After getting back from work last Friday I saw I'd completely missed the tulips flowering. All I got to see was the colourful petals on the ground around the empty stems.
Other than these, the garden was looking a bit dull. I'd already cut the grass last week but I needed to get some more colour into the garden before the BBQ on Sat.
I needed to buy another compost heap as the grass cuttings had completely filled the first one. I got the plastic heap cover at Totem and later found it was very over priced as it was cheaper at Otter by nearly £20.
At Otter I bought a few colourful plants to add spots of colour around the garden. Still cost a packet though. It would obviously be cheaper to grow my own but being away fro 5 weeks at a time I'm not able to tend them, prick them out at the various stages etc.
After getting home I started by putting the second compost cover next to the first. As I opened the lid to move the contents over a cloud of steam escaped. I know compost heaps are supposed to generate heat but it wasn't that cold outside? As I grabbed a handful of the grass I'd put in there, only 3 days earlier, I had to drop it again quickly, as the heat was quite a lot more than I expected. I estimate at about 40°-45° C.
Generally the garden looks a little dryer than I expected. I thought people had said it had been raining a lot, but I misunderstood as they said it had been cold, not wet.
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