Today has been spent shifting soil
This pile of soil had come from when we set up the first poly tunnel, nearly two years ago, it has been covered over with a bit of carpet all that time
I am using it to fill these pallet collar beds,
They have a single depth of well rotted manure and then top off with barrow loads of soil
There are three double layer beds, and three single layer beds.
These beds I am using for growing cut flowers.
These I got with some vouchers I had for the garden centre, so they didn't cost me any hard cash. 35 bulbs in each bag, that I will split in variety's.
Charlies had a nice collection of summer bulbs in,
26 Lily bulbs, one of my favourite flowers to have in the garden and house.
18 Dahlia tubers
26 Lily bulbs, one of my favourite flowers to have in the garden and house.
14 Begonias, these are going in containers down by the cabin,
£40 spent altogether, seems rather a lot I know, but they will grow and multiply each year.
I did pick up some seed potatoes from the garden centre
Pentland Javelin a first early, they have now been set to chit,
They did have a lovely selection it wasn't an easy job deciding,
I might have to go back and get a main crop, haven't decided yet.
I needed some more citrus feed for the young trees that are in pots, this time of year they are only fed once a month, from March to November its every 10 days
To keep track of what gets fed when
I write it all in the front of my diary for the year
And other gardening stuff, purchases, sowing, planting and harvesting gets recorded in the main diary page.
So that's it the start of the growing year, I am still deciding on my seeds and growing for this year, it will all be finalised this week.
It's so exciting to pick out the seeds and figure out where everything is going to go!
ReplyDeletethese are all destined for set beds over in the growing garden, all my other pretty things are in the garden around the house
DeleteYou are so much more measured than me, I am DESPERATE to get going - hope it isn't my undoing this early. Really looking forward to get the spuds chitting. You will have so many lovely flowers.
ReplyDeletewe are still only in the first few weeks of the year, the potatoes will be going in the poly tunnel so I need to get them moving
DeleteHurrah for pretty things! There is always so much more to do than time to do it that work is often focused on the practical and the work in progress "messes" (although practical as well) seem to be everywhere. Flowers are so cheerful. I'm glad you've taken time to plant some.
ReplyDeleteyou have to make a bit of time for what brings you pleasure otherwise life would become very tedious
DeleteWhat a lovely colourful show you will have-x-
ReplyDeleteI do hope so
DeleteLovely selection of things there dawn - of course you will have to go back for a main crop :)
ReplyDeletestill undecided on the main crop
DeleteIt will be lovely to cut you own flowers for your home, great selection. I have some vouchers that I must use up from my retirement.
ReplyDeletemy vouchers were on a gift card I got the year before for my birthday
DeleteI look forward to following your planting and sowing Dawn. We just grow plain everyday vegetables which we use all the time. Must get some seed potatoes chitted.
ReplyDeleteI do like pretty things along with my veggies and fruit
DeleteLove your cut flower choice, I will have to sort my cut flower bed soon, I did put a load of seeds in last October.
ReplyDeleteI love having lilies in the house so I am hoping for plenty
DeleteYou've made a really good start. I can't grow lilies here because they are fatal to cats. My cutting flowers are just grown in the main herbaceous border.
ReplyDeleteI do keep trying to grow them in the border but then when they bloom I hate to take them away
DeleteHow wonderful it will be to have all of those cut flowers available to you later in the year!
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