Tin bath gardening
Thursday, June 26th, 2008After a week or so away from the computer I was feeling pretty relaxed. After a couple of days working for London clients this week I was suddenly back to being a bit stressed again. Luckily, there’s been a bit of a lull in the work today so I’ve been able to chill out.
The weather’s been great since I got back from the coast, and I’ve been sorting out the garden. I inherited an old tin bath when I was in Germany which I’ve decided to grow herbs in . There it is in the back of the picture. My smartarse friend was worrying me the other night by telling me that if I didn’t bang holes in the bottom of the bath to drain the excess water, then it wouldn’t work. But I don’t want to bang holes in it. It destroys it’s purpose as a bath.Apparently my mother was bathed in it when she was a baby & you never know - I might bathe my own baby in it one day.
So that’s what the yellow hosepipe sticking out of the soil is for. The pipe goes down to the bottom of the bath and if I need to I’ll be able tot lift the bath up a bit and syphon any excess water out if it starts to build up. The seeds for 8 different of my favourite herbs and a mish-mash of mountain flowers are propagating on seed trays in front of the bath, so my gardening’s done and it’s time to light the BBQ and let the charcoal heat up for an hour or two before grilling the pork chops and chicken I’m marinading in the fridge.
I love my life today. Just pottering about, cooking, gardening, sitting in the sun listening to Wimbledon on radio 5 - playing a bit of xbox when the sun gets too hot. Perhaps I’ll watch the footy down the pub tonight to see who’s going to meet ze Germans in the coup de Europe final. Perhaps not. Either way. The sun’s over the yard arm and I’m going to crack open that cold bottle of rose while I watch the BBQ heat up.
