You may still need to water in the rain! It was nice to have some rain, but dig down to see how far it got into the soil… probably not far! The last decent rain we had was before Christmas, so it was lovely to get some good rain fall over the weekend, but unfortunately there was barely enough to make a dent in the … Continue reading Monday Message:
Over the last wee while there has been a bit of a battle going on in the garden and up until recently I was the biggest loser. There have been rats! They have been so bold and brazen that they would waltz about in daylight hours like they owned the place. I first noticed them when they ate an enormous hole in the side of … Continue reading Things have been a bit ratty around here.
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES. The season will change soon enough and it will be too cold and miserable to want to finish projects. Without wanting to seem like a harbinger of doom, this warm, rain free weather won’t last for long and while I am hanging out for the rain (it has been over 40 days since the last decent drops fell … Continue reading Monday Message:
There is one thing I haven’t managed to sort out in the garden, and it has been bothering me all season. Actually, there are many things I haven’t sorted out in the garden, but this one is especially important and that is find a good mulch solution. In this harsh environment and in this particularly dry summer where large swaths of the country are in … Continue reading Use what you have.
GROW WHAT YOU LOVE. There is no point having a garden full of vegetables no one wants to eat! Sarah the Gardener : o) (with a nod to Valentine’s Day at the end of the week) Continue reading Monday Message:
You can always tell it is a good time to harvest your sweetcorn when you notice the rats are getting into it! I have a bit of a rat problem, but I am currently deliberately feeding them with goat food, which they seem to like, based on the very large hole in the goat food container. The goat food is currently being stored in the … Continue reading Storm Pollinated Sweetcorn
Ok that may be a bit of an exaggeration – but my garden is in a valley and there has been death – three so far and by the end of the season I suspect there will have been twenty with a complete tomato population wipe out. The only advantage I can see is I will still get some tomatoes although from what I have … Continue reading Death Valley
The more you pick the more you get. Harvest regularly for the best rewards! Sarah the Gardener : o) Continue reading Monday Message:
Finally, we are at the end of my plans for the future of the garden. It will be such a relief not to have to think about it ever again. I have my notes and can refer to them each autumn and know exactly where I stand. Of course, there will be tweaking and changes going forward, especially when I find out how these summer … Continue reading Cycle Three
Following on from my deep and slightly obsessive thoughts about my winter crop rotation, today we are looking at cycle two. This is the biggest one as there are no permanent unmoveable crops in this group. So, it will be seven years before anyone is back where they started. No chance for disease to build up or certain nutrients to become exhausted to the point … Continue reading Cycle Two
