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 18 October 2010

Planting To Beat The Slugs Saturday 9.10.11


After the success of yesterday, the planting of the peas and beans, I've decided to expend some effort in SLUG DEFENCES.

I've decided to BEAT THE SLUGS next year. I've bought copper banding and intend to plant all seedlings in pots on top of picnic tables. I've got two, which means wrapping the tape around each of the 8 legs, this'll be cheaper than wrapping it around masses of individual pots and trays. The theory is that slugs get a small electric shock from copper, which prevents them crossing it and reaching the plants.


Mine has these points on it, another reason for the Slugs to go somewhere else.



This CABBAGE has been completely unslugged! That's a first.

My other plans are to put in as many plants and seeds as possible at this end of the year, because I have more time and there are less slugs about. The other strategy is to surround susceptible plants with stuff like sand, soot, ground coffee.

I'm going to keep an eye open for other tactics to help me beat the little blighters.


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