It’s not just your garden that needs pollinators, it’s the world as a whole! Without pollinators – and that actually includes wasps – there’d be far fewer fruits and vegetables and the food chain would be in serious danger. When bees scope out your garden, they’re looking for two things: Nectar, as it’s full of…
I would like to start this post with a confession. I am not a natural born gardener. Despite my farmer’s wife title, I have never had much luck with growing but this year, I have upped my game. The baby is a little bit older and I decided I wanted to try on a small…
We love the outdoors here. I know most people wait for the summer but for us, it doesn’t really matter if its not hot, you will almost always find us outside-the kids especially. When it comes to filling my outdoor space, previously, it has been more plastic toys than glamorous seating arrangements but, having had…
We have recently had a large portion of our garden concreted. It used to be grassed so you would’ve thought we would have kept it like that. The problem was, it wasn’t a luscious, green, bouncy, lawn. It was field grass and not only was it difficult to pick up doggy do from, in wet…
I have always liked the idea of forraging for my own food but the closest we ever get is blackberry picking every year. Knowing my luck, I would end up picking the wrong things and poisoning us all. Mushrooms especially can be dangerous if you don’t know what you are looking for. Thankfully, the furthest…
As the summer months approach, it’s time to use our outside spaces as part of our home. Dust off the parasols and clean out the inflatable swimming pool; your friends, family and neighbours will all be getting their gardens ready for the inside living room to become an outside home environment. The most important aspect…
Plant pots. They’re a bit boring really. All my pots were either brown or green and, while different coloured plant pots are now available, I just couldn’t help thinking it would be a waste of money to replace them all. Thankfully, I had an idea, I could spray the plant pots I already had. Genius….
The last time I wrote a gardening post was back in April. In those two to three months, there has been a veritable explosion in my tubs. Little seedlings have sprouted and gone mad. The weather has helped. Wet, warm, wet, warm. We have had some disasters. The netting didn’t always keep the pests away….
Do you remember my last gardening post where I was impatient to grow my own? It was way back in February and two months on, it is amazing how things have changed. Not wanting to bore you when every little shoot that came up (I did do a little dance in the kitchen), I waited until…
The weather this week has been beautiful here at the farm. Cold and crisp but mostly dry with lots of sunshine-does that make me sound like a weather presenter? Anyway, dry weather means only one thing down on the farm. Outdoor play. I feel like we’ve had a very productive week. Mummy painted bunting on…
