In my garden in April............

I've been out in the garden this afternoon as well. Glorious weather - if a tad windy! I've had the polytunnel off to water the seeds that are sown in there (lettuce, spring onion, spinach, spinach beet, beetroot, radishes, sugarsnap peas) and my beans, but i don't think my beans have survived (a combination of broken stems and i sowed too early). ah well. hopefully some of the other stuff will grow.

most of all though its been a day of tidying up. There was a corner (like most people seem to have corners) full of accumulated garden stuff, including 2 (now not working) electric lawnmowers. i'm planning to get a strimmer anyway to cut the grass with (it can't really be called a lawn) so they'll be thrown out - not really worth freecycling. it all looks much tidier now, and i even have a little place to sit in the sun!

Photos to come later... right now i think i better go do some more digging - i've got raised beds to build!

keth
xx

well, this is an inspiring thread!
Today, we went out in the garden for the first time this year to do work (clay soil means we are a good month behind everyone else!)

We rotavated three beds and cut back loads of herbs.
Tomorrow I will be weeding and then we'll be off to get seeds to put in.

We are always late, but it just means that we are harvesting long after everyone else has finished their crop.

I'm looking forward to all your piccies. I forgot to take 'before' photos, but will try and get some this week as well. it's always lovely to look back through them on a 'I can't be bothered' day and realise how much you have achieved already!

Bigpaws x

Hello all (Hi PenPen :kisses3: )

I've been directed over here by hex2, as thi sweek we are going to try to build(?) our raised beds for our veg :T . We have loads of stuff in the shed, hopefully sprouting at th emoment (onion, carrot, pepper, tomato, and others )

Here's our garden's 'before' picture :rotfl: :rotfl:



Will update when I can.....

Got loads done yesterday, mainly sowing. I was enjoying myself so much I even decided not to go mountain biking in the afternoon which is unheard of for me (well it was only going to be a really short ride anyway). I bought a plastic growhouse to go on with until I get my proper greenhouse up, then it will be used as a greenhouse within a greenhouse to protect tom and chilli plants. So I did, in no particular order:

Made a watering stick for my second big strawberry pot out of plastic pipe.
Moved strawberry plants from small terracotta strawb pot (don't know why I thought it would be a good idea to put them in there) to larger strawberry pot with watering stick.
Sowed three types of toms for indoor germination
Sowed two types of cucumber for indoor germination
Sowed flowers: sweet pea, calendula, marigold, poached eggs and lobelia
Sowed herbs: Couple of types of basil, coriander, parsley and oregano
Sowed Squash: Marrow and Butternut
Sowed Beans: Borlotti
Sowed Carrots in troughs
Moved Pak Choi and Beetroot seedlings out to growhouse

My growhouse is almost full now!

Also potted on some chilli plants which I'll keep indoors for the time being.

Will be spending Easter weekend trying to at least get a level base for the greenhouse to go on (OH can't wait - not). If I can find time in the evenings this week I'll try to do some weeding in the front jungle patch so I can site my new lemon thyme plants (lovely) and find somewhere to put my last autumn raspberry cane as its looking a bit forlorn all by itself in a pot.