French Wedding Flowers

 

After a jaunt to France to do some interior design work this weekend I got the chance to check up on my wedding flowers growing in the garden. Peonies, roses and gypsophila all looking lovely, so lovely in fact I had to fill my case with them much to the amusement of the airport security man...

Winter Garden

As the winter sets in good and proper with a white dusting of snow I am wrapping up my little garden for next year. Having planted all my tulips, daffodils and assorted 'bargain bags' of bulbs from the pound store I've nothing to do but stay indoors and hope that life begins again in Spring.

With overwhelming enthusiasm last year I planted out garlic, carrots and other winter veg but with the late extreme snow at the beginning of year I got a measly return for my investment. This year as I now own a house (scary!) and with an allotment in the pipeline I thought I'd take more time and plant a few things a bit of a time and see how they go.

In the meantime, bring on the poinsettia and amaryllis and I can't wait to get some indoor seedlings started next month!

Crate Grown Salad

Armed with some new free crates from Salford food market I boldly attempted to grow chic crate grown salad boxes. After some thought I decided the best idea would be to line the crate with an old plastic bag (with holes punched in), put the soil on top and throw seeds at it with my fingers crossed. The result was a brilliant array of lettuces with the slugs kept away by a cheeky smear of WD-40 on the edge of the crate.

Salad perfection! I shall write a tutorial on this this evening, though it's pretty simple!

Until later xx