It has been a bit of a tough week so far, and it's only Tuesday! Yesterday I found out that I was too late to apply for a job that I really wanted and then I found out I was also too late to apply for my dream training course and will have to wait 6 months until the next application process. A lesson in organisation right there.
On Sunday I went to help out on an allotment in Richmond. It's a really lovely patch, there were never any flowers planted but nevertheless foxgloves, poppies and nasturtiums seem to have grown up all by themselves, no doubt their seeds were carried over on the wind.
I spent the day picking (and eating) strawberries and ended up taking home close to 1.5kg, due to become jam very shortly. It dawned on me that I have never lived in a property with a garden, perhaps this is the reason why I am so obsessed with them! I would love a little patch of my own one day but for now I am happy with our tiny balcony, indoor growing and the odd visit to other people's allotments.
oh my gosh that looks so nice! Now I want strawberries... too bad about the job and training course :(
ReplyDeletethey are the best summer fruit!
DeleteYour nasturcium is growing as goog as mine, and strawberries too! I'm very proud of my garden now:)
ReplyDeleteOh, I posted a comment before I read the text, it's not your garden, my mistake. I live in the property with garden and I'm obsessed with it anyway, so that's not the reason why you are:)
ReplyDeleteyes I wish it were! But I was just visiting :-)
DeleteA forbidden foxglove - brilliant. And wonderful strawberries, I intend to go picking soon. I just made a batch of jam - rhubarb, ginger and lime, it was very exciting! Hope you enjoy yours!
ReplyDeletethat combination sounds delicious, I love rhubarb with ginger but lime in the mix sounds vay exotic
DeleteWe did have a garden when I was younger and so I find it hard to live without here. I so hope that I will have a garden in the future again. This allotment garden looks wonderful! Also the strawberries! So nice that you make some jam :)
ReplyDeletethanks Claudia, wish I could send you some!
DeleteLovely pictures! The strawberries look delicious, you can't get fresher than that! There's a nice farm for strawberry picking not far from where I live... It would be a great thing to do with my kids one of these days... Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeleteoh no problem, I have always wanted to do a pick your own farm, hope you enjoy
DeleteYour first paragraph about the lesson in organisation sounded so very familiar - that could have been me.
ReplyDeleteYou got to take that huge basket home? Amazing! I remember the last time I did a proper strawberry picking was back in my toddler times, trawling my grandparents' garden for hours. It really is nice to have your own little garden patch.
I'm looking forward to your strawberry jam!
Ahh I know, organisation has never been my strong point I don't seem to ever learn! I will post a photo soon :-)
DeleteNice blog. You are providing very good information. Keep going on........Lovely Pics..
ReplyDeletethanks :-)
Deletewonderful photos, love the one of the foxglove and the bee.
ReplyDeletereally hope your week got better!
have fun jam making x
thanks Emily. Much better now, the sun is shining and wimbledon is on!
DeleteWhat a beautiful garden!!
ReplyDeleteI envy them for their peas and foxgloves :) They look magical somehow, don't you think too?
Enjoy your jam!! and don't worry too much about things you missed...
thanks Luna, yes I agree, overgrown gardens always seem like magical places to me :-)
DeleteThe little patch is lovely. Sometimes a not so much tendered garden gets his own touch.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that you missed two times the application for things you really want.
Waiting can be so hard to bear. Do not stop looking and asking for things you want - dream big - your chance will come!
Have you ever heard of Grundtvig? I think they might have some workshop you could enjoy. Just google it - needs some search. I am thinking about taking one next year.
thank you for your lovely words Lily and for the postcard, it was so funny. I sent you something back, hope you get it soon. I haven't heard of Grundtvig, I will have to look it up, thank you for the tip!
DeleteRecently I see so many carrot flowers and then I have to think of you :) :)
ReplyDeleteAww that is so sweet of you - they are blooming all over right now :-)
Deletehope i will have an allotment garden of my own one day as well. the waiting list for a garden is very long up here. and sadly the previous plans to work in an allotment garden did not went through because of communication mistakes, the ground wasn't for us, it was a big disapointment. the picture you took looks so lovely and so many strawberries, taht's so wonderful too see, make some good delcious jam with them!
ReplyDeletehope you will find a good job and that the coming six months will go by fast so you can apply again for your dream training course, what kind of course will it be ?
have a good evening !
That was such a shame because I was sure you would of made such a lovely garden. I hope you find a patch soon. The waiting lists here are long too, sometimes more than 100 people waiting for a patch. Thank you, I hope so! The course was for a year to train in botanical horticulture, a big career change but something I could really see myself doing.
Deleteoh yes indeed sounds like a wonderful course! and yes here it is also like 100 peoples that are waiting for their own allotment garden.
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