Today we finally got DF to the local garden centre. It is very near geographically, but it is a nightmare to get to if you don't drive. I don't drive. Today DH and a very reluctant bear came with me and DF to visit the garden centre.
It is massive. Even after the awful weather there is still plenty of plants. It was supposed to be purely reconnaissance but DF couldn't resist a couple of plants (yellow, pretty, not sure what they are) together with some sweet pea seedlings and some lavender plants.
It is a big place, with a big tradition of Christmas decorations, lots of fancy furniture and statues and fountains - all rather wasted on us. I deliberately avoided the large area filled with books and the very pretty homewares (so expensive!). We managed to avoid buying the cakes but two bottles of wine did come home with us. There was no point in getting a load of plants today. We have a small yard in a street with destructive kids. We don't have space to really raise plant from seed and it is currently not worth trying to grow veggies, though I may revisit that if the prices carry on. The garden is DF's domain, and he enjoyed his visit, but he didn't get a full chance to look round as bear was apparently on his last legs, although he had managed to coo over the pets, have a ride on a dinosaur and generally been indulged by DH. I also was worried that we wouldn't be able to fit everything into the car as the boot is full of tyres. It was getting hard to resist the impulse buys.
I expect next time that bear will have to just cope and that we will make sure we have space in the car.
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