Venturing out

The daffodil bulbs I’d planted in my big stone urns are venturing out and starting to show their bright yellow heads. I can’t wait to see them all coming into bloom over the coming days, just in time for an Easter display.

I’d been promising Brian that I would get the last set of shelves linseeded, but I’d been finding it hard to prioritise this with little jobs I’d wanted to get done in the garden. Nevertheless it needed doing, so last night I popped on my gloves and got to work.

As we had needed to build these shelves in place, we had to find a way to help protect the newly painted wall. So we slid some plastic behind them, which meant I didn’t need to be too careful when brushing the linseed on. It really didn’t take long, and now we’ve found the best way to work with linseed we find it a very forgiving product. First we brush it on, leave it for a little while to soak in, then wipe it off with a dry, lint free cloth. This means we don’t get any patchy, shiny patches, and it doesn’t take long to dry. I will put a second coat on in a couple of days.