Ants! red ones

So, coming home today to do my daily check on whats happening, to find some munching seems to have been occuring on most of the young seedlings and a few other smaller seedlings, bearing mind this has happend once already, about a month ago, so now the only action is to have everything of the ground! apart from things that are already potted, hanging or the peas or beetroot which are in the ground already and seem to be fine, although the pea's had been nibbled on but i'm armed with spray now. As for the ants, well there just a real pain in the arse!. So i have moved 3 bags to a plastic table with a very temporary poly sheet over them as there still quite delicate to strong wind and the rest of what was left from the feast to another table with my golfing umbrella covering them from possilble heavy rain, ofcourse when its sunny i'll lift it off and once there big enough they will then get a nice new big pot to live in. I've stuck some photo's to show the evidence of this, although i have not worked out how to grid the photos instead of a vertical line as of yet and niether have i solved the problem of why the photos always go to the top of the post, however 1 day in only ........i'm sure i'll work it out! poxy thing this is today, can't get any photo's up at the mo so this will have to follow

1st Post

Blogs,.. hmmm? Seeing how I'm new to writing blogs, the 1st thing i thought about was what i should write and how i should write it depending on who could or would read it (other than Mr B & co) at which point after giving it a minute or 2 in deep thought, 'sod it' seemed to be a good answer to that question. (nice)!

So the blog, well clearly as per the name and pictures to follow, it's a journey through two gardens actually over the course of this year, mine and Mr B's allotment patch. The idea is to see how each other gets on and hopefully and watch the progress and try and get past the many difficult problems of growing veg unless your a pro! and there are vast amounts of problems with vast amounts of solutions and old wives tales to aid, so-on an so-fourth.

So here's whats happened to date: Moved into a new house in December with a garden that had not really been used, so alittle bit of a blank canvas if you like, however seeing how i moved only from next door i already know from that garden that the ground is not that good, so container growing is a good choice. As you will see from the photos, i have made 2 little plots with some good soil improver and alittle muck for pea's & Beetroot (photo's to follow) the rest really for the time being is either pots/hanging or grow bags. Besides the growing of the veg there are also some flowers that i have planted just to help the garden a) look nicer, b) give of a little scent here and there c) alittle more privacy down one side (climber thats is).

The list of veg to be hopefully grown so far, which has extended since i last saw you Mr B by the way:

Onions red/white, shallots, peas, beetroot, parsnips, dwarf french beans, tomotoes, garlic, savoy cabbage, leeks, strawberrys, peppers, sweet peppers, hot peppers and an orange tree!

I think thats all of it. Some of them are at a good seedling stage, some are up and running, so to summarize, it's kinda pots all over the place any where i can, a home made poly tunnel and things growing all over the place.

I forgot to mention about my herb garden, raised of the ground, but this is a well established herb garden that grows every year without fail, i'll run through that on another post. Clearly whilst writing blogs you can waffle on for ages....interesting. so here's some photos as the garden is to date: