This is a space to document and write about the end of my garden, which has been neglected for at least four years. I am about to reclaim it from the brambles and turn it into a vegetable patch.
Pictures and more to come soon.
About Me
- Lucy Fur Leaps
- Weaving, Unravelling, Re-weaving, Weaving anew, looking for and following the thread, sometimes tying myself up in knots, sometimes tying up frayed ends. Then weaving again...
Yay! Go Girl. I was just reviewing my successes and failures in the garden myself and blogging is a great way of doing it and getting a sense of how much you've accomplished. I don't know how much you know already but I'd always take Bob Flowerdew's advice: grow things you (and Sam) really love and focus on those that are expensive to buy in the shops or taste loads better fresh - I think these days one might add to that those that have a heavy carbon foot print too. I have a bunch of garden books, but there are a few that have been seminal. This year, in accordance with the advice of an 83 year old american gardener I've tried mulching the veg bed (and the pots) with grass. A revelation! Watering and weeding reduced amazingly. And I'm moving on to watering butt automatic watering. You need a big butt for this (I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere)
ReplyDeleteHave you checked out greenfingered money saving forum? And, I know this sounds odd, but you might want to find out if you could join your local allottment society. I think sometimes they let people without an allottment join and then you can buy seeds and equipment/compost etc at a discount. I've got to check it out myself actually.
I want to know more about your garden - size/orientation/soil/fences/walls etc - tell us all...
What do you fancy growing too?
Kids are such an important variable. I think twice about growing peas because the crop is pretty crap for the amount of work and space, compared to mange toute, but there's nothing better than sitting on the sofa with the sprogs eating peas straight from the pod. And, if you're lucky, Sam will not only learn about veg, but learn to forage. Harley went on a walk the other day and spotted blackberries, elderberries and plums. I was so proud! ;-)
I could go on - passion close to my heart and all, but I'd better stop and start reading my latest garden book - four season garden. The intro talks eloquently about the idea that harvesting is pretty much what happens in the summer and in winter, it's back to the vcr (sic) and supermarket veg - when with the appliance of cloches and covers, it needn't be so. We shall see...
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