I spent the weekend with a nagging feeling in the back of my mind…. ‘I need to sort out this crop rotation cover crop thing. Once it is done, I’ll never have to think of it again.’ But there were other exciting things to occupy my time, so I pushed the reoccurring thought away. But with the start of a new week and a decidedly … Continue reading Cycle one
Sector three was once the outer edge of the garden. I’m not entirely sure how it has become part of the heart of the garden, but I think I may need a fence. I’m really pleased with my sector systems as it helps break down my large garden on so many levels – weeding, watering and feeding a sector a day makes the insurmountable achievable. … Continue reading Planning the Garden – Sector Three
Just to recap from yesterday. I’m bringing you all up to date with the garden as it is now – warts and all. I’m running behind, but this is ok. It is still spring. So moving on from the onion and garlic of yesterday we have what makes a garden feel like a garden. Tomatoes are almost essential in a veggie patch. Well they do … Continue reading The Big Picture – Part two
We have had storm after storm after storm. When it wasn’t raining, it was blowing a gale and either way gardening was impossible. Add that to being knocked out for a good three weeks to ill health and the garden is way behind schedule. The last frost day is in about ten days and I am not ready! Whose idea was it to have such … Continue reading This has been the spring of my discontent.
We are almost halfway through Assembly August and I haven’t assembled anything! To give me a little bit of credit, I have stripped down the greenhouse and removed all the bolts. I now have to clean it and then start to put it together and I have kicked off the growing season by sowing my peppers, I’ve winter washed my orchard and the rains have … Continue reading How has it come to this?
While it may have been warmish for a winter evening the other night, last night was definitely cooler and foggy, but its still not proper cold and all my plants are confused. I did a wee wander around looking for something to do and guess what I found… Raspberries and strawberries – what the??? These plants are supposed to be long since dormant. How can … Continue reading I think the winter is toying with us.
