5 April 2025 (Saturday)

The usual Saturday… up early though no alarm set, breakfast and then making the list for Sunday Chat!  Filming takes place in the morning, then I get lunch ready and do a few things around the kitchen, including making an Instant Pot Bolognese as we have Sophie of Sophie Stock Art staying overnight, so this will make a tasty and quick supper for later.

After lunch I do a post for the 6th birthday of For Earth's Sake, then get to the plot and plough on (almost literally!) with the front area I uncovered on Wednesday; lots of bindweed, grasses and Cinque Foil, three whole 30 litre planters full in fact.  It’s really taken me far, far too long to get on with this area, though the job is being done now… coulda, woulda, shoulda get no one anywhere!  Obviously, I go through what I did in this week’s upload of A Week at the Plot, though you’ll have to wait for the Sunday segment to see what I did, though the above photo shows the work that’s been done, even if in a little bit of shade!.

When I got home having spent longer at the allotment than anticipated, Sophie’d arrived, and it was lovely to see her and give her a hug, albeit I didn’t squeeze her as I had dirty allotment hands still.

After a thorough hand wash, I popped on the pasta, heated up the sauce in the microwave, grated some Cheddar, and we had supper on our laps in the front room chatting away, as we continued to do all evening.

Off to bed around 10.30, and a few chapters of The Woman who Walked into the Sea.


Weather:  Warm and sunny, much of the day.  Cooler again overnight.  

Breakfast:  Bran sticks, yogurt, banana
Lunch:  Last night’s leftover pasta bake added to a tin of Minestrone soup, pitta, thin slices of cheese and some leftover coleslaw
Supper:  Instant Pot Bolognese with wholewheat spaghetti and grated cheese