Daisy in the Garden: 03/01/2026

Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Putting up more bean frames 🌿

The sun didn't come up this morning . Oh ! I'm sure it's there somewhere behind the fog .

I sat in the shed thinking .

What do I feel like doing ? I know !

I'll strip off ...

....all the cardboard on this bed and get it ready for leeks and even more beans . 😀

I gave it a gentle dig over . 🌿I put the remaining partly decomposed carboard under the Runner-bean frame . And it can block out the light and keep the weeds down until I plant in the Runner-beans .

It would be lovely, and great for my poorly back, if I could be completely no dig , but there are always several long tap-rooted weeds that have to be dug out with my fork .

Can't afford to buy anymore compost to spread over the beds . I make what I can , but it's never really enough .

I spread spent compost from my tomatoes and cucumber plants and throw down veg peelings and grass clippings , seaweed , autumn leaves . Cardboard goes over the top , posts to hold it all down , Worms do some of the work .

I always have to dig in what hasn't broken down and move the partially decomposed cardboard around to other beds .

This works for me ! I'm not perfect ....sorry microbes ! 🤣

Then sat enjoying a nice cuppatea , watching the Robin .

I feed the birds at my bird feeding station in front of my kitchen window . I love to watch them while I'm doing the washing up . The Robins will come to my hand for suet pellets , but honestly they really do prefer to forage for wild food ..small slugs , grubs , worms, millipedes , ants eggs (they love them !) and other insects . 🐜🪳🐛🦟🪱🪱

Then he sat watching me , while I fixed up the bean frames .

I stopped at this point ,went in and had breakfast .

Then , I got them all pushed in .Just need to tie in the tops with some strong string .

If they can stand on their own without the tops tied in , think how much stronger they will be when tied in !.........( It's a Debbie way of thinking ! 🤣)

I'll be growing my Leeks in this bed too . Beans , Peas and Leeks ....whether they get along together or not !

I pushed in some pea sticks and just need to get some chicken wire around it all .

Then I hoed around the new Lavender and Chive bed and look what I found 🤩

I found a nice chunk of early Bronze age pottery ! 🤩

I love it when the ancestors reach out to me !

That's all for now . I'm going in to pamper my sore hands .

Love and Peace 🕊️🤍

Debbie x

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Monday, 30 March 2026

Goodbye Winter ! Welcome Spring !

I decided to sow another lot of mixed salad leaves .three more Lettuce Red Romaine , Parris island , Freckles , Fennel , lemon coriander , Long Red Florence onions .....these all leaves for mixing up in the salad bowl .

I'm not sowing beans , courgettes, squash , sweetcorn just yet . Towards the end of the month for those .

I topped up the bird feeders and put in a few peanuts for the woodpeckers and my squirrels .

Breezy , but we've had plenty of sunshine today .

The Buzzard sat watching me while I tended to things in the greenhouse .

I was thrilled to find this self sown Pelargonium seedling , coming up in another plant's pot .

I plucked him out and potted him up .

One happy little Pelargonium . I wonder what colour you'll be ?

And a Lemon scented Geranium which needed the next size up pot .

Enjoyed a cup of tea and some nice music in the shed , then I had to make room in the greenhouse for the Tomatoes .

Everyone does their Tomatoes differently .

This is how I do mine . I have never had any success growing them out in the garden . I grow mine in the greenhouse in these black plastic pot/bags . I have reused these pot/bags five or six times now .

To begin with I roll them down and only fill to about a third with a good compost .

Under the strict instruction of Peter my physiotherapist , I rolled the bag of compost in and then a little at a time filled each bag to about a third full .

He said I can do it a little at a time and gradually build up my strength again .

I can squash in four or five of these in this first section of the greenhouse .

Like this ! 🌿Ooh ! I just noticed that Pregnant Onion ......

She's got a flower coming !

I actually left one of these outside over Winter . I wasn't able to bring everything in under cover with my spine injury. But It is o.k. it survived , I'll show you that one tomorrow . It is in the same pot as a Dasylirion .....which also really should have been brought in ...and has also survived the storms .

I'm going to leave these now to get up to the ambient temperature of the greenhouse ....and maybe wait until next weekends storm passes over ..... well ..they are saying it's going to be unsettled and could be pretty blustery . Or maybe severe gales . So the tomatoes are looking quite happy for the time being , but I am keen to make space in the shed to bring on other seedlings .

The greenhouse is unheated . The compost in those black bags will heat up and give out warmth during the night .

Yes Dad if you're looking in , yes that is your old hockey stick . I have no idea how it came to be in my greenhouse ! 🤣

So that's that job done !

Next ...

My washing machine makes me so happy ! 🎵🎶🎵🎶😀

I did a big load of washing and got it all dry on the line !

Then back up in the shed ......

The sun still shining in !

Then I cleaned up this beautiful old chair that Ricardo didn't love anymore and now he loves it again !

....... but now ...it's mine !

Then we both went for our eye tests over in Helston with lovely Aldo and the lovely ladies .It is just wonderful and we should all be so grateful for the technology they have to give us good vision and to see if there are any medical issues . Everything looks to be fine . I'm upgrading my glasses for my embroidery work . All good . 💖