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Non Tool Forum => The Shutter Shop => Topic started by: Turnstone on July 12, 2010, 07:58:21 PM
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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 :drool:
Raspberries and other berries:
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_01.jpg)
Our small greenhouse...
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_02.jpg)
... with mostly tomatoes...
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_03.jpg)
... and peppers
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_04.jpg)
Outside we have peas, beans, carrots, onions, potatoes.
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_05.jpg)
Fresh peas, I love to eat them directly outside in the garden :D
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_06.jpg)
Another view
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_07.jpg)
Here we have more peas, carrots and onions, beetroot and several sorts of cabbage
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_08.jpg)
Some beautiful flowers, I couldn't find the english name for it (we call them "Stockrose")
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_09.jpg)
Here we have leek, more cabbage, small box trees, some flowers and a part that is unused this year to recover the soil
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_10.jpg)
In a garden you need insects, and we give them a home
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_11.jpg)
A part where you could relax if you had the time for it :ahhh, with old fruit trees
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_12.jpg)
Beautiful roses
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_13.jpg)
This will keep us warm next winter :D
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_14.jpg)
You see, I definitively need a Farmer :tu:
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_15.jpg)
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Seems like a valid reason allright.. ;) :tu:
Good one TS.. :D
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:tu: lovely garden ,
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That is one good looking garden :salute:
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Nice garden. :tu:
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I forgot to mention that this is how it looks after two days of pulling out weeds and doing other work :ahhh
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That's a beautiful garden mate :)
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Awesome garden and I love your solitary bee "rack". Really impressive. :tu:
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Wonderful stuff.... I'm quite jealous!
I think the flower is called a hollyhock here :)
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Nice garden, does that fence keep most the rodents out?
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:drool: i would love a garde like yours!!! thats farmer is in the right place!!.. a good prunning blade would be nice as well
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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. :ahhh
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 :think:
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.
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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. :tu: But then again I think everyone should have at least one Farmer.
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lovely country place
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Damn fine piece of property there.
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I don't know about a Farmer, I think you need a Harvester :tu:
Can I come round for tea? ;) :drool:
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Very nice, do you get all your veg from your garden?
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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 :D
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In a garden you need insects, and we give them a home
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_11.jpg)
(http://www.sabrina-mueller.de/mto_forum/Farmer_15.jpg)
I think the top squares are for mason bees, but Can you explain what British insects need bricks? ;)
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Sorry for the late answer, again a weekend in the garden, pulling out weeds :twak:
@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 :ahhh
And yes, I guess I need a Harvester, too :gimme:
@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 :think: At least no British insects, as we live in Germany. :D
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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).
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Sorry for the late answer, again a weekend in the garden, pulling out weeds :twak:
@BlueDot: ... :think: At least no British insects, as we live in Germany. :D
Sorry, My oversight.
I had a chance to visit Germany in 1981, while in the Navy. Beautiful country!