This year has seen a bumper crop of quince on our quince tree as predicted. My beloved has been busy processing the quince into quince jelly and membrillo.
Fruitful Apple and Pear?
This year has seen a fantastic glut of fruit – well from most of our plants. There are two particular trees in our garden that have not been too fruitful this year. The first is a cooker/eater apple tree, variety long forgotten, that my parents bought for use when we first acquired the extra land. […]
New path and “Elder” HugelKultur bed
Our new neighbours recently removed a tall conifer hedge which shaded a corner of our garden for about half the day. First thing in the morning it is shaded by a tall birch tree in our hedge. I hadn’t done much planning for this corner, it is next to the compost bins, used to have […]
Squash
Squash (Cucurbita genus) We have grown squash for a number of years and usually get a reasonable number of gourds. For 2012 and 2013 I have grown them in HugelKultur beds under-planted with green manures and grown up over a wood and rope structure. I have fed them using a compost tea made from comfrey and […]
Tomatoes
Tomato This year (2013) we have grown tomatoes inside the greenhouse and outside on one of our mini-Hugel beds. The variety on the Mini-Hugel beds are Tumbling Tom and they are doing better than the ones in the greenhouse!
Lavender
Nettle
Buttercup
Wood Avens
Wood Avens (Geum urbanum) Wood Avens are also known as: herb Bennet colewort St.Benedict’s herb It is very common around our area especially down in the woods. It is apparently a member of the rose family but it seems to love shady areas and grows well along our hedge and in our wooded area of […]
