Why Jess's Garden


As I think about it now, I chose the name because I garden to create a space that I want to share with my family.
This blog has now evovled to be a discussion about how I'm attempting to create a personal and physical home for my family.
Creating a garden is a key part of that process, but it is not the only part, so I feel the different parts of this blog are all congruent to the same goal.

Saturday 3 November 2007

Maybe I'm back

Well am I back or not? The answer remains to be seen. I have finally finished uni and am finding I have slightly more time to garden, read etc. All those things that normal people do. It is spring and I have very little time left to get my summer vegetable garden going. Have to get DH to help me drag the baths so I can refill them and give them a solid drink.
I have now turned half my back lawn into a flower bed. Well it was going to be a flower bed, I threw heaps of seeds on the no-dig garden I had made and waited for them to come up. Many have grown but out of the compost which I used in the no-dig I seem to have things such as pumpkins, zucchini, tomatoes and maybe beans. I used pea-straw for the straw in the no-dig garden and I have lots and lots of little pea plants growing, which I am happy because I know they actually get pretty flowers. I don't have photos at the moment, but I will pop out and take some soon. I have been really lucky that after I made that garden we have been have regular, if light rain which has helped.
Oh in the new flower garden I have also planted rhubarb and globe artichokes and I'm planning to put herbs as well when I get organised.
That will do for now, but fingers crossed everybody that I start posting more regularly again.