Arzosah wrote:Feisty, how old is your daughter? Sounds like you might need a follow up talk with her - good luck with it.
I've got a delivery scheduled myself today, only from Sainsbo tho
conserves my energy in them packing it and delivering it, thats got to be good.
Grass is still much too soggy to walk on, but I'm weeding from the patio and the path where I can. And I've realised some ornamental grasses have made their home in the front garden - they're the only ones I've ever seen that I quite like, but they're nothing special, and they're *incredibly* non productive, so they're going - I have scatterings of bulbs all over the place in the back garden, so the bulbs will be moved to the front, or at least grouped in clusters to keep the bees attracted to the back, and better prepping choices of plants put in.
An online friend has sent me seeds of courgettes and kale, 4 varieties. I'm a happy bunny
HI Arzosah. TMI LOL! See reply to Poppypiesdad. I think she'll be OK. I hate supermarket shopping (any shopping in fact), but if you can get someone else to help, I say, "Go for it". My kids help me when they're not having a go at each other (not often fortunately - they're nice kids). They push the trolley around and my daughter won't let me load/unload the stuff at the check-out. They'll run off and get the stuff I ask for. This all makes me sound terrible - I am far from lazy, but they know that the more helpful/hardworking they are, the more money/goodies they get. That's the way the world works (at the moment), so I think it's encouraging some work ethic. They get a lot more than most other kids, but we never let them behave badly. I'll be taking them out to practice some things in the summer, but they'll probably know a lot more than me. My gardening at the moment is just sorting out the winter storm damage and I have snowdrops in the green coming any day, but there'll be a few structural projects in the garden plus I'll be out digging some new beds soon - as the ones we had when we moved here are in the wrong place. I like the idea of Hugelcultur (sp?) and will be giving that a go - it'll save us getting rid of all the branches we cut down. I think I'll try strawberries on that first. I've looked out a suitable container and rubble sacks and I'll be heading for the local stables to beg some horse manure and I'll be doing that every so often, well, for ever really. If only Poppypiesdad would pop down with a trailer load, that would be fab
(just joking). We have a few crocus here and there and pretty they are too, but around August I'll be ordering a job lot to go down the edge of the lawn - they are really good for bees. Courgettes are easy and kale is great for winter food, so they are great choices to start with. You know, you don't have to turn your garden into an allotment (the neighbours will make a beeline to it post SHTF). It's still a garden, so why not just keep the things you like, but maybe put the grasses together and enjoy them. I have an 8' x 4' raised bed given over to asparagus. Well, it's on its last warning. Never get enough for more than a single serving at a time. I think we'll have to put something more productive in there next year. In the meantime, I may grow some salad in there as well and nasturtiums (edible) which look lovely and could easily put the looters off the scent. It can't hurt. I just keep telling myself that if it doesn't look like a supermarket shelf, the vast majority of people won't recognise produce growing in a garden and I'll be trying to disguise as much as possible, like putting a few artichokes in a flower bed
. Anyway, blabbing on here and I have stuff to do, but let us know how you get on with the back garden transformation and what else you're growing.
. He's not daft and will probably be wondering why a dozen large cans of beans (and more) appeared when we eat maybe a couple every six months - my kids won't touch them (if they're hungry enough, they will 
