Last Friday, Connorhan spent period 4 planting up a barrel at the main entrance. It was full of completely dead plants!! It now has a good selection of perlargoniums, nasturtiums, lupins, ladies' mantle, lobelia - plenty of flowers for colour.
We even sneaked a couple of onions in there too! We must remember to water it regularly to keep it healthy.
On Thursday this week, workmen were out strimming, so the garden looks very tidy now!
Danielle and Simona test out the siphon system to fill watering cans - the water butts are nice and full just now.
Also, we have been given a selection of plants by the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh - Simona and Vicki helped to unload them from the car.
A new member - Dale also joined us today. He got stuck in right away - this is the "after" picture of the raised bed that he, Connorhan and Danielle weeded. They had to water it first, to soften the soil! It is now ready to plant potatoes (better late then never!)
We now have a good selection of vegetables and perennials waiting to be planted out.
Our leaf mold pile has rotten down well - we can now put two into one and cover it to keep it moist. The wild Cow Parsley is looking particularly good this year too.
We also spotted a butterfly - it may be a small white, so need to cover our brassicas with netting so they don't get in! Another bit of wildlife this week was a nuthatch - a small bird working it's way up and down a tree trunk looking for grubs under the bark. Thankfully, no signs of the rabbit scared off last week!
Just a quick note ... more squash seeds are on the way, as of Monday last ... they should be arriving any day now. Tried to notify you on the day, but I don't know if my mails are getting through.
ReplyDeleteLovely to get such a large cheque, a not inconsiderable sum, and then another big one from the Parents' Council. I dare say you'll all be poring over catalogues while that money burns holes in your pockets?! LOL
If that greenhouse repair is of the nature that I think it is (the panels lie on little ledges formed by the angle irons [well, aluminium, actually]), I think your best bet is to make several holes on each edge of the panels, with corresponding holes in the ledges, and attach the panels onto a bead of silicone adhesive on the ledges, with the panels pulled down by bolts or machine screws and nuts through the holes. Be careful not to over-torque them, because these plastics can crack with too much localised pressure. That should withstand some fairly strong winds ... if it doesn't, I think perhaps a change of plastic might be an answer ... some of them are amazingly strong, and are used in banks over here ... they will stop the most powerful handgun bullets that are available.
If you choose not to eat the onions in the barrel, you will find that they grow quite tall and produce a lovely flower, I would post a picture, but this software doesn't allow it.
Oh ... clear up a point for me ... "strimming" ... is that the use of one of these string trimmers? The word isn't used over here, and it's new to me.
Miss Swallow, feel free to edit this. I know I do have a tendency to go on at great length.
Hi there - yes, strimmers are line cutters for the grass; easier on rough ground and uneven edges than a mower! Thanks for the squash seeds, we'll sow them next year - we have quite a few small plants from your previous seeds, waiting to be planted out!
DeleteYes, onions make lovely purple flowers that the bees love too. Also, the software doesn't let me edit your post, so it appears in full!
Thanks for following DiGGers!