Sunday, 15 May 2011
Back on the Blog
I can't believe that its the middle of May, and I haven't written one word. If I had time, I would give myself lines. Luckily, no time. Now to see if I can update you on all the news and goings on at Llaingof, in the right order. Out with the calender to give a few clues as to what happened when, and the credit card statement to help with what was bought and when. Here goes........
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
just a quickie
its all go at Llaingof, we have had a week of sunshine, its almost been too hot to do as much as we should. Will update on evening soon.
Quick overview... plenty of visitors, so have had lots of help... thank you all.
Conifer has been trimmed " reduced to about 1/3 of its size
Poly tunnel up.... just getting its ends neatened,
top soil ... 12 tonnes on the way
3 raised beds completed, 12 to go
Nature pond has had some more shaping and liner has arrived,
Railway sleepers moved to the edge of the veggie growing area
One quote for fencing recieved, another on the way
Better get off my bum and get outside before its too warm
Quick overview... plenty of visitors, so have had lots of help... thank you all.
Conifer has been trimmed " reduced to about 1/3 of its size
Poly tunnel up.... just getting its ends neatened,
top soil ... 12 tonnes on the way
3 raised beds completed, 12 to go
Nature pond has had some more shaping and liner has arrived,
Railway sleepers moved to the edge of the veggie growing area
One quote for fencing recieved, another on the way
Better get off my bum and get outside before its too warm
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
The helpers( willing or not )
Its amazing where you can get help from. Our new neighbour Teresa is always on hand to advise when asked, ( and have a little laugh at our forest of beans, growing madly, but we are unable to put them out as we might still have a frost )Penny and Nigel kindly came and named a lot of new plants, and gave us some idea of how to use the rayburn oven, then there was Jayne, who helped renovate the falling down hen house ( dont ask I am still waiting for the new one to be delivered ), tish who helped prune the unruly garden , gave me a perm and showed me how to clip davids hair,and Phil who added a bit of man power for david, helping trim all the hegdes ready for fencing, move a HUGE pile of stones, dig a couple of trenches for the poly tunnel.
Then there are the not some useful helpers...
Ruby, who panics if her ball is not thrown every two minutes
Seun, whose job it is to get in the way and inspect every spade and wheelbarrow full of soil in case it contains anything interesting for dogs.
Daisy, who kindly guards the stairs to our bedroom in case any one unauthorised wishes to pass, and acts as a russian fur hat for anybody sitting on her chair in the evening.
And last, but not least Kitty, whose job it is to complain often that she needs some more food, and keeps Davids hands busy at night as she needs constant scratching of her ears, even when he is asleep.
Then there are the not some useful helpers...
Ruby, who panics if her ball is not thrown every two minutes
Seun, whose job it is to get in the way and inspect every spade and wheelbarrow full of soil in case it contains anything interesting for dogs.
Daisy, who kindly guards the stairs to our bedroom in case any one unauthorised wishes to pass, and acts as a russian fur hat for anybody sitting on her chair in the evening.
And last, but not least Kitty, whose job it is to complain often that she needs some more food, and keeps Davids hands busy at night as she needs constant scratching of her ears, even when he is asleep.
Four seven eleven orchard
Did your Mum or Granny wear 4711 ? If I remember rightly, it came in a little bottle with turquoise and gold label, and smelt like cat wee... my Aunty Bobby once gave me a wipe of her last 4711 cologne ( for being a good girl... must have been a rare occasion)
Well David was digging holes for the new fruit trees, and when we were working out how many trees we would need, the counting went ....four ( as in 4 holes in the first row ) seven ( four holes in first row, plus three in second row ) eleven ( four holes in first row, three in second and four holes in last row ) hence the 4711 orchard
Well David was digging holes for the new fruit trees, and when we were working out how many trees we would need, the counting went ....four ( as in 4 holes in the first row ) seven ( four holes in first row, plus three in second row ) eleven ( four holes in first row, three in second and four holes in last row ) hence the 4711 orchard
Just for fun
David has been having a great time with all his new tools, including the mini digger we hired, to help move some of the soil and stone around the grounds. Once the main work was complete, he took the digger down to the bottom of field number one, and just started digging a question mark shaped hole, a huge one, this is to become the nature pond... and was done just for fun. I wonder how much a piece of pond liner will cost for this lot ???
The 'present' garden
Our new garden is beautiful. Each day brings a new suprise, just like opening a present every day!! Loads of plants I dont know, spending a lot of time looking things up in the books. So far for spring we have had snowdrops,daffodils by the million,grape hyacyinths, tulips, and now blue bells. The dandelions, and grass daisies are in abundance as well, as are the weeds in the veggie plot.
This week we have also managed to put up the frame for the polytunnel , and are just refining the trenches that run down the sides before we add the skin.
Seedlings are taking over the conservatory, greenhouse and now the front porch,,,, it suddenly dawned on me that this was an area that was just like the greenhouse with some carpet tiles. We have beans, peas (mange tout),tomatoes, onions, potatoes, sweet corn, marigolds ( good for companion planting ) spinach, lettuce, cauliflower, brusselsprouts,peppers, also waiting for the following to germinate... cucumbers, melons, gem squash
This week we have also managed to put up the frame for the polytunnel , and are just refining the trenches that run down the sides before we add the skin.
Seedlings are taking over the conservatory, greenhouse and now the front porch,,,, it suddenly dawned on me that this was an area that was just like the greenhouse with some carpet tiles. We have beans, peas (mange tout),tomatoes, onions, potatoes, sweet corn, marigolds ( good for companion planting ) spinach, lettuce, cauliflower, brusselsprouts,peppers, also waiting for the following to germinate... cucumbers, melons, gem squash
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