DIY trellis
Since undertaking the Permaculture Design Course last year, my confidence in trying to make my own objects for the garden has increased. I’ve also got better at noticing how I can increase the use of the different resources that I …
Year: 2011
More harvesting, and green manure
I must say thank you to the weather, for hearing my plea and making the weekend predominantly sunny, or at least, not very rainy, as it did rain for 1 hour on Sat. My lottie was ever so pleased to …
Dear weather…
Dear weather, I don’t want to sound ungrateful. Because I’m not. I’m really pleased that I don’t have to lug heavy watering cans around the lottie for an hour tonight. My maincrop and late potatoes are no doubt swelling with …
Potato harvest begins
On the weekend we started digging up the 1st and 2nd earlies. Yes, we could have started digging them up earlier, however they were planted quite late (mid-May), so I held off starting to dig them up to soon. Or …
Oxford Sow & Grow launched
I have just launched my little business, Oxford Sow & Grow, which offers gardening advice and support for beginners. I’ve found from chatting to visitors at Barracks Lane Community Garden and when running the recent women’s gardening workshops, that there …
Harvesting
After yesterdays garlic harvest, today I collected kale, peas and some beetroot, plus the last of the broad beans. Thanks to Kevin’s trusty bike trolley, it’s no problem getting the food home from the lottie. Home! And here is today’s …
Garlic harvest 2011
Today I finally harvested the garlic. And here I am, tired (it’s bloody hot out there*), but happy with the harvest. The picture below shows them drying on racks. Yes, I have cut the stems short, I won’t be plaiting …
Garden visit: Bryan’s Ground
For some time I’ve wanted to visit Bryan’s Ground. I’ve read about it in gardening magazines like Gardens Illustrated and RHS’s The Garden. And I’ve read other gardening bloggers experiences of visiting, such as VP’s back in May, where she …
The garden from an alternative perspective
I was playing around with my new camera whilst lying down on the grass in my stonewall garden. I found it was a very interesting way of looking at the garden. my arch, with Rosa Seagull climbing over it a …