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!

Tuesday 19 October 2010

Back Garden Sunday 17.10.10


This will sound like the opening lyrics to a classic style blues song:

I woke up this morning
Cold frost all around
Red line's hitting zero
Winter's just been found.


The veranda roof had iced over and


the max min thermometer had hit zero over night.

We got on with the garden. Today I would get out the roots of the  BEARS BREECHES which I left behind last year. I got a whole trug full out of a patch about a metre square! It'll be back next year, I'm sure, as some of it was over a metre down and STILL DIVING. I broke off several of these thick, deep roots. I can see I'm going to have trouble with these in the coming years. It's a great plant as long as you leave it to naturalise and simply contain it within the area YOU want it.

All the plants are now in. There are a few cosmetics to be done so that the garden will look acceptable for much of the winter; that's about 7 months.

A long time.

Photos next weekend....after I've cleaned and painted the wall and pressure washed the patio slabs.

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