Overdue Update
Hello bods,
Well where do I start ,?
Been busy in the garden with my little chum , Andy and I think quite possibly I have utilised every possible piece of space for the upcoming months planting and the growing season this year.
No photos yet mainly because it was too dark to take any decent shots.
The front garden now has 4 raised beds adding 3 to the original 1, just to keep it balanced and using up the majority of the remaining recycled wood shed that I obtained on the first couple of weeks here.
It feels good to give something back by not wasting anything that can possibly be used in growing healthy fruit and veg.
Did I mention fruit , yes the beds are all planted with fruit bushed that I managed to get for £1 each , blackcurrants , redcurrants and 2 gooseberry bushes are installed , and as I type this I have just been delivered 6 or more raspberry canes [ apparently that’s the proper word ] by Smiley Chums Paul and Fee.
Fee has also offered to help me resolve my ongoing blog problems and host it on her server for me , so touchwood , when I get my domain name back from Fasthosts [ who managed to loose everything I have ever blogged about since first discovering NZ all those years ago , including all my follow up adventures Dm Course etc. etc. ] I will then hopefully be able to to have Naive Zebra back online , watch this space.
Scuba Gran , you getting to be a dab hand at this blogging , Scuba Ninja , still awaiting more updates and photos etc. on yours.
Murray thanks for comments and still bearing with my inability to hold down a regular web location.
Also interesting development from my inbox the other day.
BRB reboot required .
WTF have you seen the state of Me I am Slimehouse , really gaunt and really knackered now for the US career , when she gets convicted of narcotic offences , she won’t be going there.
Commercial suicide.
Spoiler Alert : Do not read if overseas Coronation St. Fans
Ah so Vera D , has shuffled off this mortal coil , Stan & Ninja will be devastated , as avid Kiwi & Nihon Corrie fans respectively.
Meanwhile back to the story , re my inbox on Facebook
Have a massive favour to ask you as you are possibly the only man with the capability and love to possibly do it. N and I are getting married on April 26th and is customary to give people at the meal a favour and we wanted to give people a small 3″ pot with a herb partially to fully grown in it.
We are having (here we go..) 80 family n a few friends to the meal and we love Sweet Basil, and Coriander but don’t know whether these are suitable for the time of year..
Gulp all hands to the pump.
I had to call in the assistance of Matron re this , 80 seedling great idea , the wedding favour that just keeps on giving.
Nice touch.
3 months to get them all germinated and potted out , going to be hard on the type of herbs that they want , but I am working out all sorts of alternatives , Paul & Fee have just offered me the chance to go around to theirs and Fee is going to help me take cuttings of Rosemary plants , so there is start , Matron has offered to help me out with any surplus tomato seedlings , I have tried to start off some sweet basil indoors , and started 2 types of early tomatoes.
Let’s see. What will be will be .
Some of last years late starting chilies are still going strong so they could be in the offing as well.
If I can get the seedling off and running , Matron reckons I may be lucky enough to get the rosemary to strike as well , Fee reckons I could also try some cutting off her lavender , it’s a veritable Quality St of flavours and scents.
But I love the idea of giving something that will grow rather than sweets and almonds.
Fee & Paul also loved it , so no doubt that’s why they are keen to help this ambitious project / request.
7 comments Tuesday 22 Jan 2008 | stanstephenson | Blog
Hey, your garden sounds great!! Raspberries – oh what memories…also sounds like you’re on the mend GOOD TO HEAR. Love the idea of herbed gifts for the guests – hmm Look after yourself, and LOVE the new web look too. Scubagran
Cheers matey , you just keep on blogging , it makes me feel like I was ther when I cannot be.
Berries are great! Lots of fruit for relatively little work. I like raspberries because they just keep on producing all summer as long as you pick regularly. Make sure you protect them from the birds with some netting though. At my place they just scoffed the lot (raspberries and blackcurrents) the first year. I covered them this year and I’m amazed at just how much they have produced. No wonder the birds are so chubby round here.
Already done on half of them , that’s as much netting as I had around . will need to get some more to do the other half.
I’m getting there. I just used up my 2G allowance so I was on annoying dial up speed and I couldn’t up/down load anything. But it’s back on high speed so won’t be long!
Shall we put a load of rosemary cuttings in for you? Not sure they’ll take in time (well, Paul isn’t), but might be worth a try!
Paul was saying this morning that we’ve got a few lavender cuttings from last year that you can have if you like. They’ll need a repot and a trim I think, so just shout 🙂
I have planted a whole packet of tomato seeds for you in a seed tray. They are in my heated propagator in the greenhouse and will pop their heads up any day now! All you have to do is prick them out and cook some muffins!