There's always an alternative

Hello!
So it's that time of year again . Traditional in Protestant areas bonfires are built and lit on the 11th of July. A LOT of pallets are used to build these bonfires but there's always an alternative if you choose to see things from a differnent outlook. Two pallets that I found out the back of work escaped a firey end by coming home with me. The big lad removed a couple of the slats and with some leftover paint I added a bit of colour. Filled with soil and some colourful plants and we now have a  raised flower bed. I love how this turned out, I have plans, just need a few more pallets..... it's annoying me everytime I go past a bonfire I just want to rescue a few more!

Check out Pinterest for loads more ideas with pallets! Inspired!
Hope you're all having a great week xxxx

Salad days

Hello!
Bring on the summer, we're salad ready, these photos from a couple weeks ago, since then our salad has gone wild! Our strawberries are coming on nicely, I love the new addition of some garden themed bunting a present from my friend Deborah  a little path that leads to the chicken coup. The sunflowers have been transferred to pots and a birthday presnt of some pansies pots are bringing some much needed colour. Bring on the nice weather, please...

There have been more changes since I took these photos, some needing to be finished, I'm dying to go mad in the garden center but trying very hard not to! Got to save for a holiday!

Hope you're all having a great week xxx

Let's go outside

Hello!
I'm enjoying spending more time in the garden. The grass has been well fertilised by the chickens during the winter and is looking greener than ever, the big tree in the neighbours garden is blossoming, the strawberries are growing and after a warmer winter will hopefully be sweeter too this year and the rocket patch after a bad year last year has all of a sudden come to life, we've enough rocket for the whole street! It's nice to be able to go the garden for fresh salad during the summer months. I remembered a pile of old floor boards in our attic, the big lad fetched them for me, I sawed them to size, used four corner posts and screwed the whole lot together for a new salad bed. The floorboards work well because they click together. I've planted spinach, lettuce and coriander. I love getting my hands dirty and watching for the first signs of life in the patch. Here's the latest edition....

During the dig I found a marble

I put Bob to work

That was a couple of weeks ago, there are now lots of little leaves growing and other exciting things happening in the garden too, I'll share some pictures during the week.

In other blog news! My friend Alison and her friend Sue have just started their new blog check it out HERE!!

Have you been up to anything exciting in the garden?
Have a lovely weekend xxxx

tomato watch

I'm growing tomatoes (trying to grow tomatoes) there are lots of little flowers so hopefully lots of tomatoes!

 

 This summer my dad built a veggie patch for us . If you want to be happy for an hour get drunk, if you want to be happy for a year fall in love, if you want to be happy for life take up gardening (chinese proverb) growing carrots , lettuce , scallions, rocket and corriander , yum !