Chooksandroots

LATEST ARTICLES ( 235 )

• Wormery

  

  Most gardeners are aware that decent compost and a bit of fertilizer always goes down well in the garden. I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a compost... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Unruly Bush

  

  On a visit to my sister’s at the weekend, I found her in the garden, pondering what on earth to do with a large, unruly, overgrown bush. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Herb Garden

  

  On a regular wander around the garden centre a week or so back, I spotted they were selling off the wooden crates that the spring bulbs had been delivered in. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Rose Arches

  

  Now the lawn has been sown and I’m waiting for my cottage-garden seeds to germinate, it was time to turn my attention to elsewhere in the garden. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Growing from Seed

  

  There’s a lot to be said for growing things from seed. True, you don’t get an instant garden like you would with buying plants, but it’s cheap, rewarding, and... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Slate Garden

  

  This weekend I was on a mission to get some shape and plants into the garden. After a couple of comments from readers that the garden looked a bit ‘sparse’ (I... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Dreaded Right Hand Side

  

  After what seems like an age peering out of the window at the garden, waiting for winter to end, it would appear that spring is most definitely around the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• One Woman Comedy Sketch

  This post isn’t really about gardening, as it’s all pretty much ground to a halt out there. The beans have well and truly finished and have been whipped out,... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Tidy up

  

  With the summer drawing to a close and autumn well and truly getting a hold, the garden is showing the signs of the season switch. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Seeding the Lawn

  

  When I moved from Chook Towers to Chook Cottage, the garden was nothing but a scrap of lawn with an old path down the middle. The first job was to dig up a... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Broody Judy

  

  One of the top priorities when moving house was making sure we had a couple of chickens. I’ve kept chickens for a good few years now, and they make excellent... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Not Quite Gardening, but the Start of a New Era

  So, I started this blog about the garden, thinking I was going to bring you tales from the veg patch, cataloging both the successes and the failures. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Crop a Load of This Harvest

  

  The latest update from the garden comes from me peering out at a dank and dismal day, but on the up side, the weather for the carnival was splendid, and the... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Project Patio

  

  Now that the greenhouse has gone to pastures new, the space I’d earmarked for it stood barren, neglected and bare.A rootle around the garden soon produced an od... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Cabbage Whites – the Brassica Massacre

  

  Gazing out to the garden the other week I spotted the first Cabbage Whites of the year. These innocent-looking little butterfies gently fluttered in and around... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Goodbye Greenhouse

  

  This week I’ve made a groundbreaking discovery. I don’t actually need a greenhouse. Yes – true… after a couple of years of pottering around and potting up in... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tom Tatos

  Not having a greenhouse at present, I’m growing my tomatoes in a sunny spot, in growbags outside. There are three varieties – Tigerella which should be stripy... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Planters from Pallets

  

  Just outside my back door there’s a tiny paved courtyard, leading down to the rest of the garden. This area looked a bit bare but being a little sun trap had th... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Results in from Op Slug Patrol

  Results just in in from Operation Slug Patrol Slugs caught in beer traps – One* Slugs stopped in tracks by blue pellets – 10 Slugs killed in the salty bucket... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Operation Slug Patrol

  I realise it’s been a bit quiet on the old gardening front, but I have had a good excuse. I’ve recently moved house, and have a brand new garden to tackle. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME