Gardener's world

Look at my teeny tiny apples! Everything in my garden is coming along very nicely at the moment, as my day off this week was today I spent much of it getting the garden looking a bit better. I hadn't cut my grass for ages and ages and it was getting very long and scruffy at the front, compared to all the other lawns in the close that are perfectly manicured, so I decided it was time I stopped letting the side down. The tomatoes and chillis are also progressing well, but I am rather proud of my teeny tiny apples as I only planted the tree around 8 months ago, and it seems to be flourishing. The pink mallow next to it is threatening to swamp it though, but I don't like cutting it back too much as the flowers are too pretty!

In a bit of a mood this evening as we had a power cut which meant I missed virtually all of "The F Word" which I do do enjoy, but fortunately I should be able to catch up with it on the cable replay feature. Had to sit in the dark for 45 minutes but at least it meant I got a chance to try out the new head lamp that my brother got me for my birthday, it's really cool and will be great for the camping part of the holiday, even if it does make me look a bit silly. And on the subject of TV, I hope you note from the time that today's entry is published, that I am still not watching Big Brother. The only bits I've seen were short clips on the news when someone got thrown out last week, and as I predicted, Heat magazine isn't making much sense in places as I haven't a clue who they are going on about in the BB house.

Working the rest of the week, then off to London on sunday to see Muse, which we're really looking forward to, just hope the weather isn't too pants. Saturday I'm going to spend sorting out stuff for holiday and doing exciting things like leg waxing and haircut, then going out with family for meal as is brother's birthday the day I go away so we can't do anything then. Sorry Matt, it wasn't deliberate!

By the way, there is only one entry so far for the holiday yak butter diet sweepstake, so unless anyone else wants to have a bash, Steve is on course to win with his guess that I will drop 6lbs. In case you need any incentive, I have promised to bring back a souvenir prize for the person who guesses closest!