It's quite amazing that we have, all of a sudden, a colourful garden bed near our house. This area has been a bit of a disaster area for the past few years as we've had major renovations to the house, had a new patio and paths put in and only had the garden beds bordered with bricks a year ago. These garden beds were really like a war zone with labourers, brickies, scaffolders … [Read more...] about Colourful Garden Bed
Natural Gardening
Pleasant pheasants
Last weekend, I was doing some early morning scything to cut some grass around my vegetable patches. It's a very peaceful start to the day that I enjoy very much. The ideal time to cut grass with a scythe is around dawn when the grass is wet with dew. Sometimes when I'm doing this, there are pheasants in the adjacent field, sometimes a fox, and sometimes other birds. It's like … [Read more...] about Pleasant pheasants
Hartley Greenhouse – the good and the bad
I've recently had a Hartley Greenhouse (from Hartley Botanic) installed in our lower garden that I'm trying to turn into a beautiful natural garden. To install the greenhouse, it needed to have a substantial base built and then have the Hartley Greenhouse installed on that. You can see photos of all this construction below (click on the images to see them … [Read more...] about Hartley Greenhouse – the good and the bad
Planting trees and shrubs – 24 of them!
This year some might say I've got a little bit over board, as I've planted 24 trees and shrubs in my back garden. It really isn't as silly as it sounds as we have a rather large garden and I have about half an acre that I'm trying to turn into a lovely natural garden. I've been planting trees and shrubs over the past 3 weeks and have plenty of photos to share on this … [Read more...] about Planting trees and shrubs – 24 of them!
Scything with frost
Back at the end of October we got our first frost of the year and I had no idea what it would be like scything with frost. I know, you're probably thinking "scything!" Cutting grass with a scythe? Yes, it's all true and it's not as crazy as you think. Back in 2015, our back garden had hip-high grass and I was wondering how to get it under control. I went on a scything course … [Read more...] about Scything with frost