WELCOME TO MY POTTING SHED

You can't beat a dollop of mud a day to keep the Doctor at bay.

Why not follow me about as I garden for money and just for fun in beautiful Nailsworth and its' environs.

What's it all about?

My gardens, that's all and any gardening related stuff I guess you might be interested in.

Where do I garden?

My house is in the centre of Nailsworth. With the wind in the right direction, we get a strong whiff of curry as it floats out of the Passage to India and into our front garden. We never get this smell anywhere else on our premises, which is either a good thing, or a bad one, depending on your point of view. As you now know we have a garden, a small rectangle, at the front of the house, and a triangular courtyard garden at the back. Then there's the Garden Plot, right down in the heart of Nailsworth, which I rent from a local business. This is new as from Autumn 2009 and will take a lot of work to help it become productive. I try to garden for veges at my friend Debbis house and for fun with my next door neighbour.

It adds up to a lot of work. For a relaxing hobby, it's proving stressful at times, but, mostly it's heaven.

There are customers who like me to work for them right through the year, and others who I see during the summer months. This working more days a week in the summer than in the winter, of course. The way to keep the finances stable for me has been to teach on the days I don't garden. Works really well for me. The bills get paid, we haven't starved to death yet and we get to have fun ... sometimes!

Thursday, 10 June 2010

Girlie Knife



I've had a splinter in the very tip of my right hand, index finger for about 3 weeks. It's been driving me bonkers.

I also had a manicure a few weeks ago, as you may remember. They were my nails, painted. Some of you thought they were falsies. 

WELL I'VE NEVER BEEN SO INSULTED IN MY LIFE

My nails generally look pretty good despite my manicure regime being a bit unusual. If  I break, or split a nail as I work, I usually pick up a stone and use it as a nail file. It works very well. A green twig ig good for digging the mud out from under.

Well where am I going with this? 

I now have a key for my POTTING SHED up at the Garden Plot. It needed to have a keyring to set it off: OBVIOUSELY.  

BRUTONS came to the rescue. As they cut me a couple of keys ( I always need a spare, because, where keys are concerned, I'm feckless), I browsed the displays. And there it was, a 
SWISS ARMY KNIFE. 


Already I've used the scissors to cut the peas from the Pea Plants, the emery board and the 'orange stick'  to beautify my nails on the job. It goes without saying that the knife has seen a lot of action, cutting open bags of compost and fighting demons to name but two. The tweezers, ah yes, the tweezers. Haven't actually used them yet, but I'm sure I will soon.

I LOVE MY GIRLIE GARDENING KNIFE.



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