Farcebook

Author: james

  • I like big butts and neatly trimmed bushes…

    I like big butts and neatly trimmed bushes…

    Last year I made a roof garden on my shed, and I noticed it takes a fair amount of water in summer, so in the spirit of conserving resources I decided I need another water butt.

    The shed has a small butt, but it doesn’t catch much water and is mostly there to keep the runoff from watering. Also as you can see the downpipe has fallen off and it’s being overtaken by the bushes around it.

    I have another shed that doesn’t have a water butt, so I went off to Wickes and bought a 210L one.

    No idea why there’s a dent in it, but some rain will sort that out I’m sure. First I had to remove the tomatoes, they seem to have given up, the tomatoes aren’t ripening any more.

    The big butt came with a base and after levelling the ground it sits nicely with enough space to get a watering can under the tap (which I glued in to stop leaks).

    So finally the small butt needed some attention along with the messy bush, which had a trim. I fixed the downpipes and trimmed things so it’s easier to get to. I might rig up an overflow to the other butt at some point.

    Now I just need to wait for the rain. It’s mid September, so I’m sure there’ll be plenty in a week or two!

  • Taking the pea

    Taking the pea

    I found one remaining pea pod, I think something else has had a chew at it though. It rattles, might keep it for next year.

  • Too many tomatoes

    Too many tomatoes

    It’s not been a good year for tomatoes. The plants have done well, but the actual tomatoes haven’t ripened at all. They’re just green balls of stomach ache now.

  • Mr Bean

    Mr Bean

    Beans are easy to grow, but if you don’t plant them in the correct place, they can be a bit hard to harvest.

    I did put up a nice bamboo frame, but then got mixed up with what beans I’d sown and by the time I noticed, the runner beans had turned into a creeping mass.

    Still, it out competed the bindweed. Next year, if there’s bare ground, it’s getting a bean plant in it.

  • An a-maize-ing cornucopia of corn

    An a-maize-ing cornucopia of corn

    Despite the hot, dry weather the corn has done remarkably well. It started off pretty straggly and limp, but over the past month it’s really shot up.

    It’s also produced decent cobs. Previously the cobs I’ve managed to grow have been malformed and inedible.

    I might have picked these a bit early, I’ve left the rest to continue developing. The birds and creatures haven’t noticed yet.