After the long, harsh winter we've had our poor little garden was in dire need of some TLC. We'd purposely let it be for a while so the mess would harbour lots of insects for the birdies and we wouldn't disturb anything that might be sheltering from the snow and rain and sleet and hail and frost and wind and you get the message....
So, with an ever so slight hint of spring in the air today the clean up started. Once the weeds were all cleared we gave it all a good dig over and sprinkled a generous amount of fish, blood and bone all over to help replace all the nutrients. We're pretty lucky with our soil, a previous owner was a keen gardener and we're reaping the benefits of her hard work.
Actually, looking at that picture it doesn't look that tidy! But my, it's a vast improvement believe me.
Tonight we're going to sit down and order all our seeds for the coming year. We're thinking maybe some Borlotti Beans and we're going to make a concerted effort to grow different varieties of things – stuff that you can't buy in the supermarkets like purple carrots or those green stripey tomatoes. We'll post our shopping list up so you can see what the year ahead has in store for us. We're both really looking foward to getting the garden up and running again, can't wait for it to be in full vege bloom again. It seems such a long time ago.
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