Sorry.................

[lobeydosser]

Just waiting for the temperature to rise in the Hoop Houses before I plant out my seedlings of Carrots, Cabbages, Little Gem Lettuces and Peas.
This will make some room in the greenhouse to start off the second batch of seeds.

Now that the Paths are all finished it's great to be able to do the garden without getting my shoes covered in mud and glaur.



Tomorrow I make a start of the Front Garden, clearing it of stones and then raking it, ready to plant up some Roses.

It is nice to be able to see the ground changing from muddy brown to bright green!

[Karma]

Looking very tidy lobeydosser and yes, thank goodness the ground is drying out!

[lobeydosser]

Yes Karma, Never thought I'd see the day when I had to cover the ground with polythene to stop it getting wet!!!!

[yahoo2u2]

Nice work here. Well done.

[calnorth]

I did similar to yourself lobeydosser last year with 2 raised beds at half the height of yours. I dug down somewhat. I'm just south of Brum. Its a costly business alright..for not a lot. Very interesting though. I have the same greenhouse.

I discounted root crops...takes too long. So its small veg, toms, strawbs, flowers and herbs.

I goto the local stables for free rotted manure, so no big composters which is another long job. Recycle via tub composter using tiger worms...which often arrive with the manure.

Bees...the honey bees were late last year, so tickling stick it was. I now raise leaf cutter bees that do more local work than honey bees and are much less aggro. They don't want my beer/wine either. I don't want honey and stung!

I am about the same age as you without any war/wear out wounds...at the moment!

Watch out...its now vine weevil time.

[lobeydosser]

Thanks for that calnorth. I cannot "dig down" as our garden is on top of an old WW2 American Supply Base and I would need a JCB and some Dynamite to get through the rubble.

The depth of the beds are to accommodate deep root veggies and the number of beds is to allow for a 4 crop rotation system.

This year I am planting 29 varieties of fruit and veg although most of the fruit will be permanent fixtures and grown in tubs.
Some of the veg will be Herbs and also grown in tubs.

Tomatoes and Peppers will have to be grown in the greenhouse as we are too far north to grow these outside.

Everything I grow this coming summer will be very much an experiment, both to see how much we can grow and to see if the harvest will be worth the expenditure in effort.

Before the summer I still have to build an 8 box Strawberry Cascade, put in an Irrigation System and build 4 Electric anti-Slug Fences.
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[calnorth]

Amazing some of the states this country is in...military sites. I worked in one in the RAF during the 60's: (deep down)

www.bushywood.com/history/RAF_Wartling_Radar_Stations_Sussex_World_War_Two.htm

I grow Toms and Peppers in the G_house also. Did Ailsa Craig toms in a raised bed last year..very good result. Strawbs are really worth it..in the freezer for supply during winter. I'll vape them at some point?

Most of my stuff is in pots because I sit on a sandstone hill. Lots of watering by hand...not gone auto on that.

Yours is a serious project and more!

[Chrissie]

It's looking amazing lobeydosser

[thebishman]

Mar 21, 2016 13:24:10 GMT calnorth said:

Amazing some of the states this country is in...military sites. I worked in one in the RAF during the 60's: (deep down)

www.bushywood.com/history/RAF_Wartling_Radar_Stations_Sussex_World_War_Two.htm

I grow Toms and Peppers in the G_house also. Did Ailsa Craig toms in a raised bed last year..very good result. Strawbs are really worth it..in the freezer for supply during winter. I'll vape them at some point?

Most of my stuff is in pots because I sit on a sandstone hill. Lots of watering by hand...not gone auto on that.

Yours is a serious project and more!

Thanks for posting this calnorth. What a fascinating read...even more so because i live about 30mins away from that and i didnt even know it was there!

[tsoko]

Nice work.

[calnorth]

Mar 21, 2016 17:36:21 GMT thebishman said:

Mar 21, 2016 13:24:10 GMT calnorth said:

Amazing some of the states this country is in...military sites. I worked in one in the RAF during the 60's: (deep down)

www.bushywood.com/history/RAF_Wartling_Radar_Stations_Sussex_World_War_Two.htm

I grow Toms and Peppers in the G_house also. Did Ailsa Craig toms in a raised bed last year..very good result. Strawbs are really worth it..in the freezer for supply during winter. I'll vape them at some point?

Most of my stuff is in pots because I sit on a sandstone hill. Lots of watering by hand...not gone auto on that.

Yours is a serious project and more!

Thanks for posting this calnorth. What a fascinating read...even more so because i live about 30mins away from that and i didnt even know it was there!

There's another one near you then thebishman...on top of Beachy Head more or less opposite the old cafe that might be there still? Beachy Head Radar. Go up there and wonder about the big hole under your feet?

www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/b/beachy_head

Th last radar head there was this: (dismantled late 50's I think?)

[thebishman]

Thanks mate!

Ive noticed the older i get the more im interested in historic sites. Especially military stuff

[yorkshireman]

It all looks brilliant,well done you.

[lobeydosser]

And here is the latest addition to the garden, all thanks to money saved by Vaping.
It will not grow but it will do wonders for the bad back I get from digging.

[tsoko]

Apr 5, 2016 15:57:56 GMT lobeydosser said:

And here is the latest addition to the garden, all thanks to money saved by Vaping.
It will not grow but it will do wonders for the bad back I get from digging.

Looks a very pleasant setting.