Meteorological High!

So exciting, we are having a 'Meteorological High' and its likely to stay with us for a week. Such a treat after the long wet winter. The water table in the UK is so full that we only need a little rain and the fields are flooded!!! Unbelieveable.

So yesterday we went out to buy some compost so I could start some potting up/on of plants!!!

Today I went into the greenhouse 

 and potted up my bananas, I haven't watered them as the compost is on the damp side, will check in a few days.

my cannas all done and warming up.

 I admit to cheating this year on the tomato front, I have bought plug plants for me and my neighbour.

The pond is full of frog spawn, we have never ever had so much. On top and under the net. The net will stay where it is until everything has hatched.

In my last blog I mentioned that we had planned some changes to the garden this year, well they have been put on hold until next year unless I can manage to do them myself. We have a wedding to pay for lol!!

Unwrapping, last years Birthday present!

Today is my birthday, as it is such a beautiful day, I thought I would unwrap last years birthday present to see how it was coping!!

As you can see its doing well. Apart from the little plant in the bottom left of the next pic.

Bottom middle of the next pic is also looking dodgy!

Wow, isn't the Agave looking fab, so chuffed.

All in all, I am pleased. I even found a few hibernating ladybirds!

So I shall wrap it up again till later in the year x

Leaks!!!

We have sprung a leak in the biomass pellet storage shed!!

well not a leak as such as the rain water has soaked in through the wood!!! The shed is raised off the concrete plinth, but obviously something is not working, so we shall be asking our builder back and we are thinking of maybe have a brick base, but will go by his recommendations!!

Although we had the roof redone January 2014

we still have an ongoing leak, it is driving it potty. We have no idea what to do and neither does the roofer. He comes again tomorrow as the leak was serious again this weekend.
We are prepared to have the tongue and groove taken down in the bathroom, this hides what I suspect is a very old and probably damaged lathe and plaster ceiling, but if it needs to be done, then done it must be. We have to find the source of the leak!!!