Hello , just been to plot to harvest stuff for Village produce show tomorrow Pleased to say red gooseberries where ready so that another entry O/H about to start baking Barry I , have got 4 blueberry bushes in fruit cage , this is it first year , looking good so far , did try netting them but didn’t work
My problem is that the blueberry bushes are at the front south facing side of the house but when I net them I have to move them around the back of the house and as they are getting bigger each year it gets tricky, worth it for the tasty berries though. Good luck with the show.
Gardengirl ,the water colour is a trophy 🏆, it’s for the most points in the Veg section , it’s the old post office in the Village Purplerallim , the o/h put in all the entries , a very good year 7 1st , 11nd & 10rds eg. cookery was sausage rolls , chutney which she got a 3rd , 2nd in cabbage , raspberry jam , Ist for Strawberry cordial ( nice with lemonade or Processco 🍾) & strawberry 🍓 jam Also entered Portuguese Tarts & Welsh cakes in cookery but they where not winners , although me and next door think so It was a good day , having a rest today hard work being a labourer 🍺
Went to the allotment yesterday did some digging and found 2 different metal poles well in the ground tried too dig out so deep in ground still need to dig deeper down, lots of watering cans filled and used, fed birds spotted lots of baby starlings on the fatballs
Strimmed the car park yesterday to cover with bark chippings - Today phoned and managed to get a load of bark chippings as they were going to deliver so managed to get them to put in our car park instead of other end of site
Lucky another plot holder helped us spread the bark chippings over the car park looks much better most of it covered hope it stops the weeds growing so much
O/H went to allotment yesterday afternoon , while I was cutter hedges etc at home and picked a load of raspberries to make more jam today & strawberries 🍓 for more cordial And of course courgettes , we have grown round ones this year
Not posted for some time as everything has been going along nicely and just the usual stuff watering, weeding, harvesting, have sown more lettuce, runner beans, broad beans, french beans, carrots, beetroot, and various herbs, planted out leeks, and some of winter greens / cabbage still need to get out the turnips and swede.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
H Hog , agree everything going well , as ever something have bolted , other still growing and other doing well but that’s gardening in my opinion Need to re-net and stake sprouts aspa
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Pleased to say red gooseberries where ready so that another entry
O/H about to start baking
Barry I , have got 4 blueberry bushes in fruit cage , this is it first year , looking good so far , did try netting them but didn’t work
Purplerallim , the o/h put in all the entries , a very good year 7 1st , 11nd & 10rds eg.
cookery was sausage rolls , chutney which she got a 3rd , 2nd in cabbage , raspberry jam , Ist for Strawberry cordial ( nice with lemonade or Processco 🍾) & strawberry 🍓 jam
Also entered Portuguese Tarts & Welsh cakes in cookery but they where not winners , although me and next door think so
It was a good day , having a rest today hard work being a labourer 🍺
And of course courgettes , we have grown round ones this year
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Need to re-net and stake sprouts aspa