[Casey76]

Thanks Yorkie... if only I had made a start in March though lol!

[Casey76]

Despite working really long hours all week i still managed to get a bit of weeding done every day this week 

On Thursday I took the hedge trimmers to the back "wall", and have continued to thin out the raspberries.  I even discovered a new divider in the garden that was buried under a load of brambles!  I can now walk right around the raspberries without getting scratched, and you can finally see daylight underneath too.

Today I created two raised beds.  They look pretty, but I don't know how well they'll work - time will tell.

The new beds:


Have covers!


Tidier


Than last week?

[Patricia]

Ohhhhhh Well done!!! Looking good there.

[cathangirl]

Um Casey,
If you are getting tasty raspberries, I would say that some of your "brambles" are in fact raspberry canes gone feral.  Let some grow up, train and tie them along wires stretched between poles.  Each year, keep new shoots and get rid of the old wood.
Good work done so far.
cathangirl

[Casey76]

Hi Cathangirl, yes, all of the brambles are raspberry canes    Over the past two weeks I have probably cut down about 50 or 60 canes which were popping up everywhere, so now all I have left are a double row about 8in wide, rather than a huge tangled mess.  I now have the job of diggin out all of the roots - which I'm not looking forward to 

I have no idea what variety(ies) they are though, as some canes are flowering this year (and the canes are from this season) and some are blind 

[Elcie]

That is looking brilliant Casey, well done!  Can really see the progress with the photos you have taken.

[Casey76]

Week three and at last I can see a difference    I've spent a very busy weekend doing bits and bobs, and at last actually have some plant in the ground!

Prepare to be amazed 

Ta da...



Getting there at last!


Square foot garden 1:


Square foot garden 2:


First fruit of the year (well, of the vegetable variety lol)


And an experiment I'm conducting (variety is Nice Rond)


Looks a bit different from the 6th (June!) doesn't it?

[lisa80]

Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was also thinking of trying the round style courgette for next year .Let us know what they taste like please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Elcie]

Looking brilliant, well done.  I have used the square foot thingy too and it is brilliant, I love it!

Really enjoy seeing the progress you are making.

[Patricia]

Looks really super!!!

[Mythi]

Amazing!!

Your hard work has certainly paid off, looks fantastic.  Well done Casey!!

[noshed]

One more winter bashing brambles and you'll have that cracked.

[Casey76]

Hopefully, noshed, hopefully!

I don't know how many bramble roots I dug out at the weekend, but it was a lot - tough little burgers too they were.

I've menaged to think the raspberries down to almost a single row, but now I'm in two minds whether to take them all out, and start with new canes next year is a more controlled area.  Seems a shame though really, considering how *ahem* robust the current ones are

[Casey76]

Another busy week on my patch.  Unfortunately I'm just about out of space 

I paid a visit to the local market yesterday and bought myself some cauli, calabrese, brussels and leek seedlings.  Once they were in the ground I'm now feeling a bit squished.  With the cauli, calabrese and brussels, it's a bit of a mix n match as they all look the same and they weren't labelled - so it's going to be fun watching them grow trying to figure out what each is!

I have everything netted up now, though it is more to stop the chickens digging everything up as we don't have pigeons around here.  There are a pair of wood/collared doves, but the amount of kites and buzzards keeps the numbers of everything else way down.

Garden currently looks like:


Square foot garden 1


Square foot garden 2


Peas and mangetout


Dwarf beans and a few spare celery


The "seed bed" with leek, beetroot and "boule d'or" turnip (i think!)


The mix n match bed with celery, peppers, a red pear tom, plus "bright lights" chard, "lemon" cucumber and "sucrine" lettuce newly sown


Sunflowers:


And the all important climbing beans

[Patricia]

Wow your patch sure has come on along in such a short time!!! Well done!!