It’s been yonks since I last updated this, not because we haven’t been gardening, I just haven’t got round to writing about it. We’ve settled into a pattern of work that is roughly: every Sunday fortnight – mow and weed; every Monday fortnight: sow, pot on or plant up. If the truth be known gardening, by it’s very nature – seasonal and cyclical – is repetitive, so I suppose it was only natural that when I first started writing about planning our activities it was all ‘new and shiny’. Now, after a couple of years it’s become fairly routine: sow, transplant seedlings, hoe, weed, prune, repeat ad finitum. Anyway, I’ve included some photos to show the progress we’ve made:
The potager and spud patch from above
The pea and bean canes
The spud patch
Early spuds and patio apple trees
Peppers and salad seedlings in the mini greenhouse
Hens impatient to be let loose!
Next year, however, may be very different. We’ve applied for planning permission to extend the house upwards and, miracles of miracles when you live in a National Park, the planning process is progressing fairly smoothly. If / when the building work goes ahead, we’ll have to move out for a few months so it is highly probable that we won’t be growing our own vegetables next year, but will have to deal with a jungle of weeds and out of control perennials on our return.
