my plants arrive

Tuesday was another dreary day with some periods of rain at our peak district cottages.  One cottage out and one back in and one cleaner up.  Another day of odd jobs around the house and cottages and I had a surprise when the postman arrived with 250 plug plants.  Usually they arrive over a period of a couple of weeks so it looks like I will have plenty to do over the next few days.  Guests arrived about 5pm, they have been before. Wednesday was another pleasant day weather wise.  No departures or arrivals so in the morning I went to Buxton to Morrison’s and stocked up as I haven’t done a big supermarket shop for a while.  In the afternoon I unpacked all the plants that had arrived on Tuesday ready for planting up.  Chris erected the electric fence near the greenhouse as Andrew will be releasing some cows into the front field soon and they have a habit of looking over the wall (and sometimes knocking it down) as the grass is always greener on the other side!  Andrew brought some more cows over to this side of the road so there is a lot more black and white on the green landscape.  He also rebuilt the part of the wall Chris knocked down before Xmas.  In the evening it was our WI committee meeting and I collected Joanna and we went to the Presidents house in Bakewell.  Thursday saw no arrivals or departures so I spent some time preparing for Friday as well as a couple of enjoyable hours in the greenhouse planting up half the hanging baskets.  In the evening I went to Over Haddon for the Village Hall AGM.