Wildlife pond

Planted some verbascum plants at the near side of the pond which i grew from seed along with some herbaceous plants i dug up and divided from home.Waiting for more rain to top the pond up.When it is fairly full i will then tend to the edges of the pond liner using a mixture of stones,broken slabs and plants to over hang the edges.Also i will be using tights filled with soil and shaped into boulders,i saw these at a garden show and they looked great because after a short time moss grows over them making them look real...i will post a photo of these when i have done them.I also used old tights stuffed with barley straw and a brick and sunk it in the pond,this will in time reduce the growth of blanket weed and keep the water clear.

The picture with a sheet of fleece in is where i have planted out my sweetcorn plants,it does't look it in the photo but the patch i have planted is almost 4mtrs long by 1.5mtrs.

UPDATE

Hi.
Spent most of my day today at the lottie.Planted my second crop of peas,the variety is onwards,my first crop is felthem first.I have put twiggy sticks in for the peas to climb up,will add taller twigs in a couple of weeks time.My first lot of peas are already flowering,what a pleasure to see.I have also drapped net around the peas to keep the birds off but left the top open to let the bees in.Also planted out another crop of broad beans which are under the fleece tunnels.




Sown my salad crops in the wooden boxes which are 1.5mtrs x 1mtr,aquired them from hubby's work.In these i have sown carrots (under fleece),radish,beetroot,spring onions,mazuna,pak choi and rocket.In the first box is garlic which i planted late autumn,they are doing really well.There is also red onions(red baron) in the front of one of the boxs which i have grown from seed,these can be picked as spring onions or left to form as larger red onions.

First update 15 April 2006

Hi. Spent four hours at the allotment today transplanting cabbage,broccoli,cauliflowers.Sown carrots,radish,pak choi,mazuna,rocket,swiss chard,beetroot and spinach.Planted several herbaceous plants around my wildlife pond which is full of tiny tadpoles!!

Lots of wee plants indoors getting ready for the lottie,lots more to be sown aswell!!

Going to attempt to make an arched walkthrough tomorrow out of long branches for my sweetpeas to grow over,if i am succesfull then i will post a picture of this!

All is looking quite good at the mo,the fruit bushes i planted earlier this year are now bursting with buds,the potatoes are pushing through the surface and ready now for the first hoeing up,the onions are starting to swell,the strawberries are flowering along with the blueberries and the rhubarb is bursting out.

Hi. Spent four hours at the allotment today transplanting cabbage,broccoli,cauliflowers.Sown carrots,radish,pak choi,mazuna,rocket,swiss chard,beetroot and spinach.Planted several herbaceous plants around my wildlife pond which is full of tiny tadpoles!!

Hi. Spent four hours at the allotment today transplanting cabbage,broccoli,cauliflowers.Sown carrots,radish,pak choi,mazuna,rocket,swiss chard,beetroot and spinach.Planted several herbaceous plants around my wildlife pond which is full of tiny tadpoles!!