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I'm a complete gardening virgin. however we've just moved and instead of a sandblown back yard in wet wales I now have a fab garden in sweltering surrey. well it feels sweltering to us anyway!!
The garden has been well looked after and well used by a complete pro. I've got sheds, 2 greenhouses, a fenced and gated off work area complete with three huge composting bins, pond, fruit trees, veg plots. More cold frame things than I know what to do with. Water butts everywhere.
And everything has been left. Sheds are full of tools and pots and paraphernalia. How lucky is that? We're doing our best to uphold the good karma by keeping everything going as well as adding our own stamp.
I'm going to have lots of mad questions. Today I've been wandering round and its carrots and strawberries on my mind.
Strawbs first. I have a bed about 8' x 8'. Plants running riot over it. Mad Q No 1 is what do I do? Will they fruit if I look after them or do I need to dig up and start again??? If I should be looking after them, what do I do? There are some bare patches in the middle. Should I just buy some more plants for there or should the residents be trained to go 'along' rather than 'up'????
Carrots next. The veg plot had been left empty except for rhubarb in the corner. Oh, and I found a leek type thing! I'm assuming there is nothing going on under the surface and that just needs attending to as the coming weekends job. However I have found a couple of deep troughs full of carrots. No idea how old they area. I pulled a couple and they looked like the carrots of satan - large and as knobbly as hell. However I've just pulled another and I've bought worse from tescos.
Mad Q No 2 is: bit worried about harvesting stuff i've not planted. Stupid I know - after all i dont wander round the supermarket asking q's!!! but d'you think the guys are safe and ok to use? how do you age a carrot - not by looking at their teeth I guess? and if i take them all out, will the soil in the trough be ok to plant again or will it be 'worn out'??
Told you they'd be mad questions. And it'll get worse. On my best behaviour at the moment!!!
The garden has been well looked after and well used by a complete pro. I've got sheds, 2 greenhouses, a fenced and gated off work area complete with three huge composting bins, pond, fruit trees, veg plots. More cold frame things than I know what to do with. Water butts everywhere.
And everything has been left. Sheds are full of tools and pots and paraphernalia. How lucky is that? We're doing our best to uphold the good karma by keeping everything going as well as adding our own stamp.
I'm going to have lots of mad questions. Today I've been wandering round and its carrots and strawberries on my mind.
Strawbs first. I have a bed about 8' x 8'. Plants running riot over it. Mad Q No 1 is what do I do? Will they fruit if I look after them or do I need to dig up and start again??? If I should be looking after them, what do I do? There are some bare patches in the middle. Should I just buy some more plants for there or should the residents be trained to go 'along' rather than 'up'????
Carrots next. The veg plot had been left empty except for rhubarb in the corner. Oh, and I found a leek type thing! I'm assuming there is nothing going on under the surface and that just needs attending to as the coming weekends job. However I have found a couple of deep troughs full of carrots. No idea how old they area. I pulled a couple and they looked like the carrots of satan - large and as knobbly as hell. However I've just pulled another and I've bought worse from tescos.
Mad Q No 2 is: bit worried about harvesting stuff i've not planted. Stupid I know - after all i dont wander round the supermarket asking q's!!! but d'you think the guys are safe and ok to use? how do you age a carrot - not by looking at their teeth I guess? and if i take them all out, will the soil in the trough be ok to plant again or will it be 'worn out'??
Told you they'd be mad questions. And it'll get worse. On my best behaviour at the moment!!!
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