15 Years of Dirt

 I have been closely watching the weather forecast in the last week as the temperatures have dropped dramatically in the mornings but risen again later when the clear blue skies and warming sun get into their stride. However tomorrow heralds the actual probability of a frost and the compulsion to move tender plants under cover. Panicking a little I asked John if he would clean the windows in the porcherie/potting shed (as I can't reach them) before it became full of plants.

In order to clean the windows "properly" we had to move benches etc. By lunchtime we realised that this "little" job had morphed into a full blown "Spring/Autumn clean". Not before time some would say as it hasn't been done like this for the past 15 years. Although I frequently de-cobweb, this time I was amazed to see that they were draped like lace curtains between all the beams. Surely monster spiders must live here but I never saw one of any size.

  (there is a man cleaning the window behind the reflection)

Although not planned we felt very virtuous when we had finished. Must go now and start moving the vulnerable plants.