January Sales with a Difference

Well its clearing out time once again.

Today we went to the tip and got rid of all sorts.

We also called into the garden centre which had a 70% sale on 1,000`s of items.

We did very well.

I couldn`t resist the indoor hyacinths and got 3 packets (£1.20)

I also found a lovely Austen rose called "The Lark Ascending." I`ve bought it in memory of my friend Lark who died recently.

It was 50% off. She would have liked that.

Steve found chicken manure

and slug pellets.at half price

The perenniels were 70% off so I got 2 sedums which attract butterflies late in the summer and a salvia. Normally these would look pretty sorry for themselves at this time of the year, but they had fresh green shoots.

We also got seed potatoes and onion sets and 2 lots of raspberry canes.
It is a great time to go to garden centres.

We came home for lunch in our garden room and spent a tantalising hour in our own garden.
I planted the three bowls of hyacinths.

I spread out the seed potatoes to sprout.

I watered both greenhouses as they are so dry.
I brought in a tiny bunch of early helleborus.

I sorted the last of the cooking apples and found a tray of well-wizened eating apples.

In the evening I completed my latest crochet project and have already sent it to someone.

Our next job is to sort through all our seeds and see what we still need.