This morning I posted https://derrickjknight.com/2021/09/10/a-knights-tale-31-mugging-more/
When shopping at Lidl yesterday Jackie discovered quite a number of empty shelves. In the central aisles she did find some flat-pack ones that she would like for the garden. She found them so easy to assemble and returned for more today.
She bought another four packs. There are now three alongside and one behind the Head Gardener’s shed. One is inside the building, but in too narrow a space for me to photograph.
I carried out so much dead heading that I needed to tour the garden to assure myself that we still have some colour.
These are a few views that are identified in the gallery, which can be accessed with a click on any one.
This evening we dined on succulent steaks on a bed of peppers and leeks; fried potatoes; crunchy carrots and cauliflower; tender spinach and runner beans, and meaty gravy, with which Jackie finished the Pinot Grigio and I dram more of the Dao.
You certainly do have some lingering color, and it’s lovely. I especially enjoy salmon colored flowers, so you can find me over by those, just enjoying them.
Thank you very much, Linda
you have a lot of beautiful colors, Derrick! and those are pretty neat shelves! 🙂
Thanks very much, Lola
I like the shelving. Looks good and sturdy. The gardens are still beautiful and colorful!
Thank you so much, Lavinia
You have plenty of color left, Derrick, whichever way we spell the word.
🙂 Thanks very much, Dolly
You are very welcome, Derrick.
Try my garden for a game of looking for colour. Mind you, even in this prolonged drought we have white,orange and yellow blooms – not in abundance though.
Thanks very much, Anne. May your drought end soon
I love your shelf pun – and The Head Gardener’s very ingenious use of her new shelves!
Your garden is looking more colourful now than many would have in the height of summer.
Even when the colour fades, it will still be a Pandora’s Box of intrigue and beauty.
Thank you so much, Emma. I’m pleased you got the pun – I hate to waste them 🙂
Your garden still has lovely summer color. Here, some of the maples have started to turn color for the fall (too soon, too soon!).
Tank you very much, Liz
You’re welcome, Derrick.
There’s definitely still a lot of color to delight my eyes 😀
Thanks very much, Rosaliene
Are you absolutely certain that you can buy the display cabinets in LIDL?
They are flat pack shelving – not display cabinets , Andrew. Thanks a lot.
Your color is gorgeous, Derrick! Thanks for sharing.😉
Thanks very much, Jill
Oh, I love those shelves. Definitely you have plenty of colour in the garden and still looking gorgeous.
Thank you very much, Sue
Your garden is as lovely as ever! Is that a dragon being enveloped by a mountain of ivy? If so, I don’t recall seeing that and would love to see the front or side view.
Your Jackie is a wiz at assembling ‘flatpacks’ Derrick … definitely not my speciality … Well done Jackie, and the shelves look sturdy and serviceable …
Thank you Ivor, I have in my time mastered the art of flat packs, all the shelves in Derricks library came from Ikea, and apart from 3 (built by Sam) I put them together, I could build them in my sleep!
Oh.. ‘in my sleep would not be good for me’ .. Jackie, but I have had my share of flat packs .. but your proficency is quite amazing ..
Thank you so much from us both, Ivor.
Your garden looks lovely. I love the peach-colored begonia.
Thanks very much, Nicki
Your yard is still lovely!
Thanks very much, AnneMarie
I can definitely see you have wonderful colour which ever way you stand and look…magic. Shelves are like boxes to me of late – you can never have too many, let’s not talk about paper supplies
Thank you very much, Catherine. I hope paper supplies pick up.
Those shelves can store plants like bookshelves, no wonder Jackie has zoomed onto them, and they look as if they were meant to exist against walls and in narrow lanes. The garden never produces a dull picture no matter how probe it with a camera. Your incessant routines of deadheading remind me of Edward Scissorhands.
Thank you so much, Uma.
wonderful and it looks like you did have color left
also – the shelves fit so well along that back wall
Thank you very much, Yvette
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Looking at those photographs, Derrick, you still have plenty of colour!
Thank you very much, John
I get times where it takes all day to dead head but the the next few days I’ll be seeing blooms that will be a two day dead heading coming up soon. 😉 🙂
🙂 That is the object of the exercise. Thanks very much, Chrissy.
The new shelves are a lovely addition! Making new spaces/home for new growth, new beauty, and new love!
Shelves behind shed…highlighting sun and shade. Wonderful photo!
The Dragon Bed looks like THE place to have pleasant dreams! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂
Thanks very much, Carolyn
I love the way everything grows together in the garden and it’s a feast for the eyes all year round.
Thank you so much, Sheree
Lovely colours.
Thanks very much, Rupali
The shelving is wonderful, and I read above about Jackie’s proficiency with putting the “flat packs” together. I didn’t know that term.
There is definitely still color in your garden. The summer blooms will fade, but I remember your garden looked good even in the winter!
Thank you very much, Merril. Almost everything we buy today comes in flat packs for self assembly – and the “destructions” are often impossible to understand. Even professionals are mystified by some arches we have bought for the garden.
I think I remember a post or two about that. 😀
Beautiful colors as usual, Derrick. It is hard to have too many shelf units. Congratulate Jackie on her accomplishment. Love the term “destructions”. So appropriate in so many ways.
Thanks very much, Maj. Will do.
The centre aisles at Lidl are a treasure trove.
They are, indeed. Thanks a lot, Tootlepedal
You still have some colour, indeed!
Thanks very much, Jodie
The garden is still looking beautiful and colorful 🌸🌸
Thanks very much, Ribana