Nothing like it

The feeling you get, when one pulls out of the ground something you have grown all by your loansome, well the wellies are lost for words! Satisfaction just does not cut it somehow. The accompaning picture shows my thinnings from today, which will be our dinner later accompanied by the cabbage picked earlier, with a very nice chicken steamed with fresh (homegrown) thyme, rosemary, garlic, cherry toms (not homegrown) and a little vegetable stock (homemade). Hope your are drooling!!!!

Them 'Bl***dy Foxes

My greencone has been a successful addition to my plot, breaking down all that waste you cannot otherwise place in a normal compost bin. It likes anything, cooked, meat scraps, bones etc. Which is wonderful. My bin at home no longer smells, and I now only put out half a bag of rubbish a week, which is lovely. However 'them there foxes are trying to dig it up'!!. I have recovered it on a daily basis for a week, but now I have resorted to logs. The wellies are revolting against the red tirants, and we are now trying to outwit on the strategic front. Watch this space!!

'Me Arbour'

Spent the afternoon, building me arbour, hopefully by next year it will be covered by rose's, passion flower and honeysuckle. Nice to sit under looking down at the sea, inhaling sweet smelling blosom. Just hope it stands up the howling winds up from the sea. Hopefully it will fare better than the greenhouse did during the winter. It has been christened with a brew and cheese & pickle sandwich.

Upside down Tom's & Cucumbers

In answer to those who wish to know, here is my version of the upside down tomato planter. It has a thick piece of cardboard cut out like a collar, that went round the base of the stem so when it was turned upside down and placed through the cut out plant pot, it stops the soil falling out. Plants have doubled in size since taking this first pictures.

LUCKY SPOT

A View to the sea, very lucky to have this spot, only downside pretty fierce winds.

I'm gonna have to do a rain dance though to save my elbows, I'm sure I have tennis elbow with all the watering.

NO RAIN FOR OVER SEVEN WEEKS NOW!!! GLOBAL WARMING HERE WE COME!

"The Green Man"

It's May the Ist, and some daft bugger (me) decided to drag giraffe wellies, kissy wellies and clan, at 4.30 am to the top of the West Hill in Hastings to watch and dance the sun up over the East Hill, which has been captured as you can see, all in the name of paeganism & the green man (I think), but decided it wasnt a bad idea might bring an abundant crop this year. Have great plans for preserving, pickling and most important WINE making. But i must admit it was a stunningly beautiful morning, and found the whole thing kind 'a' nice!

'bye heck', havn't things progressed

The area by the corregated iron, was as tall as me in bramble and other various weeds, but have completely cleared to give giraffe wellies a place to call her own, we have sown grass seed and it's starting to emerge. It is her play area, as no garden at home. Trouble is waiting for it to grow is painstaking for the little one.

Ooh and what joy! the asparagus has arrived, all planted with four different varieties. Can't wait

And the joys of the freecycle website, a compost bin (well I think it is) turned in the giraffe wellies strawberry bin, it took nearly five bags of compost, and has 30 plants in it. I can feel strawberry wine coming on.