I needed some serious therapy today. For whatever reason mornings are not easy (get up, shower, dress, shower, breakfast without Jane by my side) and weekends are even worse which is no doubt some sort of throw back to when we were working and we looked forward to spending more time with each other. So before I could get myself into gear there were tears - I miss her so much.

<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3184" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container1feb16-200x150.jpg" alt="front-container1(feb16)" width="200" height="150" />Thankfully there was work to be done so I got out into a dull, chilly spring day to plant out the new container I bought yesterday. Jane had such an eye for these things and therefore I've never had to think about it before. Thankfully she didn't play by the rule book so I knew that whatever I did she would approve.

<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3183" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container2feb16-200x150.jpg" alt="front-container2(feb16)" width="200" height="150" />With her encouragement ringing in my ears I got on with it and I don't think I made too bad a job.
When Dave and Lucie returned from their shopping trip to Lincoln Dave thought it looked quite professional. Let's just hope the plants survive the rest of the winter and fill the planter during the spring and summer.

<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3186" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eucalyptusfeb16-150x200.jpg" alt="eucalyptus(feb16)" width="150" height="200" />Filled with confidence I spent most of the afternoon raking over the vegetable plots that I've already dug. when I got bored with that or should I say when my back started to give me a problem I turned to Jane's potting shed which I gave a good tidy and clean in readiness for sowing the seeds delivered from <a href="https://www.seedparade.co.uk/" target="_blank">Seed Parade</a> (as recommended by Shell in a previous posting comment).

And to finish the day I planted a Eucalyptus that Jane bought from somewhere (I can't remember where). It had sat in a pot for several months because she couldn't decide where it should go so I decided a spot where it wouldn't be too shaded by the horse chestnut in the south east corner, dug a hole in the wonderful leaf mold soil, plonked it down and heeled it in. Job done and time for a cuppa as darkness fell!