Spring is due to start very soon and I am so excited, but there isn’t all that much for me to do. In my drive to clear all the beds over the winter, it has left me with not a lot to do. Experience has taught me not to get over enthusiastic with the seeds as they all have their special time to rise and … Continue reading This is a strange time indeed
While I have a scientific background from too many years ago that I care to count, I would like to reassure you that I haven’t been dabbling in genetic modification in my garden shed. I have been doing some good old fashioned digging. The digging in itself, while back breaking and a bit laborious, has been a welcome escape to my week. It is the … Continue reading One becomes two and two becomes one – a tale of two berries
I have been so busy lately, working on the garden but not in it. Planning and organising; working on the greenhouse; tidying and preparing things; working on an exciting new project and generally getting ready for the new season. A lot of the work has been either on the computer and in the shed and mostly away from the garden. It’s not like I’ve been … Continue reading I need to get out more.
Phew. Now all they need to do is grow, so that in six month’s time I will be able to harvest them at my leisure, instead of during the hurly burly of the Christmas Holiday season. Either I have been very smart or completely misguided. Check back in six months… mark it on your calendar. The first task was to sort out the bed. It … Continue reading Breathe a sigh of relief …. The onions and garlic are in.
We didn’t get our snow. In fact we didn’t even get any clouds. How can you have snow without clouds? Even the wind was gentle with just the hint of a chill. I think the second half of the storm bypassed us completely. Other parts of the country are clearing up after a devastating storm and we are left counting our blessings. Once I got … Continue reading Anti-climax or blessing?
But it took a lot of hard work and I’m pretty knackered. So it’s now safe to say I am fully over my melodramatic outburst of the other day. In fact let’s just pretend the whole sorry episode never happened. After a mow and some hard work the garden is now looking like something to be proud of. I’ve pruned and tied in my wayward … Continue reading Good news, I have fallen back in love with my garden
The change of season happens with the back end of August, so I have five days left dwell in the dying days of winter. The weather is supposed to be a mixed bag of rain, sun, and cold and then unsurprisingly the forecast for the first few days of spring are almost identical to the last days of winter so I don’t imagine there will … Continue reading This time next week we will officially be in the season of spring.
This morning we woke to a heavy frost and clear blue skies, but strangely it wasn’t at all cold. There didn’t seem to be that chill factor that normally accompanies a frost. It is quite strange, it’s been like it for the last couple of days and according to the weather forecast it is supposed to continue for the next week. That’s another SEVEN days! … Continue reading Oh what a stunning day.
When I Googled it I got conflicting information: it was either today or tomorrow and the sun was shining today – well kind of – when it wasn’t raining. So there was nothing for it – it was garlic and onion planting day! This is such a special day anticipated from the day when the weather first started to get cold… from here on its … Continue reading It’s the shortest day… Well I think it is…
But it’s cold and I can’t seem to focus. Well –it’s not actually that cold – I’m just a bit of a sook today. To give me a tiny bit of credit, there was a frost this morning, but now the sun is out, shining its watery thin light through the clouds onto my desk as I sit here with a warm blanket over my … Continue reading I’m supposed to be doing other things.
