One of the huge advantages of being out in nature is the contact with the wildlife out there. One of the huge disadvantages of being out in nature is the contact with the wildlife out there. Don't you just love life's inconsistencies. Well to minimize the second we decided to enlist the help of a protector, a comforter, a hero, a larger than life presence to ward off unwanted intruders
Note the authentic C 19th blouse complete with period coiffure and overtly proud and arrogant yet tantalizingly attractive haughty smile
(I thought about quickly building a lake throwing him him just to watch him emerge but weeding duties called)
So the first task at hand was the erection of Mr Darcy. Teamwork and a bit of banging and the job was done
First the metal pole to support his spine
Then the raising
And finally to a rousing chorus of Always look on the Bright Side of Life
Ok now to the gardening side of things this week Well unfortunately we have had to say goodbye to a couple of lettuces, they just couldn't stand the pressure and didn't make it. Thankfully though this week they were our only casualties. Everything looked fine and amazingly some things or should i say plants really actually looked as though they had grown a bit
As you can clearly see a few plants have increased their size or width and quite surprisingly seem to be fairly happy.
One end seemed a little water logged maybe due to too much pressure in the pipe so we will have to investigate that and maybe move the courgettes but we will keep you informed about that. It has rained quite a bit this week so may be it was just too much rain.
In terms of maintenance this week we wanted to spread a little sulfuric happiness We have an invasion of ants and the like and evidently they don't like sulfur so we dosed 'em good and proper
A closer look at the sulfur spreading hopefully this will keep the little pests at bay
Once the hard work was done we then planted a few onions and then time to test out our new rest area
It was of course mothers day so a toast was made to our all mothers present or absent, and another hard days work accomplished.
TIP OF THE WEEK
Keep ants and slugs at bay by lightly spreading sulfur powder
MEET MR DARCY
Note the authentic C 19th blouse complete with period coiffure and overtly proud and arrogant yet tantalizingly attractive haughty smile
(I thought about quickly building a lake throwing him him just to watch him emerge but weeding duties called)
So the first task at hand was the erection of Mr Darcy. Teamwork and a bit of banging and the job was done
First the metal pole to support his spine
Then the raising
And finally to a rousing chorus of Always look on the Bright Side of Life
Ok now to the gardening side of things this week Well unfortunately we have had to say goodbye to a couple of lettuces, they just couldn't stand the pressure and didn't make it. Thankfully though this week they were our only casualties. Everything looked fine and amazingly some things or should i say plants really actually looked as though they had grown a bit
As you can clearly see a few plants have increased their size or width and quite surprisingly seem to be fairly happy.
One end seemed a little water logged maybe due to too much pressure in the pipe so we will have to investigate that and maybe move the courgettes but we will keep you informed about that. It has rained quite a bit this week so may be it was just too much rain.
In terms of maintenance this week we wanted to spread a little sulfuric happiness We have an invasion of ants and the like and evidently they don't like sulfur so we dosed 'em good and proper
A closer look at the sulfur spreading hopefully this will keep the little pests at bay
Once the hard work was done we then planted a few onions and then time to test out our new rest area
It was of course mothers day so a toast was made to our all mothers present or absent, and another hard days work accomplished.
TIP OF THE WEEK
Keep ants and slugs at bay by lightly spreading sulfur powder
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