Gardener

I do have a gardener as I don't know a daisy from a dandelion!! I am fortunate in that he used to be head gardener on a big estate so knows a thing or two about plants. I don't give him instructions - just leave him to get on with whatever needs doing. I love the garden to look neat but hate doing any actual work in it.

We have those insulated compost bins, as it means worms can keep active in the bins throughout the winter. I scrunch up lots of newspaper to add as a top layer late autumn before the heavy frosts come.

We never use cooked foods remains in compost heaps so as not to attract vermin- but we noticed this winter hare tracks coming to the wire compost bins regularly- and even since put a carrot out for him. Never caught a glimse- and would love to- snow hare would be a wonderful sight. Their tracks are so easy to spot, and show up as a triangle, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2- and unmistakable.

Mice OK Jings, their bigger cousins no no!! (which is what we had when we put the veggie peelings on there)

rosequartz I was pleased to notice that you qualified what was ready and waiting and also what was maturing. I am not a gardener but I lik eto see a tidy one.

Our brown bins are for food waste?

No bins, no collection here ;)

Well, have to admit DH does most of it, I couldn't cope with it all myself, but I like doing the pots, the flower beds, a little bit of veggie gardening (and picking and eating the fruit).

OH never had time for gardening or decorating- so I had to turn to the Little Red Hen- or it didnt' get done.

Ours are for garden waste, maybe that's what confused the poor guy.

And now for the million dollar question- what is he doing sunning himself in Tenerife without you ???

No bins for anything here- we have to take bins and all recycling to the local bins- no collection at all. So composting makes a lot of sense for one more reason. And all our waste is weighed at the bins and weight registered and billed accordingly (hey this is Switzerland after all)

Because we have only just met granjura and we are only on speaking terms. I 'borrowed ' him from my friend who says he has transformed her garden which is 3x the size of mine. I live in hope.

I did mean 'when' dear Mr Gardener was in Tenerife,and not 'with' I was in Lyme Regis with my dear friend Liz and my DH was at home supposedly keeping an eye on Mr Gardener.

Hope this is all clear now.

My Mr Gardener hoed up a lot of sticy weed last week and has a whole lot of work to do on those pestiferous Spanish bluebells. He was rather taken with my masses of hellebores - I seem to have about a dozen, having started with two.

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Ooops Flowerof the west, I thought it was YOUR Mr sunning himself in Tenerife without you, not Mr Gardener Ah, well, maybe next year ;)

Not a chance, I was sunning myself in Lyme Regis with my friend Liz. Mr FOTW was at home keeping a not too successful eye on Mr Gardener.

LOL- I can't do drinks, flowers, etc- as my keyboard does not have square brackets but I can do smilies

I'm chuckling over the fact that Mr. FOTW complained to you that he couldn't move the bin because it was too heavy when he was supposed to be keeping an eye on Mr. Gardener while you were in Lyme Regis.

MEN!

merlotgran

I am rather thrilled with my newly dug beds though. Lavender hedge and spring plants. We only have a small front garden but it does make a difference. I may forgive Mr Gardener.

Been digging out a new raspberry bed today- back breaking work- then attempt to get as much soil as poss from the clods of grassy earth to return to the bed- and the rest went into the wheelbarrow and spread among 2 compost bins for a good layer- quite a few worms too, so they will begin to work straightaway-bless their non-cotton socks.

granjura, you could copy and paste the word and its brackets from the list below if you want to add flowers etc. to a post!

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Hey- it works- thanks

Amazed at this thread, apart from granjura.
What's a gardener?
I planted a row of potatoes today - preparing soil etc it took me nearly 2 hours and I was k.......d.