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Spring is sprung in the veg garden

19/04/2014

A comment our neighbour made over the garden fence the other day really got me thinking. So often with two young kids at home it feels pretty much impossible to get any "projects" actually seen through to completion. Everything seems half done and there are a million and one things that both Mr C and I want to start, finish or just make progress on, yet it can be impossible to make time with the kids. However, in July it will be 5 years since we moved to this house and apart from making and growing two small children in that time we have also managed to completely transform our garden.

Looking back at the first couple of garden posts (here and here) I wrote when we moved in here it's hard to believe that the garden was so dull when we bought the house. Mainly grass with a dead tree stump in the middle and a small strip of soil down one side that we grandly called a flower bed and that was it. Yet as I stood at the outdoor tap filling a watering can the other day I caught sight of what has to be my favourite glimpse of what we have created.

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Part of it is still very much a work in progress, but it's fair to say that we're really pleased with about two thirds of the garden now. 

In the very bottom section (closest to the cabin) Mr C has built four new raised beds and also laid a gravel path all around them. One of the sheds that we gained with the house has been demolished and he's also moved the other one to the other side of the garden (so that it's no longer taking the best of the sunshine) and placed it on a new base there.

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Master C obviously thinks that these gravel paths are a new playground just for him and he spends ages every time he goes in the garden picking up stones, putting them in a bucket and then taking them to another part of the garden where they are thrown on the floor!

NewPaths

It's so lovely having this part of the garden finally sorted and it really inspired me to make some early preparations back in February for the rest of the growing season and I'm pleased I did as this is how those tomatoes looked last week when I potted them on for the second time!

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I've also made a start with one of the raised beds and after picking up a cell pack of mange tout at the local garden centre these are now planted out and a cane support structure is also in place for when they hopefully get big enough to need it.

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The same bed also has a handful of mixed lettuce plants in it too – again from a cell pack – and just this afternoon I've sown a couple of rows of carrot seed. We've not had much success with carrots so fingers crossed that we do a bit better this year.

At the moment a second raised bed just has a giant parsley bush in it – yes I know parsley doesn't usually grow on a bush, but that's what we have – whilst the other two beds still have the green manure growing that I started off in the winter as soon as the beds were finished. I'm probably supposed to have already dug this in or something, but I keep forgetting to look up what I'm supposed to do. I'll add that to my list of things to research tonight once the kids are in bed.

So that's the bottom part of the garden that we hope will really work for us this year in terms of homegrown fruit and veg. There's still lots to do there, but finally I feel like we're actually making progress.

Next time I hope to tell you about what we've been up to in the rest of the garden and if I can get myself more organised this should just be the first of many link ups to Annie's wonderful How does your Garden Grow? linky.

 

Mammasaurus and How Does Your Garden Grow?

 Happy gardening!

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  1. Mammasaurus says

    20/04/2014 at 11:31 am

    Oh Penny – thanks for joining in! I can see why you love that view so much. Loving your raised beds – I’m starting work on my own now, needless to say much digging has been happening – though rains stopped play now, which isn’t a bad thing as it give my back a chance to recover! Loving the blue colour of your Summer house at the end – bootiful ๐Ÿ™‚
    Thanks for joining in and sharing sweet cheeks x

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  2. Ninjacat says

    20/04/2014 at 9:51 pm

    I want a veg garden !!

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  3. Chris at Thinly Spread says

    23/04/2014 at 2:30 pm

    That view is GORGEOUS! I love your garden progress and will look forward eagerly to hearing more! I love the garden – I can walk out of the house and do something out there and feel I’ve achieved something in a way I rarely do inside!

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  4. Becky says

    23/04/2014 at 2:58 pm

    so lovely and v impressive considering how little your little ones!

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  5. Mary Keynko says

    23/04/2014 at 4:08 pm

    I love your garden! And the raised beds are going to be amazing! I really have to plan for a veg patch next year! You have inspired me to be more organised!

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  6. otilia says

    23/04/2014 at 5:35 pm

    Wow Penny your garden is like my dream garden! it is amazing and i hope one day i will manage to have a little bit of it too!

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  7. Michelle Twin Mum says

    23/04/2014 at 7:20 pm

    Your garden looks really lovely Penny, I do enjoy seeing the fruits of my labour in the garden. Mich x

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  8. Kirsty says

    23/04/2014 at 8:09 pm

    You have made such a huge impact on your garden and it really looks stunning. We have not accomplished anything in our garden and have been here for 3 years so the next two years better be productive! Having a veg patch is a dream and I don’t think it will be possible in our current house. I hope all your new veggies grow well and fingers crossed for lots of sunshine this Summer ๐Ÿ™‚

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  9. Jane @ northernmum says

    23/04/2014 at 8:13 pm

    Man I am impressed – can you pop round to mine?

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  10. Penny A Residence says

    23/04/2014 at 8:19 pm

    Oh I love what you have done. and it gives me hope! Seven years here, I keep losing momentum…my husband doesn’t like gardening, my Dad helps from time to time. Amazing progress, huge well done ๐Ÿ™‚

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  11. HPMcQ says

    23/04/2014 at 10:02 pm

    can you come and make my garden look like that please!!!!! looks fabulous x

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  12. Emma says

    24/04/2014 at 7:55 pm

    ooooh, it looks brilliant. We have some raised beds that we always try and grow veg in but without fail the slugs come and eat them before us.

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  13. Mrs C says

    25/04/2014 at 2:04 am

    Beginning to wonder if I can rent out Mr C for gardening duties…

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  14. Mrs C says

    25/04/2014 at 2:14 am

    Have to admit that I couldnt have done it without Mr C. In the five years weve been here Ive had two babies and being either heavily pregnant or breastfeeding makes lots of time gardening hard!

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  15. Mrs C says

    25/04/2014 at 2:15 am

    Thanks Mich x

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  16. Mrs C says

    25/04/2014 at 2:17 am

    Ill send the OH!

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  17. Mrs C says

    25/04/2014 at 2:20 am

    We were moaning recently about how it felt like we hadnt done that much here – but once we looked back at the old photos it really made us realise how far wed come.

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