Spud Time

We decided it was time to go looking for the potatoes om Sunday. THe girls and I tipped out the contents of one of the spud tubs into the wheel barrow and it was all hand on deck. The girls loved the feel of the soil as they searched for little new potatoes.

Success, we found enough to feed the family. Enough for two meals. Ceri gentle boiled some and could not stop eating them. The taste and texture was fantastic.

A good time to be a gardener, a good time to be alive

After only 4 weeks of putting the glass in and finishing the structure, the greenhouse is looking really good.

The weather has been awfull these past two weeks but dispite this everything is growing along at a phenominal rate.

I plan to start sowing salad crops for the autumn and putting them under the staging as you can see with one of the boxes already.

All the outdoor beds are looking good too.

The shallotts need to come out soon to make room for the next crop.

Things are looking up

At last the glass is being put into the greenhouse. All except three panes. This is beacause one of the vents is smaller than the rest and have to get a piece of glass cut for this. I have to leave out the other two panes to enable me to fit the vent piece.

Several pieces of glass were cracked and a few are too badly marked so I guess I will have to replace about 6 to 10 pieces.

No glass will be put in the partition yet. This I will leave until autumn.

Its going up at last

The bricks have been cemented and, at last, the 'large meccano set' is being put together.

It feels good to be putting together the greenhouse that has been in pieces on the upper patio since February. The door has been swamped and is just visible through the rampaging honey suckle.

Just the roof bars to be fitted next. Then it needs to be painted a darker shade of green, rubber seals fitted to the glazing bars and then..................the glass.

The digging has ended....finally

With the area dug out and all levelled the foundations have also been dug out and filled with hardcore. I can not believe the amount of stones, bricks and breeze blocks we have dug out of the small area beneath the old shed. We have filled up a 2 ton bag and we have also made a mound of stones beside it.

There was the small problem of discovering a soak away that was dug umpteen years ago so we have had to bring the greenhouse forward to the edge of the path now. Also in the top left corner there is a massive stone that we have left in place as there is no way it is going to be moved my human methods. Luckily it will not encroach into the space that will be ocupied by the green house.

Greenhouse foundations next

Now the trees are gone, we have to dig out the foundations for the greenhouse, a massive area 18ft x 12ft. It wouldn't be so bad if it was on the flat but the area is on a slope.

The old shed is down and the place looks like a building site!

The Tree Will Hit the Deck

The conifer that has defeated me for the last several days, hit the deck tonight.

Jason answering a call on his mobile whist 20 foot up another tree we are taking down.