The Little Orchard and Greenhouse

Photos from around the garden with some Before and After Photos. The Little Orchard has really filled out this year but we haven't had much blossom, fingers crossed we get some fruit. Lee has been busy in the greenhouse growing Tomatoes, Strawberries, Peppers, Lettuce, Courgettes and Potatoes.

Chicken Coop went to a good home

Clearing the weeds

All clear and ready

The orchard in May 2017

Tomatoes growing underneath

Lee's Greenhouse

Little Orchard Update #1

The Magnolia tree is out of it's pot with a little brute force from Lee. John the Gargoyle is guarding the patch and the little Robin likes to perch on his head. Dividing fence is down which opens it up a lot. Weed surpressing membrane is down and wood bark has been spread. I've bought a Cherry Tree and my favourite Eating Apple 'Egremont Russet'. So hopefully we can just leave this patch until we are ready to trim the hedge. We now have 9 Fruit Trees, 7 Fruit Bushes, a Magnolia and Little Weeping Cherry. I'm not sure what the bushes are, the leaves are just coming out but I think we have a Gooseberry Bush and some Blackcurrants.

Half Done, then I ran out of bark

Here we go again

All Done

Edges left clear for wood border

Left Side

Right Side

Before Left

Before Right

After

Little Orchard

I'm not getting any younger! 2 days digging out the weeds in this border, saving plants and worms. We've decided to cover this with garden membrane and bark. Not sure what the trees are yet, but I'd really like a cherry tree in there. Still a bit of work to do, the edges still need to be cleared, hedge trimmed and some slabs put down by the chicken coop so that we can turn the car round easier. Can't get the Magnolia out of it's pot ...

Starting to clear it

This is a nightmare

More plants to save

Almost there

Bark has arrived

Cleared and Ready.