Christmas at Waterloo Farm 2009
Merry Christmas from All of Us at Waterloo Farm!
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 3:20 pm by NigelPlant a tree – set a new world record. It must be Tree O’Clock!
Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 8:32 pm by NigelDo you want to be in the Guinness Book of World Records? Do you want to help improve the planet? Can you plant a tree somewhere? Then it must be Tree O’Clock!
To support and promote national tree week support a world record attempt to plant the most trees in one hour. You can find out all about it here on the BBC website.
We are going to pledge to plant one tree during the designated time slot, can you also support it? If you want some help in choosing the right tree for your garden drop us a comment and we’ll try and help you. (Or at least we have some great books to help us help you!)
Our Moben Kitchens Experience …
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 11:16 am by TammyFollowers of the Waterloo Farm Blog will know that we have spent considerable effort remodelling the house to create a space which will one day be a ‘family room’ incorporating a kitchen, dining area and lounge. At the moment all that exists in the kitchen area are some pipes coming up through the concrete floor and various electrical cables coming down from the ceiling in preparation for what will one day be our new kitchen. Hopefully that day is not too far away as we have decided to start contacting some kitchen companies to talk about designs, costs, installations etc. One of the companies we contacted was Moben Kitchens, but I really wish we hadn’t bothered … Read the rest of this entry »
How to Plant Daffodil Bulbs by Tammy!
Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 10:05 pm by Nigel
Planting Daffodil Bulbs
Tammy’s method for planting ‘lots of’ Daffodil bulbs:
- Get Husband to dig a big trench 3 times the depth of the bulbs
- Line bottom with sharp sand (helps with the drainage as daffodils don’t like wet roots)
- Gently sink bulbs into sand
- Rake back soil and gently firm
- Wait for Spring!
Garden Transformation: Part 3 – Ditch Filling
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 10:36 pm by Nigel
Ditch Levelling
Well the last part of the weekend in August that we spent transforming the drive, and to some degree the garden, was spent levelling in the ditch. It is not clear from the pics, but there was a drop of over two feet from the level of the garden, and it is in this space that we plan to put our fruit cage, vegetable plot and chicken run. So this has all been on hold until we could level this off.
