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Showing posts with label flowerbed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowerbed. Show all posts
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Sunday, 28 June 2009
June 2009 update
Following the first garlic harvest, we have now removed all the japanese onions, shallots and a further 2 beds of garlic. This year the Solent Wight garlic has been a bit of a let down as the bulbs are rather small. The japanese onions have produced an impressive crop with some real whoppers amoungst the harvest. With the first bed of onions we made a large batch of onion and balsamic vinegar chutney. The second bed are drying in the greenhouse.
In addition, the greenhouse and garden are coming along nicely.
Chillies
Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Sweet Peppers
More Chillies!
Various flower borders
Koi Pond
In addition, the greenhouse and garden are coming along nicely.
Chillies
Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Sweet Peppers
More Chillies!
Various flower borders
Koi Pond
Sunday, 18 May 2008
Flowerbed done, and plot numbered
After a bit of work last week moving the manure pile off the flowerbed we have finally got the flowerbed sorted.
Luckily this end of the plot doesn't have as much bindweed so it was a case of digging the area over and pulling out any weeds. From an area 22 foot by 5 foot we only filled our weed bin thing half way. At the other end of the plot the same amount of weeds would come from a 4 foot square!
Most of the plants are perennials and despite it looking a bit well spaced now they are all planted to allow for spread.
The gaps will have annuals like marigolds and nasturtiums. We have also planted some bulbs so we get spring flowers.
But, the most important bit, we now have a number! All the plots have to be numbered so with a piece of rock I brought home from the beach, a small tester pot of outdoor paint and a marker pen Plot '4' is now numbered.
Luckily this end of the plot doesn't have as much bindweed so it was a case of digging the area over and pulling out any weeds. From an area 22 foot by 5 foot we only filled our weed bin thing half way. At the other end of the plot the same amount of weeds would come from a 4 foot square!
Most of the plants are perennials and despite it looking a bit well spaced now they are all planted to allow for spread.
The gaps will have annuals like marigolds and nasturtiums. We have also planted some bulbs so we get spring flowers.
But, the most important bit, we now have a number! All the plots have to be numbered so with a piece of rock I brought home from the beach, a small tester pot of outdoor paint and a marker pen Plot '4' is now numbered.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Where there's muck there's... well, muck...
Having decided that a flowerbed full of horse manure wasn't likely to win us any prizes at the summer show (although it might win a Turner prize) it was time to deal with it.
The trouble was, the original manure has been dropped on a black plastic sheet and had very little drainage, so as I dug through the pile it got rather smelly, and being stood on wet plastic, rather slippy. Surprisingly I didn't fall over...
Once it was raked out I decided to leave it to dry in the sun for the rest of the day as that will make it easier to move it to its final position tomorrow. This will allow us to tackle the flowerbed properly, ie: dig it over, weed and plant up.
The trouble was, the original manure has been dropped on a black plastic sheet and had very little drainage, so as I dug through the pile it got rather smelly, and being stood on wet plastic, rather slippy. Surprisingly I didn't fall over...
Once it was raked out I decided to leave it to dry in the sun for the rest of the day as that will make it easier to move it to its final position tomorrow. This will allow us to tackle the flowerbed properly, ie: dig it over, weed and plant up.
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