Well there was plenty of rubbish to be sorted out so I had one of these!!
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I love a good bonfire. |
The shed had started to disappear among the brambles at the top of the plot so they had to be tamed....
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Brambles!! |
Anyway...I got very brutal with the brambles and where I cut the back as I couldn't get all the routes out and where I had to cut them back I prayed the fresh cuts in the hopes taht I can kill them off....Brambles are great for the fruit but only if they are in the right area....after about an hour and a half and many cuts and splinters (even through my heavy duty gloves!) things were looking much better.
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Not quite finished in this one but you can see where the brambles got round the guttering. |
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The pond is much clearer for the wildlife now. |
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This is how we are looking now, the pond could do with a clean out but will have to wait until later in the year as I don't want to disturb anything at this time of year. |
I also got some weeding done on the allotment.
It has been cleared up to the pathway you can see in the middle....the ground wasn't too bad to be honest...beyond the path is the worst but as it has the old strawberry patch there but one step at a time!
And finally I had a good tidy up in the greenhouse.
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Tidy greenhouse...ready for the growing season! |
So the greenhouse is all ready for the seeds to go in and looking very tidy!!
I do have a few things already in the ground which went in the back end of last year and they have germinated well.
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Garlic |
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Broad Beans |
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Onions |
So all these photos were actually taken a couple of weeks ago...things have moved on since then but that's for another post!
It's good to see a post from you. I always enjoy reading your posts. My property looks a lot like what you show in your pictures. The big difference is you work to keep yours looking good. I've been seriously thinking maybe I should hire somebody to clean mine up a bit. I tried to do it myself last year, but I found that it was too big for me.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure the last few years has really had it looking good but I feel I'm getting back to my happy place and I am hopeful for the coming year.
DeleteI think it feels good when you've made a start, and at least the greenhouse is all ready for the sowing season now.
ReplyDeleteI am feeling good about a lot of things this year...optimism is the key!
DeleteYou got a lot of work done. I think I have sore muscles just from reading it all....lol
ReplyDeleteI have sore musces too Ann...but it's such a satisfied soreness that I can only smile about it!
DeleteIt's good to have some jobs ticked of isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt really is...make me feel more and more optimistic of the coming summer...
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