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!

Monday, 7 June 2010

Summer Garden




The pictures are stacking up. So here they are, as many flowers as you could wish for.

ALL FROM MY TEENY WEENY GARDEN



Geraniums - Kashmir White - clarkei




Hot Pink




Johnson's Blue



Clematis. This is a very young plant with only 3 small, 4ins, flowers.


Osteospermum, just opening up for a sunny day. It closes at night. A botanical weather gauge.



They have a  draping habit, so well suited to tumbling over cotswold stone walls and the like.


These beauties flower from Mid May until the late Autumn.


The down side to this plant is the sheer number of seeds it produces, all of which seem germinate.


As soon as I can get a grip on them, I whip em out: Ooo matron!


Marmite plants; love them or hate them.





Green Fly's arrived, well 3 weeks ago. I keep washing it off. It comes back!


Aqualigea looks excellent when mixed together randomly.


Ceanothus has pulled through the winter, much to my surprise. It looked very burnt, almost dead.


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