Father's Day
I got up reasonably early this morning to do some preparation for lunch so when mum and dad came round it would be a case of turning the oven on and letting everything cook itself. Whilst we were waiting for them to come over we did some much needed weeding of the veg patch - if only our vegetables would grow with the same vigour as our weeds do!
Once the folks arrived me had lunch (minted lamb chops with buttered carrots and potatoes and lemon meringue pie with raspberries on the side) - it all worked pretty well I think. After lunch we went to visit two National Garden Scheme (NGS) gardens - one near Alton and one near Aylresford that were open in aid of charity. The first one was amazing - from the front it looked like a small house with probably a small garden at the back but when you went round the back 'wow' - the garden was reasonably large and was absolutely packed with lots of little paths which took you on winding routes to little enclosed areas, intespersed with beaufiful garden ornaments and potting sheds and greenhouses - I'm convinced there were more plants in there than at Kew - it was wonderful. Sadly there didn't seem to be many people looking round and it was obvious they had gone to lots of effort with lots of plant for sale and stacks of cakes and tea prepared. The next garden we went to was in the grounds of a very large 'stately home' style house - it was large and beautiful but obviously had the services of a gardener or two - I much preferred the efforts made by the owners of the first garden. After a cup of tea and a slice of cake we headed back just as it came on to rain, we were so lucky to have got round before it started.
Back at home we had tea and talked 'plants' with mum and dad. It's been a good day and I think mum and dad really enjoyed it which was the main purpose of the day. They left around 7 O'clock and Peter is now pottering around the garden, planting tomato plants I think, and I'm tidying up and catching up on computer stuff.
We shall chill out and watch 'Wild China' on the box this evening I think - a perfect end to a lovely day.
Once the folks arrived me had lunch (minted lamb chops with buttered carrots and potatoes and lemon meringue pie with raspberries on the side) - it all worked pretty well I think. After lunch we went to visit two National Garden Scheme (NGS) gardens - one near Alton and one near Aylresford that were open in aid of charity. The first one was amazing - from the front it looked like a small house with probably a small garden at the back but when you went round the back 'wow' - the garden was reasonably large and was absolutely packed with lots of little paths which took you on winding routes to little enclosed areas, intespersed with beaufiful garden ornaments and potting sheds and greenhouses - I'm convinced there were more plants in there than at Kew - it was wonderful. Sadly there didn't seem to be many people looking round and it was obvious they had gone to lots of effort with lots of plant for sale and stacks of cakes and tea prepared. The next garden we went to was in the grounds of a very large 'stately home' style house - it was large and beautiful but obviously had the services of a gardener or two - I much preferred the efforts made by the owners of the first garden. After a cup of tea and a slice of cake we headed back just as it came on to rain, we were so lucky to have got round before it started.
Back at home we had tea and talked 'plants' with mum and dad. It's been a good day and I think mum and dad really enjoyed it which was the main purpose of the day. They left around 7 O'clock and Peter is now pottering around the garden, planting tomato plants I think, and I'm tidying up and catching up on computer stuff.
We shall chill out and watch 'Wild China' on the box this evening I think - a perfect end to a lovely day.
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