It’s about veggie gardening at our new house, so skip it if you couldn’t care less. You won’t hurt my feelings in the least. That’s not why people visit The Rusty Nail, anyway.
I had to change the blog theme, since the one I liked a lot, and originally installed, refused to format multiple paragraphs correctly, regardless of whether I used the visual or html editor. The new one’s not too bad; at least the paragraphs are separated, so it doesn’t look like a wall-o-text. I’ll eventually get around to changing the header image so that it’s not a rose, even though I grow a lot of those, along with my other flowers, fruits, and veggies.
I don’t suppose you remember allotments from the UK? Or do you have them over there?
My next door neighbours have hired or bought or been given a piece of the garden of the place attached to theirs, and they are now growing their own vegetables there. A quick hop over the wall and there’s their veggies!
I see lots of little tricks people use in the veg patches these days. Empty bottles with water in planted upside down, and cds hanging on string to reflect the sun all about (I think).
During WWII, there were “Victory Gardens.” Some cities still have public gardening areas, where each person who signs up is allotted a plot. From what I’ve read, those are making a comeback.
The concept isn’t very different from the commons-ground sheep meadows that used to exist in the middle of rural English towns. The main difference is that a gardener who signs up now is allotted a specific square footage to use for his or her plants, whereas the sheep of olden days could roam, graze, and take a crap wherever, within the commons.
Yeah, heard of Victory Gardens. And yes, the allotments are still going, even in cities. My dad used to own one but didn’t have the time and kept getting letters complaining about how untidy his was.
They’re having the Chelsea Flower Show at the moment, which is a huge event. Can be seen on the BBC website, although maybe not available to Americans, I’m not sure.
Probably clips on Youtube though.
Even to an ignoramus like me it is pretty impressive.
One of the churches here in town was renting out plots cheap to anyone who wanted one. I don’t remember how much is was like $5 for a small and $10 for a larger or something like that.
And I spent most of the day looking at and buying flowers. LOL marigolds, dahlias, impatiens, petunias, a couple of planters of things that I don’t remember the names of. I love coming home with dirt under my fingernails.