A Patch of Blue…
To those who wondered about the patches of blue in my garden, here is a close up.
It was quite dark and rainy when I took these photos, but hopefully you will get the idea.
Well, it's pretty in real life, but it does look a bit drab in these photos.
These beds, which were bare a few months ago, are filling up more and more each day.
I had five half barrels just sitting around, so I have put them to use growing potatoes. A different kind in each barrel, using the straw method on top of 6 inches of soil.
- I'm growing 3 different types of peas. The beds look so nice when they're newly mulched.
Please garden gods, give me gravel for the paths this year!
I clearly remember filling these beds with 10 yards of soil. Every. single. shovel full. It was worth it. I love my raised beds.
Till next time…….
The Forget-me-nots are lovely and look great with the other plants. I’ve got soil envy – your shovel work was certainly worth the effort Susan and I can’t believe how dark and luscious it is! I hope the gardening gods bring you gravel… I’m just hoping the fairies do my weeding
Thank you! Weeding, tell me about it. the weeds are going crazy with all this rain/sunshine/rain. It must be April…
How lovely to see drifts of Forget-me-nots, another neglected old fashioned favourite.
Can you ask the garden gods to send me some bark chippings please.
Thank you!
And for the chippings, done and Done!
Done dea! I’ll send the gravel – any colour preference?
Your garden looks amazing. You’ve worked so hard! I haven’t been able to get out yet – but am looking forward to some gardening this weekend. It’s supposed to be sunny and warm here in the NW.
Thank you so much Malinda, that is so sweet of you, but I must be honest in that it only looks decent because I avoid certain angles that “need some attention” to put it mildly
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I am so smitten with the cold frames your husband built. My husband and I have been trying to design something like that to fit over the raised beds. I just don’t care for the looks of the plastic row covers, even though that is what I’m using at the moment. I want to raise vegetables the year round, and I don’t think I could stomach old plastic blowing in the wind, y’know?
I’m in the NW also, so I suppose we will be sharing the same weather this weekend.
Have a great time out in the garden.
-Susan
I am hoping to gravel my kitchen garden as well this trip. Although, after the hours I spent weeding the gravel beds in the Flora Glade, I might regret it, they are certainly a great seedbed for weeds, but I also transplanted 13 European Gingers that had seeded in as well.
Sounds wonderful. Just remember to newspaper underneath instead of weed cloth- that stuff is so awful, I have regretted every square inch that I put down.
When I gravelled the Flora Glade, I just used newspapers. I had been thinking of weedcloth for the Kitchen Garden, as I find the worms just go through the newspapers. Usually I am a huge fan of worms, but they bring a big mess up to the surface of the gravel, which in turn allows for even more weeds. Not want I want on my paths, they can get as busy as they want in the beds.
I just stumbled upon your blog. Nice planned out garden, and the Forget-me-nots were nice to see. Mine are not up yet here on the shores of Lake Michigan. One of these days – Spring will make it here! Jack
So happy to have you visit! I must visit your site soon. Lake Michigan sounds wonderful.:)