Author Archives: Me

Immortality

Posted on 02/10/2010 by Me

We’ve had some fantastic opportunities to do FiMBY related things away from the house. Talking to people about our garden and being social over food and compost is, dare I say it, even better than being in the garden. On … Continue reading →

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Espaliered Pear In Full Bloom

Posted on 01/10/2010 by Me

The espaliered pear tree is in full bloom, but now the leaves are coming out and the spring winds are in full blast.  So it won’t be long before it sheds its spring fashions and moves on to its summery … Continue reading →

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From Little Things. . .

Posted on 30/09/2010 by Me

Yes, I’m a lunatic.  But how else did you think I’d approach my garden?  Lunacy is an sign of enthusiasm – at least for me.  I fret over, water, and photograph my garden daily and obsessively.  I worry over grass … Continue reading →

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Clearing Out

Posted on 27/09/2010 by Me

Ever since we started grubbing out the shrubs and tree to expand the area for the new veggie patch (see Creative Destruction and Destruction Completed) we’ve had a growing pile of rubbish.  We seemed to keep finding ways to add … Continue reading →

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Birth of a Berry Patch

Posted on 24/09/2010 by Me

Our berry patch is centred under an old swing set. Scott took off all the swings, and we’ll use the frame as a basis for attaching netting when the berries are in fruit. We formed the patch with sleepers (2.4m … Continue reading →

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Espaliered Pear Tree in Early Spring

Posted on 20/09/2010 by Me

As promised, here’s the espaliered pear tree in early spring: There’s quite a buzz around the blossoms, so I know lots of pollination is happening.

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The Great Mulching Weekend

Posted on 20/09/2010 by Me

This weekend was supposed to be The Great Mulching Weekend in Lottie’s Lot.  And we did get a lot of mulching done. Saturday started out with Scott mowing the lawn while I ran errands such as picking up a wheelbarrow from … Continue reading →

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Plantings in the Mediterranean Zone

Posted on 15/09/2010 by Me

Last night after work we finally got our wine barrels planted out.  My husband divided a bag of organic compost and a bag of alpaca poo between the 4 barrels.  I went through the alpaca poo to pull out bits … Continue reading →

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Plan B in Action: Planting Out

Posted on 11/09/2010 by Me

Such an exciting day!  Today so much happened in the garden.  First Christina drilled holes in the bottoms of the wine barrels.  They were certainly solidly built as it took longer than expected.  The sawdust smelt great (a bit too … Continue reading →

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Plan B in Action!

Posted on 09/09/2010 by Me

Yesterday was a BIG day in Lottie’s Lot: the Fimbaristas came and got the garden beds into position and moved what must have been several billion wheelbarrow loads of soil to fill them! For us, the day started out with … Continue reading →

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