In 2019 we decided to buy a greenhouse to help raise more plants from seed and for chillis during the summer.
Greenhouse 2 has just been completed – May 2020
Greenhouses 1 and 2
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Category Archives: Back Gardens
Garden pots, tubs and flowers
Lots of colour at the moment in the garden. Here’s just a selection from the middle of July 2018.
Blackcurrants
The weather this summer, 2018 has been so hot. Our crop of blackcurrants has been good but the older blackcurrant bushes have produced currants of a much smaller size. All of the bushes have been grown from cuttings from our bush in Eaglesham, Scotland where we previously lived.
6lbs of blackcurrants picked
Springdale Blackcurrant Jam
Summer in a Jar
New season strawberries all ready.
Grown and picked at Springdale, our strawberries have been made into fruity jam
Fresh strawberries from the field
220g jars
350g jars
Springdale Strawberry Jam
Jazzy Potatoes
First potatoes of the year
Planted in April in raised beds in the polytunnel.
May 10th – growing well
Time for digging up
June 10th 2018
Jazzy Potatoes
Washed potatoes ready for the pot
Cooked and ready to eat
A delicious potato – one to remember – Jazzy
This is a new trial for Springdale. It has grown really well in the Polytunnel and is a tasty and strong growing potato which produces lots of evenly sized small waxy potatoes.
The cream coloured skin is very thin and needs no peeling, in fact it can be rubbed off with fingers.
This potato is a second early and has an absolutely delicious ‘melt in the mouth’ flavour.
Redcurrants
Beautiful crop of Redcurrants this year, all ready for picking! Cover in netting to keep the Blackbirds away!
Day 128 also -Wednesday 11th January 2017 – phase 1
Day 128 also -Wednesday 11th January 2017 – phase 1
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From the scratch-coat-on-walls-to a smooth coat as below
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Days 118, 119 and 120 – 14th, 15th, 16th December 2016
Days 118, 119 and 120 – 14th, 15th, 16th December 2016
New family bathroom – Old doorway from old bedroom to hall now plaster boarded over. Then new bathroom floor is laid. First a wooden flooring is laid and marked with a grid.
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New bath in place
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Days 116 and 117 December 12th and 13th 2016
Days 116 and 117 December 12th and 13th 2016
Plumber has now installed 2 radiators in kitchen very warm now
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Final slabs cut on Monday and cemented in Tuesday, still to be jointed
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Day 115 – Saturday 10th December 2016
Day 115 – Saturday 10th December 2016
Assembly of kitchen units begins. This will not be completed till after Christmas.
Base Kitchen Units going into place along with dishwasher
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