Trials and Tribulations of a Newbie

January 2009 saw my partner and I digging up the back lawn in prepartation for a small vegetable garden. I have never been a gardener ha haha. Now the garden has been extended twice in the last 3 months and I am still wondering where I am going to put everything. Most of the garden is now planted and wouldn't you know it we may not be here long enough to harvest all of the garden and fruit this year. So I am putting some of the extra seedling into pots just in case.

Even though its just the two…

Friday

I've spent some time relieving the large tomato plants of some of their leaves, partially so that the goodness in the soil can go into the fruit, partly because it was difficult to walk the path for the jungle! The bolted celery is nearly all picked, and same with the celeriac, so I'll soon have another 5 squares to plant into YAY! I said I wasn't going to grow brassicas, but this week I planted 4 broccoli seedlings...I'll see how it goes. There's little weeding to do in my almost self-care gard…

A bit of nostalgia - "Bill & Ben The Flower Pot Men"