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!

Sunday, 4 March 2012

Apricot Tree - 16.1.12



All the work on my new wood storage area has meant the APRICOT had to be found a new home.


The poor plant barely survived last winter and could do without disturbance now, but I have no choice.


It took a lot of digging to finally get it out of the ground. 
First dig a 'moat' all the way around the outer most edge of the roots and then dig down under the root ball. Don't damage a single little root! Lft the whole plant out when it's finally free of soil - and yes, you'll probably end up cutting away some roots in sheer exhaustion and desperation.


And even more digging to make a new hole deep enough for it. Loosen the soil in the hole.Turn your attention to the soil that's to go back into the hole to cover the roots: chuck and mix in some fresh compost and very old manure into it - don't go mad, you can always 'top dress' another time.


Bury your plant up to it's old soil level. Firm it in, add more soil if the level has dropped.


I gave mine a god pruning too as it's dormant and was 'all shapes'.


Its new home? In front of the fancy trellis against the wood stores new fencing; even better than before as it's SOUTH FACING.

Hopefully it will do better in its new position.

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