The good thing about the rain stopping is that I have made great inroads in preping the plots for spring. The above picture shows another section of paving laid on plot 2. The paving not only gives the plots beds a structure but also make it suitable for normal footwear, even after wet weather. This is a boon if we just visit to harvest some produce for the kitchen. There are a few more slabs to lay but its all looking very neat.
Last year, our good friends Shelley and Paul gave us half a dozen box plants. Whilst on holiday in France last summer, a trip to a garden centre saw Kazzi buy the cat shape for the box to grow through to give it a topiary shape. Hopefully it will be big enough to trim this autumn.
The first Wednesday of every month is "Bonfire day" on our site. We generally only have one or two in a year and this one got rid of a load of old timber from our new half plot along with all of the raspberry prunings and brussels sprouts stalks.
Thirty minutes on the table saw converted some scrap 2 x 2 timber into wooden plant labels. As well as being green they look so much better than plastic labels in the beds. They are untreated but should still last a few seasons before succumbing to the bonfire.
I have made about 60 of them and they are just waiting for the crops to be sown or planted before being put into use.
No comments:
Post a Comment