Hi Folks,

Well, even though the ground was wet today, I managed to get out and do some more clearing.

Today I focused on one of the raised beds at the back of the garden.

I have a small 2.3m x 2.1m raised brick bed and a larger raised bed. Today I concentrated on the small raised bed.

If you rememeber from one of my earlier posts, the pictures showed a huge bush tree, virtually covering the raised bed.

This had to be chopped down and the area cleared

So now I can finally start digging!!!

This patch will hopefully be a Fruit patch, it gets the sun most of the day and the soil is slightly acidic. I am hoping to grow a blueberry bush, a blackcurrant bush and a blackberry bush here as well as strawberries and Rhubarb.

Fingers crossed

Greenhouses and compost bins

Morning all,

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, I have not really had anything to report. The weather has been poor so I have been trying to plan the veg, herbs and fruit I would like to grow next year. My ultimate goal would be to have a full self sustainable garden were I had some food all year round. However, I realise I will not achieve this overnight, I need to be patient and take one step at a time.

So this time of year is all about preparation and the two things I definitely need is a greenhouse and compost bins. I would like to make both, ideally out of wood and even more ideally out of reclaimed wood. This is better for the environment and lower costs. The compost bins should be easy, I can use reclaimed pallets, however the greenhouse will be harder. This weekend I will see what I can do and report my progress. Hopefully I will take some pictures as well.

Wish me good luck!!!