Garden
The Portager Garden - Bung It All In!
02/07/16 12:21
I like the French style Portager Garden where herbs, vegetable and flowers all grow together. Although I the organised system of keeping bedding groups within their own discipline (the archetypal herb garden is a national treasure) but it simple doesn’t work for me. Read More…
Foliage Fiasco
18/06/15 21:39
A simple case of greenfly proved something of a problem to the planters but my remedy of diluted washing up liquid made much worse damage. I know I'm not particularly green-fingered, but how did this happen?
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When Bluebells Are Not Blue
11/05/15 21:25
Mutant Bluebells have appeared in my front garden. Apparently they don't have to be blue, they can be white - or even pink!
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Girl Get-Together in the Strawberry Patch
20/04/15 22:20
I was pleased to have some help digging over the strawberry patch. The hens did a good job in helping to scratch out dead leaves and offshoots. It was so overrun with strawberry runners that I hardly knew where to start - at least that didn't leave much room for weeds! Read More…
I - hoe, I - hoe ...
15/04/15 22:36
Free range hens have to earn their corn - by digging over the garden! I don't mind them helping themselves in the herb garden though as "A worker deserves his wages." Read More…