Still Windy

Still no edging project for me today as it's still blowing a gale outside, so much so in fact that we've had to double tie the sunflowers to give them half a chance. Most of my flowers have been battered with very few blooms left to speak of, which is such a shame because it was all looking quite nice up until the past couple of days.

So with no gardening to do there isn't much else for me to be getting on with. I do a little housework, like vacuuming downstairs again and moping the kitchen floor (I've no idea how it gets so grimy so quickly) along with giving the cooker a clean as well.

I also go to the gym. It's been a blessing over the past couple of days since the temperature has dropped nicely which means I can get back on track with my running and plenty of fat burning stuff as well. I'm hoping that the next time I have a dietician appointment (in about 3 months) I'll have been as successful as my last visit with a nice bit of weight loss to show for my efforts. I'm still following South Beach, but have had to modify it a little as to what it is I have in the fridge rather than going out and buying all the foods their menu plan requires, it was getting a bit expensive and now I figure I know the basic premise of the whole thing I reckon I can do ok on my own with a quick glance at the book now and again to make sure I'm doing the right kinda thing.

In the evening I notice that the sunflowers still look ragged and since I'm staring at them whilst our irrigation system is on I realise that the wind is not the only contributing factor to their declining health. It appears that some of them are not getting drip fed at all and so I remedy that by giving them all a good dosing of water in the hope that it will improve them and save them from certain death. Fingers crossed, because they are getting quite impressive now to say the least.

Posted by Abi on the June 22, 2006 9:27 PM