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Saturday, 23 March 2024

Photos from new top part of the garden

Pallet collards 

Bug hotel 


On the side is some growing beds 

Greenhouse 
Blueberry plant
Growing beds

Bird table 

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

We started making changes to the top part of the garden



New hosepipe an 

New hosepipe new

Pleased

 Please how the work is going so far with the top half of the garden we add 5 pallet collards to the garden need to add some black plastic or cardboard to them . 

I got 3 and 2 on them at present 

We have a bug hotel in this part of the garden photo coming soon 

This used to be wild flowers some will come up this year hopefully.


We had a good crop last year on the appple tree 


garage and put some in our raised .

Tuesday, 12 January 2021

GETTING READY FOR THE NEW GREENHOUSE

well we been busy slowly getting new bits for the new greenhouse that will be going up shortly 
 shelving 

greenhouse box 2 

greenhouse box1 



I waited two years to get a greenhouse up   just waiting for the snow to go away  before we start and get the slabs and membrane and sand  that we need to stop the weeds coming up 
one for inside the greenhouse and one  for outside of it 

Thank you for joining me on my journey in gardening this season 


Saturday, 12 September 2020



After emptying it the other day and washing out and placing it in the shed.

I placed some straw inside and then added some green stuff with the worms in, so going to add a bit more and cardboard on top and give it a drink just to damp it down a bit.

We had some rain lately so have not been outside to do any gardening or picking of Rhubarb which will be the last I think might get one more out of it.

 

Going to make some more comfrey tea later this week have some in the shed already, particularly good for all plants in your garden.

 container for making comfrey tea

Rhubarb last of the pickings for this year I think

I am freezing it at present have not made any jam this year.

 

Well I with David’s help have pulled some Golden Raspberries so we can put them in our garden and not still in our neighbour’s garden will take photos later

 

I did take some cuttings as well but on other camera so will upload later and did some root cuttings as well

I brought some tomato plants into the dog room yesterday hoping they will do better in there.

 

I am about to try and make a mint extract all you need is dried mint leaves and some vodka and you leave it to steep for 12 weeks then place into small bottles  and ideal Christmas gifts and you can use in cooking

Just placed an order with a lovely couple @www.backyardlarder.co.uk

Welsh Onions and a mystery plant

Just placed an order with Thomson and Morgan

Blackberry Lock Ness

Some daffodils and a butterfly bush and some

Seeds of Artichoke

Should be here in September

 

We managed to get some pallets for my compost bin I potted on 5 strawberry plants this morning and later some star bust plants  

We went to the local garden centra yesterday

New plants

Gooseberry (Invicta)

Blackberry ( Fruiticosus Chester T hornless )

Golden Raspberry (Idaeus Golden Everest)

Agastache (Giant Hyssop) x2

Herbs

Lemon Balm

Marjoram (golden)

Lemon Grass

Thyme

Lemon Verbena

I will be planting the herbs shortly

Into a small box once I put plastic in it

 

Well the weather has been nice for a change

And I wanted some things for a long time and the postman turn up with them the other day

 

 

 

 

So next season I be able to start on time to grow things

Been lovely weather we got a new cherry tree and an apple and some lavender for the garden might get a pear and a damson then that should be all that we need for the garden hopefully.

We had another couple of nice days so we planted an apple tree and a cheery tree and the kind digger man also dug out our fish pond and the soil went into my long planter so I can start sowing in it now

Already for me to plant into now looking forward to planning what to plant into now

Pond in the making

 

 Well started planting and sowing welsh onion wild garlic and 2 rows of spring onion Arrow and Evergreen ones never done them before  think I left enough room for some more garlic hard neck when it comes and some leeks  once I sown them

 

My daffodils have arrived 60 in all lovely mixture will look lovely in spring not sure were to plant in pots or the ground as my ground is very hard to plant in

 

It’s been raining a lot here so not much gardening has been done lately still no sign of my rosemary seedling s have come up so might have to buy some young plugs maybe?

The other day my butterfly bush  came up though the ground which I planted last year thinking it would not came through as it was so small so this year got another one and remembered to potted this one on so will planting it out soon


ready for next spring  got rosemary in there but no sign of germination