After several weeks of hard work (with help from Pete & Leatitia) we’re nearly done. Just a couple of slabs and a bit of tinkering and our new greenhouse and gardeny bit will be complete.
We’ve just harvested our first courgettes. Tomatoes are doing well. Pumkin and cucumber planted along with loads of other veg outside. (This is posted mainly for the benefit of Colin.)
Next stop the shed. Due to arrive next week, this will enable us to demolish our old 21′ x 8′ greenhouse that is about to fall down.
Anyone want to volunteer for a demolishing job?
Great job!
Demolition job you say? Yeah I’m always up for smashing something up… 😉
Very nice Dave. What do you plan to plant in the gravel area?
Don’t bother getting Pete to knock the old greenhouse down. He will stop work as soon as he sees his own reflection… 🙂
Colin.
I can’t believe you’re already harvesting vegetables. My courgette seeds have only just been planted and my tomatoes are about 3 inches tall! Oh well, I’ll have a late supply – probably just when I’m on holiday in July!
Colin, we plan to plant a selection of alpines in the far left corner, with perhaps other types of plants that give ground cover. Any suggestions for good plants (in a v. slightly acid soil with a southerly aspect) would be appreciated.
We want to keep it low maintenance unless you are offering your services on a fortnightly basis.
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Colin, what are you saying – surely my ugly reflection is more likely to accelerate the demolition?
BTW, you need a ‘gravatar’, do you want me to create one for ya?
my parsley (2-3 yrs old) and coriander (just sprouted and enthusiastically growing when put out last month) have died 🙁
Any tips? Other than getting a greenhouse….
See what you’ve done Dave, you’ve turned the adventure blog into a horticultural problem page! 😉
Oh well, come on Colin, what do you think is Anna’s herby problem is caused by?
Hi Anna, The parsley is a bi-annual and needs replacement every year or two. The coriander may not have liked being moved. It is normally cultivated by sowing the seed directly on site. Add to this the extra stress of the dry spell and that might have been enough for it. What are the soil and conditions where it was planted?
Dave. First of all can I say well do on the site hi-jack 🙂 I’m not sure how long these posts can be so:- Ajuga, Allium (narcissiflorum is nice), Sedum spurium, Diascia, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Anemone sylvestris, Campanula carpatica, various Gentians (Gentiana in latin), various Geum types. And that is just a quick look through the beginning of the books. Not all of the things I have listed are ground cover, some will make nice “spot” plants. The label will tell you. There will be no problem finding plants that will thrive in the conditions you have. Just choose your colours and times of year for flowering and pick to suit. Most ground cover plants are low maintenace. Do check that the plants you choose are not favourite with cats. I have lost several nice plants that way (and yes the cats are no more).
Pete, I asume the “gravator” of which you speak is the picture thingy at the start of each post? If so I think I should provide my own picture as you will probably give me some sort of climberee thing out of pure git-ness.
Yes, it is the picture thingy.
Me a git, I thought Dave had taken over that crown? 😉
Check out http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/01/21/anyone-for-a-helicopter/
I have a couple of caving (even one of cave diving you gave me) that I thought I’d use.
Whatever, send me a piccy and I’ll set up a local one. Or go to http://www.gravatar.com yourself and set a global one up for your e-mail address…