil to drop me off at Halfords.  Picked up bike, fixed me back brake and fitted me new grips for £12!!  Can't argue with that can you?  Rode bike down to lotty.  Got some molehill soil.  Did an outer wigwam for the french beans.

Home, shut down the greenhouse, bit of telly, bed for 10.30.

Tuesday 12th May 2015
Up early - 5:20.  Dog walked, papers fetched.  Polished shoes a day late.  Opened up Greenhouse, brekkie and ready for work.  Popped up lotty on way to work, put a few more broad bean seeds(?) in as this is the last month you can apparently.  Have a bit of a dilemma at home as don't seem to have any runner beans according to plant labels just loads and loads of dwarf french beans - will have to see if I've got that right. Into office for 8.10am after a bit of a queue on A38

Got a load of canes from Wilko at lunchtime for diddly squat compared to the garden centre purchase last year.  £2.50 for 10 8' canes.  Marvellous.

After work it was a case of driving over to mum and dad's and sorting out the old PC.  Bizarrely the machine would play sound from media player but not from Internet Explorer and not from Google Chrome.  After much scratching of head it turned out the solution was to go: Control Panel, Internet Options, Advance, Multimedia option, Play Sound in Web Pages, switch off, switch on again.   Obvious when you think about it.   Anyway, got home for about 7:30.  Tea then down to the lotty to cover everything up because the Oracle says there's going to be a frost (even though the forecast was 7 degrees).

Bed at 10:15.  Funny old day.

Wednesday 13th May 2015
Woke up at 4am.  Thought shall I get up and see how frosty it is, then thought no, I'll get up at 5:15am, the proper time.  No frost, quelle surprise.  Took dog a walk, fetched papers, uncovered everything, got stuff out of greenhouse that I'd put away.  Uncovered stuff in the greenhouse against the terrible frost that never bloomin happened!  Got home after visiting group maintained that'll have to do!  Home, tea, dog walk.  Mowed lawns; front, back and lane. Cycled to lotty, covered stuff up as both Phil and Bosskat predicted frosts.  Some chance but if I don't after being given fair warning and there is a frost I'll never hear the end of it.  Did a bit of weeding while I was down there all good stuff.  Fixed washing machine when got back.  Happy days, bed by 11, read book a bit too.

Thursday 14th May 2015
Up at 5:15, walking dog, fetching papers, watering everything.  Planted some Scarlet Emporer Runner Beans. Down Lotty to uncover, work for 8.20.  All good stuff.  Got Phil's phone back from Tango Communications on Normanton Road in Derby - cost a bomb but he's happy and he's paid for it.  Good.  Got back from work about 6.30, tea, dog walk. Greenhouse, covering up of plants for last time I think then down lotty.  Covering up a bit and a bit of tidying with the boss. Dug late pit for runner beans and got some newspaper down in the bottom to hold water a bit.  Plenty of muck down there so not worried on that front! Did a bit of work on ChurchBayCottages.com

Friday 15th May 2015
Up at 5:26, very tired.  Dog walk, brekko, greenhouse, lottery, work for 8.30.  All on rails pretty much!

Saturday 16th May 2015
Up early. Dog walk, paper, piccy B.  Loads of work in the greenhouse re-arranging to make it tidy and easier.  Have put a water butt inside to make watering easier.  Allotment. Golf. Allotment.

Sunday 17th May 2015
Up early. Dog walk, lotty, trip to take John H's card.  Lotty some more. Over to Darley Dale for tea, nom nom.  Back home.  Dog walk.


16/13.5