Bags of Spuds (we hope)

This is one of our potato bags and you can see the potato haulm just popping through so it's time to add more compost. I had success growing spuds using this growing method last year so try it again. Using this method you have to water the potatoes more than we would if they were in the ground but hey when you're short of ground you improvise and if you don't sow you will not reap.

Lady(black)bird

This is a female blackbird who has adopted us and doesn't stray too far from our front and back gardens, we have called her Ladybird, and at the moment she is recovering from an attack from either a cat or magpie or something else we know not what. Anyway her tail feathers are missing and she has lost a lot of back feathers,she can fly and she is eating,drinking and foraging in the garden and is getting stronger everyday. We are confident that all her feather will regrow and she will be as good as new.

IN OUR PLOT

These are just a few pictures of our plants growing in our topsy turvy climate, one shows the gooseberries growing under our orchard ( do you know if you have 5 fruit trees it is classified as an orchard). One shows strawberries  growing with blue berries and a sweet violet. An empty hanging basket I hear you say ? no  that's one way we use to grow our peas. And the last photo of a monkey puzzle tree growing with an acer and a tub of alpines CRAZY but they're happy, as we are Happy Gardening.

Back Again

It has been forced on me to try and go freelance in my work which is horticulture, which I eat, drink and breath. Where I am I coming from, well I can give talks/practical demonstrations to groups ranging from schools to not so young gardeners.Secondly I can give practical help in your garden,if your new to gardening or a veteran I can solve your problems.
     With schoools gardening is becoming more and more important I am here to help,maybe to start your first vegetable growing area.Remember this in, HORTICULTURE the HAIRYGARDENER'S done it(or knows how to)
      SO DON'T LET THE GRASS UNDER YOUR FEET GET IN TOUCH