One of my repurposed plastic heating oil tanks newly weeded and planted up with onions.
My veg plot looks very neglected and overgrown at the moment. My late dad once said it only takes 3 months for a veg plot to become overgrown. My three months of grieving are proof to that. Hopefully we'll get some dry weeks over winter and my plot will look loved and the pigs will get plenty of buckets of grass and weeds to devour along with their ration
I thought I had lost my mojo to grow anything again. J was the seed sower and carrot weeder and cook and I was Boxer the cart horse to barrow the muck and weed and dig and harvest.
I dunno if I will grow so much again and I will not be going carbooting again with my shrubs and perennials.
I have been thinking of starting selling plants from home but I might just plant up the plot and make a veg and flower garden in remembrance of Jean? She would have liked that.
Have you planted any vegetables this Autumn/Winter?
I think the remembrance garden is a great idea Dave. I haven't planted anything but I am cutting back the brambles which haven't been touched since Covid days and have overtaken the border by doing a little bit with the shears each day. How are Heidi and Bronte? Rachel
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachel. I could get the pigs in to clear and dung the plot but I don't think they are gardeners and are not choosy what plants they eat. Heidi cut her paw on her metal dog dish the other day and had to have stitches. So she's convalescing at the moment. We took Diesel and Bronte to visit Jean's grave and put a little ornament of a Golden Retriever on it. Shears are a lot quieter than listening to a hedge trimmer or a strimmer. Good to see Forest winning again. Another one of my teams I follow.
ReplyDeleteYes, great win for Forest. There is so much European football going on at the moment it is difficult to keep up with it all. I try to follow Forest too.
ReplyDeleteI always liked Brian Clough and have watched from afar for many years.
ReplyDeleteAn old washing machine drum is a good idea..no worries about drainage.
ReplyDeleteKeep on gardening..you'll find your level after a while.
I've got a few Cavolo Nero kale and broadband bean plants in pots in the greenhouse
I like the idea of a remembrance garden. Planted with her favourites it will be a lovely plot.
ReplyDeleteNo problems with drainage GZ and it's made of stainless steel. Still never finished my new potting shed/greenhouse. Probably wait for the gales to end.
ReplyDeleteI have hundreds of perennials in pots JayCee. Perhaps I will start a little nursery from home. I know my veg plot need not be so big now.
ReplyDeleteYou might find you can do a remembrance garden and have a few veggies for sale, too. Nothing better than homegrown. Meanwhile, good for you for getting out to the garden, whatever you plant there.
ReplyDeleteOur livestock love my organic vegetables Boud. I don't really do a lot of cooking. I made potato and leek soup the other day. That's a post for another day. Thanks Boud.
ReplyDeleteI agree. A part of the garden full of flowers will be a wonderful memory to Joan.
ReplyDeleteKeep on with the vegetables as well. You and the menagerie still have to eat.
Great garden.ideas Linda. I must research potagers with veg and flowers to look attractive and to attract beneficial insects and butterflies. I know moths like nettles and I am never short of those fellows growing in the fym and around the veg plot.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that you have emerged from your pool of sorrow to plant your onions shows that you have really turned a corner Dave and I expect that Jean would be applauding this development. Step by step, life must go on.
ReplyDeleteI guess so YP. The walking seems to have helped the most. I am going to have to start cooking the vegetables I grow. Jean did all the food preparation. She said I used every pot, pan and utensil when I attempted to cook. I was to town today and my neighbour stopped and gave me a lift and I did some essential shopping. I managed to cram eight cans of Carlsberg in my rucksack. I walked 8 miles today and ten the other day. Life must go on you"re so right YP.
ReplyDeleteI have my Japanese onion's in, broad beans, leeks and a few cabbage plants, my two beds are full. Making a new garden is very fulfilling, I get so much pleasure from our outside space.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have been a busy bee Marlene. I could not imagine not having a garden especially growing vegetables and flowers. I just hope we get some dry weeks over the winter to work and enjoy our gardens. The summer of 2025 was the best ever.
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