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Winter garden

neilrsmith — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:50:48 +0000

The garden is looking very empty at the moment. Winter is almost over and soon we will start making preparations for the Spring and Summer. Lots to do before the veggie beds start to produce

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Greenhouse tomatoes

neilrsmith — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:26:34 +0000

We’ve had a bumper crop of tomatoes in 2009. We have probably harvested around hundred, and with another hundred still green on the plants, it’s been our best season

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Garden Pergola update

neilrsmith — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:23:36 +0000

Finally fixed all the posts in place. I used a bagged postcrete. It ‘goes off’ in about 5 minutes, so I had to be careful not to misalign the post during that time. The next stage will be

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First of the Cucumbers

neilrsmith — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:30:00 +0000

The greenhouse is really producing some amazing results. The cucmbers are growing fast. We also have tomatoes, aubergines, chili peppers, sweet peppers and melons. More from my

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The Greenhouse

neilrsmith — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:36:00 +0000

The last few weeks I have been working hard in the garden. I have acquired a greenhouse from my nan and have been cleaning it up and constructing it. The whole project has been very hard work and

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Snow in October

neilrsmith — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:02:00 +0000

This week it snowed and James and I ventured into the garden for some fun snaps. He likes to makes footprints and touch the cold icy snow. He has still very intrigued by its very

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Late crop of tomatoes

neilrsmith — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:25:00 +0000

The tomatoes were good this year, better than last year. Lots of foliage for the compost. TweetTweet

New gate and finished patio

neilrsmith — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:14:00 +0000

I have finally had time to finish the patio and put a gate up. It’s totally hard graft doing stuff like this. I’m not your average builder type, so this takes way too much energy for me to

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The garden at night

neilrsmith — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:13:00 +0000

I took a 2 minute shot of the garden in the dark while shining a torch around the main areas. This is the image I achieved. TweetTweet

Finishing the patio

neilrsmith — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:51:00 +0000

This week, I cut the last few pieces of stone for the diagonal step and completed the path to the newly barked path to the shed. I have cleared the garden of the logs and branches from the tree.

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Garden update

neilrsmith — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:44:00 +0000

Over the last few weeks I have been cracking on with the garden. We have almost completed the sleeper wall and I will soon be finishing the patio. The garden needs a general tidy up before Spring, getting the

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Laying the patio

neilrsmith — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:58:00 +0000

Been working on laying the new patio this week. Back-breaking work, lifting the massive stones. TweetTweet

Patio update 2

neilrsmith — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:49:00 +0000

Patio more than halfway finished. Bit of a mess but more work tomorrow. TweetTweet

Patio update

neilrsmith — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:29:00 +0000

I have now removed most of the grass and soil from the garden area for the new patio. I cannot describe just how much hard work this is. Lugging the wheelbarrow around to the front, it’s never-ending. The skip

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2007 Summer crop of veggies

neilrsmith — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:23:00 +0000

It’s been a bumper crop of veggies in out first proper year growing stuff. We have beans, salad, courgettes, squash and pumpkins. The tomatoes didn’t do so well as they got ‘blight’. Plenty of leaf foliage to compost too.

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The veggie beds

neilrsmith — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:18:00 +0000

The veggie beds starting to look good. Loads of stuff growing and the grass is looking healthy. TweetTweet

Patio preparation

neilrsmith — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:09:00 +0000

I have started to remove some of the wall shrubs and the planting near the old patio. The new patio is going to be over a meter deeper so I have to remove all this soil (upto the wood

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Laying bark and planting lettuce

neilrsmith — Sun, 20 May 2007 22:36:00 +0000

Spent the day pouring bark chips around the veggie beds. Looks great now the paths are defined. Sarah has planted the lettuces and is starting on the beans

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Veggie beds getting compost

neilrsmith — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:33:00 +0000

Sarah added the compost to the veggie beds today. Starting to look like progress

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Marking out the veggie beds

neilrsmith — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:59:00 +0000

Today, I started marking out the areas for the vegetable beds and walkways. I have to make sure there is enough room to move a wheelbarrow about. The veggie beds will consist of three long wooden raised beds. 2m

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