Pottering About

I spent Friday pottering about the house and garden.  It was quite a bright day just perfect for getting little jobs done that have had to be put off all week because of the rain.

Here's my new mint plant which I managed to get potted up today....mint is such a vigorous grower and I love to use it chopped up over boiled new potatoes.

When I was a little girl I have fond memories of being at my Nan's house for Sunday lunch and being asked to go into the garden and gather mint leaves.....I would then bring them into the kitchen and chop them as finally as I could, put them into a small jug, add a teaspoon of sugar, a dash of boiling water and top up with vinegar and I would then have the most delicious jug of homemade mint sauce to go with the roast lamb.  I still use this method today to make yummy mint sauce.

Wet n Wild!

It feels very wintery here today we have high winds, driving rain and it feels soooo chilly too.  I have some runner beans in my greenhouse desperate to be planted out but I'm afraid they will have to wait until the weather picks up a little.  The weather in this country of ours never ceases to amaze me, it is so changeable from day to day. 

I took these photos in the garden on Friday, it was such a bright, sunny day just perfect for pottering about outside.

My Californian Lilac is looking gorgeous this year, such pretty flowers

We are looking forward to another bumper crop of strawberries this year.  I hope the sun will soon be back to ripen all these yummy berries.

Tentatively Dipping My Toe!!

My first blog...yikes

Not able to do much crafting today due to a problem with my shoulder from tooooo much crocheting so I thought I would have a go at creating my own blog.  I'm feeling a little bit overwhelmed with it all to be honest but I'm sure in time I will find my way around. 

It's a rather dull and overcast day here in the North West of England and quite chilly for the time of year.  I thought I would share with you  a few pictures from my garden which I took a couple of weeks back when the weather was much brighter.

These beautiful little rockery flowers are called Aubrieta and I love them, they are so bright and cheery

My rhubarb is growing great this year and soon I'm looking forward to making a rhubarb crumble with lashings of homemade custard!