On the list
On Sunday I went to the local allotments and put my name down for one. I’m not hopeful it will be any time soon though, I’m 27th on the list! However, I supppose I need to be on it to ever get one so the deed is done.
I’ve had a twig sat on my desk at home for ages, it was a blackcurrant cutting we sent off for last year from Ribena and I forgot about it. I decided to find out what I was supposed to be doing with it and found the instructions online. It suggested keeping outside once it arrived to stop it from drying out. I felt the twig and it was bone dry - oops. But, I decided to plant it according to the instructions anyway and see if anything happens. Hopefully!! It’s in a pot so moveable when we move as will most things.
Now I know this isn’t my knitting blog, but I’m thinking of combining it to encompass all my daft obsessions I get. I’ve figured that most of my obsessions tend to come round again which is a good thing and I’ll remember that next time I think about ebaying everything! I have a stash under the bed of some yarn, not all of it mind, but a smidgen of the grand total available in the (shhh) garage. I sorted it yesterday and decided to get back into it. I took some free yarn I got from a magazine and decided to turn it into a triangular head scarf thing (idea in Stitch n Bitch) and completed it in one evening - fab. Shall try to get a pic of me wearing it. Got a few other UFO’s about which I’ll try and attack, I think I need one of those status bars so I can record how far I am with them all eh?
So on to today, back to gardening and a trip to Wilkinsons was planned to try and get some seed potatoes. I wanted some early potatoes and so came back with a small bag of 10 ‘Nicola’ seeds. Although on looking at the internet it seems they are early maincrop, but I suppose that doesn’t matter does it? Says they’ll be ready in July- Aug. Also got some lettuce seeds and courgette and a rhubarb crown/plant thing. I need a pot for this though so will sort one as soon as. Alex and I sowed the seeds when we got home and set the potatoes for chitting (well they already have some growth, maybe they are ok? I dunno, last year I just shoved em in the ground!!!). So although it’s small steps at the moment, the wheels are being set in motion. Looking forward to eating home grown stuff again 
