Today has not been a good day

I was up reasonably early despite not sleeping very well as I could not get comfortable with it being warm and muggy an all.  Despite the best of intentions however, I did not get into the garden until about 1pm. 

I managed to sow some peas in a planter - see tomorrow's post for further details. 

I also had a surprise in that some of my sweet pepper seeds have taken at long last which just did not seem to germinate.  Will see if anything else puts in an appearance.

Then I did not progress very well as each time the fork went into the soil it felt like it was hitting concrete.  On closer investigation what I was actually hitting was a giant Tap root.  Believe it was for the dead Cherry tree.  Anyway not to be phased I dug out part of the root and got my garden saw and set too and made three serious cuts which took some time - hot work in muggy weather.  Here is part of the root which has been extracted.

It was absolutely rock hard.  I also did a small amount of further digging but am going to have to go back tomorrow, weather permitting for another go at it.

After OH finished work we went to walk Missy.  On the way round we called at my step-son and daughter in law's home.  She has been furloughed from work and to keep herself busy she has been experimenting with baking.  Today we were the beneficiaries of some home made Belgian buns.  They were very tasty and delicious.  L surprised herself with the results and she is not a bad little cook.  This time I did manage to take a photo.

Here in Peterborough, the weather started off overcast and at one point I thought it was going to rain.  However the sun came out but it has been really muggy and stormy all day.  I have had what I call a storm headache hanging for most of the day.  We have not had a storm per se but it has chucked it down with rain and freshened things up a bit although it is still muggy.  The animals have been feeling it despite us having the windows open and the fans on.

I am going to try and get an early night in the hope that I am a bit more with it tomorrow.

Hope you have all had a good day.

Catch you soon.

Pattypan 

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