serre construction 1 & spring flowers & fruit bushes

showing the concrete foundation and the blocks to go on top, with plastic pipes for the uprights to go into
A general view of the serre - the turf and soil we dug out for the foundations has gone into what will become raised beds. blocks not fixed into place yet



there are lots of hellebores flowering in the garden at the moment.
Garlic in the raised veg beds
and
A new yew hedge planted along the top of the small bank next to the hangar. These yews are from seed collected in Bold Venture Park, Darwen
In the fruit cage:
blackcurrant bushes
gooseberry bushes
raspberry bushes
and strawberry plants

Potatoes & serre 2009

POTATOES
Bought seed potatoes this morning, 60 each of linzer delikatesse and daisy
Linzer delikatesse:
very early: 75 days from planting to harvest,
blight-resistant, yellow skin & flesh, waxy
Daisy:
semi early: 100 days from plantig to harvest,
blight-resistant, yellow skin & flesh, good for baking

These are now chitting in the pantry

POLYTUNNEL
This is the plan for the serre (polytunnel).
We were given the arches by Paul & Tina Hale when they sold their farm at Kerodou.
Foundations - concrete layer and breeze blocks, with plastic pipes embedded to take the uprights. The foudation of concrete hasbeen poured and we are finishing laying the breeze blocks today.