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 5 April 2011

On The Plot - Friday and Saturday 1-2.4.11


Can't make enough time to fit in all the work that needs doing so I'll have to make do with a mere 24 hours in a day.  


I got my SEED SPUDS from NAILSWORTH IRON MONGERS. You pick the ones you want from Hessian sacks, and then pop the little gems into paper bags. Notes are added to the bag, so yo know what's what.


The bags are empty, must be time for a cuppa.


All looks good to me. You can see my spud bed, ridged, but spuds dropped into 4 - 6inch deep holes. 


Next up, GARLIC. Again the bags can be reused at the FARMERS MARKET, or composted.


They're all shooting now and this one's bursting apart.


Job 1: peel off the skin to reveal the cloves underneath. Don't peel the cloves! 


Gently separate each clove from its' bulb. I kept a tally. The average number of cloves was 12 per bulb. So these 48 will give enough bulbs for over a year. That'll do nicely : )


Before I popped them into the ground with their green shoots showing, I wrote the labels. I use plastic milk bottles for my labels, having first washed them well and then cut them to a handy size.


PARSLEY went in, both FLAT LEAVED and HAMBURG, as did LEAF BEET, coloured and plain. The coloured never does as well as the plain variety.


Last job was to raise the PLASTIC SHEETING a little so that I could plant a few more spuds - can never have enough tatties.


My label box. Mostly my labels are the small slim size for use in pots, but I love the luxury of large labels for use in open ground. The labelling used on the bottles is white on the back, so the INDELIBLE MARKER PEN shows up a treat against it.

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