firetongues
Woohoo! I only discovered I had any beans ready to eat after my friend’s 1 yr old was rootling about in the garden yesterday… Had to lift up all the leaves but then, there they were, all 7 of them, hiding underneath… [beams proudly]. Had them steamed with our dinner tonight (tasty!), but disappointingly all ...
Allotment Lite
Regardless of the pissy weather we’ve had, things are growing… I’ve been converted thanks to this book, and am now cramming edible things into tiny spaces! I’ve also got hooked on Folia, a garden version of Ravelry, which I hope will remind me when to prune etc… maybe… at least there are lots of pretty ...
Late planting…
Had given up on any vegetable aspirations after the allotment drama of last year, and was preparing to freecycle all my veg seeds. Then! I read this amazing book called the Window-box Allotment and am ready to try again, albeit in a much smaller, drier and more exposed location (10 floors up!) Just sowed some ...
Close to Nature
Up at 7 on a foggy Sunday morning (made ever-so slightly worth it by seeing participants taking part in the Brighton Run), then 4 hours on a train / bus / train to Dorset for my grandma’s housewarming… after 20+ years of living in a thatched cottage worthy of a chocolate box portrait, she’s moved ...
First harvest
Heh, I use the term harvest in the broadest sense, but I did pick some rocket and lettuce and have it in my sandwiches for lunch today :) The veg seems to be growing fine, so I can’t have upset the harmonies of correct gardening too much with my planting after all… Here is the ...
Fruit Garden
So – last day at the magic garden… We were in the Fruit Garden today, hoeing the gravel beds between the gooseberries and strawberries. Also planted up these pink tulips in the giant pots either side of the path. It was a little like excavating a dig in these pots as they were full of ...
twiggy
Today I have mostly been making these… Silver birch twigs twisted into rustic (very ‘rustic’ in my case) supports for tall flowers liable to get blown over.. This one is for the delphiniums. I also hoed some gravel paths and planted some seedlings. I love it; could easily do this every day. Had a Secret ...
girly gardening
This is the kind of volunteer gardening I like: wandering about with some yellow scissors and a pink trug, deadheading flowers that are looking a bit peaky… Not a double dig to be dug… B lovely, and offered free seeds and a lift to Bateman’s where Rudyard Kipling used to live… Spent the afternoon eating ...
