Cucumbers and courgettes are coming through now from the first plants we planted. We’ve sprayed with copper whatever to help stop the mould on the leaves, however I think that’s something that just happens. We had one cucumber plant which…
Ian has started clearing the corner of the garden which we’ve been using for garden waste and has been very overgrown. If I was stood looking out with my back to the front door, this is the corner of the…
I noticed that one of the people who comes to tend his huerta near us harvests ferns and uses them to keep down weeds and to keep moisture in the soil. What a good idea. We’ve been quite successful at…
We’ve been a little slow with our vegetable garden this year. I think we’ve both decided that we really don’t love gardening – therefore our aim is to concentrate on ‘commodity’ veg, the staple veg we buy regularly which will…
…we used our concrete pot mould! When we were living in Cumbria, we went to an auction and among the treasures we bought were a coulple of concrete pot moulds. Made of fiberglass, they are pretty big things, and we’ve…
We have a new hedge – well at least the start of one! We planted some leylandii at the back of the house behind the huerta. We’d planned to do it last year, but the place which grows and sells…
Our peppers are still coming through with gusto. A few plants got broken in the storm, but we have several left. Apparently they can be grown as pereniels. I’m not sure what we will do, however we noticed last year…
Our lemon tree is growing! It was a very sad tree when we moved in. The house and tree were covered in brambles and ivy, so the poor tree hadn’t got much light. However, it’s growing so well now that…
I noticed that some of the gourds had started to go brown at the top, and I thought this meant they were going mouldy. Good job I didn’t take them off and throw them out as it transpires that this…
It was the Mermaid fiesta this weekend. We went along to the start of it, but didn’t stay for the evening/night/early morning celebrations. This is the fiesta where people must vote on whether the mermaid is good or bad. Given…