With all the rain, Tuesday really wasn’t a great day to work outside. I’m sure that you’ll enjoy all of the those lovely raspberries though – now that you won’t have to climb up on a mound to pick them!
Thanks again for organizing the tweet-up at Angelina’s yesterday!
Fraussie
May 11th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
My pleasure! It’s wonderful to get together with other bloggers.
It’s lovely to see you out in the garden. Our polytunnel is proving very successful and we’re starting most of our plants in there before planting them out.
Fraussie
May 13th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
I don’t know if I’ll get to the polytunnel stage but we bought some sorrel and spinach seeds and lots of hardy flowers. Until we’re there full time, we have to stick to varieties that will more or less grow on their own.
Bonny
May 15th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Raspberry, sage, rosemary and thyme! Good luck with your garden, Fraussie. Do you get many garden pests, there? Looking forward to seeing everything in full bloom in due course.
Fraussie
May 15th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Now why didn’t I think of that as the title of a post! We’re waiting to see the garden pests. We do have snails that chew through the hollyhock leaves. I might have to get a ladybird colony going if we don’t have enough. I’ll try and use natural methods when I can. Nastursiums are good around fruit trees for example and beer attracts slugs apparently …
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With all the rain, Tuesday really wasn’t a great day to work outside. I’m sure that you’ll enjoy all of the those lovely raspberries though – now that you won’t have to climb up on a mound to pick them!
Thanks again for organizing the tweet-up at Angelina’s yesterday!
My pleasure! It’s wonderful to get together with other bloggers.
It’s lovely to see you out in the garden. Our polytunnel is proving very successful and we’re starting most of our plants in there before planting them out.
I don’t know if I’ll get to the polytunnel stage but we bought some sorrel and spinach seeds and lots of hardy flowers. Until we’re there full time, we have to stick to varieties that will more or less grow on their own.
Raspberry, sage, rosemary and thyme! Good luck with your garden, Fraussie. Do you get many garden pests, there? Looking forward to seeing everything in full bloom in due course.
Now why didn’t I think of that as the title of a post! We’re waiting to see the garden pests. We do have snails that chew through the hollyhock leaves. I might have to get a ladybird colony going if we don’t have enough. I’ll try and use natural methods when I can. Nastursiums are good around fruit trees for example and beer attracts slugs apparently …
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