Saturday 26 April 2014
Tuesday 22 April 2014
Bluebell in a bucket
Been meaning to clear this bucket of oldness out for a while but a lovely bluebell has now appeared. Nature has its way!
Heeled in bare root beauties
Forsythia, dogwood, goat willow and hazel all waiting to find a new home. I think I will take forsythia home but remainder will find a place for cutting on the lotty.
All a bargain at £1 each bare root - it would have been rude not to buy them!
New fruit trees
A warm welcome to my second cherry tree - this one is Stella - expecting beautiful blossom and a fabulous shape.
Just couldnt resist another Braeburn apple. This one is located next to the willow crown and to Stella and close to my neighbours apples, although it is self-pollinating.
Saturday 19 April 2014
Raspberry tidy up
Pleased to see new raspberry suckers. As you can see I don't bother with tying my plants in, I find this way helps with keeping the birds off as the leaves protect the fruit more. Looking like a few gaps so will need to fill in at some point and the ground needs some topping off with soil conditioner.
Amazing what a bit of hoeing can do!
Strawbs in progress
Although I like eating them, if there is one job I detest it is tidying up the strawberry bed. I have been my own worst enemy as my plants are not planted in regimented lines like the other plots and it makes it harder to get the hoe in so I end up, using my new knee pads, and doing it my hand - time consuming but in the end it looks much better.
Next job in these beds is to lay some newspaper around the plants and I will then add the straw to the top.
Work in progess - looking better. Nice shot of the borage I have companion planted.
Strawbs after hoeing
Amazing what 3 1/2 hours of hoeing can do!
Borage, rhubarb and blackcurrants.
Borage, blackcurrants and a sneeky raspberry sucker! 
Hoeing daffs
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Marestail through the daffodils
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Before and after hoeing the daffodils. Return of the lovely marestail or as I now affectionately call it - the return of Hades (the Greek God of the underworld) as this is how long the roots of marestail go!
Here comes the after shots!
The plan is to sow some annual flower seeds between the bulbs to keep the area covered through the summer. Sunday 13 April 2014
Preparing for new fruit trees
I have ordered another apple and cherry tree to go on the opposite side of the plot in the original wildflower meadow area.
This area has turned into long grass heaven of late and by planting these trees in will enable me to break down the area and start the wildflowers again.
The long grass is loved by a sparrowhawk or other raptor who likes to use it as a dinner table.
Have dug over the two planting holes but desperately needs some rain to do the hard work!
Final mini bed finished
The mini beds have been a big success this year, not sure why I didnt think to do this before! It makes the plot more manageable and using the scaff board for a path width ensures I can reach to the middle of the bed from either side.
Edging the mini beds with the willow offcuts. 
Saturday 12 April 2014
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