Despite our mentor and heroine Sarah Raven begging us to hang off sowing our hardy annuals until mid April, we made the decision that the old bird probably didn’t know what she was going on about and we went ahead and started.
I started off not with Sarah’s but with Sutton’s, Nigella….Persian Jewels…giggling to myself that this is the very place that Gaddaffi was probably being kicked as I write…
…yes I have got a new Macro Lens…
…add water….bosch!
This particular plot of the Higgledy garden is a veg patch and greenhouse that used to belong to a chap called Frank who sadly died earlier this year. He was a clearly a great and very organised gardener and we will do our best to keep the patch up to his standards.
The plot is about 150 sq meters and is very light and free draining. The beds on the left in the picture below are planted with foliage. Ammi Majus, Ammi Visage, Euphorbia Oblongata and Bupleawotsit.
The middle bed below {Which includes a cheeky Glimpse Of our very own pin up, Oli} has been sown with Malope Triffida Vulcan…oh yes indeed…
Hope you all had a fab weekend!
Kindest Regards
Ben
April 6, 2011 @ 11:06 pm
It really is a lovely garden to be working in. And reading these comments brought tears to my eyes too. Still, the garden will appreciate the extra watering :)
March 31, 2011 @ 12:01 am
Apparently there’s another flower growing book coming out soon-thought I’d give you advance notice! Toby Buckland has written a book called FLOWERS -planning and planting for continuous colour, giving practical tips and hands on advice. Published on April 7th by BBC Books.
March 29, 2011 @ 4:55 pm
The most exciting bit of gardening is when you’ve done the back breaking work and get to sow seeds and wait for those new leaves to emerge. It never ceases to amaze me that those scraps of brown dust called seeds have everything inside waiting to grow if we give them the right conditions! What a lovely spot Frank has left for you to enjoy, growing flowers is a great way to use it! Just sown my own Bupleurum today, have chickened out and gone for a seedtray in the greenhouse.
March 29, 2011 @ 9:11 pm
Is that your way of saying we’ve sown too early!!! :) x
March 30, 2011 @ 9:29 pm
PS…check out that tilth…God we’re good…
March 29, 2011 @ 8:09 am
I’m so pleased that Nancy posted. I was thinking how lovely it was that you paid tribute to Frank and then read her message. Lovely.
And, doesn’t Love in a Mist sound much nicer than Nigella? ;P
Great pics and good to see what you’re up to :)
March 29, 2011 @ 9:12 pm
Thanks Mo.
Belinda from Wildacre flowers calls it Lust in the Dust. :)
March 27, 2011 @ 11:20 pm
Looking fab – and I love the picture with the string. Great to see some pictures of the Higgledy empire (at last!). Hoorah and huzzah for the micro lens! What are the blue things at the end of the rows? Jx
March 28, 2011 @ 7:36 pm
Haven’t you got blue things? They are ‘grow sticks’ just pop them in at the end of a row and you get double the yield. They work on a principle called ‘seismic premonition’. I can sell you 12 for £50….bargin.
March 27, 2011 @ 10:19 pm
On what would have been Franks Birthday I could not think of a better tribute to him than setting the seeds of a new beginning. He was the most organised man you could have ever met and he would have admired the hard work you boys put in today, if he’s looking down on us he will spread his magic to make this the perfect season for us all. Thanks Ben and Olli for making me cry a little bit today. xxx
March 28, 2011 @ 7:43 pm
Aw bless you Nancy! I hope is looking down on us because we haven’t got a clue what we’re doing… ;) It’s a lovely garden to be working in…I’m really glad there is a foot path between the veg patch and the field….so the masses can view the show….fingers crossed…
xxx
March 27, 2011 @ 9:12 pm
Wowza, how exciting – all the planting I mean, not the glimpse of Ollie, although that is nice too!!
You have got some serious space, all this plus the 15 beds in the field. And a greenhouse.
What am I doing with just a garden!! Bx
March 27, 2011 @ 9:41 pm
hardly ‘just a garden’!!!! But yes we have got some space now…keeping up with it will be tricky and finding someone to buy the blooms the biggest challenge. Defo up for swopsies if we have anything you might want when the time comes.
Or if you get a big order you know we can help out with flouncy annuals! :) x