On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:18:24 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

Gwenhyffar Milgi22/4/04 4:42


Over the past year, reading URG has made it possible for me to get a
grip on the garden that goes with our house (an established garden
that had been neglected for a few years), and I am proud to say that
all the reading material on here has contributed to my now sprouting
carrots, parsnips, peas, cauliflower, lettuce, spinach and sprouts.
And the potatoes are chitting away as we speak.

It has also made it possible for me to get to grips with the necessary
maintenance and to get things sorted.

The penultimate project is the garden pond. We recently discovered the
natural waterinlet for it (from a stream) and overflow and have now
been able to reestablish the waterflow into and out of the pond.

All this in a year? What a shame you don't want a job in S. Devon! ;-)

gggg Well I did say it's the penultimate project. I've managed to
get the herb garden, vegetable patch and display bit of the garden at
the front of the house back into shape. The ultimate project will be
the rise at the back of the house, which is about three times the size
of all we've done now, and which also used to be an established
garden, albeit a "wild" one. We've discovered pondlets, streams and
lots of obviously planted greens (as opposed to naturally occuring)
and we're still in the process of figuring out the exact lay out of it
all so that we can restore it.

Seriously, it's always nice when someone comes back to tell us how they got
on, so both 'well done' and 'thank you'.

I couldn't have done it without all the excellent reading material on
this group, it made it so much easier to come to grips with what
needed doing!

"My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night
but ah my foes and oh my friends -- it gives a lovely light"