August

– The Light Of Winter Is The Poetry Of Patience –

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As it’s the middle of winter I feel like this is the best time to do the big jobs, and of course the aim is to have them done and ready for growth in spring. The focus of the last month was to finish the garden beds in my first phase before moving to the next… but it would seem that I don’t stick to plans very well!

I came to a bit of a stand still with my manure supply and that was one of the layers that I really didn’t want to cut corners on. So while I waited for the animals to get to work I went looking for more materials to use in the next phase.

It was then that I came across a huge pile of bricks that I worked into my (ever changing) design and now I will get onto finishing off all the beds…

After much thought I was happy with the circle in the middle and I was thinking of having 4 smaller beds on each side so that I could plant and pick from each side of the beds and avoid walking in them. Instead I opted to go for 1 large bed on each side and made a walkway down the middle with left over broken bricks. By doing this it meant bigger, more uniformed beds but it also made the design more simplistic and I can get the mower in between all the beds.

Now what will the design be for my third phase???? Any suggestions?

Being the middle of winter plants aren’t going crazy at the moment but things are still progressing. Still planting winter seeds in the beds and seedlings are slowing getting going. I am still waiting on a few new summer seeds to arrive and once they are here I will get them planted into trays and started, ready to plant out when the threat of frosts have passed.

Feeling positive that my next post won’t bring any updates on design or new beds but hopefully more photos of growing plants that are well on the way to bringing the garden to life!

Happy gardening!