Monthly Archives: July 2013

An Awesome Wave of Veg

Posted on July 30, 2013 by midlifegardener

The garden is really hitting it straps now. With warm / hot sunshine and every day another jamspangler, it has been so easy to keep the weeds under control. The key has been keeping the veg and borders alive. While … Continue reading →

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The Player of Games

Posted on July 24, 2013 by midlifegardener

The OM has been out of hospital for four weeks now.  Fortunately Gill has been  coming in to cook him a dinner or lunch.  For the first couple of weeks he was coming to ours for breakfast on account of … Continue reading →

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Use of Weapons

Posted on July 17, 2013 by midlifegardener

And so it begins… This year has been as chalk to cheese with the brilliant, unbroken sunshine of the past few weeks contrasting with the relentless rain of 2012.  But some things remain the same, for while the veg patch … Continue reading →

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77 Years of Hurt

Posted on July 12, 2013 by midlifegardener

My father was about seven months old when we last had a British Men’s Singles Wimbledon Champion.  Having waited nearly 77 years for another he nearly didn’t make it to see the next one after Andy Murray’s nerve-wracking victory over … Continue reading →

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