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Yet another comeback for this dotty puddle-head, as I emerge from a cold, wet winter into the first few days of Spring.
A lot of things have changed in the time I've been away: Most notably the departure of Lucy Halsall (Congratulations on your wedding if you ever read this post!) and the apparent 'divorce' between the Forum and the magazine.
Regarding the latter: What went wrong there? In the very happy days when I was on here all the time, there was a really happy link up between the two, but when I flicked through my 'comeback' mag I was take by the 'silence' when I couldn't find a reference anywhere to the goings on down here. Was it an amicable split, or did the two just drift apart? I understand if if no-one wants to talk about it too much, but it was still a bit of a shock when I found out for the first time.
Anyway, lots of high hopes for the new season despite the snow and freezing rain we had this morning, and another bunch of new plans do this year.
Last year was all about moving in and getting settled, and without a proper veg plot it was pretty much a case of 'make the best of what you've got'. A decision was taken early to try my hand at raised bed growing, and what couldn't fit in there was grown in tubs and troughs and pretty much anything else that came to hand around the place.
Amongst this year's new plans are for a wheelbarrow/veg tub/flower rub conversion as the old one is being pensioned off but set for a new life as a 'rustic' (more like 'rusted!') garden feature. I've really got high hopes for this, and just need to figure out what to grow in there, so does anyone have any tips based on their own experience, please? I'm thinking of nasturtiums around the edges, and veg or flowers in the middle, but am open to all ideas, so it could end up as something different altogether by the times it's done.
One more question to close this now: A really nasty problem has developed over the winter as the previous grass surround to the raised beds has become a messy patch of mud with virtually no grass now at all. The budget is a bit tight just now, so a fully flagged surrounding path might not be possible, but could anyone suggest a viable solution at a a pretty affordable cost? It really pains me to have to look at it when I walk out in the garden every morning, and I really must get it sorted once the rain relents and the ground dries out a bit. Any suggestion so would be very gratefully received.
A lot of things have changed in the time I've been away: Most notably the departure of Lucy Halsall (Congratulations on your wedding if you ever read this post!) and the apparent 'divorce' between the Forum and the magazine.
Regarding the latter: What went wrong there? In the very happy days when I was on here all the time, there was a really happy link up between the two, but when I flicked through my 'comeback' mag I was take by the 'silence' when I couldn't find a reference anywhere to the goings on down here. Was it an amicable split, or did the two just drift apart? I understand if if no-one wants to talk about it too much, but it was still a bit of a shock when I found out for the first time.
Anyway, lots of high hopes for the new season despite the snow and freezing rain we had this morning, and another bunch of new plans do this year.
Last year was all about moving in and getting settled, and without a proper veg plot it was pretty much a case of 'make the best of what you've got'. A decision was taken early to try my hand at raised bed growing, and what couldn't fit in there was grown in tubs and troughs and pretty much anything else that came to hand around the place.
Amongst this year's new plans are for a wheelbarrow/veg tub/flower rub conversion as the old one is being pensioned off but set for a new life as a 'rustic' (more like 'rusted!') garden feature. I've really got high hopes for this, and just need to figure out what to grow in there, so does anyone have any tips based on their own experience, please? I'm thinking of nasturtiums around the edges, and veg or flowers in the middle, but am open to all ideas, so it could end up as something different altogether by the times it's done.
One more question to close this now: A really nasty problem has developed over the winter as the previous grass surround to the raised beds has become a messy patch of mud with virtually no grass now at all. The budget is a bit tight just now, so a fully flagged surrounding path might not be possible, but could anyone suggest a viable solution at a a pretty affordable cost? It really pains me to have to look at it when I walk out in the garden every morning, and I really must get it sorted once the rain relents and the ground dries out a bit. Any suggestion so would be very gratefully received.
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