After clearing a bit more grassy areas and weeding in the garden of my new home since snowy Jan, its been neglected a bit as a 90+ old lady used to live here, but lots of nice cottagey plants coming to life but i want to plant a few of my own. I went down to water last night but ended up digging a trench added some rotted compost ready to get the peas in which have been growing in newspaper pots sat in a mushroom box on top of some compost so nice roots on big plants, hope there not too big though for transplanting in the next couple of days.
Tonight after tea went down to sow some more veg but my 4 week old pond water looked very red, i had discovered a building brick in there a few days ago and it was bugging me,as there was no obvious life in there yet and the mains water had been turned on at the weekend, so I decided i'd bale it out with the watering cans and use to water the plot, I had an old flannette sheet i was going to use as extra lining under the pond liner but didint need so i used that to wipe off the red gunge around the pond edges and shelves, and put a new budle of staw in as someone told me that helps to keep the water clear, rinsed the oxegenating plants and refilled the pond. From what i could see in the darkness it looks a lot better and i feel much better too. cheeky robin came to watch me and had a little visit to the waters edge, hes not shy. The other day i was on my knees planting a rasberry a neigbour had given me and a blackbird scuttled along the onions and perched on a stone, had a little look around and directly at me, i had a visor on like a baseball cap but no cap, so i suppose he couldnt see my eyes, he had a good dip in and out enjoying himself, jumped onto the wooden edge and wiped his beak dry, it was amazing to watch, wished i had my camera down beside me but darent move to get it. i love my allotment, my little piece of this planet earth. i measured it tonight 31feet x 40 feet all for £16.60 for this year, heaven on earth!
moonchild
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March 30, 2013, 10:29