Day 2108 Grow box

22nd May 2023

Oh the sun, the sun, the glorious sun is shining down, ideal for spending time in a supermarket.

For the last three weeks Kelli has been buying the saddest, close to death potted flowers in Aldi. There is usually, this time of year, a display close to the entrance, the weakest collection of flowers in the whole of Holland.

“Mother” Kelli has made it her mission to give as many pots of flowers a home. She cannot bare to leave them all dry and wilted, and she has threatened to buy the lot. It’s only that we would starve to death that stops her doing that.

She gives them a good soak and soon they are revived and looking good again. It certainly brightens up the driveway at a fraction of the cost of buying from a garden centre.

Well we got that over with and stopped at Natures Market, a store of expensive things that don’t contain anything bad. We loaded up a couple of bags and headed home.

Breakfast was a sad and sorry sight, there was nothing left, I even had to pinch off the dodgy parts of the bread before I could have toast.

In other countries food parcels would be dropped to us, normally Kelli can find something at the bottom of the fridge and turn it into a meal, but not this time.

That is why once we’ve bought the food, we are back in heaven again. The fridge is full and we are looking forward to another six days of nourishment.

I had ambitions to do lots today, but we were late getting back. I got the bikes out of hibernation and fitted the batteries ready for the first ride of the year. It was glorious, we rode down to the beach where bulldozers were levelling the sand ready for the late spring rush.

Riding back I remembered the pain in my arse that I got last year, same place, only hurts when I cough. But that will soon be forgotten once everything toughens up, or remains numb for the rest of the summer.

I did a test fit of the pull out spice rack, and it seemed to work okay, a bit of tweaking and it’s a good un.

Inspired by an idea given to me by my sister Nicola, for growing strawberries. She planned to grow then in hanging baskets, but I decided to go a little bigger. I had timber planks left over from building the composter, so I made and eight foot window box to hang on the fence. This should be large enough to transplant all the plants that have self set themselves around the bed that I thought would contain them. This will free up the bed to be used for growing more vegetables.