Chelsea 2009 Build Day 4 - only 7 days to go

Such an exciting (& stressful day) today! But wow we now have our Edible Wall in place at Chelsea............and it looks fabuloso. Mark Laurence came up and between him and his team put it together, with its own irrigation system. The crops currently look just a little sad, but hopefully by morning they will have perked up a bit. Wrapped them in horticultural fleece overnight so they don't sulk too much out in the cold at last.

Stu & Mark (Terra Firma) had a productive day, drainage system for the waterproof growing trays now in place, work surfaces fine tuned and fitted (with a bit of tweaking here and there), started to finish the hardwood cladding - first job for tomorrow. Neil (Eco-Lutions) doing an amazing job with the lighting - and electrics generally - we now have a fully functional wine chiller, so first job of the day for me tomorrow, to get some wine to chill down - we've promised ourself a little drink or two tomorrow! Lighting and electrics now fully functional, the LED strip lights in the upright pergolas look AMAZING! Overhead task lighting being fitted tomorrow. Its all coming together and just getting more and more exciting...........beginning to feel very nervous, butterflies in the tummy, just need to hold it together for a wee while longer.

Praying it doesn't rain tomorrow, we still need to get ALL of the wood stained, may need to erect a huge tarpaulin so we can stain even if it rains!

Hubby and daughter now having a go, saying why i haven't mentioned them on my blog, so here we go, hubby Keith, cooking, shopping and looking after house and kids while mum is off doing her Chelsea stuff. Youngest daughter Francesca (14) thinks I've disowned her, and she has a GCSE next week! Olderst daughter Anouska (16) had her first AS level today, mum not even around to show moral support! What a crap mum?

Anyhow Chesky now wants to have her say......................

'mum has officialy been taken over by the world of chelsea! we thought the lecturing on the latin names of plants was bad enough but now we have the constant talk of 'freshly prepped' and how it's coming along. Nevertheless i think the household is pretty excited and proud of mum - somewhere deep under all the fights with a stressed out mum :P mums been proudly showing us the pictures of the garden so far, and it all looks really good. cant wait to come visit her and help her with it. wishing her luck and the rest of the showcasers too. hoping she wins a medal, even if we wont stop hearing about it til she's old and wrinkled!'

I will take that as a complement - I thought Chesky always thought i was old and wrinkled already.........time to sign off have a glass of wine before it all starts again tomorrow.