Lovely bank holiday weekend. Mum and Dad visiting, that always makes me think that my garden is not quite up to scratch, so we dragged them to Dobbies garden centre. The thing that has done best in our garden (apart from the weeds) is a shrub, and we think it is possibly a hebe, so I bought a couple more hebes and planted them in the borders. Also moved a few plants around, and put some rosemary and some lavender in the front garden. I love using rosemary, and these plants should be pretty tough and look and smell nice. I've copied the idea from a neighbour who has these plants out the front where we have a little hedge. I've also fed the front lawn for the first time, hopefully this will do it some good. I have been half tempted to buy a lawn food spreader, but a) our lawn is really small, about fifteen square metres, and b) it would only be used once or twice a year if that, so I improvised instead. I needed to put one handful per square metre on the lawn, so I made a metre square out of bamboo and wire, laid it on the lawn, and sprinkled away. Works well, and was free (a lawn feeder like this one1 is about twenty quid). I've also revived a hanging basket, and put a couple of seneti in the planter out the front.
We've eaten well this weekend too, a meal out at The Black Horse and a Thai takeaway from a new place in Sandgate, @LekThaiTakeaway. Was very good we will use it again2!
We still have an action packed weekend ahead, Kev is visiting from America and bringing Luke with him so we're having another meal out, at the Duke Of Cumberland this time.
Very foggy out right now but it's going to clear up. We had a nice walk along the beach yesterday, it feels very summery around here right now. What a nice place we live in.
Clare is having a lie-in right now, I am up early with the boys. number two son is under his gym, and Number one son is sat next to me, reading out every word I type in as I type it in. He is so clever. I love my boys so much.
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