my blog seems to have turned into a gardening blog all of a sudden - it's the place I've been spending all my spare time lately - am so tired after work, even 5 minutes out there makes you feel as if you've done something, and I find being outside so therapeutic, even though I am a novice gardener.
These are the sunflowers that Melissa sent me last year in this post..
the tomato plants I bought a month or so ago from the Red Cross Plant sale in the village, are now up to my shoulders! The first flowers are coming out, and I have been getting tips about growing tomatoes from a chap at work. I was just commenting to N last week about how quickly they are shooting up - and that I'd been advised to pinch out any new growth between the stem and leaf - when he told me he'd kindly been pinching off the flowers to help. The tomato growing has consequently been left to me, and I also gained some courgette plants from a friend.
today I have been out madly tidying in the garden, and replanting an old trough - moving the plants I wasn't so keen on, to turn it into a herb garden. In there are parsley, basil, some coriander and one or two lettuce... The parsley marker was bought at Potfest on the last foray. I really like the typewriter typeface on it!
Speaking of forays I have had a couple of good finds at work. During the week I savalged 3 old wooden pallets from a skip, as since N had seen an article about this designer in Dwell magazine - he'd wanted to make one of these...
I am so delighted with my recycled sun lounger. (By the way, if you like this kind of thing, check out Scrapile as well.) Had been needing some garden furniture to add to the 'bench' and had been planning an expensive trip to Ikea - so the next day he made a table to match!
which also doubles as a footrest and another sitting bench. Total cost £0 - from 3 pallets.
I hate having to work on Saturdays, as it means a 6 day week and I miss my morning of R4 and pottering in the house. It knocks the system, which I don't think recovers without a break - so thank God I am having a week off later this week. However, being at work did have some payoff as I was given this Cath Kidston fabric by a colleague - with another piece in beautiful roses.
All I need is some time to do something with it!
Bon appetit!
That garden furniture is fantastic! Great work Nx
Posted by: suzanne | June 15, 2008 at 11:01 PM
a gardening blog is good.
great use of those palettes.. will be showing these photos to R... very impressed with N.
your supper looks great too... have you room for one more at your table?
g x
Posted by: ginny | June 16, 2008 at 05:00 PM
I think it's hard not to turn into a gardening blog at this time of year with so much going n in the garden.
Love your pallet furniture, it's brilliant, you are getting quite a portfolio of recycled goods there, maybe you should start selling these too!
Anyway, just stopping by to than you for my gift, everything is just gorgeous, thanks so much. I'll post about it maybe later today or tomorrow.
Posted by: carolyn | June 17, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Does N fancy a holiday in Cornwall to do some diy in my garden?! Don't think anyone minds a gardening blog...especially with lovely photos. D X
Posted by: Diana | June 17, 2008 at 11:28 AM
hello little sunflowers! nice to see you again.. :)
i am so impressed with the pallet-turned-outdoor furniture. we could do with one of those in our backyard- might have to show tom that website!
Posted by: melissa | June 18, 2008 at 09:52 PM
Finally managed to blog about your cards, but your Etsy shop is empty, fill it up Caireen, fill it up!
Posted by: carolyn | June 19, 2008 at 12:00 PM
What fantastic pallet furniture - I will have to get some made for the allotment. Anoher job! I would not worry about the blog being all garden like, its so lovely to see your pictures. Hope you have success with your sunflowers, mine have just been gobbled! :-(
Posted by: Sew Recycled! | June 20, 2008 at 06:19 AM