Well, since my last posting I've got my allotment. Yay!! I'm the proud occupant of plot 39a, and have been since last Thursday. So I've been weeding and weeding, pulling up grass and dandelions and generally clearing the ground so I can start with a blank canvas. I've planted the odd thing - a nasturtium, some marigolds and mint, but it's mainly a tidy-up at the moment.
This is a view looking down the slope at my patch. At the top I'm planning on putting flowers, then a veggie patch. Then you get to the raspberry bushes which apparently produce masses of lovely berries in autumn, then another veggie patch, then it's compost corner.
My windowsills all around the flat are full of seedlings in pots, and the courgettes in particular look to be very sturdy little fellows. I've got high hopes of them, if I can keep the slugs off them of course. Maybe eventually I'll end up with an abundance of brightly coloured veg - something like this???
I've been making lots of carrots and cherry tomato felt sofites, plus cake - Bakewell tarts and jam tarts. It's weirdly addictive ...
My desk, as usual, is a total state. What I really need is a separate sewing room, but no chance of that! So I'll just have to live with a dining table covered in felt food. How do people in swanky magazines manage to cope with those severly minimalist homes where there's not a dust bunny out of place? Do they just clean and tidy 24-7 ? Are there really people with no clutter? They can't be crafters ...
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