Todays work made me smile

I extended my patch today.. well it's a small bed to the side of my patch..
Very pleased as I lifted the turf and dug it over all by myself (hubby usually helps but he was busy entertaining the girls). I have a dodgy back so had to be careful but managed it. Chooks are busy eating the turf and finding worms

I now have Beetroot, carrots (baby variety) and pumpkins growing away.. well i know they've got a lot of work to do.
Sowed some Broccoli (purple) indoors too to get it started, it's a winter variety that needs planting when the plants are big enough.

Also planted some pumpkins inside too as wanted to make sure we get something and not sure if bugs will get to the outdoor crop or not.

Sorry to ramble! lol Just wanted to share.

Pumpkins? Inside?

How big an 'inside' have you got!

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Please... don't slate me! lol
The veg patch started as radish, toms and cauli's.
The guinea pigs eat all 3.. the cauli's have been supplying leaves for the pigs for some time and the gaps were filled with radish that are now harvested.
I have rows of seedlings in the main beds, rocket, Spinach Beet, lettuce, carrots etc. More beans should appear too

The entire veg patch when finally finished will be wider and meet with the new section and make that wider by the same width again, then all the way past the bench you can see upto the garden wall There is currently a planter of iris bulbs and a potting bench there - saddly to rotten for use. That is the final plan, and a paralell fruit 'slope' at the back of the garden.

thanks I keep meaning to get the grass out properly but as soon as I turn around it's grown back again..  :roll:
the rubbish tip in the walkway around the back of our sheds will be cleared and that'll continue the 'raised bed' style on one side, then when my back is bad I can still tend to some of it. Thats why I planted by the wall initially We only moved in last August so it's a bit trial and error with DIY in the house in between! lol

i think it looks great porffor, my veggies are in my garden too, i like it cos i can pop out and do a bit and still get on with other things too (why do one thing at a time when you can have 6 or so on the go!!!! )

Well done on the productive day.     - it's not easy when you have kids to entertain either, but i do like a bit of digging myself, very satisfying.

i got another section of my garden done today too...will have to get my daughter onto it with the camera as im not very tech minded....took out another section of path and wall and dug a bed 4x12ft but didnt get anything planted as yet...some kids jumped over fence  :cry:  twice today and landed on my beetroot seedlings  :cry:  so dont know if i will get anything from them now and they squashed a marrow plant too  :roll: wish i knew who they were!

my son want to put carpet gripers on top of fence  but i dont think so  :? they are using the gardens as some sort of short cut i think but we all have 6ft fences. somewhere along line one of them will get hurt.the beetroot seedling and marrows look really sorry for themselves.

as for your garden plod on little at a time it will soon add up your veg is looking well good    much further on then mine is...