Archive for ‘Potager project’

23 August 2007

Slated

The 1.5 tonnes of slate chips that will mulch the paths in the soon-to-be-started potager have arrived.

There are cheaper ways of creating paths that keep the weeds back, look good, are low-maintenance and long-lasting. I hunted around and found what I believe is the best price for the amount of slate we need, from [...]

Filed under: Potager project — Clare @ 10:43 am

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22 August 2007

Where do I begin to tell the story of…

…the shed that won’t be bought?
The lovely shed we thought we were getting at a bargain price? No longer available. The next best shed has now been re-ordered from the company that no doubt thinks I am some bizarre, crazy, indecisive shed-buying woman.
They’re not far wrong.

Filed under: Potager project — Clare @ 4:07 pm

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22 August 2007

Glutton for punishment

My Dad is at a loose end this weekend and asked if we needed some help with the garden.

I bet you can’t imagine what I said to that, can you?

Filed under: Potager project — Clare @ 7:52 am

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16 August 2007

Two sheds

Being cursed with a small garden makes finding a shed that will fit a rather difficult task. Some months ago I found something perfect - looks good, big enough to store all our garden stuff, small enough not to fill the entire space, not too expensive. I kept a note of the URL [...]

Filed under: Potager project — Clare @ 10:32 am

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10 August 2007

Continuing apace

I’ve done some more preparation for the big potager project weekend. Things did not go quite a smoothly as we had hoped. Sometime ago when we started to think about doing this, we found a lovely double-door wooden storage shed that was small enough to fit where we want it to go and [...]

Filed under: Potager project — Clare @ 11:58 am

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9 August 2007

Come hell or high water

It’s been quiet chez Pumpkin, hasn’t it? No allotmenting, no P’Souping, no regaling you with cheery stories about how good it is to see the sun shining finally. We’ve been filling our time with rehearsals, rehearsals and more rehearsals as the first wedding we are playing at is now less than a fortnight [...]

Filed under: Potager project — Clare @ 4:42 pm

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3 June 2007

Earning our beer and sausages

Today it has been scorching hot. Like yesterday, it was far too hot to be working in the garden. Unlike yesterday, we did work in the garden. All day. We have a redesign to get on with and it won’t get done if we just sit around enjoying ourselves. Oh [...]

Filed under: Hard labour, Potager project — Clare @ 6:47 pm

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