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I was interested in building my own composting bin along the beehive-like lines suggested by Alys Fowler in her book that I like very much, “The Thrifty Gardener” (link on the right hand side of this page), but we bought a plastic bin for the time being. These aren’t commandments – it just seemed a marginally catchy [...] Still quiet. Early February, weather still holding things back and oh how I long for better weather. As well as generally improving one’s mood, there are so many jobs and ideas that need a break in the frost and rain cycle that we seem stuck in; the occasional sunny day isn’t helping. The plants in the [...] Not much to report after severe winter weather. It did cause us to cut back on various plans and a lot of jobs and projects have been deferred as a result, We had bought some tree lilies and have been unsurprised to see how they are growing, particularly with a decent greenhouse heater in action due to [...] Plenty of digging required for various purposes: Turning over beds and borders that were remaining in place Recently we decided that we had let our garden drift to a point where we wanted to make changes. This subsequently developed into reintroducing greenhouse gardening into our hobby. Then we cleared quite a bit of the garden to address a few issues, including: Overgrown borders and some plants that were out of control and getting [...] Our garden is never going to be a model for paradise, but just somewhere pleasant to relax. Both my wife and I enjoy gardening or sitting reading or writing and watching birds, butterflies and wildlife. There are many aspects of gardening that I find interesting but overall I’m very much in favour of letting things evolve [...] |
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