 Richard's No Olive Pasta Sauce 2 June 2025 (Monday) Up early, some work at my desk and then off to Lidl… which I knew was closing for refurbishment though looking at the shelves I realised it must be closing soon, so I ask and sure enough, it closes on Sunday. Coming home, I check when the new one opens in Brentford, and it’s Thursday - AND it will be opening at 7am so when I need to shop again I can drive down really early, do our shopping and still be at my desk early. And talking of my desk… It’s a desk work work day for me, with the usual ordering with Vanessa via a face call on WhatsApp. For lunch Richard made a truly delicious No Tomato Pasta Sauce which I really enjoyed - I love being cooked for (as long as the taste is good or better!), and some things become a real favourite, as this one has already.
After lunch Giuseppe from Tom Boswell Trees popped by to give a quote on some tree work we need doing in the back garden - including taking down the height of the big eucalyptus. We also chatted about woodchip and how his allotment in Acton and our allotment is doing this year, and some rather severe work done on a neighbour’s hedge that before this time had been managed by Tom Boswell for years!
For the rest of the afternoon I was at the plot watering, and putting in some squash I bought from the remaining plants of the Gate Sale, and also chatting - everyone down there wanted to chat today. A simple supper due to pasta for lunch, and another episode of Canal Boat Diaries, a film called Looper, and then halfway through it was time for bed and a book… we’ll watch the rest of the film tomorrow. Weather: A greyer day today, though still feeling warm. Breakfast: Bran Sticks, yogurt, and banana Lunch: Richard’s No Tomato Pasta Sauce Supper: Cottage Cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber and radish, and a rice cake
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Up early, work work at my desk then editing A Week at the Plot at the other desk.
We have a work social tomorrow morning at the site, so I popped to Lidl to get oat milk, biscuits and apple pies. Back home, and a chat with Vanessa as the staff member rota’d for today is ill, and Vanessa cannot be there between 10.30am and 1pm so we are going to have to shut, so social re “Unforeseen circumstances’ and also a poster to put on the closed shop door. There's someone picking up a whole Spanakopita too, a Greek Spinach & Feta Pie, so that needed to be rearranged too. Richard decided to make lunch - AND do a video of ot. A One Pot Pasta which was rather delicious, though it was also rather a HUGE portion!! I could have done with half as much for lunch, though of course ate it all... waste not, want not... or should that be waist not... Of course, we had it with grated cheese. We usually have grated cheddar, parmesan is a rarity in our house, just because it is. He will definityly do this again, maybe adding some more peppers, and swapping ingredients around... I think beans would also work, from a tin. The rest of the day was the usual; plot, supper, feeding and injecting neighbour's cat, As Time Goes By, and then some Top of the Pops, an episode from March 1985, and then an excellent episode of Have I Got News For You… David Tennant and Miles Jupp… brilliant humour. Weather: Sunny and breezy again. About 17°, and slightly warmer overnight, 8°. Breakfast: Bran Flakes, yogurt and banana Lunch: Richard’s One Pot Pasta Supper: Microwave Mixed Veg Omelet, lettuce, cucumber, radish and leftover Lemon Potatoes and a bit of mayo |
Paul SavidentFollowing on from A Guernsey Gardener in London, I've decided to try and write a regular blog, and we'll see how it AND 2025 go! Archives
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