Why?

A few months ago we (Denise and I) decided that it would be a good idea to grow our own veg. With retirement not too many years down the road, now seemed a good time to start. We would after all be experts by the time we are retired and be able to save pots of money by growing our own.

To make room for this the secret garden and wildlife pond would have to go, which was a pity in some ways, but would have the benefit of not having to keep our grandchildren from drowning in the pond. The rickety old shed would also have to go and be replaced by a new one.

In typical fashion this all took a bit of a while to get going, but we now have a lovely new shed and having paid someone to clear away all the hedges we have a large area to grow stuff in. Removing the pond was fun. I made holes in the liner with a fork and then removed lots of smelly, gloopy mud.

About three weeks ago we ordered loads of seed, some seed potatoes, onion sets and asparagus crowns. It's now a race against time to get them all in.

All this is set against a backdrop of trying to get the interior of the house in order. Two days ago I finally managed to put the new sideboard together and Denise is now busy re-arranging all the cupboards. Bad news is that I'll probably never find anything again. Good news is we have somewhere to store all the alcoholic drinks together.