The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Dec 27th, 2008
My surprise gift to Rob this year is a Mantis Tiller. Hopefully this will alleviate the backache he gets when digging over the beds at the allotment. I bought it direct from Mantis online. I will do a follow up post about this when we have put it to the test. http://mantis-uk.co.uk/home.asp Update – Well [...]
Posted in Allotments on Dec 26th, 2008
My son Glenn bought me a nice present for Christmas this year. A Sansa Fuze. He had downloaded a few books by my favourite authors and I can now lie with my eyes closed and have a story read to me, bliss. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sansa+fuse&x=12&y=12 (update – he seems to have started a trend, now my partner, [...]
Posted in Allotments on Dec 17th, 2008
This morning was a little milder and so I planted a new rose, Rosa Pascali, alongside the chicken enclosure. There is already a rose there, Rosa Margaret Merrill, which has been in the garden for a couple of years. Both are white and both are scented so they should look good in front of the [...]
