This morning we received our three logs of Barley Straw to sort out the murkiness of the pond. It’s an mad looking thing isn’t it? Very Patrick McGoohan! We won’t be worrying about any Rover type shenanigans as that netting we have to keep the Ladywell Heron out will stop it coming out of the water.
It hasn’t taken long for the pond to get overcrowded so that’s today’s job sorted. Tidy up the pond and taking care not to catch any of those tadpoles as there’s thousands of them! We’ll have all the debris spread out over the net so anything that want’s to get back in the water can.
We’ve even got a waterlily flowering which is great, we got that plant years ago from Lewisham’s premier pet shop for £20 and it’s been well worth it! After that job’s done it’ll be an lazy afternoon with Venture FM.
#pondsnotdead #gardeningsnotdead #gardeninginlockdown
Yesterday we had some well needed rain but the dullness in the sky didn’t help spirits indoors. It’s still a but cold today but the sun is peeking out every now and again and we’ve been doing the same but with a hoe, knocking off any weeds etc.
We’ve been noticing that the spuds are starting to show through now so whilst we had the hoe in our hands we started piling just a small amount of soil around the growing tips of the potatoes to protect them from a late frost. Later on in the growing season we’ll carry on with this mounding up (AKA “Earthing up” ) which prevents any of the spuds close to the surface going green. More on “Earthing up” here.
And the seed potatoes that are growing under the black membrane which was used for under the decking are coming through too (we won’t need to earth them up but a little bit of soil can be put over the growing tips as frost protection). And even though us lot in lockdown are a bit fed up with the rain, at least the garden and the fish are loving it! #pondsnotdead #lockdowngardening
Weeds up to me knees 