I couldn’t be more excited about my garden in winter than now. We’ve finally got rid of ALL the branches that have been sitting there for who knows how long. I started tidying up what was left – small bits of branches and leaves, along with plastic pots, bags etc that had blown and stuck [...]
Today, something amazing happened. I can nearly tick off something from my list. The giant pile of branches has (mostly) finally made it to the tip. So far it’s taken 4 hours and two tip trips, but there’s still a little more to go. It’ll have to wait until in the week, though, because I [...]
As I said last year, when I took on the garden it really needed something doing to it. It was literally a plot of weedy land with a path and slightly smashed greenhouse in it. Since then, there has been a start – I dug out a new path and sorted out the greenhouse, chopped [...]
2 days ago I finally got dirty in the garden. After hearing your advise from my yellow strawberries encounter, I sat out in the garden as it was lovely weather, and got rid of anything that wasn’t very alive looking. This picture is from part way between finishing and starting so you can see the [...]
I remember taking this in the end of summer. I’ve no idea what kind of beetle this is, but isn’t he a cutie? He was over by my blackberry bushes – which are now well cut back and the amount of long grass you can see is now long gone. VERY soon – if [...]
Yet again I wasn’t able to post during December. I did a lot of overtime, mostly in the evening, so although I could get something done during the day, it was of course coming up to Christmas and I was out shopping on days off. My internet was, yet again, cut off, or broken, or [...]
