“More borders to have to swerve around???” Yup.

Meet our latest border. Located on the site of a giant glass pit where some shed or outhouse must have been raised to the ground, complete with glass windows, terracotta plant pots, wood frames, bricks and boulders. Still, despite having glass soil, it makes a pretty border.

We have found some amazing bodge ups in this house, no continuous Earth, an unconfigured and expensive heating system and a leaking garage roof to name but a few items. So it comes as no surprise that the outside tap was leaking and as we tried to replace it, the entire pipe work that connects to the sink and dishwasher, had no fixing from outside and was just a bit of soldered copper. Upshot as we tried to replace the tap all of the pipe work came loose causing the fixings to leak.

Try getting hold of a plumber in lockdown, 2 no answers, 1 if it’s an emergency I can come in 3 days time. Enter super plumber who arrived and replaced all of the pipe work and secured it to the outside wall for a paltry £60

With 50 shrubs to plant I’ve been planning new borders to put them all in. Today we dug another giant border (and when she says WE, she means Mr Fogg dug as she watched) and planted 10 more today. Last weekend I planted 14 as well so only 26 more to go. It’s looking good though!

The veg plot is starting to take shape too. This year we have early and main crop potatoes, carrots, peas, broccoli, garlic and beetroot. I’ve still to plant more carrots, beetroot and then french beans, Romanesque and lettuce. I did want to try strawberries but getting the plants is the problem at the moment.

This weekend I planned to revamp a dark corner of the garden and lay a fairy ring and plant up. It’s taken some effort but proud to say I did it all myself, including lugging the patio stones.

Mr Fogg painted miles of fence while I did this so our garden is looking super at the moment.

We finally got time to finish chopping the logs up from the trees we had cut down last year. Me with the chainsaw, Mrs Fogg swinging a bloody great axe.

Savour every mouthful of that Tomahawk Mrs Fogg

What a souper device. Simple ingredients into a soup maker and 20 mins later awesome soup!

So impressed with this little gizmo.

So after 3 months, Mrs Fogg still has a way to go with her 2000 piece jigsaw. Apparently all the bits of the sea look the same

Today is the first time it’s been mild enough to use Fogg Cabin and sit with the door open. Birds singing, daffodils blooming and early shoots of buds on the fruit trees and hedges.

Now all I need is a fit man to bring me a glass of chilled Prosecco……