Posts Tagged ‘Garden Improvements’

How the Daffodils Turned Out!!

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

You may recall  I planted several hundred daffodil bulbs around the garden last Autumn which had been kindly donated by some friends. In particular I planted loads in our front bed (read about it here) hoping to have a great Springtime display. Despite the fact that the front bed has, at times, been like a quagmire over the winter (sooooo wet and boggy), the daffs have done surprisingly well and have indeed treated us to a really lovely view for several weeks. There are some that need digging up and replanting as they came up blind, but all-in-all they were a great success, so many thanks to Kate and Andrew for the sackful on bulbs!

Front Bed March 2010

Front Bed March 2010

Daffs close up

Daffs close up

Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus Rotundifolia) Planting

Friday, March 26th, 2010
New Parking Bays (Dec 08)

New Parking Bays (Dec 08)

Following the driveway work we had done in December 2008, forming two new parking bays, we finally found an afternoon to plant the shrubs that we planned to use to cover up our neighbours garage. We were not sure what to use to start with, but in the end decided to continue the existing Laurel. Also Tammy spotted an advert in Cheapcycle for ‘dig-your-own’ Laurels in Wreningham.

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How the View has Changed in a Year!!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010
We’re approaching the first anniversary of our moving into Waterloo Farm and I was just browsing through some of the old photos. We’ve done a massive amount of work to the place since we moved in, but I particularly liked the change in the garden, as seen in the photos below. As they say, what a difference a year makes! You can just about make out the 25+ trees we planted last years if you look closely!! Still nowhere near finished, at least it looks slightly more like a garden now and not just a field!! The third photo shows the garden in September 2008 when we still had a dividing fence and a paddock (and everything was greener obviously!).
Garden March 2009

Garden March 2009

Garden March 2010

Garden March 2010

Garden September 2008

Garden September 2008

Rabbit Proof Vegetable Patch!

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Rabbit Proof Vegetable Patch

Rabbit Proof Vegetable Patch

We are very excited that at last we have the start of our vegetable patch! If you regularly follow out blog you will know that the Wildlife likes to strike back, so we have had to create Fort Knox to stop the fluffy bunnies (!) thinking we have created them a handy larder-cum-restaurant.

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How to Plant Daffodil Bulbs by Tammy!

Friday, November 6th, 2009
Planting Daffodil Bulbs

Planting Daffodil Bulbs

Tammy’s method for planting ‘lots of’ Daffodil bulbs:

  1. Get Husband to dig a big trench 3 times the depth of the bulbs ;)
  2. Line bottom with sharp sand (helps with the drainage as daffodils don’t like wet roots)
  3. Gently sink bulbs into sand
  4. Rake back soil and gently firm
  5. Wait for Spring!

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