a weblog with an allotment attached
17 September 2007
Having completed the raised beds (bar the compost) and the shed building (bar the painting) I have been entertaining myself by planning what I might plant where. Knowing myself as I do I think it’s safe to say that the plan I have drawn up will not be stuck to, but it’s a starting […]
Filed under: Potager project, Review & plan — Clare @ 7:34 pm
15 September 2007
You might think that a shed as small as ours would take less work to put together than one of average size, but it turns out you would be wrong. There are still the same number of walls and therefore the same number of joins to make, don’t forget. Add to that the […]
Filed under: Potager project — Clare @ 10:12 pm
13 September 2007
It’s possible that the title of this post is something of an exaggeration. Still, our very tiny shed has been delivered and so we’ll be spending the weekend trying to decipher the instructions so we can put it together.
Then we’ll have a hoedown.
Filed under: Potager project — Clare @ 3:11 pm
12 September 2007
Has anybody seen Wiggly Wigglers recently? I’m a big WW fan - our wormery, beehive composters, bird feeders and bird food have all come from there. I particularly like how as a company they put a lot of thought into making it easier for people to start composting, to encourage wildlife into their […]
Filed under: Potager project, Sustainable living — Clare @ 11:56 am
7 September 2007
Just in case you were wondering how the Potager Project is coming along, given that we worked very hard at it over the bank holiday, I thought I would finally let the cat out of the bag (or the mice out of the compost, if you prefer) and show you just what we achieved.
Here’s pretty […]
Filed under: Potager project — Clare @ 9:39 am
6 September 2007
As well as rodent drama, the garden refurb also unearthed a couple of frogs.
This chap was living behind the same compost bin that was home to the Brum Family Mouse. He hopped away somewhere shady and cool when I removed his hiding nook. Clearly I am a heartless wildlife home-wrecker.
This slightly smaller, […]
Filed under: Potager project, Wildlife — Clare @ 6:03 pm
25 August 2007
Work on the potager project began in earnest today. As part of this, I had to dismantle one of my compost bins so it could be moved. The top was filled with only partially decomposed matter and was a bit twiggy, so I shovelled it all out into the wheelbarrow to go into […]
Filed under: Potager project, Wildlife — Clare @ 7:10 pm
24 August 2007
Or rather, do.
Some time ago in the back of a magazine I saw an advert for a ‘strawberry table-top‘. I thought it was an interesting idea, particularly as at the time I was having to fight the slugs for my own strawberries and those I did save were pretty much all splashed with mud. […]
Filed under: Blue Peter corner, Potager project — Clare @ 1:42 pm