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- Snow + Sunshine = Fab Gardening Weather
After we’d all hoped the snow had gone away for good, we had another light dusting over night. However, the sun came out, melted the snow and frost, and made for lovely moist soil, which was good for digging!
This has all meant, I achieved today
Beds dug, and path down
Wigwams for peas/beans up (so [...]
- New Year, New Plans
Happy new year everyone!
I’ve been kept busy here by the chickens, who will be 11 weeks old this week. They came down with mycoplasma this week (symptoms were runny nose, sneezing and bubbly eyes), but they are on a course of antibiotics now and are on the mend. They have been living in my kitchen [...]
- Another Sunday Update
Another trip to Wyevale, another reduced plant. This time it was a cranberry plant which has taken up home next to the blueberry and horseradish. I also managed to escape with some more green manure seeds (half price), as well as some swede and romanesco cauliflower seeds.
Jona has come to life! There are a [...]
- Busy Day
Its been a busy old day here. I headed over to Cadbury Garden Centre over in Congresbury this afternoon, intending just to look at their costs for fruit trees.
I ended up coming back with my very first tree - a 1yr old Miniture Bramley Apple seedling on M9 stock. I’ve already managed to pot it [...]
- Welcome
Welcome to Growing My Own.
This blog will hopefully follow me on my path from overgrown-grass-and-weeds-gardener to green fingered goddess.
To explain, I live in a 2 bed semi in the surburbs of Bristol, with a garden measuring 6m x 10m, which until recently consisted of 4ft high grass, borders filled with weeds, 4 excessively large/overgrown/dead trees, [...]
