Day 46 Lottery win!

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I occasionally do the lottery. And I do it online so if I am lucky I get and email telling me I have had some luck but not giving the details. I have to log on to find that out. This morning while still abed I consulted my iPad for the day's news etc and received such an email. I can't log on with my iPad and would have to wait until I was in front of my computer. I didn't hurry. The moment is worth savouring. It was probably only about £5.00 but it could be £54 million or anything in between. Time to make mental lists of people to share my wealth with and a list of priority purchases. I had a shower, got dressed, let Jasper out, made my breakfast and sat down in front of my lap top. Imagine my frustration to receive the message that the Lottery site was down and 'to bear with them' until they fixed it. 
Finally at 2.30pm I got the information that I was richer to the tune of £4.50. Ah well!

Sowed more seeds this morning. Removed another dead rat. Watered all house plants and did some washing. 

Later, down to the allotment. Sheila did the watering and I tried to fix the broken lid of the storage box. I need some bigger nails. 

Here are a couple of pictures:

This is the floral bed. Not so much planted as last year when we overdid it and things became crowded. Sheila in background. 

Tomatoes and raspberries in the second bed.

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Quote - From birth to age eighteen, a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five, she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five, she needs a good personality. From fifty-five on, she needs good cash.

Random Photo

This is a method of raised-bed gardening we adopted in France at Moulin du Clout. I saw it in a French gardening magazine and we thought it a good idea for vegetables etc that we needed growing nearer to the house. We placed two of these outside the gite. To stop the soil from trickling through the gaps in the woven sides we lined them with old hessian sacks. Of course we had ample materials to construct the beds - a stand of bamboo and lots of hazel that we used for the sides. They worked well.

TOT ZIENS! Stay gardening! Eat Vegetables!