An early start as Peter Tatham came to pick up compost soon after 8am. He was heading for a 'trailer training' session at 9am, held just down the road in Lawrence Street. So, I gave him a quick tour of the garden and showed him the Scheppach soil sifter and the rotasieve.
He had come for a load of potting compost, and took 5 large sacks, plus 6 smaller sacks of unriddled compost, a large sack of riddled leafmould and a very heavy sack of loam. He gave me a sack of spent hops from a brewery, and I swapped this for a loganberry plant, one which rooted last season. He'll work out how much he is able to give me for this load and then I'll invoice him.
I had a bit of time inside and then did more work outside, riddling a load of material out of last year's containers, a large volume of peat-based growing media from the thrown-away pansies etc that I rescued from Country Fresh over winter, and several buckets-worth of fresh loam/leafmould/compost mix. This yielded two big sacks of potting medium and I'll use a mixture of this and the 100% new stuff to grow this year's crops in pots.
I had work, with David, at 2.30; we went to the bank, and then Marks and Sparks, where by chance we met Carolyn, and we arranged to go to have a coffee with her. She suggested the other M+S which has a cafe, so I pushed David there and then he waited at the table whilst I queued, then Carolyn rolled up so I got 3 coffees and we spent the best part of an hour there, chatting.
On the way back to David's flat we met Lynn, which meant that soon after we got in, my two hours was up and I got my bike ready to go home.
Gill was getting ready to go out, as she was attending a focus group about ethical consumerism out on the Tadcaster Road. I split a few logs and had a rice-based tea, then watched a nature programme with both boys which was really nice.
Gill came in just before that finished, I made the boys' supper and a very good-natured and peaceful evening was had by all. I planned bits of my weekend, most of which is going to be very full, and made time to play a few goes of Scrabble.
He had come for a load of potting compost, and took 5 large sacks, plus 6 smaller sacks of unriddled compost, a large sack of riddled leafmould and a very heavy sack of loam. He gave me a sack of spent hops from a brewery, and I swapped this for a loganberry plant, one which rooted last season. He'll work out how much he is able to give me for this load and then I'll invoice him.
I had a bit of time inside and then did more work outside, riddling a load of material out of last year's containers, a large volume of peat-based growing media from the thrown-away pansies etc that I rescued from Country Fresh over winter, and several buckets-worth of fresh loam/leafmould/compost mix. This yielded two big sacks of potting medium and I'll use a mixture of this and the 100% new stuff to grow this year's crops in pots.
I had work, with David, at 2.30; we went to the bank, and then Marks and Sparks, where by chance we met Carolyn, and we arranged to go to have a coffee with her. She suggested the other M+S which has a cafe, so I pushed David there and then he waited at the table whilst I queued, then Carolyn rolled up so I got 3 coffees and we spent the best part of an hour there, chatting.
On the way back to David's flat we met Lynn, which meant that soon after we got in, my two hours was up and I got my bike ready to go home.
Gill was getting ready to go out, as she was attending a focus group about ethical consumerism out on the Tadcaster Road. I split a few logs and had a rice-based tea, then watched a nature programme with both boys which was really nice.
Gill came in just before that finished, I made the boys' supper and a very good-natured and peaceful evening was had by all. I planned bits of my weekend, most of which is going to be very full, and made time to play a few goes of Scrabble.
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