Another 950 trees planted, and shelterbelt design.

 

how fabulous. love how many trees he's planted.

recycling and reusing in the greenhouse

reorganised the greenhouse  so its tidy.. ish.. seeds sown last weekend -  Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Chives Middleman and Perpetual Spinach, Wildside Pepper Mix Anaheim/Jalpeno, Pepper Largo de Reus Pairal, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme, Mint Pennyroyal, Coriander Green Aroma..   

 Lettuce and baby leaves are showing, leeks and onions are just starting to be seen. Tomatoes in the house are not showing yet.

Casper is not a gardening cat. Lol.I offered a new bed for him, but he didn't seem to be too impressed.

There's a  good mix and match of trays being old( and very brittle !), new ones  and rescued/re-used ones from a friend planting out her shop bought primroses. The primrose trays also had a plastic carry handle which I have cut up and used for some plant lables for today, also using sticks from Ice Creams and consider that a good reason to eat more.
I've had a bit of bother trying to get onto blogger , not sure why. hey ho. 

Hugelmounds - Perfect for the Patient

1/2 Acre Permaculture Homestead - View From Above

How to Grow LOOFAH (Luffa) for Sponges | Late Bloomer | Episode 15

What to sow in JANUARY | 7 Easy To Grow Crops (2020)

Growing 85% of Their Food on UNDER 1 Acre!

Winter Worms! A red wiggler bonanza under the snow...

Worm Bin ~ The Banana Trick

Grow Salad Greens All Winter For Less Than 20 Dollars | Gardening Tips |...

Permaculture Farm Tour & Herbalist’s Plant Walk (w/ Sarah Wu @ Punta Mon...

Compost MOVES!

All About Dandelions + DIY Wild Edible Recipes

Cold Climate Food Forest Tour

The 'Paradise Gardening' Concept

The 7 Layers of the Forest Garden with Maddy Harland

permaculture

photograph probably from 2000/2005 ish

I've been reading a lot of permaculture stuff online recently.A lot of it is very big scale, not really applying to a ''small'' garden like mine, so pleased to find this article about a more average type of house. https://midwestpermaculture.com/2008/12/front-yard-rain-garden-and-berm/
Its also interesting to note that a lot of permaculture goes on and on and on about saving water, well that really doesn't apply in the west of Scotland ... you just about turn around and it rains again. LOL.

crop !!

one little ripe cherry tomato. very tasty.
it has about six friends waiting to ripen, poor neglected tomato plants.
the greenhouse is still a mess. the garden is .. one thing at a time... might take years to sort.
I did not build the garden in a day... I cannot fix it in a day either.
hey ho
edited to add.... Permaculture... Obtain A Yield..... well I did. lol

Tree and Seed Festival

it rains it pours

and the rain is a good thing! my garden is really dry and the vegetables have been getting watered with the hose a lot. I have not watered the flowering plants or hedge as they have looked okay. Its lovely to have such a long spell of dry summer weather...very unusual for here.
The horses water has been very low in their streams too.
Here's Abbey looking lovely, her bottom lip hangs out when she is relaxed. I have just woken her up here so her lip is reasonably relaxed but not totally. her lip is a good indicator of her mood, I have photographs where its tight closed.....and she is anxious/scared and there are photographs when her bottom lip is way hanging down which means she is totally chilled out and relaxed.

This is the long grass from where the daffodils were growing in the lawn, these patches are left uncut to allow the daffodil leaves to gather energy for the bulbs to flower next year. The other patches have been cut down now but Smokey has been enjoying jumping in and out of the long grass here.....so this bit might just have to be an official wild patch.......

This tree growing package arrived this morning from Ecover, along with some products to sample for review and a reusable shopping bag. The seed information says to soak the seeds and then to put them in the fridge for a month....that must be to immitate a winter coming into spring to get the seeds to grow, what a lovely idea.

These are the products I am going to try. Multisurface Cleaner for house or garden....I have heard its really good for plastic garden furniture...unfortunately I don't have any so it will be put to good use cleaning my front door(pvc-its meant to be white!) and all my pots and trays for the greenhouse. The Power Cleaner sugests its good for bar-b-q's...again I don't have one but it will get good use on my cooker hob and grill.

Heavy Duty Hand Cleaner....well that will obviously come in very useful, as I work as a receptionist and often go to work after seeing Abbey and my hands and nails have that 'ground in dirt' look!!

and Biodegradable Compostable Bin Bags, they are made from potato starch and biopolymers, and say they will start to bio-degrade in a week...interesting.

Updates on these as and when used.