New design for the front garden
I’m in a bit of a bind. I want to follow permaculture principals and take time before making major decisions about my new garden. But I am also in an odd situation where I have exactly the same layout of …
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The new garden
At the end of March, Kevin & I finally moved into our new, and hopefully long-term, home and garden. Yay! So this is a bit of an introduction to the new garden. It isn’t much now, but it has potential. …
Quince watch 2016: May
Is this the year when I will finally have my first, edible fruits, from my Quince tree? Now that it has finally flowered, Quince watch has officially begun. My Cydonia oblonga ‘Serbian’ (also known as ‘Leskovac’) is now about 6 years …
The new garden: a blank canvas
Now that a majority of the boxes have been unpacked and we can now effectively cook in the kitchen, I thought it was time to introduce the new garden here in Sheffield… Front garden Back garden As you can see, …
Start of the month: December 2012 – overview of 2012
This is the final post in this series of blogs on the front garden. I started the series in January and am now almost full circle. It’s been interesting experience photographing and blogging about the front garden throughout the year …
Start of the month: November 2012
The front garden definitely has an autumn-winter feel. Mainly winter, since autumn passed us by. Though so did summer, and much of spring. Maybe it’s just been one long winter for the last year?! The garden hasn’t had much attention …
Start of the month: August 2012
2nd August 2012 So, anyone notice the slight change to the title of these posts? I’m clearly struggling to always publish on the 1st day of the month, so decided changing the title was better than apologising yet again, for …
First day of the month: July 2012
1st July 2012 The front garden has grown up a lot since we last visited it, back at the beginning of May. June was missed as I was on holidays then and when I got back, work rather took over. …
First day of the month in the front garden: May 2012
Yes. I know. It’s not the 1st of the month. It’s not even the 2nd or 3rd. In fact, it’s a month since I last blogged. Mmmm. Well, you see… Actually, you don’t want to read about me being very …
First day of the month in the front garden: April 2012
March was such a warm month and subsequently plants really started taking off so that by the first of April, the front garden is much more lush than that of March. The broad beans have taken off fantastically, and in …