easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in gardening on Jul 7th, 2010
I’ve been a teensy bit busy lately, and that’s meant I haven’t had much time for blogging. Plenty to blog about, but no time to sit down and write about it! I haven’t had much time to pay attention to the garden this week, and I’ve mostly been watering it in the dark, so somehow [...]
Posted in gardening on Jun 6th, 2010
The first (almost) ripe strawberry of the season! I have seven strawberry plants tucked into this little terracotta planter. There are several different varieties, but I didn’t manage to keep the right labels with the right plants, so I don’t know which they all are. This one’s definitely one of the little alpine strawberries though. [...]
Posted in nature on Apr 21st, 2009
Yesterday I forked over the area behind my Shed, dug three enormous holes, and planted the Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine). *fingers crossed* The lady in the garden centre said not to release the ties that are holding the plants to the sticks until they seem nice and happy in the ground, so I’ll check on them [...]