Photos of Our Gardens

[Áine]

Just now, Dane Rí Rua said:

Hi Annie

In my last job as we were organically inspected every year so I'd often get stuff from them,someday if I'm down there I'll send you a message 

Yes do!! 

[Dane Rí Rua]

So as I previously mentioned iv been pretty much outta work since Oct since my last steady gardening job came to an end...I knew Jehovah would provide something as his hand was so obvious in my getting my last job.Sure enough a sister texted and said there was a neighbour looking for a gardener,turns out it's a old r.v of my wife...anyways I got the job,2 days a week,enough to keep our heads above water.

Plus side it's a beautiful garden owned by a very interesting characte,a recently retired famous wood carver.

[CHecker]

Oh wow, you have your hands FULL with this one. Share more pics as you progress. Wish you lived close to us, I'd love a helping hand!

[Dane Rí Rua]

That would be fun😀in the new system for sure👍first job was planting a walnut tree and then restaking and cutting out the grass from under the trees of there "woodland"....definitely FULL on

[Áine]

Wow Dane, that's a beautiful garden... enjoy, look forward to seeing more photos. 

[Áine]

Put the first lazy bed in the other day and planted 1st early potatoes.... I've 4 more lazy beds to do,  they're actually hard work and there's not much lazy about them 😆

[CHecker]

What's a lazy bed, why is it designed to be so full in the middle? Do you water along the edges of it, like a trench?

[Áine]

On 3/8/2020 at 2:17 AM, bagwell1987 said:

What's a lazy bed, why is it designed to be so full in the middle? Do you water along the edges of it, like a trench?

Sorry Cheryl I only just saw your post. 

It's a very Irish way of gardening,  it's a way of turning grass into raised beds. 

I'll see if I can find some links for you

2nd bed in 

[Áine]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_bed

 

I love to see the old ridges @Dane Rí Rua would know a awful lot more about these beds than I do

[CHecker]

What is this? Beautiful scenery 

[Áine]

Just now, bagwell1987 said:

What is this? Beautiful scenery 

Ridges left in the landscape here from old beds that were made many years ago, possibly in the famine

[CHecker]

1 minute ago, anniebea said:

Ridges left in the landscape here from old beds that were made many years ago, possibly in the famine

Nice!

Appreciate a change of topic. Covid kinda taking over.

[Dane Rí Rua]

Yeah I kinda do a version of the lazy bed,take the top sod of turf and turn it over,I usually do that the width of my garden,do the same on the opposite side,throw on some manure and then your potatoes or vice versa,then as the potatoes grow I earth them up from the soil from the furrows,theres not as wide as traditional ones...but then I dont grow that many potatoes 😜

[Áine]

3 hours ago, Dane Rí Rua said:

Yeah I kinda do a version of the lazy bed,take the top sod of turf and turn it over,I usually do that the width of my garden,do the same on the opposite side,throw on some manure and then your potatoes or vice versa,then as the potatoes grow I earth them up from the soil from the furrows,theres not as wide as traditional ones...but then I dont grow that many potatoes 😜

I've actually thought about doing that as well for other veg,  does it work well?

My polytunnel (hoop tunnel) is arriving tomorrow, I've not had one for a good few years and I was shocked at the price of them! 

 

I would have loved one of the First Tunnels, but that's way beyond my budget, so I've settled for one of the cheap ones... im hoping to secure it down very well by driving pencil posts on the inside of the tunnel into the earth and then strapping the hoops to that... it's a straight sided tunnel. 

[Dane Rí Rua]

Anything that prolongs the growing season here in Ireland is a plus...a brother who lives next door has just bought a huge commercial polytunnel from England,delivered for 1700 euro,I havnt a clue how hes gonna put it up by himself tough.😆

I use the same method for brassicas as well,works well 👍

[Áine]

That sounds like a huge tunnel !  Sounds like you might be helping him Lol

We've put several up over the years and I really do enjoy gardening in them like you say the longer the season the better !!

[CHecker]

I have a nice growing season on the coast of Washington state. Thankfully. But I do have a greenhouse I may plant in again this year, tomatoes and cucumbers probably.

My garden right now is horribly weedy. Still too wet to kneel in the mud.

Found a supply of dark soil, like from burnt wood. Like charcoal. A sister grew in it last year and had a bumper drop of all her veg. Getting a bunch of buckets full. 

Thanks for contributing to this topic again, love this.

[Áine]

I think it's no harm to try and grow some veg, who knows what the supply chain will be like in the summer. 

 

I just try to do little and often,  I'm hurting a awful lot from yesterday so today im starting off more seeds and cutting a hedge.... it's dry again, so I'm making the most of it.

 

It's so very important for mental health to be outside in the fresh air 😊

[CHecker]

It's so grounding to be digging in the earth. 

It's raining here again, grrr. 

[Áine]

I took this photo after we had fenced off the field and had half of the tunnel up.... I'll take more photos as it gets finished 

[Dane Rí Rua]

That looks like a nice size annie,straight sides are handy too,easier to grow tall plants near the edge 👍

[Áine]

We've been very busy this week ! 

This is a cheap tunnel compared to some of the others... so here's our progress 

 

[Dane Rí Rua]

Looks well secured 👍

[Áine]

We've been busy... over just finished wheel barrowing  3 tons of well rotted horse manure up the hill to the new garden...I ache in places I didn't know existed ! 

 

[booboo]

Hey everyone, thought I would share some pics of our garden (actually the garden planted and tended by my hubby).  It is growing quite well don’t you think?  The first picture 2as taken on June 9. The second taken today.  He started most everything from seedlings under a grow lamp in the garage.