December was spent finishing off the painting of the raised beds, and preparing for the delivery of a load of manure for the 'long' rows on the left. I planted some shallots in the allium beds, and tried to keep the foxes off with all my scavenged cloches and mesh! I have got some weed proof membrane to cover the paths with, but nothing to put on top of it yet!
Manure delivery! I need to dig over the middle bit of the left bed to get the remains of the couch out before I manure on top; still too wet to do that so far. Leaning against the railings you can just about see some heeled in apple trees (cheapies from Lidl); I've pruned them as cordons and am planning to make a 'criss cross' line across the plot, I'm just waiting for the posts and wires to be put in.
The greenhouse is still without its glass at this point, but the rosemary bush transplants make it look like they've been there for ages!
The den: made this from willow withies (another eBay purchase!); my son wants to sleep in it! I didn't follow the instructions exactly, we wanted it to look quite rustic rather than perfectly geometric. It's sprouting alreadyat the top, hopefully will be very green by the summer. The night after constuction, a fox cub left me a little present right in the middle of the weedproof membrane.....can I take it they do or don't approve?!
