Friday 25 August 2017

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017.

This month I've had a little visitor to my shed!  Ain't he cute!

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

I finished planting up my new raised bed.  The first little plants to pop up were these borlotto beans, which I'm hoping to get a late harvest from. 

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

I've got mixed salad, sweetcorn (not sure these'll grow in time, but let's see!), some chinese greens that came from a reduced (9p) 'living salad' pack, botlotto beans, walking onions, rainbow chard, carrots and spring onion mix and society garlic in this new bed.  And lots of weeds too, you can tell this soil was dug out of the weedy patch of the garden, it's very nettle-y!

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Speaking of the weedy patch, it's all covered with cardboard now, and I'm going to plant some trees and shrubs there when I have pennies.  I think maybe hazelnuts.

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My other raised bed is still producing courgettes and I've had my first sweetcorn.  I'm waiting for the climbing beans to actually give me some beans!  There are a few flowers, but no beans yet!  I've thinned out the carrots and planted some walking onion sets I bought too.  I've been watering with my homemade stinky weed tea to keep this bed productive and healthy.

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

I planted a potato in a big pot, I was a bit late with it, and I only planted one, but I hope I'll have at least a few potatoes soon!

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I'm quite pleased with this little part of the garden, because it's spreading and filling out all the gaps.  There are lots of foxgloves, teasles and waaay too many forget me nots in there waiting to flower next year.

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Here's the whole garden this month.  I'm really hoping I'm able to get a lift next month to buy some bark chippings (not easy to take home on the bus!!) so I can cover over the lawn, I can't wait to get rid of it!

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

The side garden is looking lovely too.  The fennel is beautiful, my tiny apple tree is so cute, and every raspberry cane is laden with so much fruit.


Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

There are lots of lovely flowers in the garden now, and lots of garden visitors too, 

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

Diary of a suburban edible garden, August 2017. From UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #garden #suburbangarden #ediblegarden #permaculturegarden #suburbanpermaculture

 How's your garden this month? 




8 comments:

  1. Handsome little robin indeed, we have one pottering in the garden too along with a host of other little birds that D feeds well, as well as them stealing my berries!

    Your garden plot is looking fantastic, look forward to seeing that sunflower open up - a couple of ours opened up over the weekend, other have yet to and they are all different sizes. I am also drowning in courgettes.

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    1. I had noticed there were a few courgette recipes on your blog! It's so funny isn't it, every year, so many courgettes! My colleagues will accept them as none of them garden, and I gave one to a random lady down the road too - anything to get rid of them and have them all used!

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  2. Your garden is looking lovely. Love your cat visitor and flower photos.

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  3. Lovely photos - your garden is looking rather productive :) Mine is pottering along nicely. Am fending off slugs and caterpillars - by using coffee grounds for the slugs and nasturtiums for the caterpillars. Our hen wanders around picking off anything she can find - which helps :)

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    1. I think I need a hen, or at least a borrow of one! I spotted a slug as long as my forearm the other day!

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  4. I wished I lived near you, I'd gladly eat some courgettes!! It looks so fab! I'm always so impressed!!!

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    1. Ah thank you, I would gladly share my courgettes with you - sadly I don't think they'd do too well in the post! :)

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