Sowing and growing
Another week gone - is it really Monday tomorrow? I've been taking it easy this weekend, because I have damaged a disc in my lower back. Was it a dramatic accident? Nope - sneezing. Just one more reason to hate hayfever.
And let's face it, the weekend (with super-hubby springing into action) is the only chance I'm going to get to rest my back. Just try potty training without bending over - hmmm, I think not. All your potty envy really had me laughing, so here's a link if you need a racing potty of your very own.
Hero-of-the-moment Hubby has also been in charge of the new baby - the raised vegetable bed.
The soil in our garden is terrible - compacted clay, so I decided a raised bed, in the weird bit of garden tucked around the side of the house might be the way to go. We built it from a great set of recycled plastic link-a-bord, which is the easiest thing in the world to construct.
Much sieving of home-made compost and leaf mold later (probably assisting in the demise of my back) and we'd filled it with enough super nutritious earth to plant beans, parsley (flat and curly), spinach, oriental salad leaf mix, chives and a few sunflowers.
Now it's just a question of water and wait. Oh, and remove cat turds. Because every feline in the neighbourhood is making a bee-line for it.
And let's face it, the weekend (with super-hubby springing into action) is the only chance I'm going to get to rest my back. Just try potty training without bending over - hmmm, I think not. All your potty envy really had me laughing, so here's a link if you need a racing potty of your very own.
Hero-of-the-moment Hubby has also been in charge of the new baby - the raised vegetable bed.
The soil in our garden is terrible - compacted clay, so I decided a raised bed, in the weird bit of garden tucked around the side of the house might be the way to go. We built it from a great set of recycled plastic link-a-bord, which is the easiest thing in the world to construct.
Much sieving of home-made compost and leaf mold later (probably assisting in the demise of my back) and we'd filled it with enough super nutritious earth to plant beans, parsley (flat and curly), spinach, oriental salad leaf mix, chives and a few sunflowers.
Now it's just a question of water and wait. Oh, and remove cat turds. Because every feline in the neighbourhood is making a bee-line for it.
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Sorry to hear about your back... that's painful stuff.
Sprinkle pepper for the cats... apparently they don't like it.
Good luck
Victoria x
We're off today to find some plants for our veggie patch.
Kim x
How about putting the potty on the bathroom counter? :o) Seems very weird and gross, I know, but I can't imagine having to bend over so much.
We have to have raised beds around here as well because the soil is so bad. The plastic boards look like a great idea! Is there some anti-kitty powder you could sprinkle around the outside to keep the cats out? Their waste might be good for the garden, but I don't think I could eat the veggies without thinking about it! :o)
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Take care of your back - I was once laid up for a week and it was not fun!!
That bed looks good - I'm sure you're going to get tons of great veg from it. We - or maybe I should say Tom has been planting our stuff up all weekend. He's put in onions, lettuce, beans, chard, peas and cherry tomatoes - have you tried those? Gardner's Delight and Sungold are the best. The children just eat them off the bushes.
BTW Amber did jump on that fabric as soon as she got back - she fancies a sixties style dress. Thanks again for sending it.
Hope your back gets better - backache is the worst.
my husband has enjoyed many cat poo encounters while gardening - my favourite was when he was using his glovelss hands to break up what he thought were clumps of soil - it wasn't pretty!
hope your back feels better soon.
xx