GardenStew

Out at the lottie our gardening neighbours had something to show us. A new meandering path. She said that they had seen ours and wanted paths like ours.

They laid a beautiful path with not one, but two decorative pausing point along the trajectory. It is really attractive, don’t you agree?

The weather was not optimal today with grey skies and hard, cold wind. Still…the garden called, so we went.

We also needed a dipper to dip the comfrey tea from one container and into the bottles.
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Checking the Bookings out, we s...

A couple of weeks ago, we were at a “little” store that were offering some plants, including fruit trees. We went for a Golden Delicious, but they were all gone by noon and there was this one Jonagold on a dwarf rootstock left. No worries, for an allotment garden one doesn’t want a great, hulking orchard fruit trees. Plus a Jonagold is a cross between a Golden Delicious and a Jo...

Protecting our ripe strawberries is a recurring garden headache. I got this little thing from a friend and thought you guys would enjoy reading it. I do not know where they got it from, so I cannot give credit.

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So then, over in the broad bean patch, the weeds have been silently and steadily growing and growing. I like green, but the little blighters do take feed away from the beans. Can’t have that.

Look at all the Stellaria growing at the feet of the broadies:
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