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heleninwales) wrote2024-08-13 11:27 am
heleninwales) wrote2024-08-13 11:27 am
Domestrivia
Yesterday was a quiet domestic day. I did useful things, including cleaning the venetian blind in the bathroom and making a bit of progress with the novel. I also put some dried fruit to soak to make another bara brith which I will bake later today.
This morning I have been round the garden and picked enough blackberries to make a crumble for dessert tonight. I don't think it's a particularly good year for them, but I still have jam left from last year so I don't need more. There will be enough for a few crumbles and pies.
I'm supposed to be getting on with things, but I've been distracted by things happening in the back garden. The birds seem very busy and earlier there was a rabbit.
I don't think "no mow May" works at all with our coarse grass and I won't let it get long in future. At the back in particular it just becomes long, rank and tough and any wild flowers are hidden. There are more flowers in the area of grass at the front which I've always kept tidier because it's very visible to neighbours and anyone walking along in front of the houses. Not only that, but since I strimmed the grass in the back garden on Sunday, the rabbits have started visiting again, the thrush came to perch on the tree stump again and we just had two magpies and a jay rooting about in the grass. I think the various creatures that visit like to be able to see if anything is approaching and not sneaking up on them, hidden in long grass.
This morning I have been round the garden and picked enough blackberries to make a crumble for dessert tonight. I don't think it's a particularly good year for them, but I still have jam left from last year so I don't need more. There will be enough for a few crumbles and pies.
I'm supposed to be getting on with things, but I've been distracted by things happening in the back garden. The birds seem very busy and earlier there was a rabbit.
I don't think "no mow May" works at all with our coarse grass and I won't let it get long in future. At the back in particular it just becomes long, rank and tough and any wild flowers are hidden. There are more flowers in the area of grass at the front which I've always kept tidier because it's very visible to neighbours and anyone walking along in front of the houses. Not only that, but since I strimmed the grass in the back garden on Sunday, the rabbits have started visiting again, the thrush came to perch on the tree stump again and we just had two magpies and a jay rooting about in the grass. I think the various creatures that visit like to be able to see if anything is approaching and not sneaking up on them, hidden in long grass.