Arthur has become a bit frustrated with too much time on his hands, and not enough to do - the happy result? He has taken to turning the manse's rather neglected back yard into a garden. He seems to have an affinity to this age old occupation. We now have one little bed growing peas for the pot, milk weed for warts, arum lilies for the vase, and tomatoes for the salad bowl.
In another section he has made a herb bed with spring onions, parsley, mint and sweet basil. Then there are seedling trays with lavender, jasmine, strawberries, cacti, lettuce. There is also a small rubble heap in one section - a left over from the rock fall 3 years ago. He has "dressed" it by digging out the biggest pieces of junk, and then planting ground cover and nasturtiums on the dump.
I am very happy with his efforts, and find myself wandering outside to dig out a weed or two in the evenings.
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