Hi!
Back in the garden today!
Bit of a puzzle this skull that appeared in one of the raised beds… what goes on in my garden at night????
These are carrots that I wedged under a plastic container because of marauding slugs and kinda forgot about them. Apart from being a bit squashed, they are growing pretty well!!
So… todays main task was to prep the potato plot.
The straw that I piled on top of the area over winter had done its job nicely… not many weeds to contend with at all!
I let the girls in – they were so excited!! I had to throw them off certain gardens but in the end they were fairly well behaved.
They got under my feet a lot as they were super keen for any worm I might dig up… I was worried I would stab one by accident!
Still… as inconvenient as they are at times, they make me laugh and its hard not to enjoy them clearly having the time of their lives! (You’d think they didn’t already have a huge space to play in!!)
So, we dug.
A generous amount of blood and bone – actually I didn’t think I was going to put that on today because of the wind. At best I was going to wear it, at worst, breathe it in!!
But the wind dropped after a while enough to get in and finish the job
I’ll hopefully plant next week
Anyway, the fun didn’t stop there….
The top end of the garden was looking a bit like a tip…
(and yes thats Flea in the compost)
Then there was this little area
The lemon balm was super huge… considering I never planted it and don’t look after it…
I cut it right back (took some cuttings too to see if they will grow)
Its also given the self seeded leeks some space to breathe
I will redo the little trellis before planting… lots of the sticks are too brittle now.
A couple of weeks ago I cut one of the leeks off at ground level to give to Sharon.
Its growing back nicely! Free leek?
Last time I looked the rhubarb was all little nubs… today its got leaves!
I’ve not ever really looked after it properly… so I felt a bit guilty and gave it some blood and bone and some mulch
Also weeded and gave some mulch to the little hydrangea!
The composts are going well. This one is ready to use!
Lovely stuff and lots of worms
The second bay is ready to rest. I dug it through and topped it with straw then lemon balm!!
This means I will finally be forced into making bay #3
Will add that project to my list. Although the third bay I want to build like Fionas… Will be more convenient.
When I spotted one of the chooks digging up the garlic, I decided it was time to herd them all out before I started finding them horrendous rather than cute.
I got them all out… I thought.
Nope. There’s a feathery bum… of course that’s Flea, back in the compost!
I was going to prune everything around the hothouse but I think I ran out of oomph.
Save that for tomorrow or the next day!
Its nice seeing the tulips appear!
Really makes it feel like spring!
I am enjoying seeing the little bits of colour appearing everywhere!
The wind has kicked back into high gear tonight!
Hope you are all doing great!
Cheers!
