4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Lesley]

We found an enormous pile of extremely well rotted, strawy, manure at the back of the small barn.

 

 

It smells of nothing! - just slightly of soil. We've been filling the trailer with it and distributing it around various veggie plots.

 

This is the state of the polygreenhouse at the moment.....some weeding required at the top end still....

 

 

The big plots in front of the poly g/house

The fleece has been blown awry overnight. To the right is a glimpse of the next plot to make - covered with black polythene.

[ClaireG]

It's looking really good Lesley

[Egluntyne]

Fantastic.

[Guest]

wow! your sweetcorn looks like it's going great guns! Looks like an awful lot of hard work, is it just you and Carl that do it ALL?

[Mrs Frugal]

Wow, isn't it looking good. Your peas look more advanced than ours .

[Martin B]

Looks fantastic, the manure was a good bonus then!

[Snowy]

That looks amazing Lesley! It was just scrub land when I saw it

[Lesley]

Thanks all! - I thought I'd post a photo of it before the weeds take over!

 

wow! your sweetcorn looks like it's going great guns! Looks like an awful lot of hard work, is it just you and Carl that do it ALL?

 

We do have a man who comes once a fortnight to do strimming and is currently planting 50 ash trees which we will be coppicing to use as fuel.....one day. Other than that it is mostly me who sows all the seeds and keeps the veggie plots going - Carl digs any holes needed and carries heavy stuff if I can't manage it. Lauren and Jake each have their own plot and they look after those when they come after school - only on Wednesdays now, or on Tuesdays and Thursdays in school holidays.

[Olly]

Wow! That is really impressive. Makes my tiny seedlings look really puny, I was a bit late starting everything off this year.

[Christian]

Oh my!! Just goes to show the benefits of a poly greenhouse (and forward thinking/planning Lesley )

 

You have far too many sweetcorn plants Lesley. Need to off-load any? (He says, having only just planted his seeds this week)!

[Lesley]

You can never have too many sweetcorn plants Christian!

[Christian]

Thanks Lesley. That is very kind of you

[The Dogmother]

I can vouch that it all looks lovely and the Rocket tastes delicious

[Valkyrie]

Yep I too was drawn to that sweetcorn! Looking very productive - well done - all that and lambing too!

[kitchens]

Oh Lesley I am very jealous

 

Would love a greenhouse but what with my boy and next door's lad - it wouldn't last 5 minutes as they are both football crazy

[Lesley]

Oh Lesley I am very jealous

 

Would love a greenhouse but what with my boy and next door's lad - it wouldn't last 5 minutes as they are both football crazy

 

 

 

- the Keders are very strong - and safe of course.......they do make a garden range as well, so it's always worth considering.

 

We need to rob a bank now and add the next module

 

The sweetcorn really need to be planted out now but we're still having frost at night. All the outside stuff has been hardening off for a week now.

 

We have filled two big galvanised water tanks with the poo compost - ready for the courgette plants.......so far I have 12 and some butternut squash just coming up ......I'd better start collecting recipes

[sunshinesupernova]

I had FIVE courgette plans last year - and at one point, harvested THIRTY courgettes in one week !

 

This year I've got 8 as I planted yellow and green - not quite ready for planting out. If I can home a couple of plants instead of planting them all out, I think in the long run it would be a big relief ...

[sparkysmum]

Wow, so very fantastic. Is it just for you & your family, looks like you could be market gardeners. Can't imagine what the rest of the garden must look like All this & hens too. Brilliant. Very well done. Ax