Wednesday 7 July 2010

Garden centres..

Off out this morning to Dobbies to have a bit of a mooch there, and get our free coffees for the month.
We have a big Spirea at the bottom of the garden which has been ther3e for years. The big pot that it is in has cracked though, and has been got at by the winter weather this year, like many of them. So we had a lood around to see what they had, and found they had a nice large blue pot which was just £25 so we got that. We seem to be developing a blue theme in the garden with a number of lovely bright blue pots and accessories. We then went for our coffees, and were very surprised to find that it was extremely quiet. They have a huge eating area, but it was fairly empty. Totally different from the one at Lady Green nurseries which was heaving, and so noisy you could barely hear a conversation. Nice though we prefer them quiet.
I then had a look around and picked up a couple of things, shortbreads, and after dinner mints that we like.
Home in time for lunch and VT wheeled the pot round, and got caught in the rain which teemed down for a short while. Cleared up nicely in the afternoon though, and he had a go at getting the plant out f the old one. He said the roots were huge, and it wasn't going to be possible to save the plant so we might transplant another into the pot and get a small replacement.
Activity in the back area outside our houses. There is to be a jazz concert in the gardens at the back on Saturday, so VT says people are bringing barbecues round etc. Should be fun.
Jane rang up twice today, she is off to the college this afternoon, to enrol I think, at least she seems keen.
Tonight we are having:
Lemon and black pepper escalopes,
Potato croquettes,
Carrots and beans
Bread sauce.

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