I just wanted to quickly fill you with what I’ve done in the garden so far this year, and to be honest it didn’t feel like much, but when it came to writing it down I created a mountain of words and so decided for everyone’s sake it would be better to break it up a wee bit. If I had my wits about me … Continue reading The state of the Garden Part Two of Three (or possibly four)
After a hard fought battle, the birds have won. The horrid little blighters. If they weren’t so chirpy and fluffy and cute I would really dislike them. But waking to the sound of their magnificent dawn chorus, accompanied by the crowing of Chicken the Rooster, they are forgiven for completely destroying my chances of an early pea crop. I should by now be nibbling on … Continue reading Cutting my losses.
Today is such a different day from yesterday. It is so hard to get your head around how different things can be in such a short space of time. Which was just as well it was a nice day as there was a lot going on today and very little of it was in the garden. I was able to go out and have a … Continue reading Hardly a breath of wind
My lettuce is growing well. You may have remembered from way back that I grew some salad from seed and lovingly nurtured them and planted them into my garden and built a wee fence to keep the chickens out and put down some slug bait to keep them even safer and they were doing grand. Then it rained and the little blue pellets washed away … Continue reading Imposter plants
We are midway through the best summer holiday in years. The main reason is the sun has blessed us with its presence. Last year the break at the beach was memorable because of its absence. In exchange we spent the summer in the company of wind and rain, which was actually a bit dreadful. Coming home to the garden was awful. The warm wet weather … Continue reading The happiest of New Years to you
