Incredible New Vegetable Garden | Small Scale Self-Sufficiency... again saving to watch... no time... lol

Dr. Said She’d Die, Instead She Bought a Farm... saving to watch later

no dig gardening.. thoughts

  'no dig' subject. is a wonderful idea, I find digging difficult now, BUT.... I grow in small beds in a small area surrounded by mixed hedge which would  take over the whole garden if the long sucker roots are not dug out . The beds that are already 'going' were bastard trenced about 20 years ago and now are dug over to one fork depth.... just a turn over... to find any roots near the surface and get them out. The 'planned' bed(was a bed before,,, also bastard trenched 20 years ago,  but has overgrown to look like lawn now) will need grass taken off and again will be turned over to one forkful depth. I'll add a photo later when I've time as I would like to document the re-making of the Pole Bed.. its next to a clothes-line pole... lol. 

i'm halfway through this video so just a link here to get back to it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXsYPLzyiE4

JIMMY CARR: HIS DARK MATERIAL | Brand new Netflix special coming 25 Dece...

What I'm sowing in December and January,

house sparrow

female house sparrow on the bird seed feeder

this is the best I can manage with the camera.. really missing having a good camera.
 

more daffodils

more daffodil bulbs into some pots, these were intended for putting out in the garden but didn't get around to it... so at least they are planted and they can be transferred into the garden after they have flowered

a couple already showing that they are starting to grow... poor things left in a bag....

and they are topped off with compost and a layer of stones and left outside. hmmm... think maybe a couple could go in the greenhouse to see if they'll flower earlier.

cold. very windy storm over Friday night... a couple of panes of the greenhouse have suffered... but patched up now. surrounding area has seen fences and trees down, so I'm thankful there wasn't more

Casper getting tucked up on my bed, under the blanket in the sun. he looks pleased . lol. bless him.
 

NEW Flower Pot Heater - Costs Just 4 Cents An Hour To Run... saving to remember how it works

 

they look great..... just watch this video as well as they are  not all problem free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnna1PAakV4

Cozy Cabin Vibes in this TINY Van | Ford Transit Connect DIY Conversion ...

 

this is a really cute little van

garden

I planted the bigger pot up with daffodil bulbs and topped all four of these off with little stones. I love this look and it  stops the soil getting washed out with heavy rain .

also a couple of smaller pots planted with daff bulbs, and all of the others topped with stones. I use this to show that there is ''something'' in the pot, it could be a cutting or something with a lost label, a couple of these have acorns in them and they can take a couple of years to show sometimes, and the stones mean 'don't tip this out'. it works for me.

I'm really pleased this wood fitted inside the car, I could have driven with it hanging out the back as it was only a few streets away but now that I know an 8ft plank will fit inside the car I can look for more wood and be confident I can pick it up even from a distance away.   I do try to get everything free or recycled   but I've had to spend some money  for these,  really good thick wood, and will be used to start renewing the edges of the veggy beds. it'll do one bed all round and two long sides of another.  

interesting lactose intolerance article

Mongolian Heritage

 thankfully this doesn't affect me, such an interesting article, my own thoughts are 'we are too clean and too far removed from nature'

so there is something to being horsey and gardening.... such as making and eating a sandwich without washed hands..... I'm not off work with any illness as much as everybody else in the workplace. 

people are wimps now as well.. going to A&E with the slightest little thing. 

I'm tired and looking forward to a week off work from Friday.

autumn garden

 lots of leaves off the tree, it hadn't been windy so they were landing on the grass... I cut the grass after this so they were gathered up by the mower, as you can see in the video

Casper always has to star. 💖😻

I just need a raincoat....Billy's weather forecast.....

 

I just need to put on my  raincoat, and to practice having a glass half full instead of a glass half empty......

weary of the weather

I've bought a set of  Lister Star Clippers, so Quince has just had her fourth clip, its surprising how fluffy she gets very quickly. there's not been much nice weather recently, its not particularly cold, just damp and drizzly, not keen on going out riding, can't get anything done in the garden.
 

 

a dinners worth of vegetables. , two yellow beetroot, two good size carrots and two tiny, one long parsnip hiding under the big carrot... a long skinny leek..  tied it in a circle to fit it into the photo, and some chard leaves. I've still a few tomatoes ripening in a drawer, and there's probably more dinners out in the garden, not a lot though its nice to have what comes.

saving to remember, warm milk recipe

 https://www.motherearthnews.com/natural-health/my-natural-sleep-aid-zbcz2101?fbclid=IwAR1KGFVqriJ_M4DFRsincATtOq3TzQVhRJkO1oF798p05r54GTBhG4kvX8k

Her Adorable DIY Tiny Home for Retirement - Divorce To Living Simple

new to me...

 

I introdude Biscuit Spider Gump.

came with lucky charm already in place, and a choice of packed lunch spots.

spider web, flat on the passenger door... interesting... 

 

edited .... reserve the right to change the name as i please.... lol

wow

''He directed dozens of sheep as a filmmaker, forming a heart captured by a drone. An Australian Shepherd's emotional homage to his deceased aunt is making its way around the world. As he told local media, Ben Jackson was unable to attend his aunt's funeral in Brisbane due to borders closed by Covid. For this on the plateau of Guyra, he decided to pay homage to his dear aunt by creating a huge heart with the help of his sheep. The video has been shared on social media thousands of times.''

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/25/a-love-heart-made-out-of-sheep-australian-farmer-pays-tribute-to-his-aunt

Dance of the Thistledown

saving to remember to look up this artists work

Incredible Small Off-Grid Earthship Home