Monday 19 July 2010

What Has Been Done Latley

This is hopefully somethign that will change next year. This is what boarders my veg patch , a weed and nettle heaven, and they poke through the fence and seed them selves every where! And the bind weed is never ending. I have tried everything apart from leathal chemicals, also its not my land so that is the main thing that is holding me back. I would ideally like to do some hard landscaping and turn it into a wild meadow garden.
Beetroot ready for eating.




Planted my leeks

Pride and joy. My Kale going nice and strong.

All my cut poppy heads I know they are before their time but I needed the beds.
Brussels planted in the bed where my poppies were.
Planted my leftover kale and brussel sprouts without netting, so I wish them goodluck.
The tobbacco plants I was giving have now flowered.

Friday 16 July 2010

Barrington Court

We visited Barrington Court the same day we visited Montacute House. Barrington Court was defiantly the one I prefered mainly because of the gardens this included a kitchen garden. They were designed by Gertrude Jekkly (I know that's not spelt right) and she defiantly has a style of her own. They could be seen as messy but they were so carefully planted you could see that there was alot of thought put in to it. Also the boarders were kept straight and formal but the plants were left to grow over them, and not everything was pruned into a specific shape, everything was natural, which in my opinion made it work so well. I must note that the statues were very tasteful and suited there position very well. The house had no furniture in but that's because of its history. In a way it was nicer to see because there was no distraction to viewing all the panelling and the amazing woodwork which is throughout the house.