Upper Poppleton and back

Drove out to Upper Poppleton near York first thing, well, early ish, to the Wyevale garden center there. I had gone specifically for garlic, and indeed got two types, Germadour and Marco. Germadour is supposedly a mild garlic, but Marco says strong, which i sure hope will be the case. Had a good wander around, spent a while umming and aahing over growing my own beansprouts, and eventually came out with garlic, broadbeans, tulips and a bag of ericaceous compost to replant the blueberry bush in. The tulips are a surprise for Julie, ive planted them, cat shite permitting, in the front border. Unless julie reads this (possible i suppose) the first she will know is when they come up in spring. I really need to get some cat deterrent, like 'scent off' or a mk 4 landmine.

Decided against planting the garlic where the onions where, instead eight broad beans have gone in a well spaced row there. The garlic have gone in the 'new' plot, the germadour at one end, and the marco filling up the rest as far as the cabbages, avoiding of course the three or four carrots and one lettuce that managed to grow.

During all this, Freddy was climbing up his house wire and bouncing around, hoping i would bring him some leaves. Not today mate.

I replanted the blueberry, which im hoping despite appearances is still alive, in a big tub full of the compost, and topped with compost from the bin. Whilst digging it out the ground started to buzz, and like a wally i leant in to listen more, only to run off yelling again as a huge bumble bee flew out. I apologized to the bee for destroying her home, and for acting like a soft muppet.

I found out a large terracotta pot, filled it with soil, and placed it on the patio. Written on the side ive put 'Sams Magic Beans'. When Sam gets home later we will plant some beans in it for him to grow.

and then, moments after I finished putting the tulip bulbs in, it absolutely chucked it down. Perfect timing.