tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post2163041290407779537..comments2023-10-28T08:41:58.349+01:00Comments on Codlins and Cream: Busy in the gardenBovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-56266583550874656832009-04-11T09:02:00.000+01:002009-04-11T09:02:00.000+01:00Well, my soil is heavy clay on top of shale bedroc...Well, my soil is heavy clay on top of shale bedrock - NOT conducive to easy gardening and it needs a lot of No. 1 muckheap to help it along. Elizabeth - sounds like your garden needs lots of TLC and muck heap too! <BR/><BR/>It is lovely to be able to crack on with it properly again, instead of trying to fit it in between the horses and up till 2 years ago, nursing my mum.<BR/><BR/>Thelma - we had ours in boxes out in one of the stables last winter, and they lasted quite well, except the birds discovered them and helped themselves when winter was at its worst, but I don't begrudge them.<BR/><BR/>Sharon - wish you were nearer as I could do with another digger. I was offered a tiller (needed fixing) but my husband said I'd never manage it for the same reasons as you gave!<BR/><BR/>Nancy - we have another half an acre of paddock we could transform into more garden, but I'm not very tempted - my back complaineth!<BR/><BR/>Rowan - I do it as I am The Head Gardener here and my dear husband will only help when I am in a lather on the doorstep begging for his muscles!<BR/><BR/>WSC - I love the look of your garden but think it is fairly labour-intensive, like mine. It's not so bad when you keep on top of them, but mine would rather revert to the wild and become a thicket of weeds and ash trees!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-20875398258690738302009-04-07T20:02:00.000+01:002009-04-07T20:02:00.000+01:00I love your garden blogging as I must live vicario...I love your garden blogging as I must live vicariously through you and other blogging gardeners because I have very dry, nutrient deficient soil (if you can even call it that) and rocks. I long to garden again! Tend to your back and keep up the good work!Elizabeth Rhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910474336835656519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-9129246090080466212009-04-07T14:41:00.000+01:002009-04-07T14:41:00.000+01:00The problem with more and more fruit is that you h...The problem with more and more fruit is that you have to store it as well Jennie. We rack our apples on wooden slates in the basement, but the mice got in last year, and once one apple goes, the rest follow pretty quickly...thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-90913558429646240132009-04-07T01:23:00.000+01:002009-04-07T01:23:00.000+01:00I would just love to be there and to help with the...I would just love to be there and to help with the digging and planting. We had a power tiller for years, but I could never start it--if someone else got it going it usually dragged me all over the garden. If I could enveigle anyone else to till a bit, then I could grub and plant to my heart's content. And then creak and groan as the aftermath!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-12585335073702639132009-04-06T17:54:00.000+01:002009-04-06T17:54:00.000+01:00Beating back the jungle again, Jennie! It will be...Beating back the jungle again, Jennie! It will be wonderful, though. You've thought of some wonderful planting patterns. Your gardens seem to go on forever!nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587048072191384586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-88054382751004448792009-04-06T08:48:00.000+01:002009-04-06T08:48:00.000+01:00I don't know how you do it Jennie. You'll reap the...I don't know how you do it Jennie. You'll reap the rewards later this summer when you have all your lovely fruit though.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-7030443523167541792009-04-04T08:42:00.000+01:002009-04-04T08:42:00.000+01:00Oh what hard work, but isn't it enjoyable when spa...Oh what hard work, but isn't it enjoyable when space is cleared and things planted? I guess we are both on garden reclamation this Spring. What sort of soil do you have? Best of luck; I shall follow your progress with great interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com