Seed potatoes are in the shops so there is a job to do - go buy seed potatoes!
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| Two chickens about to lay |
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| Daffs are coming up! |
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| This chicken is seeking bread! |
I have now moved from no. 6 to no. 5 Champeau de Bas having decided that number 6 was just getting too much to handle! So no. 5 is a small garden with some flowers and a small veg patch.
Saturday 25 January 2020
BLANK
I would like to write that I did something the last week except that I cannot. A little bit of forking and weeding but nothing else. No real excuse. The weather has been reasonable. Frosts most mornings last week. Of course the weather forecast for next week is rain albeit light rain so I never know it might miss me!
Seed potatoes are in the shops so there is a job to do - go buy seed potatoes!
Seed potatoes are in the shops so there is a job to do - go buy seed potatoes!
Saturday 18 January 2020
Mow, mow, mow...
Thursday January 16th 2020. The sun is shinning and the weather is mild. What do I need to do? Mow the grass! Yes, started to mow the grass. For goodness sake it is January! First time I have ever mowed grass in January. Man!
Other than mowing the grass it has been a quiet week on the garden front. A bit of forking and weeding and a cabbage was cut. Some rain, some sun and to top of the end of the week a frost!
On the chicken front the hens continue to lay well an average of 9 eggs a day over the last week.
I noticed that the seed potatoes and onion sets are in my local supermarket. Guess it is just about time to go and buy mine and start off the year once more.
My bed of narcissi are showing and I see there is one or two buds. If the weather stays mild it will not be long before they are in flower.
Other than mowing the grass it has been a quiet week on the garden front. A bit of forking and weeding and a cabbage was cut. Some rain, some sun and to top of the end of the week a frost!
On the chicken front the hens continue to lay well an average of 9 eggs a day over the last week.
I noticed that the seed potatoes and onion sets are in my local supermarket. Guess it is just about time to go and buy mine and start off the year once more.
My bed of narcissi are showing and I see there is one or two buds. If the weather stays mild it will not be long before they are in flower.
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| NARCISSI (Daffidils) |
Saturday 11 January 2020
Where is winter?
These are going to be words that I will regret in a week or two. Watch and see. What has happened to winter? There have been frosts and quite a bit of rain but no prolonged cold spell and the forecast is for the weather to stay mild. Still time I guess but as every day passes the chances of prolong cold get less.
On the 29th September 2019 I sowed broad beans. The idea was to overwinter for an early crop in 2020. Well, there is early and early! In all my years of gardening in the UK and France I have never had broad beans start to flower in January. To me it is an indication of how mild it has been. Only time will tell if I get anything from them, after all, the pollinators are not around!
More forking and weeding on the vegetable plots. I can now see the end of it and probably just about in time! In my efforts I came across South Island salsify seedlings. Well, waste not want not. I transplanted a number to see if I can yet get a result!
On the chicken front they continue to lay well. Ten to twelve a day. I used eight the other day to make lemon meringue pie. Guess what? The chickens laid twelve! A gain of four. Man!
It is getting noticeable that the days are drawing out. I now put the chickens away at five o'clock and not half past four. So onwards we go towards the sowingseason. Couple more weeks and I will be sowing tomatoes!
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| BROAD BEANS ABOUT TO FLOWER |
More forking and weeding on the vegetable plots. I can now see the end of it and probably just about in time! In my efforts I came across South Island salsify seedlings. Well, waste not want not. I transplanted a number to see if I can yet get a result!
On the chicken front they continue to lay well. Ten to twelve a day. I used eight the other day to make lemon meringue pie. Guess what? The chickens laid twelve! A gain of four. Man!
It is getting noticeable that the days are drawing out. I now put the chickens away at five o'clock and not half past four. So onwards we go towards the sowingseason. Couple more weeks and I will be sowing tomatoes!
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| BROAD BEANS ABOUT TO FLOWER |
Thursday 2 January 2020
POST CHRISTMAS
Happy New Year! It is time to start planning the sowing for the 2020 gardening season! The seed box has been turned out and checked for good or bad seed the bad being thrown out! The online seed catalogue has been consulted and seeds ordered to fill the gaps in the seed box and one or two new and different seeds bought. Very tempted this year to grow sweet peppers again after a couple of poor years and not bothering at all last year. Problem is they need to be watered regularly to be successful. Next job, come February which is not that far away, will be to purchase seed potatoes. Desiree will be on the list again, a firm favourite. I will be looking for a french heritage early variety and maybe I might go back to one of my favourites Noirmoutier. Love the foliage of this variety.
So, over the last week a bit of forking and weeding but generally the ground has been too wet. Wet? That's a understatement. The solid has been virtually liquid. I must not complain. The rain is needed and the ground need to soak it up! The last of the tomatoes have been cleared from the poly tunnel. A task that should have been done a while back but hey ho. Still more weeding and ground preparation to do but, well, slow and sure it will get done. One major task I have is to dig up and replant my Egyptian walking onions. The current bed is now too packed and they need to be thinned out. I might leave doing the job until March and worry about other jobs first! Lol! On the chicken front the hens have done me proud. From the 28th to the 31st December they produced 9,9,9,12 eggs! Yes, they finished the year laying twelve eggs in a day! The most yet! This is from 13 hens. I am overwhelmed with eggs!
So, over the last week a bit of forking and weeding but generally the ground has been too wet. Wet? That's a understatement. The solid has been virtually liquid. I must not complain. The rain is needed and the ground need to soak it up! The last of the tomatoes have been cleared from the poly tunnel. A task that should have been done a while back but hey ho. Still more weeding and ground preparation to do but, well, slow and sure it will get done. One major task I have is to dig up and replant my Egyptian walking onions. The current bed is now too packed and they need to be thinned out. I might leave doing the job until March and worry about other jobs first! Lol! On the chicken front the hens have done me proud. From the 28th to the 31st December they produced 9,9,9,12 eggs! Yes, they finished the year laying twelve eggs in a day! The most yet! This is from 13 hens. I am overwhelmed with eggs!
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| Latest hen a Bramha laying |
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| Parsnip carrot garlic onion soup |
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