My husband is a mechanic, and often turns up with packaging which I re-use in the garden. This was a wooden box that a gear box was delivered in. He brought it home to chop up for sticks, but I purloined it and have grown some lovely looking carrots in it. I initially had to [...]
I have had 8 tomoto plants growing outdoors. This week I harvested the first tomatoes, and there are many more to come. Tomatoes don’t usually grow well in this Northerly climate, but I have grown them against a wall this time and they have done much better.
In the loacl produce show, I entered into 5 classes. I got first in the heaviest potato class (855g), Second in the lettuce class (There was only two entries!), and second in the Vegetable Disaster class – A wierd tiny cucumber with a bit of a tail, which had been nibbled by a slug. I din’t [...]
I thought that after a long cold winter, and a long dry spring / early summer, I had got rid of the moss on my lawn. However after 4 – 6 weeks of damp weather, and it’s back…
