Entries from February 2009 ↓
February 22nd, 2009 — Uncategorised
Today I am planting my Eryngium Alpine Sea Holly seeds.
They take between three and five months to germinate – which seems like an inordinate amount of time to me. However, they need to be kept in a plastic bag in the fridge until they germinate. So I am capitalising on the cold weather and putting them outside without the bag for the time being until I can sneak them into the fridge. 😉
Once the seedlings appear they have to be transplanted out which i am looking forward to as they grow to such beautiful plants.
By the way, they need to be kept in a light position, but shaded from bright sun. They also need hardening off for 2-3 weeks before placing them out
February 21st, 2009 — Uncategorised
Today I have been digging out a path in my garden. I wanted to have a path to make access to the garage easier so I dug out the dirt and laid a gravel path with guides. It didn’t take as long as I thought it would and putting the gravel in was easy.
In order to create the path I had to use some sturdy guides for the edges so the grass wouldn’t just creep back over it. These were the hard plastic variety that you knock into the soil level with the top of the dirt. They also mean that the path gets less water off the soil. Then I laid a membrane to stop weeds growing back through and put the gravel on top of that.
On the bottom I put larger stones to keep the cost down for the smaller Cotswold gravel on top. That top gravel was 5-10mm in size and you can end up using a lot of that if you are not careful and use the larger stones beneath.
I am quite pleased with it really. It makes my life easier to be honest and that’s why I did it. I also hope that it blends into the garden and doesn’t look too garish.
When it has settled in I will take a photo to show how it no longer looks like a sar on the garden. 🙂
February 17th, 2009 — Uncategorised
I went to the plot at the weekend, not to do very much, just add to the composter and take some more sprouts. They seem to be going on forever this year. I am surprised they have survived the snow so well, but they have not become bitter or rotted at all. Mind you, next time I will make sure I am being given the correct plants by friends instead of taking it on trust. That way I will have less next year, but more cabbage. 😉
February 4th, 2009 — Uncategorised
Here are a couple of summer pictures to keep your spirits up during this cold weather.
February 2nd, 2009 — Uncategorised
This is the view down the hill from the plots. I know, ‘what was I thinking going to the plots in this weather?’ Well I had to go out and it seemed appropriate to take a quick photo. I would have taken one of the plot but the camera gave out after this one – must not like the cold either.
It is getting worse by the way – the snow that is.
