Stuff I've been doing
May. 30th, 2012 01:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sessifet- Getting settled in at work. I'm still enjoying it a lot, though I'm always pretty fried after working nights.
- Playing ALL THE GAMES on my new PC. It's so shiny!
- Been messing with a short children's story idea (it involves carpet sharks).
- Continuing operation I Am The Person Who Lives Here. Currently this is mostly in the garden. I've been slowly clearing out the weeds and while I think it looks like I'm not doing much, the neighbours on both sides regularly give me an enthusiastic thumbs-up about how things are looking. And when I look at my brush pile/compost heap near the back fence, I realise I've already done a hell of a lot of work.
And things are now sprouting! I believe the bee hyssop seeds died in the two month autumn that's just passed, but one or two may still make a surprise appearance. Several sunflower seeds are sprouting, nasturtiums are randomly popping up in the wood chips, my wildflowers are all going insane in the second bed. My gifted baby borage is doing really well and hanging out in the big bed being all fuzzy and adorable.
My thyme overwintered and flowered! I'm not sure that's supposed to happen to a plant that was bought for two quid at the local supermarket and shoved in a barely prepared corner of the big bed. Both the sage and English lavender are hanging out and putting on more leaves. I lost over half my tomatoes and all my beans, but my potatoes are growing like there's no tomorrow (sprouted eating potatoes planted using the 'chuck them over there and I'll shovel some soil on them later' method).
I have one (1! Ahaha!) chilli plant. It had a flower, which has now shriveled up. I hope this means there will be a chilli pepper eventually. There's also a bunch of sweet pepper plants that need planting out, but I need containers and soil first. I'm also going buy a couple of plants that already have flowers and that will do some good now rather than wait for potential success with seeds next year.
The honeysuckle is attempting to invade the big bed again by burrowing underground. Wily bugger. I'm just pulling the sprouts out as and when they come up, because I can't get at any leftover roots and such without destroying my bed. Of course, if we're building an extension, we might as well clear and resurface the garden...ah well, that's for the future. The rose refuses to die, but is now a small bush, as opposed to some kind of three-sprigged monstrosity. Hopefully I can keep it small and contained.
- Other things: I'll post that in a different entry.
- Playing ALL THE GAMES on my new PC. It's so shiny!
- Been messing with a short children's story idea (it involves carpet sharks).
- Continuing operation I Am The Person Who Lives Here. Currently this is mostly in the garden. I've been slowly clearing out the weeds and while I think it looks like I'm not doing much, the neighbours on both sides regularly give me an enthusiastic thumbs-up about how things are looking. And when I look at my brush pile/compost heap near the back fence, I realise I've already done a hell of a lot of work.
And things are now sprouting! I believe the bee hyssop seeds died in the two month autumn that's just passed, but one or two may still make a surprise appearance. Several sunflower seeds are sprouting, nasturtiums are randomly popping up in the wood chips, my wildflowers are all going insane in the second bed. My gifted baby borage is doing really well and hanging out in the big bed being all fuzzy and adorable.
My thyme overwintered and flowered! I'm not sure that's supposed to happen to a plant that was bought for two quid at the local supermarket and shoved in a barely prepared corner of the big bed. Both the sage and English lavender are hanging out and putting on more leaves. I lost over half my tomatoes and all my beans, but my potatoes are growing like there's no tomorrow (sprouted eating potatoes planted using the 'chuck them over there and I'll shovel some soil on them later' method).
I have one (1! Ahaha!) chilli plant. It had a flower, which has now shriveled up. I hope this means there will be a chilli pepper eventually. There's also a bunch of sweet pepper plants that need planting out, but I need containers and soil first. I'm also going buy a couple of plants that already have flowers and that will do some good now rather than wait for potential success with seeds next year.
The honeysuckle is attempting to invade the big bed again by burrowing underground. Wily bugger. I'm just pulling the sprouts out as and when they come up, because I can't get at any leftover roots and such without destroying my bed. Of course, if we're building an extension, we might as well clear and resurface the garden...ah well, that's for the future. The rose refuses to die, but is now a small bush, as opposed to some kind of three-sprigged monstrosity. Hopefully I can keep it small and contained.
- Other things: I'll post that in a different entry.
