Last weekend, having the first sunny Saturday in quite a long time here, we decided to get out into the garden and try to make something of the place. The first task was to move the shed. Though it is very useful, it was right in the middle of the garden, and occupying prime growing-stuff ground. Sheds however, are somewhat heavy, to say the least, and the job wasn't easy.

To cut a long story short, after a good three hours, we'd moved it to the raised bit at the back of the garden with only a small amount of damage taken to the shed. Our arms, on the other hand, are a different story.

The impetus for this was our desire to have a go at growing our own vegetables. I know, before anyone says anything that it's already late in the season to be planting things, but we only moved in a few weeks ago, and didn't want to wait until next year to get started. Besides, I'm reliably informed that certain crops can be grown well into the season. This largely informed our final choice: rocket, radishes and runner beans. Yum.

Well, it's now only five days later and the rocket and radishes have sprung already! This is going to be fun...