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, 27 September 2010

When Badgers Turn Bad! Saturday 25.9.10


I Got up this morning, opened the front door and was confronted with THIS!!


The Badgers have found a way in to our garden and had a really good rootle around.


It may sound all  very sweet, but 

BUT LOOK AT THE HOLES IN MY  LAWN. 

It's never been so well aerated.


The evening before I had sat outside, until it got dark, cleaning the garlic.

I wasn't scared, with all that garlic around me, the VAMPIRES didn't stand a chance!


I bundled each type and labelled them so that we can taste test them and do a comparison.

Next time we grow garlic, I'll use cloves from this years plants. The nicer they taste, the more of them we'll grow.  We've grown about 150 bulbs this year. We need about 80 to eat and about 20 to grow next time. The remaining 50 can be sold, or given to friends.


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