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The start of planting

27/10/2021

 
A bit of a red-letter day – after months of clearing and weeding we have finally started planting.

​A selection of bulbs was put in the western end of the raised bed against the Pound Street wall and also in an area of soil on the site of the former greenhouse. Hopefully these will escape the attention of the squirrels and make a nice display in the spring.
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We also took down four of the summer hanging baskets on the front of the house. They have done very well but were past their best. Two new baskets have been put up for the winter.

​The pots by the door in the back garden have also been replanted.
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Mike planting bulbs
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It doesn’t look much different but there are bulbs underneath
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One of the new winter baskets
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One of the newly planted pots

Muck

14/10/2021

 
The big event this week was the arrival of two tons of well-rotted stable manure which was delivered by truck to the end of Honeywood Walk. The red route rules prevented it being off-loaded on the corner by The Greyhound. It had to be barrowed across the front of Honeywood, through the garden door and then across the lawn to the north bed. I thought it was going to be the job from hell, but it turned out to be much easier. It was done in an hour and dug in the following day. The bed should be ready for planting in the spring.
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We also continued work on the clearance of the big raised bed at the back of the garden. We cut down a lot of snowberry and spent several hours chopping it up to take it off site. The end result doesn’t look that much but it is a bit misleading as a lot of the stuff was cut out from behind other plants. This is a job that will continue for some time.
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Loading the manure into barrows
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The manure dumped on the bed on the Festival Walk side of the garden …
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… and dug in
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The big raised bed at the back of the garden. Clearance is progressing slowly

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    • Front Garden
    • Back Garden >
      • French Windows
      • Well
      • Raised Beds
      • Greenhouse
      • Northwest Corner
      • Rectangular Pond
      • Oval Pond
      • Water System
      • South Side
      • Belfry
    • Garden News
  • Nearby
    • Beddington Park >
      • Beddington Park Audio Visual
    • Little Holland House
    • The Old Rectory CORA
  • Archive
    • Events >
      • Platinum Jubilee 2022
      • Open House 2020
      • Spooky Afternoon 2015
      • Carshalton on Sea 2015
      • Alices Mad Tea Party 2015
      • WW1 Centenary 2014
      • Model Rail 2013
      • Olympic Torch 2012
      • Museum Status 2007
      • Maid of the Oaks 2007
      • Other Events >
        • Horse Play 2007
        • Top Sutton Attraction 2007
        • VE Day 2007
        • Yarn Bombers
    • History >
      • Birds Eye View 2011
      • Carshalton Park Grotto
      • Culvers Lodge
      • Honeywood
      • Springs and Watercourses
      • Sutton Lodge
      • The Leoni Bridge
      • The Lodge Gatehouse
      • The Oaks
      • The Oaks Info Boards
      • The Old Rectory
      • Wallington Green & Holy Trinity Church
    • Memories >
      • 20th Century Stories
      • Carshalton Carnival 1952
      • Carshalton High Street
      • Carshalton Memories
      • Carshalton on the Hill
      • Coronation Day Morden 1953
      • Echoes of my past
      • Growing up around Sutton
      • Growing up in Station Road Carshalton 1945-79
      • Wallington in the 50s and 60s
    • People >
      • Lionel Tertis
      • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
    • Transport
  • Search