A light-hearted look at running, cycling and general fitness
Aw, I just tidied away my trainers from under the coffee table where they’ve been living since I bought them nearly six months ago to under the stairs. They lived there to motivate me to put them on and go out running but I thought I’d tidy up as I’m under doctor’s orders to rest for another two or three weeks 🙁
But I think my knee’s getting better, or is it just that the pain’s been numbed with 1200mg daily of ibuprofen? I think I’m walking a bit better, anyway, hurrah! 🙂
Mark came over yesterday lunchtime in his campervan so I asked him to take me to B&Q and they had tons of purple slate, hurrah, so I got another 8 bags and have finished the borders now. Here’s the obligatory before pic
and here’s the obligatory after pic
Got some more plants in B&Q and very nice they are too, here’s what the front half of the garden looks like at the mo
Just about presentable, I think 🙂 More presentable than the pic below, anyway!
I’m going to get a new fence and also I think I’m going to get a quote for the shed to be taken away and a lawn to be put down at the back, or maybe half lawn, half decking. Hmm, yes, that sounds good!
Right, think I’m going to go and enjoy a glass of wine in my nice tidyish garden 😉
Oh and the ibuprofen is definitely helping my leg, well it was yesterday until I decided to walk about 3 miles, oops, the nurse did tell me not to do too much walking. I will rest from now.
Damn, have changed back to this template as I just wrote a post and it disappeared and the CSS went funny so might not have been the template’s fault but just to be careful have switched back. Wasn’t so keen on the new one, anyway. I might even design my own one day…
Anyway, not everyone’s idea of rest but I worked on the garden a bit this morning. Here’s the bit I worked on. This is a before pic
And here’s what it looks like now
’tis coming along, huh? I put some weed control fabric down, so hopefully that’ll help stop more weeds coming through. And yes, the dead flowers have come back from the dead. They woke up about 10:30, must just be late risers I suppose. Here they are, bright eyed and bushy tailed 🙂
I need some more gravel but I’ll have to wait for Ben & Sheila to take me to Homebase again as Homebase don’t deliver gravel and neither do B&Q. I also need some more compost so I can plant some more seeds and flowers. Think I’ll take a trip down to B&Q. Don’t think I’ll wait for the bus though, I will rest tomorrow 🙂
Aw, and as I write this I keep seeing people jogging down the road, aarrgghh, not fair!
…and sometimes they grow. Sometimes you buy them from B&Q and they’re dead within a week. Like these ones
I haven’t seen them awake for ages now, think they’re dead. Oh dear. But the lillies are ok, but not growing any lillies yet. How long will it be?
The purple flowers are ok too but I forgot to take a pic of them. My nice plant isn’t so nice anymore, think I killed it because I didn’t support it and the long bits fell over and fell apart. Oops.
My salad stuff’s growing though, here’s some spinach
and here’s some spring onions
and here’s some radishes
Yum. Who’s coming round for dinner then? 🙂
But bestest of all, the sunflowers are growing, hurrah! Hope the sunflower flower bit comes out.
I would thin them out into separate pots although it might be a bit late now but I ran out of compost. Maybe a trip to B&Q again? Ooh, I’m turning into one of these sad people who spend their weekends in DIY Centres. Again.