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

Early Crops -Friday 2.3.12


As you probably know, I have a
NEMESIS -
PARSNIPS!

The packet said sow seeds into a well watered drill.
So I did.

The packet also said fleece can be 'beneficial'.
So I used some and made a small cloche.

And here, I've covered the other drill with several layers of fleece.
Let's see which does best.
And Mr McGoo, I hear you ask? He wont be growing Parsnips this year as he has SO MANY LEFT TO EAT LURKING IN HIS FREEZER.

BUT I'M NOT BITTER!

Now that the poly tunnel has a lovely tight cover on it, I decided to get the soil prepared for planting. Two rows of manure has now been dug in. You can see that I had just started digging it into the right side.

The ground is now covered with black plastic - care of Gerry The Dairy and his silage clamp.I'll plant through the slits in the sheeting, if I can get anything to come on now that my propagator has gone belly up.

In the mean time I'm going to some some beans to train up the framework and give me a mega early crop. 

Good idea HUH?
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