Sunday 3 November 2019

Meanwhile....

Despite intermittent damping/light drizzle, much gardening has been done today .
The compost has been moved from the bin, into a spare bin and covered. Two of the six bags I filled yesterday went on one side of the cleared out polytunnel...and the bed was covered so that I don't return to even more weeding!
Pirate is mixing the free municipal compost with bought topsoil..and that goes over the area that has had carpet over it to kill off the weeds.
Next dry day the onions and garlic and broad beans go in.
Hopefully Tuesday.  If they do well that's good, as for the past few years we have been having dry Springs. Sowing in the Autumn has meant that the plants have established themselves enough to cope with a dry spell.
We did some tidying..but not too much as the frogs and toads need safe space from the local bird population!

It is coming together steadily and beginning to look like a proper garden at last!

9 comments:

Susan Heather said...

Well done.

Joanne Noragon said...

How I liked seeing the toads come back every spring.

kjsutcliffe said...

A combination of the rubbish weather and being snowed under with the work associated with the art weekend my poor garden is looking quite neglected. Need to get in to it and give it some love :)

Steve Reed said...

It's always tricky to balance a neater garden with the needs of wildlife. We try to leave a "wilderness area" at the back of our garden for the critters to hide in.

Catalyst said...

Good grief! When are you ever going to find time for some potting? And I don't mean transplanting plants.

gz said...

Cat, himself is always saying he wants to see me potting...but my workshop is still full of his Stuff....and now he wants to travel a year ahead of what was planned..

Zhoen said...

You inspire me. I've got a pretty good compost pile, with more leaves from neighbors coming in this week.

Elderberry-Rob said...

we are in for a cold spell now, while things are dormant hope you will have time for leisurely indoor pursuits. We have toads, they live under the shed.

Amy said...

Looking forward to seeing it when it's finished.