After the weekend Project.

Ah......the blog...some time to sit down and waffle abit...so the garden, well after finally submitting to the red ant problem, which seems to be anywhere you put something on the grass, they suddenly know about it and think...ohhh .....nest...hmmm...bloody gits,..i told by my neighbour about it, he said that as the gardens already have red ants nests dotted about that if you leave something of a large size on the ground it creates warmth and they create there nest there because of it (smart little gits) i'll give em that, anyhow he knows about this stuff cause he's a pest controller and yes i have thought about getting him to deal with it....so the above photos is the garden after the re-arrangement and what was left after the feast.

Well i lost quite a few of the french dwarf beans, i have only 6 left, clearly they are quite tastey, onions, shallots are all ok as they have not popped up yet, savoy cabbage which half is now off the ground and on the table is fine and so is the other half on the undiscovered path behind the peas and beetroot, also now on the table is the leeks..they seem to be fine although it's pretty windy today....note to all...there is no poly tunnels ...(bummer) errr....peas seem to be doing fine although there is still alittle munchin going on but quite alot less now. The strawberrys are going great guns as they were already hanging, looking forward to some of those...hmmm.....

So the other job was to split the beetroot plants,....not a good job as they are so small and all tangled together...dunno know?,...just a tricky job, and you kinda feel whilst doing it that this is the end, however the ones that i have split seem to be recovering fine and a couple seem to be having huge growth burst 2 days on, there are still a few that need spliting, but the one's attached were still too small for that operation,..so beetroot i think is going good.

what else, parsnips are just coming up, the peppers (all kinds) took a real battering from the ants, so i have about 7 left from i think about 15 plants of them. like i said (bloody gits).

So other than the veg that i'm trying grow, the flowers are having no trouble,...it seems to be plant me, water and watch me go...and thats exactly what they are doing, i'm looking forward to them flowering, that should make the garden look really nice, the photos of now until some months on will show that difference.

The herb garden: No problems here all...here's the list:

Wild mint from a cutting from snowdonia, grows every year without fail, i think i have had this about 6 years now...just best mint ever.

Chives, again about 6years aold, grows every year without fail. the rest are all 3 year old, rosemary, oregano, sage, basil, garlic which if you just replant one of your home grown one's again, just grows again..cushd'y....parsely (curly leaf), thyme...the best thing about the herbs is just popping into the garden and whacking em in with your cooking...un-beatable!

So i think thats enough of this blog for today, the odd thing about gardening is that i find i hve to check em on a daily basis, almost like lookin after you own child..odd eh?...but then would you let your child go thirsty...enough said...Good work Mr B & co...looking really good, al;l those bad backs will soon pay off, and Simon, i'm just jealous you have all that sun...git....lol...thats it for know......GMEL