Today I'm attempting to 'leave the gardening to the gardener I'm paying'. My new gardener, Kathryn, is great, but I feel guilty about leaving so much to them, so last time they were here, I pushed myself to do too much gardening myself & really paid for it. Kind of negating the whole point of paying someone because I'm not well enough to do much myself...
Wish me luck!
Finished the planting for the front bed, for now. Obviously these need to fill out (some rain would be nice 
), and will be planting lots of bulbs in autumn.
The garden is starting to take shape. Given this area was just grass 3 months ago, it's not too bad at all. I saw quite a few ladybirds today, and regularly get goldfinches on the birdfeeders, so the garden is slowly coming to life. 
More plants awaiting planting for the other bed, but that's for another day. I need to rest for now!
Placing out more plants, then planting. This is my happy place.
Doing a plant, resting, another plant, rest. #GardeningWithME is slow, but with music, the sun & birds, it feels rather peaceful.
We got the Sorrel into the ground and it's looking really good.
This (Rumex acetosa, an non-flowering cultivar) is probably the easiest vegetable to grow, ever, particularly important if you have few spoons.
Apart from watering it in when you first plant it, the only work is picking the leaves to use in cooking. I've written more about growing Sorrel on my blog, & it links to several recipes https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/2016/05/spoonie-veg-sorrel.html
The taste is like a slightly lemon flavoured spinach, only, yummier.
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We got the Sorrel into the ground and it's looking really good.
This (Rumex acetosa, an non-flowering cultivar) is probably the easiest vegetable to grow, ever, particularly important if you have few spoons.
Apart from watering it in when you first plant it, the only work is picking the leaves to use in cooking. I've written more about growing Sorrel on my blog, & it links to several recipes https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/2016/05/spoonie-veg-sorrel.html
The taste is like a slightly lemon flavoured spinach, only, yummier.
@plants #Gardening #FediKitchen #EdiblePlants #GardeningWithME
The first phase of the landscaping was finished at the end of yesterday. Hurrah! It looks bare now, but it ready for planting.
The large paved area is for the chairs & table. The raised area next to the step is for the air sourced heat pump. The two raised beds will be for some fruit & vegetables, the lower bed will be a mix of alpine scree bed, Sorrel patch, & wisteria, the latter will be growing up the pergola. The pergola will be built in phase 3.
Exhausted but happy.
It's interesting how getting into colouring has given me my music back as well. I used to always play music when gardening, but because #GardeningWithME means only limited time in the garden now, I don't tend to bother with getting the music out. And this meant I just stopped playing music much of the time.
But now I love colouring and singing along, and that encouraged me to get the rest of my music onto my laptop/tablet. So now I'm exploring albums I've not played in years, and buying more cds and enjoying a mix of old and new.
Something about colouring has brought about the interest in music again. It's good to have the music back again.
Gwenfar