We accused each other of playing a trick because the molehill looked so ridiculously impossible. How the mole get all that soil up between the cracks of the slabs we'll never know. It's on the move though and working it's way round the garden. I've not had to contend with moles before but I'm thinking they're bad news. A purple sprouting broccoli has already been upended in the vegetable plot. I see trouble ahead.
It's been another week of very little outdoor accomplishment although there has been some successful removal of the every expanding moss. It's been gradually taking over the path at the front of the house and now it's more lush and verdant than the grass. I wish it was a particularly useful moss that I could make something foul tasting but particularly good for me from but it's not. It's just moss (although maybe it is but I'm not prepared to experiment).
It's been another week of very little outdoor accomplishment although there has been some successful removal of the every expanding moss. It's been gradually taking over the path at the front of the house and now it's more lush and verdant than the grass. I wish it was a particularly useful moss that I could make something foul tasting but particularly good for me from but it's not. It's just moss (although maybe it is but I'm not prepared to experiment).
(sadly not my plan for the garden but definitely my inspiration)
I'm still planning the garden and trying to keep it realistic which is difficult when all I do is visualise a medieval herb garden meets cottage flower garden. I'm also creating a list of things I want to make this year which will help me to work out what I can gather from round about and what I will need to grow. This way I can concentrate on growing decent amounts of a few plants rather than one or two of many. My experience of gathering herbs tells me that a surprising amount of raw materials are required to make even a small amount of medicine. I'm probably better off focussing on large clumps of useful herbs but I'm sure, as usual, my head will be turned by something unusual and fragile which will no doubt fail in my cold, damp, shaded garden.
I'm still planning the garden and trying to keep it realistic which is difficult when all I do is visualise a medieval herb garden meets cottage flower garden. I'm also creating a list of things I want to make this year which will help me to work out what I can gather from round about and what I will need to grow. This way I can concentrate on growing decent amounts of a few plants rather than one or two of many. My experience of gathering herbs tells me that a surprising amount of raw materials are required to make even a small amount of medicine. I'm probably better off focussing on large clumps of useful herbs but I'm sure, as usual, my head will be turned by something unusual and fragile which will no doubt fail in my cold, damp, shaded garden.
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