Our New Life in the Country: Hot in the House

Monday, 28 May 2012

Hot in the House

Yes it's hot in the house, the greenhouse that is. I've painted out the windows to dilute the heat of the sun and give my seedlings a fighting chance.

It makes it look messy, but I don't mind, nor do the occupants.

The tomato plants due to be potted into their grow-pots this week...

... the Courgettes, strong and healthy (my favourite plant, so sturdy and strong)...

...the little Cape Gooseberry plants. We discovered how much we love these last year. They start off so tiny and yet yield such wonderful fruit.

The Carrots, ready for transplanting to the raised beds this week.

My compost, made in it's entirety by my Lovely Hubby and that's why......

You get such lovely foods to eat, all for a lot of effort and a bit of love.

Sue xx

7 comments:

Dc28 May 2012 at 08:33
I too like to play in the dirt. We have now used the last of our own compost as we can't make that much of it so now have to resort to a little bought in stuff to finish off. Got the tomatoes potted into their final pots, beans in the ground (hope no more frost), a single courgette in, then got too hot. Really sultry here yesterday.
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Sooze28 May 2012 at 08:52
We had the first of our own mixed salad leaves and radishes yesterday, grown in our own compost in a raised bed (actually, an old water tank). You're right Sue, it is lovely growing/eating your own stuff - I was amazed at how much more taste our own homegrown salad leaves had than shop bought.

Regards, Sooze xx
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landcuckoo28 May 2012 at 10:14
Looks great, such promise in little plants. I must go and get some tomato and courgette seedlings myself, not quite at the grow from scratch stage yet!
Sarah x
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Siobhan28 May 2012 at 11:25
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Jane and Chris28 May 2012 at 12:52
We were spreading poo yesterday.A bit of a contrast from Saturday.
Jane x
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BadPenny28 May 2012 at 13:14
Hope your plants can keep as cool as a cucumber - not easy in the heatwave we are having !
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Linda28 May 2012 at 19:14
We are growing Cape Gooseberrys for the first time this year. I'm pleased to hear that yours were good.
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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