{"id":245,"date":"2012-04-16T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=245"},"modified":"2016-05-08T11:08:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T11:08:39","slug":"ouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"Monday – 16th April 2012 – Ouch!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, I have an ache in my back. It’s all this work in the garden that I did this afternoon. There are two beds that weren’t dug over at all last year and this afternoon I tackled one of them with the aim of sowing some spinach and parsnips in there.<\/p>\n

\"garden<\/a>But it didn’t work out as it was supposed to do. The actual wooden frame of the bed was one of the first that I made when I did the earlier vegetable garden back in 2008. And made of 10mm timber instead of 25mm timber which I use now, it simply disintegrated when I dug around it. <\/p>\n

It’s quite difficult having to replace a frame that is already well-settled into the ground but it had to be done. It took a while too, but at least now it’s in place and doing what it ought to be doing, as you can see in the centre-foreground.
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I only ended up giving it one dig-over, but it’s thoroughly hoed and raked and hoed again. Tomorrow afternoon I’ll give it another digging over, a hoeing and a raking, and then do the planting. Then I can see what it’s like.<\/p>\n

As for the other bed, that will be for the leeks. But it’s not likely to be used for a while as I have only just sown the seed (in a tray in the verandah) and so it’s not so important if it’s not done before I leave. It will be nice to do it, though.<\/p>\n

I had to cover everything up this evening. Last night the temperature dropped to 0.9\u00b0C here outside and it’s threatening to be even colder tonight, as the sun made a slight appearance late this afternoon. That means a likelihood of frost and I don’t want everything to die off.<\/p>\n

This morning though, I had to spend much of it lying down in a darkened room. I needed to sort out my Belgian credit card ready for my trip, and this involved ringing a call centre there. And to my surprise and astonishment, I received a very helpful reply and (for once) some decent service. Totally astonishing. I also did that work that was outstanding – this morning the inspiration arrived from somewhere and I took full advantage before it went again. But my list of things to pack is looking larger and larger, and I can’t find half of the stuff that I want, like my earphones and my spare camera battery to name just two things. I can see this voyage turning into something of a deb\u00e2cle if I’m not careful.<\/p>\n

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