march

 Ah...it's lovely to sit in the front garden, drinking chilled wine as if it was the summer. Across the road on the bank  snowdrops are just going over; they were a clouds of white last week.  Tiny tete-a-tetes began to bob in their pots on the front wall, kept company by irises and crocuses. The daffs and primroses and anemones weren’t far behind. On the porch step, we’ve got bowls of jewel-coloured polyanthus, which we bought at the Llandysul Garden Festival. 

We went to several of the talks at this festival including a great one on how to propagate veg seeds. And finally, the sun is out and the temperature in the polytunnel creeps towards 30 in the day. We’re harvesting broccoli, kale and cabbage from it, as well as salad leaves. Then,  I scattered grass seed over the half moon lawn. A sort of vague greeness is appearing over it. At its edge, the daffs are blooming. Gardening has been generally full-on at Rhos Hill, both in the garden and in the office. Being joint secretaries of the the Gardening Club is a bit of an eye-opener as the printer churned out programmes, minutes and agendas. Maybe I might learn something about plants, too, you never know! (Just their names would be a start...)

We finally tackled the problem of having a garage with no drive - that is - no way of getting the cars into the garage! We ordered a lorry load of gravel...and a strong son! Put the two together and presto! more ‘Joe steps’ miraculously appeared. In three days, he transformed the massive pile of gravel into tidy steps going  from the driveway (from gate to garage) down the little hill to the shed and from there formed a pathway along the side of the garage, now running alongside the ‘half moon lawn’.  

While we were finishing the driveway, we also lining the lay-by with gravel, so that people don’t get their shoes muddy when they park up. As we were working away, a lady from Troedyraur (2 miles up the road) pulled up, introducing herself as Gwen and saying hi to new neighbours. She remarked that we’d made stirling progress at Rhos HIll since arriving. Nice of her.