A lazy Sunday...

[annwfyn]

I was woken this morning by the slightly alarmingly gung ho shouts of the megaphone wielding individuals in trucks who drive at the front of the London marathon runners this morning, as they jogged past my house.

This was an alarming way for Sunday morning to begin. I have, however, soothed the stress of being that close to so much physical fitness by pottering in the garden. I have now sown pansy seeds, and planted the strawberry plants that lanfykins brought me yesterday - which are very very appreciated.



Here is the view from the living room out onto the garden.



When you get outside, this is my garden. Not entirely the tidiest, but the terrifying jungle that it was has been hacked into considerably more shape than it had two months ago!




I've dug out some little flowerbeds, and marked the edges with rocks. I know they look really scruffy, still, but they are all my own work! There are seeds that have been planted in little rows in these flowerbeds as well.



And here is Sarah's strawberry plant, carefully bedded down in its new home.



And finally, this is the view of the house, from the garden.

It's been a very quiet weekend - pierot came down with a vile migraine yesterday, so that rather nuked our capacity to do anything - but a very nice one for all that. I've had my gardening time, my reading books time, and my watching trashy TV time. I also seem to have finished my chemistry essay with one day to tidy it up, which makes me happy.

Today I am heading over to Lewisham to see kittyboo_tastic, and then coming back to go swimming with pierot and ksirafai and tidy up my essay for handing in tomorrow. For tomorrow, term begins again...

Comments

[windzswept.livejournal.com]

I've been gardening too :o)

I have mowed the remaining patches of lawn and have cleared a metre and a half of the jungle that pretends to be my flowerbed. :o)

I may even go tackle the rest of it soon.

Fear us and our green fingers!

[eladriell.livejournal.com]

well, if ye need any advice on these things, gimme a buzz.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I shall do! I know you're a horticultural type of person.

[kittyboo-tastic.livejournal.com]

i just found out you left a message on my phone - silly me, i gave you my number in case you got lost, but did not switch my phone on. very typical of me. sorry!
enjoyed very much seeing you here!

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Was a nice visit for me too! And I made it there eventually, even without telephone contact. :)

[nothingtoyou.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about a pond? Great for interest value (you can have water lilies and other pretty plants) and great for attracting wildlife.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I've thought about it, but I'm a bit afraid it might be rather advanced level for me - it would require a fair bit of maintanance as well as I understand it.

I'm also trying to not to anything too permanent at the moment, as there is a plan to pretty much get the garden savagely re-done in a couple of years, when J and I have a bit more money - we'd quite like to dig out a proper patio, and maybe get some terracing put in - so I don't want to put anything in right now which I'd then be upset to have to dig up in a year or so's time.

[nothingtoyou.livejournal.com]

They don't actually take as much work as people make out. Just pull out any sunken leaves etc a couple of times a year. Or you could have a tub pond - no work at all. Find a pretty container, fill it with water, stick some pretty plants in. As long as you include enough oxygenating plants it won't get murky. I have some pics of my garden and tub pond at http://www.flickr.com/photos/onelittlething/. Later in the year it should have lots of flowers hanging over the edge.

[eladriell.livejournal.com]

Patio's, slabbing etc is easy enough. Ponds arent always suitable and do tend to restrict planting depending on size of garden. Whats the soil like down in South-Land anyway? just curious about what ye can plant there. stick to borders or bedding areas atm and annuals/bulbs for ease.

short term planting gives the chance to recover from any minor disasters and get used to the area yer working in.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

We've mostly got pretty stoney soil - it's been in the middle of London for decades. It's fairly gritty, and a bit thin, I'd say.

Not the most promising, I must admit.

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

I laid turf in our backyard. It looks good. I felt manly and spade carrying.

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

Water the strawberry plants occasionally and you'll probably end up with several pea-sized intensely flavoured strawberries by late summer.

Next year, you will discover that you have an awful lot more strawberry plants than you remember starting with...

After that, they turn into tasty, tasty weeds.