Sunday, June 25, 2017

Polytunnel and garden in June 2017

 Henny penny's looking good...
 Flowers on main crop spuds

 Onions in tunnel
 Tomatoes forming.
 Tree spinach
 Kohl rabI.
 Purple runner beans
 Cornflowers
  Borage that the bees love.



Granny and Elke drawing together 

Sugarloaf walk

The boys at the top!






Friday, April 14, 2017

Gardening and walking

Peas looking good.2 varieties.
Strawberries in basket from lidl 5 euros each.
Nursery of plants.
Jonas chopped me these Nettles to make into a tea for leafy plants. One weeks time it will be ready.
St. Kevins way. Ancient pilgrim path near our home. Myself and jonas and a small  group walked it to check it out. The lovely yellow symbols marking the 26km through the valley and mountains. We do 12km of it tomorrow for the easter pilgrim. 

Board walk on some of it.
St kevins pool on the route.


Jonas clipping the gorse out of the path.
Steffens sister Heike visited from Germany. We went to kilmacurragh gardens to see the rhodendrens. .amazing colours.

Thorben went to play GAA at croagh park with the under 8s....
Eggs we painted with Heike for Easter.
Janet and Alexandra came for a day from ger many.  We had a lovely day with them.
Heike and steffen with our kids...note the fairy.

My planting plan for the tunnel this year.