New Mower & Doing the Job Properly
Fixing up the water butts properly this time, new lawnmower and a veg plot report.
Fixing up the water butts properly this time, new lawnmower and a veg plot report.
Maidenhead intends to auction allotment plots to the highest bidder. Disgraceful.
Picking out a greenhouse for the veg plot after leaving our other greenhouses behind.
New tool shed was hardly self-assembly. Bad news on the rocks in the stony soil.
Suffering with sciatica, the cause and the cure. Update on the plot and tips on housepainting.
A demonstration of the effect of lime versus fertiliser on grass growth on acid pasture
Another bed dug out and planted, 22 strawberry plants from 6 and potato questions answered.
Progress on the veg plot, immediate plans and an experiment in the benefits of lime
Sorry – nothing to do with allotments or growing really, just a rant!
Digging yet more rocks where I didn't expect to find them and a ton of horse manure, yes!
Building a raised bed using linkabord. Removing the rocks took the most time!
A trip to The Village, cooked for by a top chef and planting blueberries in a bath
Late sowings, shopping and a method of sowing peas in half trays with perfect spacing.
Made a good start setting up the raised beds on the vegetable plot.
Drought in the east, drowning in the west and yet more digging out the garden plot.
Finally got my strimmer going, bit of a rant about 'ealth an' safety and digging up rocks and yet more rocks
Finally a bit of summer arrives and our bulk delivery comes as well. Although a bit of a delivery problem.
Answering some questions on e-coli, weedkiller, cuckoo spit and onions.