Garden photos

...some garden-y type photos for anyone that's interested. I'm aiming to take photos at different times of the year so people can get an idea of the changes.

Early peas in the polytunnel...

Various plants, tomatoes, chillis, peppers, cauliflower, sprouts, cabbage, leeks, french and runner beans, aubergines, cornflowers (Ellie's) and sweetcorn

The outside plot, mostly cleared now for planting - just the remains of the curly kale and the purple sprouting broccoli standing.
Early potatoes are planted, as are onions (under the green netting)

Apologies for the lack of blogging

Yes - I know it's been a while - no posts since Christmas then I do a mad catch-up.
As most of the gardeners reading this will know, it's busy-time outside right now... been weeding, digging and planting like a madwoman.
Jobs done to date are...

-all empty beds weeded and dug, perennial crops (rhubarb, strawberries, asparagus, artichokes) given some tidying up and TLC

-seeds sown in trays in the polytunnel - tomatoes (about 10 varieties), peppers, chillis, aubergines, sprouts, cabbages, cauliflower, sweetcorn, peas, broad beans, french beans, runner beans and various herbs.

-first and second early potatoes planted

Now that the days are getting longer, and we've just had a spell of unseasonably warm weather - (I was digging the potato trenches in jeans and a vest-top, and have a sun-tan mark to prove it !! in March !!) we've been getting out and enjoying the longer days.

Add to that, the school garden project which I haven't any photos of (yet) which involved taking an overgrown wilderness of brambles and rocks and transforming it in a period of 4 days into a fully functioning veg plot (eat yer heart out Ground Force) and there you have it. Tired and grubby.

Paddy's Day 2009

Parade time of year again... Tulla pipe band gets a new member...


and we get to paint children.

Climbing Comp time again

Yes - back to the climbing walls we go.
Final round of the Irish Bouldering league, where Ellie came a highly creditable 6th overall in the Under-16s category (not bad when you think that she's climbing against 16 year-old lads)
And then, the British Mountaineering Council / Mountaineering Ireland Youth Climbing Series. It's the first year that Ireland's been allowed to enter, so a pretty big deal for all concerned.

Eleanor won her category with the maximum possible points, so we were very proud of her.

Possibility of representing Ireland at the UK/Ireland final in London at the end of June as well. I'll keep you posted.

Video of one of the climbs.