April is coming towards the end and I’m going nuts again! I’m off in a few days to do another marathon, and that means a few things to put in order. I think I’ve got my budget just about balanced. The plants though… with going away everything’s got to be either planted out, fitted into the dark kitchen (it’s hot on the living room window sill, so there they need watering every day, and won’t survive while I’m away), or found new homes. So I’ve been freecycling again. And if I thought the frame was bad… this time I’ve got nearly 30 replies. And all want different combinations of various plants and seed. I just know in the end half of them won’t turn up. But I’ve made a local community garden my waiting list so hopefully that will work out!
Nasturtiums and globe artichokes have joined the rest in the garden. I’m just hoping all goes well with them. One of my marrows has already been well and truly munched by snails out there. Half of its stem has been chewed away for several inches. Strangely it didn’t look too wilted though, so maybe I’ll come back to it still alive!
I think I got the culprits too… I’ve been gathering snails from the garden for a while now and keeping them in yoghurt pots in the kitchen. Apparently they are edible. I think I’ll tell that tale in full at a later date. But for now they are going to have to go in the fridge while I’m away, so they go dormant in the low temperature and don’t need feeding and cleaning (yuk!). Today I planted out the last few plants in pouring rain. Came back soaked and with a few more snails in a tub. Two of them were mating when I picked them up so just in time!
I found time to write a few more reviews, see the Qype panel on the right. Unfortunately I didn’t make it to a Qype event: a gourmet chocolate tasting for Advanced Insiders. If you want to hear about it look up reviews for Melt. Arrrgggghhhh! I can’t believe I couldn’t go. Oh well, off now for a long walk and a bit of Qyping.
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