Thursday, 31 July 2008

My garden.

Early this year, my next door neighbours bought a new oil tank for their central heating and the man who installed it cut the old one in half , long ways. (Making two sort of boat shapes) I took possession of one half and after cleaning it, filled it with lovely compost from our heap. I chucked in a few bags of potting compost from a garden centre to make up the level as it settled. I planted it with four potatoes, three purple sprouting plants, three or four peas, three broad beans, two runners, welsh onions (one clump) a dozen shallots and one strawberry. And a row of carrots!
And a Borage plant! Everything has grown like Jack's beanstalk. The soil was TOO rich really, the shallots almost bolted , the borage and broad beans are around six or seven feet tall! Next year, I'm growing blueberries, blackcurrants, (already planted where the potatoes were) and rhubarb. Goodness knows what heights they will reach! I have three tomato plants in our tiny greenhouse
with several toms. on them . Whether they will ripen before winter, remains to be seen! Wales is an awful place to grow vegetables unless you know what you are doing. Good fun though.

3 comments:

David said...

That sounds brilliant, Mick! How about a photo? I don't like gardening but that sounds well within my capabilities.

Dave

CAMILLA said...

What a wonderful idea Michael for growing on those veg from used oil-tank. I have been late this year with the planting up of the Tomatoe's, I especially love the tiny sweet Tom Thumb varieties.

Watercolours said...

Those small tomatoes! Lots of salt!
This morning I measured one of my broad bean plants. I had already nipped the tops of them twice.
Seven feet three inches !!!
I have now picked the peas (not many)
Pulled the tiny carrots (I didn't thin them out!)and weeded. Might take a photo. but it's not much to look at now. Have great hopes for rhubarb next year as it likes rich soil.