Archive for February, 2008

A Start Has Been Made

February 14, 2008 at 5:24 pm · Filed under Beans, Greenhouse, Progress

Yes action has taken place in the garden - not just pruning of trees and hedges (quite a pile of branches now) but also digging and preparation. The pear tree in the middle has had quite a few branches removed, and the hedge on the left of the garden (mostly holly to about 20 feet high, plus a birch tree) has been pruned, though more needs to be done.

 Yes, plot C is now completely dug over and has cloches in place ready for broad bean planting. Fortunately, it wasn’t too weedy so it was relatively quick. The work was aided by the weather - sunny days with temperatues up as high as 13deg C, but frosty at night - down to -2deg C (mind you today it is back down to 5deg C and cloudy)

Also, I’ve planted over 20 beans in pots in the greenhouse to get them started ( a mixture of ‘The Sutton’ and another - I’ll add in later). I will also plant a row of beans direct into the ground sometime in the ext couple of days.

So the proof is in the picture below:

Plot C - after digging
Plot C with cloches - ready for broad beans

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New Year - New Start

February 7, 2008 at 11:54 pm · Filed under Progress

Well I though I would post a couple of pictures to illustrate the starting point this year. I can feel quite good about this because I actually managed to do some digging this afternoon, and some more pruning…

 Anyway here are some pictures showing the amount of weed growth - well we haven’t had much of a winter again this year. Only a few frosts and no snow (apart from a sprinkling one morning) so growth has continued and I would imagine few pests have been killed off.

Garden section ?

Section B - (the black lump is compost from a hanging basket)

Section B (above) had potatoes and onions (neither very successful) last year. This year maybe salad crops.

Garden section
Section C - plenty of weeds!

Section C above had salad and some peas and beans last year - this year I’m not sure yet…. first of all I’ll need to clear all the weeds of course, so it will be while before I can plant anything.

Section C

Section A - Note the old ‘gro-bags’, these will have their contents incorporated

This section had some salad and other bits and pieces last year, it will be the bean and pea area this year. This is the section that I’ve started digging today - I need to get ready for broad beans pretty soon.

I still need to buy seed and to do some garden planning, and there is quite a lot of tree and hedge pruning to get done as well as the digging - so lots to do……

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