FIGHTING THE WEATHER
Now that I know the clear plastic polytunnel is doing its job and hasn't blown away into another garden, I have invested in a small fleece covered one under which I have rows of seeds: lettuce, radish, spinach and beetroot. Alfie my Ragdoll cat, of course, had to investigate. I sowed the seeds in lovely straight rows then found he had got inside the fleecy tunnel and in a panic was running back and forth, trying to get back out. Great, thanks, good job Alfie!
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I want to get rid of the lawn and have vegetables and fruit growing instead along with herbaceous perennial plants but it cannot be done all at once. I've only just started with help from a friend now and then, but it is really hard work with clay and rock and grass, and so it just gets done a bit at a time as the weather permits. Meanwhile, the plants to be planted are happily waiting in pots.
It's much easier for me to cope with tubs and baskets and polytunnels. Although the strawberry plants overwintered outdoors, I have kept them inside the clear polytunnel since I bought it a month or so ago and it is wonderful to see them full of flowers already. The herbs are still in there too. Lost quite a few of those over winter but they are replaceable.
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I've had a lovely surprise with the tulips. I had never grown tulips before because I always thought they just didn't last long, but mine have been in flower a few weeks and still have life in them despite the rain and hail and snow and wind.
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I want to get rid of the lawn and have vegetables and fruit growing instead along with herbaceous perennial plants but it cannot be done all at once. I've only just started with help from a friend now and then, but it is really hard work with clay and rock and grass, and so it just gets done a bit at a time as the weather permits. Meanwhile, the plants to be planted are happily waiting in pots.
It's much easier for me to cope with tubs and baskets and polytunnels. Although the strawberry plants overwintered outdoors, I have kept them inside the clear polytunnel since I bought it a month or so ago and it is wonderful to see them full of flowers already. The herbs are still in there too. Lost quite a few of those over winter but they are replaceable.
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I've had a lovely surprise with the tulips. I had never grown tulips before because I always thought they just didn't last long, but mine have been in flower a few weeks and still have life in them despite the rain and hail and snow and wind.
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