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Turnstone · **on:** July 12, 2010, 07:58:21 PM

I spend the weekend (a very hot weekend with temperatures over 30° C) in our garden. We don't live there during the week, so it is always a lot to do when we arrive. It is really beautiful, but sometimes I hate it because it is sooo much work. Yesterday we had the first potatoes with fresh peas and carrots for dinner. That's what I love

Raspberries and other berries:

Our small greenhouse...

... with mostly tomatoes...

... and peppers

Outside we have peas, beans, carrots, onions, potatoes.

Fresh peas, I love to eat them directly outside in the garden

Another view

Here we have more peas, carrots and onions, beetroot and several sorts of cabbage

Some beautiful flowers, I couldn't find the english name for it (we call them "Stockrose")

Here we have leek, more cabbage, small box trees, some flowers and a part that is unused this year to recover the soil

In a garden you need insects, and we give them a home

A part where you could relax if you had the time for it

, with old fruit trees

Beautiful roses

This will keep us warm next winter

You see, I definitively need a Farmer

AHB · **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2010, 08:05:56 PM

Seems like a valid reason allright..

Good one TS..

Zed · **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2010, 08:07:14 PM

lovely garden ,

yud · **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2010, 08:12:36 PM

That is one good looking garden

Chako · **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2010, 08:35:31 PM

Nice garden.

Turnstone · **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2010, 08:38:34 PM

I forgot to mention that this is how it looks after two days of pulling out weeds and doing other work

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2010, 10:34:54 PM

That's a beautiful garden mate

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2010, 11:06:28 PM

Awesome garden and I love your solitary bee "rack". Really impressive.

nuphoria · **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2010, 01:05:51 AM

Wonderful stuff.... I'm quite jealous!

I think the flower is called a hollyhock here

sawman · **Reply #9 on:** July 13, 2010, 01:29:41 AM

Nice garden, does that fence keep most the rodents out?

Sidhartha · **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2010, 02:54:05 AM

i would love a garde like yours!!! thats farmer is in the right place!!.. a good prunning blade would be nice as well

Turnstone · **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2010, 09:12:56 AM

Quote from: sawman on July 13, 2010, 01:29:41 AM

Nice garden, does that fence keep most the rodents out?

Yes, it helps a bit. We had problems with deer and bunnys, and then we set up the fence. Of course it doesn't help with snails and mice, which still are a big problem. We could use poison, but we keep all chemistry out of the garden. In the end, you eat it.

With snails, we collect them in the evening when they come out and kill them (only the "naked" ones). I hate to do that, but if you see how numerous they are and how much a single snail can eat, it feels a little bit better. It's a shame that you can't eat these snails

For the mice, we just have a pole for birds of prey (sometimes a falcon sits there), and cats from the neighbourhood come along. I would love to have a cat, too, but if you can't care for it during the week you shouldn't get one.

David · **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2010, 09:15:42 AM

Thats a great looking garden there TS! Gardens are a lot of hard work. Enjoying the fruit of your labor makes it worth it. I agree you need your Farmer.

But then again I think everyone should have at least one Farmer.

P35 · **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2010, 04:45:25 PM

lovely country place

Sean · **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2010, 04:51:21 PM

Damn fine piece of property there.

Neil · **Reply #15 on:** July 17, 2010, 04:51:44 PM

I don't know about a Farmer, I think you need a Harvester

Can I come round for tea?

Screwtape · **Reply #16 on:** July 17, 2010, 05:52:34 PM

Very nice, do you get all your veg from your garden?

Dropkick · **Reply #17 on:** July 17, 2010, 09:51:31 PM

you have a sweet set up there, love your garden. when looking at your pics, i was about to ask what your trick was with the weeds till i saw your post about pulling them for 2 days

BlueDot · **Reply #18 on:** July 19, 2010, 01:47:52 AM

Quote from: Turnstone on July 12, 2010, 07:58:21 PM

In a garden you need insects, and we give them a home
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I think the top squares are for mason bees, but Can you explain what British insects need bricks?

Turnstone · **Reply #19 on:** July 19, 2010, 08:46:16 AM

Sorry for the late answer, again a weekend in the garden, pulling out weeds

@Neil, if you are close, just drop me a note and sure you can have a cup of tea! But bring water, the tap water there is terrible hard and I haven't found a tea that tastes good yet. As I am there only at weekends a water filter is no option, and I switch to drinking coffe there as tea just tastes and looks terrible

And yes, I guess I need a Harvester, too

@BlueDot: I have no idea who should live in that part with the bricks. I think there are some usefull insects that live in clay and the bricks are just there make it look nicer and to keep the clay in place

At least no British insects, as we live in Germany.

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #20 on:** July 19, 2010, 12:45:45 PM

Here in the US, large Carpenter Bees will nest in holes that size (usually they bore into softer wood to make a similarly sized hole).

BlueDot · **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2010, 01:03:09 PM

Quote from: Turnstone on July 19, 2010, 08:46:16 AM

Sorry for the late answer, again a weekend in the garden, pulling out weeds

@BlueDot: ... At least no British insects, as we live in Germany.

Sorry, My oversight.
I had a chance to visit Germany in 1981, while in the Navy. Beautiful country!

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