TARRAGON & THYME

This evening has been slightly hectic to say the least.  I work in a solicitors office and had just got home, we had let the dog out into the garden and she got stung on the mouth and hip by two rogue wasps and she started to show signs of distress.  We therefore ended up taking her to the Vets, which is alongside the building where I actually work (so a repeat trip back) and into see the Vet.  On inspection the Vet said that her muzzle and where she had been bit had started to swell and it was decided to give her a steroid injection to make her more comfortable and minimise any problems for her. One injection later with a bill of £36 (£25 for consultation the rest the drugs) but we have one more comfortable little Jack Russell.  Big sigh - very different to when after she had got stung - wouldn't have anything to do with her Dad, just shook and shook and shook and kept cuddling up to me  clinging to me - whereas normally she is like a limpet clinging to her Dad...

Its cold here again in Peterborough and has been chucking it down with rain quite heavily. The cats went out for a fleeting second and then came flying back in again. They do not do cold. They are all snuggled up in their favourite places warm fed and content. I don'tdo cold either.. No wonder that I have had difficulty moving around the past couple of days. My hands do not want to type and going up and down stairs has been heavy going. So I am hoping that the weather is going to cheer up and warm up in the next few days or so. The rain is needed to nurture the soil and feed the crops and give us water to drink. I peeked in to look at my seedlings earlier on, the herbs are through, so are some of the Globe Artichoke seeds I set and the beans. The cucumbers are also through. The herbs in troughs are coming on a bundle and will soon be ready to start harvesting from. I am hoping that we have some warmer weather tomorrow in order to open up the grow houses to let in some fresh...