Brownie Points.

John has scored these in abundance in the last few days. He has finished reseeding the courtyard. As you know he initially applied rough compost from the recycling centre, then a layer of our ordinary compost (which we buy continually) followed by the carefully measured grass seed and then a top dressing of compost. This has all been done by hand with the utmost precision. Yes, his back is killing him. Furthermore he has been cementing the floor in bedroom 3 in the mornings whilst waiting for the courtyard to dry and yesterday I couldn't believe my eyes he was sieving the soil he dug out of the holes for the trees in the back field. What a good boy.

Meanwhile I think I qualify for some Brownie Points. In the last couple of days I have planted 200 tulip bulbs,250 narcissus bulbs, lifted and dried a lot of cannas (too many to count) planted a bed of pansies and started to lift the dahlias for storage. Well if you don't pat yourself on the back nobody else does!!Hopefully it will all be worth it in the spring.

ps    Fighting a losing battle!

Within an hour of rolling the compost on my grass seed, someone was digging it up!  We thought there may be problems with Cleo (our cat) using it as a toilet, but no, it was the squirrel who thought it looked good for hiding walnuts!!!