It's been a busy few days in the One Girl Growing household, not with vastly exciting things, more the mundane tasks of washing, ironing and generally keeping the house tidy. Friday was a very productive day in the garden though as I re-potted 72 plug plants - Arctic Dianthus, which I'm hoping will provide some much needed weed-preventing ground cover for my borders. I was amazed at how tiny they were when they arrived and was worried that I'd damage them when I removed them from their tiny plastic covers but so far they seem to be pulling through unscathed.
I'm also awaiting the arrival of some Mesembryanthemum and Polyanthus so there'll be some more re-potting to do soon.
Almost half of the garden is dedicated to self-sufficient endeavors. I have a large chicken run and coop which houses 9 chickens (the 'chooks') and the rest contains two veg patches and a couple of compost bins. I've been busy planting various seeds and on Friday my girlfriend and I planted a cherry tree in an unused spot of the garden. Hopefully, with a bit of tlc, in a couple of years it'll give us some lovely cherries that we can use in pies and crumbles.
The sun is shining today so I'm going to make the most of it and weed and feed the lawn and sort out the blueberries which have been slightly neglected so far this year and need a good weeding. We're going away on our hols for a couple of days tomorrow so I suppose I should pack my suitcase too - I hate packing!
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