Category: Veg Garden
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2019 – June
Major works started this month. New conservatory to be added on the corner of the house. Unfortunately it meant losing a lot of the Jasmine climbing up the side of the house, but a fair bit has survived, and I’ve taken cuttings for insurance purposes. The ground work and wall building was interrupted by a […]
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2019 – May
More beautiful weather this month, and the growth in the garden has been phenomenal, even though there has not really been very much rain. It’s been very busy outside, but fortunately I had extra labour again (Christine for the last week, and Helen for a few days) Plenty of colour around, it’s just a shame […]
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2019 – March
It’s definitely beginning to feel like spring here. The sun has been out, and there is colour appearing with bulbs and blossom. Because of the good weather we’ve been doing quite a lot of work outside again this month. Mostly in the veg garden. Apart from a bit of a tidy up, and cutting the […]
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2019 – February
It’s been a busy month. All the activity has really been outside. At the start of the month this was challenging due to the freezing weather, but the second half of February had unseasonably glorious weather and we were able to move on quite a few projects. With help from our glamorous assistants: Removal of […]
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2019 – January
Happy New Year everyone! A bit chilly isn’t it? Although there have been some very bright crisp days that have allowed some outside work, the end of the month has definitely been wintery. Although we have escaped the heavy snow that has hit some areas of the country, we have still had a lot of […]
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Mid October
We have carpets upstairs! And (some) furniture. Alright there are still a lot of boxes, but it’s beginning to look like home. Outside it’s looking a bit autumnal, and that is probably the last picture of the porch before it gets a makeover. And in produce news, I weighed one of the large tomatoes […]