Jammer van die zon…
25 March 2012 at 10:56 (House and garden)
… die we nog niet kunnen ‘oogsten’. Binnenkort levert zulk mooi weer ons extra energie op, bovenop de niet-elektrische energie van het genieten van extreem warm en mooi lenteweer.
Het sorteren van de zonnepanelen op vermogen. Dat kan een paar procent in de opbrengst schelen, dus wij hebben ze gisteren keurig in vier stapels verdeeld. Volgende week zitten ze op ons dak, als het goed is.
Fry
2 June 2011 at 20:16 (House and garden, Wildlife)
Our rosy-red minnows have only been in our brand new pond for a few weeks, but there’s a male busily protecting a clutch of eggs underneath a tiny pond-lily leaf. They may hatch any time now. Exciting.
Black gold
15 May 2011 at 21:45 (House and garden)
We hope that this black gold (a.k.a. compost) will do much to improve our sandy, dry soil. It’s not only for the vegetable garden, but also for the ornamental garden, which is now shaping up nicely. The pond is mostly finished (it has water, plants and a few tiny fish) and DH is now laying a 10 cm layer of compost on the soil around the pond. After that, we can start planting. Oh dear… we need a plan…
Pond
9 May 2011 at 9:46 (Miscellaneous, House and garden)
After months of preparation and shuffling around paving stones and cubic yards of sand by DH, we now have a flower garden layout. That means that the crater where we wanted to create a pond, could also actually be made into a pond. Lovely. A well deserved icecream was consumed to celebrate!
Bluetit in magnolia
30 March 2011 at 8:48 (House and garden, Wildlife)
This morning I spotted a bluetit seaching for insects in our magnolia stellata. Such a cheerful sight I wanted to post the picture, even if it isn’t that wonderful (small bird, big distance, average zoom lens).
Lovely weather
19 March 2011 at 22:01 (Miscellaneous, Fruit, House and garden, Greenhouse)
Today we had a very productive day: DH built 9 meters of high fence to replace the one that went down in a storm a month ago. I spent the day weeding, repotting a nectarine tree, planting onion sets (in trays under glass), planting out 4 strawberry plants (Mara des Bois) and doing some cleaning out in the greenhouse. Very satisfying, but we will both be sore tomorrow!.
Building
16 March 2010 at 22:02 (House and garden, Greenhouse)
We’ve started, but it started raining
