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Hammer Man

Joined: 15 Nov 2008
Posts: 57
Location: Rutland

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 4:41 pm Post subject: Making Progress..
Hello, some of you may remember I was asking about starting a veggie patch way back in November? I appologise for not sticking around, to be honest I had almost forgotten about this place and I hope you will forgive me! Now I am back to show you some pictures of my progress - I did promise after all! Remember this??

Hammer Man

Joined: 15 Nov 2008
Posts: 57
Location: Rutland

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 4:42 pm Post subject:

Well now it looks like this.. I've been very busy digging and getting all of the nettle roots out and have fixed the fence (to the best of my ability!) and am slowly making progress. This is the first time I've ever done gardening of any kind and I'm quite pleased with myself so far! Garlic, onion sets, spuds are all in and I've put in 10 strawberry plants for my little girls. Things have come to a stand still for now though due to a lack of funds.. I want to section off the top corner under the tree for a few chickens for my eldest daughter and also what to put some sort of fencing and edging around the veggie patch. The edging to keep the earth in and the fence to keep the children off it! Nothing special, just a few posts with chicken wire going round is what I'm after but it will have to wait for now. At least I'm finally getting it done though, we've lived here for 3 years!!!!

Hammer Man

Joined: 15 Nov 2008
Posts: 57
Location: Rutland

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 4:43 pm Post subject:
This is where I want the chickens to go Strawberries Is this Asparagus? Someone told me it is so I moved it from the front of the house to out here..

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 4:46 pm Post subject:
wow, that looks great. You have been working hard!

cinders

Joined: 04 Jun 2007
Posts: 2437
Location: norfolk The daft old bat club

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 4:49 pm Post subject:
well done, its looking good. Prehaps you can check on freecycle for items you may need to cut down on cost

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 4:51 pm Post subject:
Ain't asparagus, at least doesn't look like it. Possibly fennel. Whats it smell like?

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8980
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 8:44 pm Post subject:
Herb Fennel

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18416

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 9:09 pm Post subject:
That's good progress ! I'd say it was fennel herb too, not asparagus.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 09 10:05 am Post subject:
Looks great - your hard work will pay off later in the year, don't forget to show us some pictures of the harvest

Hammer Man

Joined: 15 Nov 2008
Posts: 57
Location: Rutland

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 09 5:23 pm Post subject:
Thanks for all the replies, without wanting to sound like a prat, I've never even heard of fennel before?! Whats it used for? Do you cook it?

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18416

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 09 5:28 pm Post subject:

Fennel herb - will grow up to 5-6' high each year, feathery foliage that tastes sligtly aniseedy : use in salads, with white fish, pork, poultry.
Pick the leaves and chop up; use cold or in cooked dishes [add towards the end of cooking]
Produces a head of yellow flowers which go to green seed pods which can be collected and dried for use in curries / eastern european / oriental cookery

Great plant.
Likes a sunny spot with deep soil it can get its long tap root down into. Will self-seed, whichis good as even though it is perennial, it lives only a few years, so the self seedlings carry on.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 09 5:45 pm Post subject:

gz wrote:

Herb Fennel

Defo. I've got some too.

Fantastic progress by the way. Well done you

And we'll forgive you for being 'forgotten about' since you've posted some lovely photos...

Anders

Joined: 27 Jan 2005
Posts: 317

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 09 6:01 pm Post subject:
Nice looking plot

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