Out came the sunshine
Written by: adekun on 21 April, 2008 9:55 pm - Filed under: blog ?
I was thinking of giving this post the title of adekun’s arse smorgasbord. It’s really been a two pronged assault. Firstly, my wife decided to quite wisely store my garden clothes outside in the plastic ‘bunker’ along with the biting insects. The other more lately, is the onset of warmer weather and with it mosquitoes. I guess the worst of it followed the aforesaid carrot picking when I unknowingly donned my trousers.
Anyway, early March I got told to cut down the four tsubaki (camellia) trees in the corner of the garden. An irritating type of caterpillar is overly fond of them, little Mr Investigator might meet with similar results as his father when playing in the garden. It’s a shame to have to do away with the trees. The upshot is the veg garden has greatly increased in size and somebody else’s tired knees get saved from the weeding.
Before: (Last year and a little mulch)
After: (It does look a bit barren)
Last Monday was hot. I bought most of the summer vegetables, a replacement spade and a compost fork (hurrah). Just as the last plants were going in (early again) the next day it started to rain. What great timing I thought, only it was so heavy and lasted until Saturday night. Toyama gets a mention again; the news Wednesday morning reported pictures of drifts (I think) 4 or 5 metres high. Today, the plants look okay and the potatoes planted where the trees were have emerged. As it’s been dry a day, digging started again.
TopVeg
22 April, 2008 #
Your veg look well on. Do you have a longer growing season than the UK?
New tools, new year - hope you have a good one!
TopVeg
adekun
22 April, 2008 #
It ties in with the sakura; being viewed as a chance of a new beginning. I guess we have a longer growing season - but I nearly got caught out. Most people plant at the start of May.
Denise
30 April, 2008 #
Hello! From a fellow gardener in California, USA! :o)
I hope this finds everything well on your end.
Take care,
Denise