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Monthly Archives: April 2015
From the cracks in the earth
We had been waiting for a decent downpour every day. But the days they came and the days they went and apart from what amounted to not more than a bit of drizzle the promised rain held off. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Permaculture
Tagged apple blossom, cauliflowers, clover, green manure
5 Comments
More pots than a person could know what to do with
As I was working out in the garden this morning, I was reminded of when I first moved into my home in 2009. Just about all of the garden has been touched in someway since then – except for one … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Good for the environment, Permaculture
Tagged recycling, repurposing, surprise finds
11 Comments
Filling the front garden in
The other day I saw my neighbours conferring over the front garden. Now, it might have been to do with the edging, how to mow the lawn in view of the cardboard, or some such issue. And I do appreciate … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Good for the environment, Permaculture
Tagged clover, green manure, soil conditioner
15 Comments
The beauty of bulbs
Flowers are great – adding colour to the garden and encouraging bees. They also fill me with joy, because at last something is going on while I wait for the food production to kick in. A month or so ago, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Good for the environment
Tagged anemone, bulbs, daffodils, hyacinth, tulips
9 Comments
Self-sufficiency
At the weekend, I picked nettles and got straight down to making nettle cordial. Now this evening I bottled it up, even though the recipe said to leave the mix to rest for a week. Basically, I thought the syrup … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Good for the environment, In the kitchen, Permaculture
Tagged nettle cordial, self-sufficiency
29 Comments
Developments in the front garden
When we came back from Cornwall just over a week ago, the front garden greeted us as follows. To be frank, I was a little embarrassed. I’d forgotten about dandelions being impervious to smothering and hadn’t reckoned on cats … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Good for the environment, Permaculture
Tagged green manure, lawn removal, phacelia
11 Comments
First forage
Anglers Country Park, just outside Wakefield, used to be the site of an open-cast mine but has now become a lake with bird hides and paths for walkers and cyclists. As my daughter recently learned to ride a bike, I … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Good for the environment, In the kitchen, Permaculture, Social
Tagged Anglers Country Park, cycling, nettle cordial
6 Comments
Kale to celebrate
Whilst pottering about outside, I decided to put a couple of cloches that I thought were redundant away for now. One of them was not quite so redundant, however. I sowed kale seeds in pots towards the end of last … Continue reading
Reclaiming the land
I recently wrote of trip to Skelton Grange Conservation Centre, which is just down the road from me. I had been aware of the centre for some time but unable to picture its location in view of what else I know … Continue reading
Filling up the shelves
I felt in a bad mood when I got home from work this evening. And the best thing I could do was get my gardening gloves on and sort out more seedlings. On Saturday, I had placed the newly … Continue reading