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Tag Archives: horse manure
Round the garden in 80 days #21
As we move into the second quarter of my 80 days around the garden series, we have another episode on clearing unwanted undergrowth. This patch at the back by the Reinette Orléans looks worse than it actually turned out to … Continue reading
Around the garden in 80 days #8
Well, I’m a tenth of the way through my quest to write 80 blogposts in 80 consecutive days and so far there appears to be plenty to say. Thus, after going to the monthly spinners’ guild meeting this morning, I … Continue reading
Around the garden in 80 days #3
I’m cheating slightly here, as we went out on Sunday, so strictly speaking there is no post for Day 3. Side Oven Bakery near Driffield opened its doors for apple picking, so we took the opportunity to buy some flour … Continue reading
Back to the stables
Further proof that the horse manure is doing some good in the garden came the other day when I noticed what the blackbirds had been up to in the main garlic bed. I don’t know if the birds were successful … Continue reading
Oh no! Those pesky pigeons again
I hadn’t been wandering around the garden as much since the snows of January and February, so I wasn’t paying attention to the space at the back. Then at my local farm last week, there was a notice that the … Continue reading
Posted in edible flowers, soil management, Wildlife
Tagged daylilies, horse manure, pigeons and blackbirds, wild garlic
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Right to the top
Well, today I emptied out the last of the bags of horse manure. The jury is still out as to whether anymore is procured from the stables near the farm where I buy raw milk and now also sourdough bread, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, raised bed, soil management
Tagged horse manure, nasturtiums, raised bed
6 Comments
Picking up the pieces
Two tomato plants, in the small bed by the back door, decided to make their move sometime during the autumn. They’d been spindly little things all summer, then suddenly they were bushes, flowered and started to grow fruit in late … Continue reading
Better beans?
2020 has been a dismal year for beans – at least for me. The molluscs made a meal of the broad beans over winter and it continued from there. Every time I saw a broad bean shoot, it was too … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, soil management
Tagged broad beans, garlic, horse manure, nasturtiums, no-dig
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Making holes
Since putting newspaper, manure and cardboard down to create better soil near the back door, I’ve been mulling over how to proceed. First of all, I wondered how easy it would be to plant through the cardboard layer, at the … Continue reading