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| Another beautiful sunset. |
The new tunnel beds are just about completed, just two pathways to finish.
Both of the longer beds are now planted up, one with spinach and spring cabbage,
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| Onion and garlic bed. |
the other long bed is home to forty garlics and one hundred and fifty onions, these onions should be ready by the end of May.
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| Lough Key Crab Apple flowering |
This month has been very mild and very dry, the garden is not sure whether it's Spring or Autumn,
we have a crab apple tree that has decided to flower again
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| Oct, and still Delphiniums bloom. |
and we have a Delphinium in flower. The roses are still blooming, and one of the Clematis hasn't stop blooming since May it's still got lots of buds, the dahlias also continue to flower giving me plenty of flowers for the house.
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| Latest project. |
With the shorter nights I have started a tapestry, this is for a cushion cover, I had intended to redo a seat of an inherited chair, but changed my mind, there is nothing wrong with the chair seat, it just need to be removed and cleaned, then put back again.
Trees are now getting lovely colour, it's a shame that once they change colour they don't hang on to the leafs for long. I love to see the Autumn colour.
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| Wagtails are back. |
We now have lots of Wagtails around, they returned in large numbers earlier this week. Of all the birds we get visiting us Wagtails are the biggest tease to the cats, they sit just out of range and time it perfectly to jump away just at the moment a cat is going to spring, we have never seen a Wagtail caught, they are quicker than the cats.
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| Robbie. 1999-2016 R.I.P. Old Chap. |
Earlier this week we had to say goodbye to Robbie, our seventeen year old Jack Russell. He had arthritis for several years and was also loosing his sight, he was also wetting his bed. It's never fair to keep an animal if it has lost it's dignity. He was the sweetest chap, never chased the cats or poultry, and was an excellent house dog. We will miss him he was part of out life for so long.
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| Still plenty of flowers for the house. |
Sorry to hear about Robbie, at least he had a long and happy life with you. Do you sell your produce?
ReplyDeleteOur Dahlias and a few other flowers are still going, not for much longer though, not far from a frost I think. Lovely to see the Wagtail's, I have never seen more than one at a time.
We sell soft fruit, some eggs could sell more and chicken ready for the table, plus jam and marmalade, it's not what we set out to do once we retired from full time farming, it's just the way it's worked out.
DeleteFarewell Robbie. Your new tunnel is a great distraction. So jealous. Mother Nature is also confused down here. I think she needs a holiday.
ReplyDeleteWe miss Robbie, he was with us so long. What sort of winter did you have?
DeleteIts been freezing and we are still having it, Mind you for us that means anything under 12C but its more the wind chill factor coming from Southern Antartic. Mind you with Mother Nature having mental health issues at the moment there have been a few days that were mid 20's. I think she needs a nice cuppa and i lay down.
DeleteRIP Robbie. So sorry for your loss.
ReplyDeleteThe tunnel looks great! Are the onions starting from seed?
Thanks Cole, I think you met Robbie when you came to our place in Galicia. No, the onions are from sets but we did grow one lot from seed last year but there was little difference between set grown or seed grown.
DeleteSorry to hear your sad news. Good luck with your tapestry cushion
ReplyDeleteThanks B.G.
DeleteI'm so sorry to hear about Robbie, it's hard to make that decision, isn't it, but I think we know when it's time. As you say, it's not fair to keep an animal if it's in pain. I'm sure he'll be missed, you don't have a dog that long without him becoming part of the family, but I'm sure you've got lots of happy memories of him. Glad to see that the tunnel is in use already, you soon got the beds sorted out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo, how's your little dog doing? OK I hope. Yes, the tunnel has got to earn it's keep, the first one has paid for it's self twice over.
ReplyDeleteRaised beds inside a polytunnel. Sounds like the perfect setup for growing veg!
ReplyDeleteIt is Mark, most of the veg garden is also raised beds, I can not see the point in planting on the flat, raised beds are easier on the back but most importantly you are not wasting time or money building up soil fertility on a area that you walk on.
DeleteSo sorry to hear about Robbie, it is so hard to say goodbye to a much loved dog. Poly looks great, it's giving me some idea for ours, though when we will get around to it is another matter!
ReplyDeleteIt was hard Chickpea, we kept putting it off. but he had one last summer and was still eating well right to the end. We favour raised beds for the reasons given to Mark, see comment above.
DeleteAhhh. Sorry to hear about Robbie. You'll miss him terribly. If ever a dog had a good long, happy life and a good "innings" though, that was Robbie. RIP aul' fella. Sympathies from both of us.
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt, Robbie certainly had an exciting life, born in Ireland lived in both Catalonia and Galicia, then back to Ireland. he was always great with the cats and a good house dog as well, we do miss him.
DeleteAgain, so sorry to hear about Robbie. I like the colours in the latest tapestry project and great to hear the tunnel is up and running already, looks fab! xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks Lauren, he had a good life. The tunnel is looking good.
DeleteI am so sorry about Robbie; Jack Russell's are the BEST dogs! Best wishes on your new/old life in Ireland...just returned from a visit and loved it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, yes Jack Russell's are great little dogs, so full of fun.
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