From seeds? Slowly, but getting there!
In the post this week . . . a mix of perennial and hardy annuals
How Does My Garden Grow this weekend?
Tag: Spring Onions
Jobs for the Week
The list of garden jobs I planned for last weekend have stretched out over the week, thanks to a visit to the Allotment on Sunday, a very cold and dull Monday, and not forgetting the studying.
DONE: Re-connect the Potting Shed waterbutt and tape the joints (and I remembered to turn the tap off). As we’ve had no rain since, I’ve had to water the garden with the hose – we need a new one!
DONE: Sow early carrot and beetroot seeds – probably a waste of time, but fingers crossed – (at the Allotment) along with parsnips and turnips.
Monthly Roundup: September
Compost Corner
Not strictly September but on the last day of August, I emptied Compost Bin 2 into old growbags and compost bags – eleven in total – ready to take to the allotment to help improve the soil in my bed. So while Bin #1 does its thing over winter, I can start a new batch in Bin #2.
I could, however, have done without the eight-and-a-half-hours in A&E with chest pains that followed; and the potential diagnosis of angina following two ECGs, four blood tests, and four hours on a cardiac monitor. I am now on one low dosage aspirin a day, have a GTN spray for when the pain starts. BUT, after a chat with a cardiac nurse on September 10th, it MIGHT NOT be angina after all. Further tests are being arranged.
Gardening, apparently, is the best exercise; though I doubt she meant lugging great pots of compost around and stretching across raised bed. She probably thought I meant a little gentle pruning and a bit of weeding!
Monthly Round Up: July
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To-Do List
Another tick on this year’s To-Do list. After the front path and drive (cleaned and sealed), the wall and gatepost (painted), I’ve had the paintbrush in my hand yet again – this time for the garage door! I can’t remember the last time I painted it but it’s been quite some time.
An up-and-over door isn’t the easiest thing to paint. I managed the top of the door (standing inside the garage with the door open) and the bottom of the door (standing outside on a stepladder), but I could only manage the lower half of each side due to lack of space inside the garage. It could probably do with a second coat (sometime) but it’s better than it was and I quite like the neutral brown colour.
I’ve still got to pain the white door surround. The paint here is flaking off so will need brushing and sanding, but that will be done at a later date, as will the door behind the brick arch (image 1 & 2). In the final image, the garage door looks blue, but it’s just the reflection of the sky in the wet (brown) paint – I haven’t “missed a bit”.
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