Dewsbury Market

It's not often the wife and myself get time together without the kids hanging around, but as they had to go to school this morning, we were left to our own devices. So I decided to take her out for lunch.

Now don't think I'm getting soft or romantic, it was only fish & chips in Dewsbury. On Wednesdays and Saturdays, Dewsbury holds one of the best markets around these parts. You can get practically anything at the market, usually at a bargain price. My wife, of course, made a beeline for the plant stall. She needed some bedding plants for her hanging baskets.
Looking at the amount of plants she bought, I thought maybe that she was doing baskets for the whole street. Nevermind, anything to keep her happy. She loves her garden, the way it's all coming together. The pic on the left is of her small alpine garden which was planted last year. It's really taken off. The garden is split into 4 seperate areas by trellis. The traditional lawn with herbacious border,the patio area with planters,the greenhouse and veggy area and the pebbled, decked area.
She has put loads of Clematis and Honeysuckle in to climb up the trellis. This is one planted last year as well. There's already a mass of flowers on it. The patio is starting to fill up, what with an ornamental pond, arbour seat and picnic bench not to mention the numerous planters and tubs. If she keeps it up, there won't be room for the barbie soon. I got a couple of cucumber plants at the market, which have been potted up and put in the greenhouse. In the pebbled area, home of the great tit family, the tete'a'tete seats have been put on the decking. Once we got home from Dewsbury, the wife did all her hanging baskets and they are up now. So when they are in their full glory I'll post a pic of them.

The wife definately says that she has got all the plants she needs for this year. I do hope so, my wallet can't take the strain much longer.