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July 6, 2009

Time

Filed under: Gardening, Random — Russell @ 12:50 pm

..flies when you’re having fun.

I haven’t had much activity to talk about lately, except to say that something wonderful has happened to me.

On a sad note, the aphids have won their war with my beans.

June 26, 2009

Hessien Sacks

Filed under: Gardening — Russell @ 10:41 am

Delivered this morning.
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Lets hope I can fill more then one of them with potatoes!

June 16, 2009

Ladybirds

Filed under: Gardening — Russell @ 11:05 am

My ladybirds arrived today. A couple of my bean plants have started to be attacked by aphids, and hopefully these critters will solve that problem :) .

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June 12, 2009

A potato and bean update

Filed under: Gardening — Russell @ 12:03 pm

My potatoes are doing fantastically well, and my beans are starting to flower. I’m having a problem with aphids now, but hopefully some ladybirds coming next week will sort that.

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Sweetcorn, Squash and Tomatoes

Filed under: Gardening — Russell @ 11:52 am

More gardening done, and hopefully more vegetables to grow.

Sweetcorn and Squash

Sweetcorn and Squash

Tomatoes

Tomatoes

The new patch

The new patch

My concern for this particular patch of vegetables is that they won’t get enough sun. I’m cutting back a tree to remove the biggest amount of shade, but I may have planted these in the wrong place. I guess time will tell.

May 26, 2009

Collegiate Gardening

Filed under: Gardening — Russell @ 2:40 pm

And so on Wednesday I became a gardener at Trinity College, Cambridge, for the day. My good friend George is head gardener there, and I wanted to learn some tips from him about lawns, and also about what kind of things one does in that kind of job.

It was a great experience, and the lifestyle certainly suits me I have to say. Now if only I could do that every day instead of working in an office.

May 22, 2009

Vegetables

Filed under: Gardening — Russell @ 8:05 am
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Broad Beans

My beans are starting to look pretty glorious in the sun now, and my potatoes have finally started to show through.

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I have some broccoli plants in the car, ready for planting tonight.

May 6, 2009

Flowers and more weeds

Filed under: Gardening — Russell @ 10:30 am

A friend, Huw, kindly donated some flowers which I hope I can cultivate properly and persuade to grow.

Cant remember what this one is called

Yellow Loosestrife - Lysimachia punctata

..nor this one

Helleborus foetida - stinking hellebore

I also started to dig out the bed on the left side of the path, which is in a horrendous condition.

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Vegetables

Filed under: Gardening — Russell @ 10:27 am

I’ve planted beans, potatoes, raddishes and onions. I also plan to plant some sweetcorn soon. This is a first try for me, so no idea if they will come out well or not but it’s worth a try.

Potato Patch

Potato Patch

Broad Beans

Broad Beans

More Gardening

Filed under: Gardening — Russell @ 10:24 am

More photos of the disastrous garden I hope to turn around.

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