Yes, we are still here! No, I haven't stopped blogging (don't panic) but last week I was in Whitby with Class 8 on a school residential and Mrs Whitley and Miss Morgan kept calm and carried on in the garden. As I tend to do the blog each week and I had already dumped a lot of garden stuff on Mrs Whitley and Miss Morgan, while I disappeared yet again, I felt rather guilty asking them to blog too. So hence there was a pause last week. However we are back this week with a vengeance, with already a lot happening and it's only Wednesday!
Last week, the weather was very unseasonal again - cold and rainy, really not the best weather to work outside, but the ladies and the children reported that they had managed to put some of the plants into the beds, finally achieving a task that should of happened at least 2 months ago.
Last week, the weather was very unseasonal again - cold and rainy, really not the best weather to work outside, but the ladies and the children reported that they had managed to put some of the plants into the beds, finally achieving a task that should of happened at least 2 months ago.
Whitby was lovely, but we were all dressed in winter woollies - layers, hats, scarves and gloves. It was rather cool and the rain caught up with us on Thursday. The skies were leaden and grey and we were all wondering if there would ever be a summer. Then by Monday, we were sweltering in 20 degree plus heat, there wasn't a cloud in the sky and we had shed our layers of chunky clothing down to t-shirts and light trousers, looking for some shade and respite, rather than hot chocolate and a warm radiator! What a crazy country this is. From one extreme to the other, with only us gardeners quietly celebrating that finally we are able to work outside in shirt sleeves and actually put our bulging polytunnel contents outside for the first time in months, without the fear of a frost killing all our hard work!
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