Sector 4 is all fruit so no planning needed there – all I have to do before the season changes is evict the aging three year old strawberries and replace them with their offspring runners to keep the production of…
Read MoreSector three was once the outer edge of the garden. I’m not entirely sure how it has become part of the heart of the garden, but I think I may need a fence. I’m really pleased with my sector systems…
Read MoreJust to recap from yesterday. I’m bringing you all up to date with the garden as it is now – warts and all. I’m running behind, but this is ok. It is still spring. So moving on from the onion…
Read MoreAnd all through the garden Not a weed was stirring not even tbe dock And the vines were staked and tied In hopes that red tomatoes would soon be here The potatoes were asleep in their bed As visions of…
Read MoreMy lettuce is growing well. You may have remembered from way back that I grew some salad from seed and lovingly nurtured them and planted them into my garden and built a wee fence to keep the chickens out and…
Read MoreWhile it may have been warmish for a winter evening the other night, last night was definitely cooler and foggy, but its still not proper cold and all my plants are confused. I did a wee wander around looking for…
Read MoreI don’t know why I read the weather forecast and expect it to be true, because it never is. The boffins are probably in their office with some kind weather map that they throw darts at so they can figure…
Read MoreBut it took a lot of hard work and I’m pretty knackered. So it’s now safe to say I am fully over my melodramatic outburst of the other day. In fact let’s just pretend the whole sorry episode never happened….
Read MoreFor the last week it has been windy and raining with heaps of scary thunder and lightning. The ground went all soggy and boggy. Then finally the clouds cleared – well enough to create the illusion of an end to…
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