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Sunday, 11 May 2014

11^th May 2014.

Dear All,

I have spent much of the week catching up in the garden, writing the Moldova report and preparing the cricket square.

Kate had looked after the garden well and employed resourcefulness on the nights when frost threatened so there was no serious damage and most crops look very well.

I dug in the crimson clover that I use for green manure but as it had sucked out all the soil moisture the ground had set like concrete.

Crimson Clover

Vegetable Patch

The good news re Moldova is that the seed finally turned up in Burlacu on Day 18 of the 3-5 day promised delivery time! Still this is Moldova.

I spent nearly 4 hours cutting and rolling the cricket square on Wednesday then another hour marking out in the rain on Thursday with John Lane – only for both Friday and Saturday games to be cancelled.

I managed the walk on Thursday, my first for a month as my knee has been playing up. This started at Stapleford and took in Wandlebury and was rather damp.

Damp Walker

On Tuesday a group of us went to Warboys to listen to Matt Gamston who has been a missionary in the Philipines for 11 years. He is a breath of fresh air in that his newsletters were down to earth and amusing despite the dreadful situations he encountered with people living on the streets, dying for lack of money to pay doctors and coping with the typhoon last year.

We had a chapel outing to St John’s College on Friday evening shown round by the head gardener. 6 gardeners have to cope with 22 acres so they have their hands full.