Nailsworth Gardener: Me and My Gardening Day.

WELCOME TO MY POTTING SHED

You can't beat a dollop of mud a day to keep the Doctor at bay.

Why not follow me about as I garden for money and just for fun in beautiful Nailsworth and its' environs.

What's it all about?

My gardens, that's all and any gardening related stuff I guess you might be interested in.

Where do I garden?

My house is in the centre of Nailsworth. With the wind in the right direction, we get a strong whiff of curry as it floats out of the Passage to India and into our front garden. We never get this smell anywhere else on our premises, which is either a good thing, or a bad one, depending on your point of view. As you now know we have a garden, a small rectangle, at the front of the house, and a triangular courtyard garden at the back. Then there's the Garden Plot, right down in the heart of Nailsworth, which I rent from a local business. This is new as from Autumn 2009 and will take a lot of work to help it become productive. I try to garden for veges at my friend Debbis house and for fun with my next door neighbour.

It adds up to a lot of work. For a relaxing hobby, it's proving stressful at times, but, mostly it's heaven.

There are customers who like me to work for them right through the year, and others who I see during the summer months. This working more days a week in the summer than in the winter, of course. The way to keep the finances stable for me has been to teach on the days I don't garden. Works really well for me. The bills get paid, we haven't starved to death yet and we get to have fun ... sometimes!

Thursday, 22 April 2010

Me and My Gardening Day.

The customers had me running around cutting their lawns. PHEW!!

One customer showed me his dead looking BANANA PLANTS. I'm in the same boat, sadly. It was a nasty winter.

On the bright side, he showed off his pride and joy. A Slow Worm, one of a pair, that snooze in the top of his compost heap.

This is pretty normal around here at this time of year and one of the best things to see in a garden. For a different view of this beastie, go to http://muddygirly.blogspot.com/

In the same garden, quietly unfurling, are these fern fronds. Mine are still completely asleep and I live just down the hill.. NOT FAIR!

GARDEN PLOT

Getting the Peas In.

Still in the loo roll centres and looking ready to be popped into hte warm soil.

Found quite a few of these CENTIPEDES hiding in the peas. Also found a Millipede, but it scarpered before I could get a piccy.

The other thing I found a few of was this - snails eggs ..... or are they slugs. As I can't see hoe snails would get inside the loo roll tubes, i reckon on them being slugs eggs. I put them, what ever they were, in the compost.

2 rows planted and 2 to go in.I took them out of the loo roll tubes, despite the fact tat the person who gave me the white tubes, said there's no need to as the roots push through the card easily. I didn't see any evidence of that happening.

Unwrapped seedling. I used last years used grow bag compost to start them off. Peas are power packs and don't need loads of rich compost to start with.