[sigh] With it being bank holiday yesterday, this week Tuesday is the new Monday.
Which meant shopping - two loads of it. Since I needed to check out
Proper Job for a couple more large troughs (for the organic peppers), I opted to shop at
Tesco this time (the two are quite close to each other, as opposed to
Sainsbug's, which is in the opposite direction). I prefer
Sainsbug's - not at all impressed by
Tesco's ethics and business practises - but unfortunately they stock a handful of things I can't get at
Sainsbug's: organic apple sauce; economy diced turkey; Koka brand ramen, as I discovered today, not many varieties but better than nothing, as I don't get into town and the Chinese supermarket that much these days; and at the moment senior catfood that's nearly £1 cheaper than the same one at
Sainsbug's, hence the second trip, as I couldn't carry everything in the first.
Proper Job only had
very large troughs. I bought one, which will have to home the cherry tomatoes I think. But they
did have natural pine TV tables (the sort you eat dinner from, that fold flat for storage) for £5.99 each (that's £2 cheaper than the ones I saw at
The Range before they sold out!) So I picked up two on the second trip - and buggered my hands carrying them home. Will have to be careful for a couple of days...
Tesco had their
Finest sweet peppers at half price. We'd never tried them (usually a bit pricey) so I picked some up. Used one in tonight's spagbol and it was
delicious - I've panted some of the seeds to see if I can get them to grow (if the plant isn't hybrid, anyway. They don't tell you on the label, as far as I could see).
Finest speciality yoghurts were on special too - bought wild blueberry, Devonshire fudge (Kai loved it!), hazelnut for Ken, and a Sweet William pear in butterscotch sauce (for me. Truly amazing). I mean, how can you resist (and then feel
horribly guilty about, because of the airmiles) a label that says 'West Country yoghurt mixed with Channel Islands cream: wild blueberries from select Canadian fruit farms'? It's so thick the spoon stands upright...
Gorgeous day today, perfect drying weather (so I did. And we now have the summer downie on the bed). Temperature in the greenhouse got up close to 40°, which is OK if I'm on hand to water several times a day. I really must make the shade for it.
Had a letter from
Guerilla Gardening when I finally struggled home, basically a press release for Richard's new book on the subject, and accompanied by a packet of
Russian Giant sunflower seeds (apparently they can grow to nine foot high!) Will give those a go next year, I think: we'll need to organise a special bed for them.
Kai and I have been watching
Twelve Kingdoms over the last few nights (we're up to episode 13 now) and loving it. It really is an incredibly beautiful and complex anime.
'ooray! My weather pixie has some new clothes - including a pair of baggy jeans when the weather's in the teens. I don't like the new boots though - they look like wellies! (Lutra's has changed too - she's now wearing glasses...)
Right, anything else?... Probably, but it doesn't spring immediately to mind. Except that I feel like I'm getting a cold. Keeping fingers crossed it's just hayfever - apparently the tree pollen is particularly heavy at the moment. Better have some local honey tomorrow...
Back to the rockface before I try for an early night, very tired and legs are aching like hell!
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