Planting continues

As the beginning of April approaches two thirds of spring has already passed and mother earth is very much awake. Everything is coming to life in the gardens.

March 2019

 

Broad Beans

Broad beans that were sown in loo roll tubes and peas sown in recycled yogurt pots in February and kept in the poly tunnel, have been planted out into the vegetable beds.

The vegetable beds were mulched with home made compost and covered with hay in the autumn and left for the worms etc. to turn the garden over ready to plant straight into, so no digging needed.

 

Broad Beans - March 2019

Peas - March 2019

The early potatoes have been planted.  A hole was made, the potato was popped in, then the potato bed is covered in hay. This method of growing potatoes worked well last year, again no digging.

Fine sunny weather is promised for the week end so planting out sweet peas that have been started off in the greenhouse is on the to do list along with mulching the flower beds.

Leaving you with a few photos taken today

Until next time

Blessings to all

Vanessa

Honeysuckle

In yesterdays post I mentioned the honeysuckle growing up the electric pole in the court yard. 

I planted a couple of small cuttings next to the pole in 2016.

April 2017

I remember when I planted it thinking how small it looked against the pole I hoped it would cover one day, and that it wouldn't take too long.

February 2019

 

The honeysuckle has grow leaps and bounds since then, so the recuperated metal arch that I mentioned in yesterday's post, should be covered in a couple of years time with a beautiful fragrant variegated evergreen honeysuckle. 

March 2019

Until next time

Blessings to all

Vanessa

For the love of Arches

The arch survived storm Freya last week although it did have a bit of lean on by the Monday morning.
I repositioned the arch at the weekend as I didn't feel it was in the right place, I moved it over about a meter.
Its windy again today and the arch has a new lean on, so some serious rethinking of stabilisation is needed.

 March 2019

There are five arches around the gardens giving a bit of structure here and there. 

Two metal ones which were destined for the recycling yard that now have new leases of life at Gaudin Gardens. One made from branches of the living willows, my unstable bamboo creation that needs some attention and a new metal arch I purchased on Saturday.

 

March 2019

I have planted honeysuckle cuttings I took last autumn at the base of both sides of this metal arch that Mr O recuperated. Hopefully they will grow quite quickly like the small cuttings I planted around the unsightly electricity pole in the court yard (nothing much we could do about that, EDF wanted an arm and a leg to move it so it stayed where it was)

March 2019

This metal arch belonged to my neighbour and came complete with trunk of a wisteria that got out of hand in her garden which adds to the overall rustic appearance. Its got a wild honeysuckle one side and a white climbing rose the other

July 2018

The living willow arch

March 2019

Newly purchased metal arch not sure what I'll grow up and over it yet something evergreen would be nice.
  
Until next time
Blessings to all
Vanessa

Its been a while

We have had beautiful weather here in Brittany and I've been working in the gardens cutting the grass, potting on cuttings that I had taken last year and just being outside doing jobs and enjoying the sunshine. I felt inspired to photograph the gardens so here are a few that I took this week. 

View from kitchen  looking up to the top gate

View from kitchen

Blossom on the Ribes

 

I have been busy today making an arch out of bamboo. The bamboo grows on the edge of the gardens Mr O brought it home and planted it a few years ago.

I wanted to make the arch today so it can be tested by the elements tomorrow and Monday as its forecast very windy with storm Freya arriving tonight.

I am hoping to grow Clematis up and over the arch.

Until next time
Blessings to all
Vanessa